Day: September 20, 2020

Heavy rains lash Kerala, red alert in eight districts

11:44 pm September 20, 2020

Thiruvananthapuram: Heavy rains continued to lash Kerala with eight districts put under red alert on Sunday and the IMD sounding Orange alert in ten districts for Monday. The weatherman said that a low pressure area had formed over North East Bay of Bengal and Neighbourhood on Sunday morning. “A low pressure area has formed over […]

No significant mutation of coronavirus in India: Vardhan

8:16 pm September 20, 2020

New Delhi: No significant or drastic mutation in strains of SARS-CoV-2 has been found in India till now, Union Minister Harsh Vardhan said on Sunday during an interaction with his social media followers. He also said the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has been conducting large-scale sequencing of nationally representative strains collected over a […]

Overall COVID-19 deaths per million population in India low compared to other countries: Govt

8:12 pm September 20, 2020

New Delhi: The overall number of cases and deaths per million population due to COVID-19 in the country is low compared to similarly affected countries, Minister of State for Health Ashwini Kumar Choubey told Rajya Sabha on Sunday. Noting that there are no established pharmaceutical interventions that can break the chain of transmission, Choubey said […]

100 booked for violating Covid guidelines in J-K's Samba

Make J-K hub of knowledge, innovation by implementing NEP in letter and spirit: Prez

8:09 pm September 20, 2020

New Delhi: Determined efforts should be made to make Jammu and Kashmir a hub of knowledge, innovation and learning by implementing the new National Education Policy (NEP) in letter and spirit, President Ram Nath Kovind said on Sunday. He said Jammu and Kashmir is a reservoir of extremely intelligent, talented and innovative children and the […]

Delhi-based Kashmiri scribes, over 25 people from Valley were potential spying targets: Report

Farmers protest against farm bills in Haryana

8:04 pm September 20, 2020

Chandigarh: Farmers in Haryana began their protest against the agriculture-related farm bills on Sunday amid elaborate security arrangements which have been made to ensure that the event passes off smoothly. The Bharatiya Kisan Union’s Haryana unit, supported by some other farmer outfits, is holding a statewide protest against the Centre’s farm bills during which protesters […]