Biggest single-day spike in Covid-19 in Assam
GUWAHATI, INDIA Assam now has 198 active cases, while 54 people have been discharged from hospitals after being cured. The state has recorded four fatalities...
Month : May 2020
Odisha brings ordinances to enable contract farming
BHUBANESHWAR, INDIA As agriculture falls under the states list of the Constitution, agriculture marketing in most states is regulated by APMCs established by state governments...
Agra administration issues alert to farmers over locust invasion
Even as the district is struggling with the Covid-19 pandemic, the threat from possible invasion of locusts added to the farmers’ woes who appealed administration...
Army chief visits Ladakh after border skirmish at LAC
The visit came a day after India rejected China’s allegation that Indian troops initiated tensions and crossed LAC in Ladakh and Sikkim sectors and accused...
Up to 78,000 deaths averted via curbs during lockdown: Govt
Lockdown 1 and 2 managed to avert between 1.4 and 2.9 million coronavirus disease (Covid-19) cases and 54,000 deaths ,according to government data released by...
Featured Hydroxychloroquine use expanded by Indian govt to curb transmission
NEW DELHI, INDIA The Union health ministry issued an advisory expanding the pool of people to be given the anti-malarial drug hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) as a...
Unjustified cartographic assertion, claims India
India on Wednesday protested Nepal’s revision of its political map that has incorporated areas that are part of Indian territory. Calling it a “unilateral” act,...
Nepal to reclaim disputed territory, stated PM
KATHMANDU, NEPAL Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli today told the House of Representatives that Limpiyadhura, Lipulekh and Kalapani belonged to Nepal and the government would...