Day: December 13, 2020

UK university strikes air quality research pact with Indian institute

Air quality in ‘very poor’ category in Ghaziabad, Noida, Faridabad

11:00 pm December 13, 2020

Noida: The air quality was in the ”very poor” category in Ghaziabad, Noida, Greater Noida and Faridabad while it was in the ”poor” zone in Gurgaon, according to data issued by a government agency on Sunday. Presence of pollutant PM 2.5 and PM 10 also remained high in the five immediate neighbours of Delhi, according to the air […]

Assam govt to bring new law to control micro finance firms

10:57 pm December 13, 2020

Guwahati: The Assam government on Sunday approved a proposal to bring in a new legislation for controlling the micro finance firms, which charge exorbitant interests from borrowers, as per the RBI guidelines. A meeting of the state cabinet, chaired by Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal, decided to reign in the micro finance entities, who mostly give loans […]

Mumbai: NCB arrests 3 with charas worth Rs 2 crore

10:52 pm December 13, 2020

Mumbai: Two women and a man were arrested from Kurla LTT railway terminus on Sunday with charas worth Rs 2 crore in the illicit market, a Narcotics Control Bureau official said. He said the three, identified as Aftab Shaikh, Sabir Sayyed and Shamim Quereshi, were held after a tip-off and 6.628 kilograms of charas, a form […]

Heads of protesting farmer unions on hunger strike Monday, agitation set to intensify

10:48 pm December 13, 2020

New Delhi : The heads of all farmer unions protesting against the Centre’s new agri laws will observe a one-day hunger strike Monday, farmer leader Gurnam Singh Chaduni said here, as the agitating peasantry and the administration prepared for an escalation in the protest from December 14. The hunger strike between 8 am and 5 pm is part […]

Unclaimed gold seized from plane in Chennai

10:42 pm December 13, 2020

Chennai: Unclaimed gold was seized from a plane which arrived here from Dubai, Customs department said on Sunday. Customs sleuths at the airport here recovered two packets wrapped in black adhesive tape, beneath the cushion of one of the passenger seats in the aircraft. On opening the packets, gold in paste form was recovered, Commissioner […]