Month: February 2020

Kisan Credit Card(KCC)Saturation drive for PM-KISAN beneficiaries

open view news desk To enable universal access to Concessional Institutional credit, Government of India has initiated a drive in Mission Mode for saturating all PM-KISAN beneficiaries with Kisan Credit Card (KCC). This will help all such farmers to get short term loan for crop & animal/fish rearing […]

State Visit of the President and the First Lady of the United States of America

open view news desk At the invitation of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, His Excellency Donald J. Trump, President of the United States, accompanied by First Lady Melania Trump, will pay a State Visit to India on 24-25 February 2020. This will be the President’s first visit to […]

PM congratulates Aam Aadmi Party

open view news desk Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has congratulated the AAP and Shri Arvind Kejriwal for the victory in the Delhi Assembly Elections. “Congratulations to AAP and Shri Arvind Kejriwal Ji for the victory in the Delhi Assembly Elections. Wishing them the very best in fulfilling the aspirations of […]

Tearful Thai general says ‘don’t blame army’ for soldier’s rampage

An emotional Thai army chief on Tuesday urged a nation in mourning over a mass shooting “not to blame the army” after a soldier gunned down at least 29 people in a rampage linked to a debt dispute with a senior officer. General Apirat Kongsompong, an arch-royalist more […]

At least five dead in suicide attack on Afghan military academy

A suicide attack targeting a military academy in the Afghan capital killed at least five people early Tuesday, the first major assault in the city in months. No group immediately claimed responsibility for the dawn attack, which comes after nearly three months of relative calm in Kabul. The […]

Sinn Fein urges EU to back united Ireland bid after poll surge

Sinn Fein called on the European Union on Tuesday to back its bid for a united Ireland after a surge in support saw it become the second largest party in parliament. The result from Saturday’s election has shaken up the political landscape in the EU member state, with […]

Virus storytellers challenge China’s official narrative

BEIJING — After nearly a week of roaming China’s epidemic-struck city, filming the dead and the sickened in overwhelmed hospitals, the strain of being hounded by both the new virus and the country’s dissent-quelling police started to tell. Chen Qiushi looked haggard and disheveled in his online posts, […]

China still mostly closed down as virus deaths pass 1,000

BEIJING — China remains mostly closed for business, as the daily death toll from a new virus topped 100 for the first time, pushing the total above 1,000. Despite the official end of the extended Lunar New Year holiday, many remained at home on Tuesday with around 60 […]

Nepal prepares to evacuate its citizens from virus-hit Wuhan city in China

Kathmandu, Feb 11: Nepal is preparing to bring back its 180 nationals struck in China’s Wuhan city, the epicentre of the deadly coronavirus that has killed over 1,000 people, officials said here. The disease emerged in December in a market in central China’s Wuhan city that sold wild animals, […]

Non-Distribution of Imported Onions

open view news desk Based on the direction of Government, MMTC contracted import of 41,950 metric tonnes (MT) of onions against which 36,124 MT of import materialized. States/UTs were offered imported onions. However, as on 03.02.2020, only about 2501 MT imported onion, in total, were taken by States/ […]

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