Month: August 2020

Principal Bench of Armed Forces Tribunal initiates hearings of matters pertaining to Regional Benches through video conferencing

open view news desk NEW DELHI, AUGUST 26: Armed Forces Tribunal (AFT) Chairperson Justice Rajendra Menon has inaugurated hearings by video conferencing for all ten Regional Benches of the Armed Forces Tribunal here today. The Principal Bench of Armed Forces Tribunal is the only court that has been […]

No locust adults or hoppers spotted in any of the affected areas

As per Food and Agriculture Organization’s latest Locust Status Update, the risk of swarm migration to the Indo-Pakistan summer breeding area has nearly subsided open view news desk NEW DELHI, AUGUST 26: Starting from 11th April, 2020 till 25thAugust, 2020, control operations have been done in 2,79,066 hectares […]

NITI Aayog to Launch Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC)–Transport Initiative for Asia(TIA) India Component tomorrow, 27th August

NDC-TIA India Component to focus on establishing a multi-stakeholder dialogue platform for decarbonizing transport in India open view news desk NEW DELHI, AUGUST 26: NITI Aayog will virtually launch the India Component of the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC)–Transport Initiative for Asia (TIA) tomorrow, 27 August.  GIZ Director, Division South Asia, Corinna KĂĽsel, […]

Phase II human trial of Oxford vaccine candidate begins

Pune, Aug 26: The Phase II human clinical trial of the Oxford COVID-19 vaccine candidate, being manufactured by the city-based Serum Institute of India (SII), began at a medical college and hospital here on Wednesday. Two male volunteers were administered the vaccine at Bharti Vidyapeeth’s Medical College and Hospital, […]

Govt needs to spend more, not lend more: Rahul Gandhi

New Delhi, Aug 26: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday attacked the government over the state of the economy and said it needs to give money to the poor to restart the economy through consumption Gandhi said “distractions” through media won’t help the poor or make the “economic disaster […]

Facebook plans news service launch in UK, India, Brazil

Facebook Inc said on Tuesday it plans to launch its news service in the United Kingdom, Germany, France, India and Brazil in the coming months, after having introduced the feature in the United States last year. The social media giant’s news service currently pays U.S. publishers for content […]

Republican convention showcases rising stars, dark warnings

WASHINGTON — A rising generation of Republican stars offered an optimistic view of President Donald Trump’s leadership but was undermined on the opening night of the GOP’s scaled-back convention by speakers issuing dark warnings about the country’s future and distorting the president’s record, particularly on the coronavirus pandemic. As […]

Can mosquitoes spread the coronavirus?

Can mosquitoes spread the coronavirus? No. While mosquitoes can spread some diseases, most notably malaria, experts say COVID-19 is not among them. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says it has no data to suggest the coronavirus is spread by either mosquitoes or ticks. COVID-19 is […]

India’s new COVID cases top global tally for 18th straight day

MUMBAI – India reported on Tuesday the highest number of new coronavirus cases globally for the 18th straight day, remaining well ahead of the United States and Brazil, a Reuters tally based on official reporting showed. It took India from the end of January, when the country’s first […]

Child pulled alive from collapsed apartment block in Maharashtra, at least five dead

MAHAD, India – Rescue workers in western India pulled a toddler alive from the rubble of an apartment building on Tuesday some 20 hours after it collapsed killing at least five people. The emergency services have found 76 people alive, but there are still around 14 unaccounted for […]

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