Month: November 2020

PM interacts with three teams working on developing & manufacturing COVID-19 vaccine

DELHI, NOVEMBER 30: The Prime Minister on Monday had virtual meetings with 3 teams working on developing & manufacturing vaccine for COVID-19. These teams were from Gennova Biopharmaceuticals Ltd Pune, Biological E Ltd Hyderabad and Dr. Reddys Laboratories Ltd Hyderabad. The PM appreciated the efforts being taken by […]

PM inaugurates six-lane widening project of the Varanasi-Prayagraj section of NH-19

Decades of deceit make farmers apprehensive but now there is no deceit, work is being done with intentions as pure as Gangajal: PM New agricultural reforms have given farmers new options and new legal protection and at the same time the old system also continues if someone chooses […]

Month long awareness campaign on POCSO (Amendment Act-2019) concludes

JAMMU NOVEMBER 29: Directorate of School Education Jammu, through its Counselling Cell today organized a mega ‘Mothers Centric Parent Teacher Meet (PTM) on POCSO Act and Child Sexual Abuse protection using both online and offline modes in all the schools of Jammu Division. marking the end of one […]

Iran newspaper: Strike Haifa if Israel killed scientist

TEHRAN, Iran — An opinion piece published by a hard-line Iranian newspaper on Sunday suggested Iran should attack the Israeli port city of Haifa if Israel carried out the killing of the scientist who founded the Islamic Republic’s military nuclear program in the early 2000s. Though the hard-line […]

Afghanistan car bombing kills at least 30 security force personnel

KABUL – A car bombing in the Afghanistan’s central province of Ghazni killed at least 30 Afghan security force members on Sunday, officials said, and casualties could increase given the intensity and location of the blast. Baz Mohammad Hemat, director of the provincial hospital in Ghazni, said 30 […]

From small businesses to farmers, middle India is driving demand

NEW DELHI/MUMBAI – Manish Mehra, owner of Washex Hospitality, an industrial laundry service, recently flew from Delhi to Jodhpur, a city in north-western India, to win a contract to service a large, government-run hospital – a move essential to kickstarting his business. “For a new relationship it is […]

Indian farmers defiant against reform as Modi tries to calm anger

NEW DELHI – Thousands of Indian farmers, angry over reform of the agriculture sector, held a third day of protests on the outskirts of the capital on Sunday, blocking roads into the city and defying a government appeal to move to a designated site. The government on Saturday […]

71% of the daily fatalities contributed by eight States/UT

22 States/UTs have Case Fatality Rate less than the National Average DELHI, NOVEMBER 29: 70.97% of the 496 case fatalities reported in the past 24 hours are contributed by eight States/UTs ie Delhi, Maharashtra, West Bengal, Haryana, Punjab, Kerala, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan. Delhi with 89 deaths reported […]

CSIR-IITR, CSIO and IMD organize IISF-2020 Curtain Raiser events to generate awareness

India International Science Festival-2020 will showcase 41 events highlighting multi-dimensional aspects of science, technology and innovation in India DELHI, NOVEMBER 29: Several curtain raiser events are being organized for generating awareness about the 6thIndia International Science Festival (IISF-2020) to be held virtually this year. At such an event […]

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