Whatever progress and development we may make as a State, people will account for very little as long as impunity is given to security forces under the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA). Thus ran the editorial of The Morung Express in the aftermath of the death of eight civilians killed in a mistaken ambush […]
India Meteorological Department officials on Saturday informed that the cyclonic storm ‘Jawad’ is likely to lose it’s intensity and weaken into a deep depression before reaching the Odisha-Andhra Pradesh coast by Saturday noon. For Odisha, this development came as a relief as the eastern state is already battered by two cyclones in the last one […]
India has detected first two cases of the new Omicron coronavirus variant in Karnataka, a health ministry official said on Thursday. Both the patients are men aged 66 years and 46 years with mild symptoms. Severe symptoms have not been noted, an official said during a press conference. “All primary contacts and secondary contacts of […]
The Lok Sabha on Monday passed the Bill to repeal the three farm laws passed last year. Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar tabled the bill in the Lok Sabha which was passed by voice vote even as Leader of the Congress Aadhir Ranjan Chaudhary demanded that a debate be allowed. The House was adjourned […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday urged officials to “stay proactive” in view of the new ‘Omicron’ Covid-19 variant. He was briefed by the officials about the new Covid-19 variant, during the review meeting to ease international travel restrictions. Modi was briefed about the global trends on Covid-19 cases. The officials highlighted that countries across […]
India logged 7,579 new coronavirus infections, the lowest in 543 days, taking the country’s total tally of Covid-19 cases to 3,45,26,480, while the active cases were the lowest in 536 days, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Tuesday. The death toll climbed to 4,66,147 with 236 fresh fatalities, according to the data […]
BKU leader Rakesh Tikait on Monday said that besides the repealing of the three agri laws, there are many issues of farmers that need to be resolved as a large number of them gathered here for a ‘Kisan Mahapanchayat’ to press their demands for a legal guarantee for MSP, among other things. “It seems that […]
The national capital Delhi’s air quality remained in the “very poor” category on Saturday. The Delhi’s Air Quality Index (AQI) was recorded at 374, according to the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB). The authorities have said the AQI is likely to improve significantly from Sunday owing to relatively strong winds. The AQI in the national […]
In a major development on Friday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the government decision to withdraw the three controversial farm laws saying the constitutional process to do so would be completed in the upcoming Winter Session of Parliament. Greeting the nation in an address on Friday on the occasion of Gurpurab, the prime minister expressed […]
New Delhi, November 17 India’s Covid tally rose to 3,44,66,598 on Wednesday with 10,197 fresh cases, while the active cases have declined to 1,28,555, the lowest in 527 days, according to the Union Health Ministry’s data. The death toll climbed to 4,64,153 after 301 more fatalities were reported in the last 24 hours, the data […]