Month: September 2021

Farmers benefit from rental scheme of TAFE

Chennai, Sep 9 : Tractors and Farm Equipment (TAFE) on Thursday said it has offered 19,000 tractors to farmers under the free rental scheme of the company. The Massey Ferguson and Eicher tractors are the ones TAFE gave the farming community. TAFE, in a statement, claimed that within […]

No new Covid case in Ladakh, active cases dip to 39

Leh, Sep 9 : No fresh COVID-19 case was reported from Ladakh, where 11 patients recovered from the infection, taking the overall recoveries so far to 20,347, officials said. The total number of COVID-19 cases in Ladakh stands at 20,593, they said, adding that the number of active cases […]

Mumbai gets ready to celebrate its biggest festival amid surging coronavirus cases

MUMBAI, Sept 9 – As India’s financial capital, Mumbai, gets ready for its biggest festival of the year, daily coronavirus cases have surged, rising more than two-fold in less than a month, even as authorities imposed curbs to prevent a further spike. Markets were bustling and streets were […]

Pro-China social media campaign hits new countries, blames U.S. for COVID

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept 8 – A misinformation campaign on social media in support of Chinese government interests has expanded to new languages and platforms, and it even tried to get people to show up to protests in the United States, researchers said on Wednesday. Experts at security company […]

Taliban interim government agrees to let foreigners leave Afghanistan

Summary Charter flights set to depart from Kabul on Thursday New Taliban government gets frosty international reception Concern over women’s rights heightened by men-only cabinet Afghans urge leaders to address economic crisis, rights Sept 9 (Reuters) – Two hundred foreigners in Afghanistan, Americans among them, are set to […]

PM hosts Indian Paralympic Contingent at his residence

You are the ambassadors of the country, and have increased the prestige of nation at world stage: PM PM praises the indomitable spirit and will power of the entire Contingent PM exhorts the para-athletes to identify and work in few areas outside sports to motivate people and help […]

COVID-19 UPDATE

DELHI, SEPTEMBER 9, 2021 71.65 Cr. vaccine doses have been administered so far under Nationwide Vaccination Drive 43,263 new cases in the last 24 hours Active cases account for 1.19% of total cases India’s Active caseload stands at 3,93,614 Recovery Rate currently at 97.48% 40,567 recoveries in the […]

COVID Appropriate Behaviours very important, considering festive season, cautions COVID Working Group Chairman

Posted On: 09 SEP 2021, Mumbai New Delhi / Mumbai, September 9 2021 Chairman of India’s COVID-19 Working Group of the National Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (NTAGI), Dr. N K Arora, spoke to DD News, on India’s COVID-19 Vaccination Drive. Q. Will there be a third wave […]

Pentagon chief: al-Qaida may seek comeback in Afghanistan

KUWAIT CITY — U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Thursday the al-Qaida extremist group that used Afghanistan as a staging base to attack United States 20 years ago may attempt to regenerate there following an American withdrawal that has left the Taliban in power. Austin spoke to a […]

Powerful earthquake near Mexico’s Acapulco kills at least 1

MEXICO CITY — A powerful earthquake struck near the Pacific resort city of Acapulco on Tuesday night, killing at least one person and causing buildings to rock and sway in Mexico City hundreds of kilometers away. The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake had a preliminary magnitude of […]

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