Month: August 2020

Cabinet approves setting up of National Recruitment Agency to conduct Common Eligibility Test

Cabinet approves creation of National Recruitment Agency (NRA), paving the way for a transformational reform in the recruitment process for central government jobs NRA: A Multi-Agency Body to encompass the first level test by the Staff Selection Commission (SSC), the Railway Recruitment Boards (RRBs) and the Institute of […]

Cabinet approves Fair and Remunerative Price of sugarcane payable by sugar mills for the sugar season 2020-21.”

open view news desk NEW DELHI, AUGUST 19: The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, has approved the Fair and Remunerative Price (FRP) of sugarcane payable by sugar mills for 2020-21 sugar season (October-September) on the recommendations of the Commission for Agricultural […]

Cabinet approves proposal for leasing out three airports – Jaipur, Guwahati and Thiruvananthapuram

open view news desk NEW DELHI, AUGUST 19: The Union Cabinetchaired by the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has approvedthe proposal for leasing out three airports namely Jaipur, Guwahati and Thiruvananthapuram airports of Airports Authority of India (AAI) through Public Private Partnership (PPP). The Union Cabinet accorded its approval […]

One Nation One Ration Card – Journey so far and journey ahead

Hassle free delivery of subsidised food-grains to all migratory beneficiaries anywhere in the country through ‘nation-wide portability’ under NFSA open view news desk NEW DELHI, AUGUST 19: The implementation of One Nation One Ration Card (ONORC) plan is one of the top priorities of Department of Food & […]

India’s COVID-19 tally climbs to 27,67,273

corona virus cases climb to 27 lakhs-PTI New Delhi, Aug 19:  With 64,531 people testing positive in a day, India’s COVID-19 tally climbed to 27,67,273 on Wednesday, while the recoveries crossed the 20-lakh mark pushing the recovery rate to 73.64 per cent, according to the Union Health Ministry […]

Michelle Obama warns at DNC that Trump is ‘in over his head’

WASHINGTON — At the 2016 Democratic National Convention, former first lady Michelle Obama told party members that “when they go low, we go high.” After four years of President Donald Trump, she came back to give it to them straight. “If you think things cannot possibly get worse, […]

Dems put divides aside, rally behind Biden at convention

NEW YORK — Michelle Obama delivered a passionate condemnation of President Donald Trump during the opening night of the Democratic National Convention, declaring him “in over his head” and warning that the nation’s mounting crises would only get worse if he’s reelected over Joe Biden. “Donald Trump is […]

Pakistan gives go-ahead to Phase 3 COVID-19 vaccine trial

ISLAMABAD – Pakistan’s drug regulator greenlit the country’s first Phase 3 clinical trial for a potential COVID-19 vaccine, which is being developed by China’s CanSino Biologics (CanSino) and Beijing Institute of Biotechnology. The trial is slated to begin next month, according to an official who will coordinate the […]

Michelle Obama presses fight for Biden with scathing attack on Trump

WASHINGTON – Former first lady Michelle Obama launched a blistering attack on President Donald Trump on Monday and urged Americans to elect Democrat Joe Biden in November to end the chaos she said had been created during the four years of Trump’s presidency. In an impassioned speech capping […]

Amit Shah back in hospital after recovering from COVID-19

MUMBAI/NEW DELHI – India’s interior minister Amit Shah was hospitalised again on Tuesday after complaining of fatigue and body ache, four days after he said he had recovered from COVID-19, as cases in the country surged to more than 2.7 million. Shah, a close aide of Prime Minister […]

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