Month: July 2021

India’s summer crop planting lags as monsoon rains taper off

NEW DELHI, July 10 – Indian farmers have planted 49.9 million hectares (123 million acres) with summer crops, down 10.43% from a year earlier, according to the Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare, as monsoon rains taper off after a strong start last month. Farmers typically start planting […]

India’s most populous state seeks to promote two-child policy

NEW DELHI, July 10 – India’s most populous state, Uttar Pradesh, has proposed legislation that aims to discourage couples from having more than two children, becoming the second state ruled by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party to make such a proposal. If Uttar Pradesh were a country, its […]

At least 8 killed in Mogadishu by suicide bomb targeting government convoy

MOGADISHU, July 10 – A suicide car bomb targeting a government convoy exploded at a busy junction in Somalia’s capital on Saturday, killing at least eight people, an eyewitness told Reuters. Abdiasis Abu Musab, military operations spokesperson for the al-Qaida-linked militant group al-​Shabaab, told Reuters it was responsible […]

Union Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh asks DST to set up a world class India’s first National S&T Research University

DELHI, JULY 10: Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Science & Technology, Minister of State (Independent Charge) Earth Sciences; MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh today said that the Department of Science & Technology (DST) should make efforts to set up […]

Finance Minister Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman attends Third G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Meeting

DELHI, JULY 10: Union Minister for Finance & Corporate Affairs, Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman participated virtually in the Third G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors (FMCBG) Meeting under the Italian Presidency. The two-day meeting held on July 9th and 10th, 2021 saw discussions on a wide range of […]

BULLETIN ON COVID-19

Posted On: 10 JUL 2021, Delhi 37.21 Cr. Vaccine Doses administered so far under Nationwide Vaccination DriveIndia reports 42,766 new cases in last 24 hoursIndia’s Active Caseload currently at 4,55,033Active cases constitute 1.48% of total cases2,99,33,538 Total Recoveries across the country so far45,254 patients recovered during last 24 […]

UP population draft bill: Those with over two kids can’t contest local polls, apply for govt jobs

Lucknow, Jul 10:  According to a draft of the proposed population control bill, anyone violating two-child policy in Uttar Pradesh will be debarred from contesting local bodies elections, from applying for or getting promotion in government jobs, and receiving any kind of government subsidy. The Uttar Pradesh State […]

Mission Youth conducts Projects Review Conference under Universities Collaboration Initiative

SRINAGAR, JULY 9: Mission Youth, J&K conducted a conference of Nodal Officers from all J&K Universities for finalising youth-centric projects under the Universities Collaboration Initiative- a flagship programme approved by the Governing Body headed by Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha, last month, which endeavours to provide support to youth […]

JK Bulletin on Novel Corona Virus (COVID-19)

SRINAGAR, JULY 09: The Government on Friday informed that 261 new positive cases of novel Corona virus (COVID-19), 115 from Jammu division and 146 from Kashmir division, have been reported today, thus taking the total number of positive cases in Jammu and Kashmir to 318284. Also 01 COVID-19 […]

Keeping up attacks, some Iraq militias challenge patron Iran

BAGHDAD — Iran’s expeditionary Quds Force commander brought one main directive for Iraqi militia faction leaders long beholden to Tehran, when he gathered with them in Baghdad last month: Maintain calm, until after nuclear talks between Iran and the United States. But he was met with defiance. One […]

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