Month: July 2021

Mumbai rain fury: 25 die in house collapses after landslides

Mumbai, July 18: Twenty five people died in house collapses triggered by landslides following incessant overnight rains in Mumbai, which caused severe water logging and disruption of suburban train services and vehicular traffic in the financial capital on Sunday, officials said. The Western Railway and Central Railway briefly suspended […]

All-parties leaders meeting held, before the start of the Monsoon session of parliament

Prime Minister calls for meaningful discussion in the House; During 19 sittings of the session, 31 Government business items will be taken up; Government is ready for discussion on any topic under the rules DELHI, JULY 18: All-parties leaders meeting was held here today, a day before the […]

Union Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh visits Mausam Bhavan, reviews Monsoon trends at IMD Headquarters

IMD to procure more Radars in coming years • Monsoon rainfall 10% above normal in June and 26% deficient till date in July • IMD issues more than 42 million SMS twice a week to farmers through Mkisan portal of Agriculture Ministry DELHI, JULY 18:Union Minister of State […]

BULLETIN ON COVID-19

Posted On: 18 JUL 2021, Delhi 40.49 Cr. Vaccine Doses administered so far under Nationwide Vaccination Drive3,02,69,796total recoveries across the country so farRecovery Rate increases to 97.31%42,004patients recovered during last 24 hoursIndia reports 41,157new cases in last 24 hoursIndia’s Active Caseload currently at 4,22,660Active cases constitute 1.36% of […]

WHO chief says it was ‘premature’ to rule out COVID lab leak

BERLIN — The head of the World Health Organization acknowledged it was premature to rule out a potential link between the COVID-19 pandemic and a laboratory leak, and he said Thursday he is asking China to be more transparent as scientists search for the origins of the coronavirus. […]

Biden pledges appeal of ‘deeply disappointing’ DACA ruling

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden said Saturday that the Justice Department intends to appeal a federal judge’s ruling deeming illegal an Obama-era program that has protected hundreds of thousands of young immigrants from deportation and he renewed his calls for Congress to create a permanent solution. He said in a statement that Friday’s […]

Lt Governor takes District-wise assessment of Covid situation with Covid Task Force, DCs, SPs

SRINAGAR, JULY 16: Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha today interacted with Senior Officials, Deputy Commissioners and SPs to discuss Covid related situation in the UT. During the Covid Task Force meeting, the Lt Governor took an assessment of health infrastructure, Oxygen plants and measures being taken to contain the […]

Lt Governor reviews functioning of Disaster Management, Relief, Rehabilitation & Reconstruction Department

SRINAGAR, JULY 17: The government officials must take proactive steps to facilitate the return of Kashmiri Pandits community who were forced to flee their homes and now settled in various parts of the country. There are many families living in Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, and other parts of the […]

Crop sowing lags in India, raising concerns over food grain output

MUMBAI, July 16 – Summer-sown crop planting in India has been lagging as central and northern parts of the country received scant rainfall, the government said on Friday, raising concerns about food grain production and inflation in Asia’s third biggest economy. India is the world’s biggest exporter of […]

Reuters photographer Danish Siddiqui captured the people behind the story

NEW DELHI, July 16 – Danish Siddiqui, the Reuters journalist killed in crossfire on Friday covering the war in Afghanistan, was a largely self-taught photographer who scaled the heights of his profession while documenting wars, riots and human suffering. A native of New Delhi, Siddiqui, 38, is survived by his […]

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