Day: December 15, 2020

PM backs agri laws, says conspiracy afoot to confuse farmers

7:59 pm December 15, 2020

Dhordo : A conspiracy is afoot to confuse farmers over the new agri laws, said Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday as he made a strong pitch for the legislations amid the protest by cultivators outside Delhi which entered the 20th day. Describing the new farm laws as historic, the PM said his government was ready to […]

No coercive action against ARG employees, police to Bombay HC

7:56 pm December 15, 2020

Mumbai: The Mumbai Police on Tuesday assured the Bombay High Court that no coercive action will be taken till December 16 against officials and employees of ARG Outlier Media, which operates Republic TV, who have been named in the chargesheet in the TRP (Television Rating Points) rigging case. The ARG Outlier Media had approached the HC seeking, […]

Singapore police investigates social media posts supporting Indian farmers’ protest

7:51 pm December 15, 2020

Singapore : The Singapore Police on Tuesday said it is investigating social media posts showing people gathering here without permission in support of protesting Indian farmers and issued a ”strong reminder” that it would not allow assemblies that advocate political causes of other countries. Thousands of farmers are currently camping at Delhi’s borders with Haryana and Uttar Pradesh since […]

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

UP: 3 revenue officials suspended for laxity

7:48 pm December 15, 2020

Ballia: Three revenue employees were suspended on Tuesday by the Ballia district magistrate for alleged laxity in discharging their duties District Magistrate Shrihari Pratap Shahi suspended Harendra Singh, Rajkumar Shrivastava and Lallan Ram when he found them to be lax during a ”Jan Sunvai” (public hearing) here During the hearing, the DM reviewed the cases related to […]

IIT-Guwahati students’ start-up develops for farmers to manage crops

7:45 pm December 15, 2020

Guwahati : Students of IIT Guwahati and alumni of NIT Silchar and Dibrugarh Universities in Assam have developed a multi-lingual smartphone application, AgSpeak, for farmers to manage their crops. The agri-tech start-up which is free for small farmers has been developed with the goal of optimising in-farm productivity through Artificial Intelligence (AI), a press release issued by IIT, Guwahati said. This […]