Month: May 2020

India's farmers gather record wheat crop, but cannot move it

GHARAUNDA, India – Late last month, Sukrampal had to beg and borrow farmhands from nearby villages to gather his part of the country’s largest-ever wheat harvest in Haryana state near New Delhi. Now the 50-year-old Indian farmer has a bigger problem: how to sell his crops when the […]

JNCASR scientists develop injectable Silk Fibroin-based hydrogel for sustained Insulin delivery in diabetic patients

open view news desk NEW DELHI, MAY 15: Scientists at Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR), an autonomous research institute under the Department of Science and Technology, have recently developed an injectable Silk fibroin-based hydrogel for sustained insulin delivery in diabetic patients. A patent application has also been filed for this invention. […]

Forecast for the 2020 Southwest Monsoon Onset over Kerala

The monsoon onset over Kerala this year  is likely to be on 5th June with a model error of ± 4 days open view news desk NEW DELHI, MAY 15: The National Weather Forecasting Centre of the  India Meteorological Department,has come out with the forecast of Monsoon onset […]

Third Advance Estimates of Production of Foodgrains, Oilseeds and other Commercial Crops for 2019-20

open view news desk NEW DELHI, MAY 15: The 3rd Advance Estimates of production of major crops for 2019-20 have been released by the Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers Welfare today. The cumulative rainfall in the country during the monsoon season (June to September, 2019) has been 10% […]

Death toll due to COVID-19 rises to 2,649; cases climb to 81,970: Health Ministry

New Delhi, May 15: The death toll due to COVID-19 rose to 2,649 and the number of cases climbed to 81,970 on Friday, registering an increase of 100 deaths and 3,967 cases in the last 24 hours since Thursday 8 AM, according to the Union Health Ministry. The number […]

For Europe's strongmen, pandemic is opportunity and risk

Europe’s strongmen leaders want to use the coronavirus pandemic to tighten their grip while touting their prowess in overcoming crises, but their authority risks being badly undermined if the outbreak is mishandled. From Turkey to Russia and other ex-Soviet states such as Belarus, the coronavirus has proved an […]

5 things to know today – that aren’t about the virus

Your daily look at nonvirus stories in the news: 1. OBAMA EMERGES AS CENTRAL FIGURE IN 2020 RACE Democrats are embracing him as a political wingman for Joe Biden, while President Trump gets to train the spotlight on one of his favorite political foils. 2. STRONG TYPHOON SLAMS INTO PHILIPPINES The storm, […]

US immunologist warns of ‘darkest winter’ if virus rebounds

WASHINGTON — America faces the “darkest winter in modern history” unless leaders act decisively to prevent a rebound of the coronavirus, says a government whistleblower who alleges he was ousted from his job after warning the Trump administration to prepare for the pandemic. Immunologist Dr. Rick Bright makes […]

Turkey accuses five nations of forming ‘alliance of evil’

ANKARA, Turkey — Turkey on Tuesday accused Greece, Cyprus, Egypt, France and the United Arab Emirates of seeking to form an “alliance of evil” after these countries issued a joint declaration denouncing Ankara’s policies in the eastern Mediterranean and Libya. In a strongly-worded statement, Turkish Foreign Ministry spokesman […]

UN says 7 or 8 `top’ candidates for a COVID-19 vaccine exist

UNITED NATIONS — The World Health Organization chief said Monday there are around seven or eight “top” candidates for a vaccine to combat the novel coronavirus and work on them is being accelerated. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a U.N. Economic and Social Council video briefing the […]

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