Month: December 2020

Union Health Secretary reviews the status of passengers coming from UK to India and found positive with 10 States/UTs where the flights from UK to India land

DELHI, DECEMBER 23: Shri Rajesh Bhushan, Union Health Secretary, reviewed the status of passengers coming from UK to India and found positive in the States/UTs of  Maharashtra, Karnataka, Telangana, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Goa, Punjab, Gujarat and Kerala and their response measures in a meeting held through Video […]

There is a need for increased seats for women in engineering and technical institutions : Telangana Governor

IISF motivates and attracts women towards science, technology, innovation and entrepreneurship: Smt Smriti Irani Shift from focus on mere health to a more wholesome concept of ‘Wellness’: ‘AyurFestiwell’ under ‘Wellness Conclave’ of IISF-2020 By making simple and healthy choices on a daily basis, you will be well on […]

Farmer unions defer decision on Centre’s letter for fresh talks

New Delhi, Dec 22: Protesting farmer unions on Tuesday said that a decision on the central government’s offer for fresh talks has been deferred to Wednesday, even as they remained adamant on the demand to repeal the three farm laws. Addressing a press conference at Delhi’s Singhu Border, farmer […]

New farm laws to herald new era in Indian agriculture: Tomar

New Delhi, Dec 22:  Asserting that the new farm reform laws will herald a new era in Indian farming, Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Tuesday said the government is still willing to continue talks with protesting unions on all contentious issues. The minister said the agriculture sector […]

MP: 33 recent UK returnees asked to be in home isolation

Indore, Dec 23: Amid growing concerns over the detection of a new coronavirus strain in the UK, the Madhya Pradesh health department has asked 33 people who returned to Indore from that country in the last 15 days to remain in home isolation, an official said on Wednesday. Indore […]

Scientists say UK strain unlikely to affect efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines, warn against more mutations

New Delhi, Dec 22: The faster spreading coronavirus strain first detected in the UK is unlikely to make vaccines less effective as of now but the preventives may need to be appropriately altered if more mutations occur over time, say scientists. More than 40 countries, including India, have banned […]

Larger crop, lack of rupees curb Iran’s record Indian sugar appetite

LONDON/MUMBAI – India will be unable to count on Iran, one of its most important sugar customers, for its upcoming export drive as an increase in Iranian production and Tehran’s shortage of rupees limit buying. New Dehli agreed last week to subsidise up to 6 million tonnes of […]

PCB Seizes 6 tone banned polythene carry bags

JAMMU, DECEMBER 21: In a major drive against the manufacturing and sale of illegal polythene carry bags (below 50 microns), a team of Pollution Control Board seized 6 MT of banned material from the premises of M/s S.S. Industries, Shankar Colony Gangyal Jammu during an overnight raid. As […]

Scientists urge concern, not alarm over new virus strains

Does it spread more easily? Make people sicker? Mean that treatments and vaccines won’t work? Questions are multiplying as fast as new strains of the coronavirus, especially the one now moving through England. Scientists say there is reason for concern but that the new strains should not cause […]

Pollution deaths in India rose to 1.67 million in 2019 -Lancet

NEW DELHI – Toxic air killed more people in India in 2019 than in 2017, The Lancet said in a report shared by the government on Tuesday, with 1.67 million deaths accounting for 18% of all fatalities. India, whose cities top global pollution lists, faces a growing economic […]

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