Day: September 27, 2020

NCDC sanctions Rs 19444 crores in first instalment for MSP operations support to States during Kharif season 2020-21

open view news desk NEW DELHI, SEPTEMBER 27: National Cooperative Development Corporation (NCDC), the apex financing organization of Union Agriculture Ministry has sanctioned as first instalment, funds amounting to Rs 19444 crores to the states of Chhattisgarh, Haryana and Telangana for Kharif paddy procurement under Minimum Support Price […]

Leaders to UN: If virus doesn’t kill us, climate change will

Johannesburg, Sep 27: In a year of cataclysm, some world leaders at this week’s annual United Nations meeting are taking the long view, warning: If COVID-19 doesn’t kill us, climate change will. With Siberia seeing its warmest temperature on record this year and enormous chunks of ice caps in […]

India-Pak troops exchange fire along IB in JK’s Samba

Jammu, Sept 27: Indian and Pakistani troops exchanged fire for nearly 30 minutes after the Border Security Force (BSF) picked up suspicious movement along the International Border in Samba district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Sunday. No one was injured in the firing which started around 11.45 […]

BJP loses its two oldest allies within a year

New Delhi, Sep 27: With the Shiromani Akali Dal snapping its ties with the BJP, the saffron party has lost its by far two most dependable and ideologically-bound allies within a year even as its own political strength has risen like never before under the leadership of Prime Minister […]

Jaswant Singh dies, PM Modi pays tribute

New Delhi, Sep 27:  Former Union minister Jaswant Singh, a close associate of ex-prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, died here on Sunday following a long spell of illness. He was 82. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other top BJP leaders paid rich tributes to Singh, saying that he […]

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