Month: September 2020

PM lauds farmers of India

open view news desk NEW DELHI, SEPTEMBER 27: In his Mann ki Baat address, Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi said that during the COVID crisis, the farmers of the country have shown tremendous resilience. Prime Minister said that if the agriculture sector is strong, then the foundation of […]

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 […]

Thousands protest COVID-19 restrictions in central London

LONDON — Police moved into London’s Trafalgar Square on Saturday afternoon to break up a protest against restrictions imposed to slow the spread of COVID-19 after demonstrators ignored warnings to observe social distancing rules. Thousands of people, most of whom weren’t wearing masks, crowded into the iconic square […]

Trump expected to announce conservative Barrett for court

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is expected to announce Saturday that he is nominating Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court as he aims to put a historic conservative stamp on the high court just weeks before the election. Trump said Friday he had made up his […]

Top Bollywood actresses questioned in drug probe

NEW DELHI – Three popular Bollywood actresses were questioned on Saturday in a drug probe that has sent shockwaves through India’s film industry, already hurt by COVID-19 lockdowns. Officials from the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) have been investigating alleged drug use in Bollywood for the last month in […]

Modi pledges to use India vaccine-production capacity to help ‘all humanity’

NEW YORK – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi pledged at the United Nations on Saturday that his country’s vaccine production capacity would be made available globally to fight the COVID-19 crisis. “As the largest vaccine-producing country of the world, I want to give one more assurance to the […]

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