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Farm bills will help farmers get a better price for their produce, the government says. (Proceedings) New Delhi: The agricultural bills are “historic” and will bring a change in the lives of farmers, said Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar, introducing the agriculture-related bills in Rajya Sabha today. Three agriculture-related bills …

A health worker takes a woman’s temperature in Gujarat. (Reuters) Coronavirus LIVE Updates: Concerned about the growing number of coronavirus cases, the Rajasthan government decided on Saturday night to impose Section 144 of the CrPC in 11 districts of the state. News18.com Last update: September 20, 2020 9:51 AM M. …

LIVE Parliament Updates: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman responded to opposition arguments on the 2020 business (amendment) bill at the Lok Sabha on Saturday. Latest updates from Parliament: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman responded to the opposition’s arguments about the 2020 Business (Amendment) Bill at the Lok Sabha on Saturday. She said, …

Written by Aanchal magazine | New Delhi | Updated: September 20, 2020 7:46:54 am The Permanent Labor Commission recommended not to extend the notice period required for strikes beyond public services, as is the case today. (Representative image) The government has proposed introducing more conditions that restrict workers’ rights to …

India added more than 460,000 cases of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) and more than 6,000 people died in the last week, bringing its count to more than 5.3 million, data from the Union Health Ministry shows. There are 428,324 patients of the viral disease who have recovered between Monday and …

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi likely to discuss coronavirus situation with top ministers from seven states on Sept. 23, news agency PTI reported citing sources. The meeting comes as most states in the country have witnessed an alarming increase in the number of Covid cases in recent weeks. The …

India’s Comptroller General of Drugs (DCGI) approved on Saturday the commercial launch of India’s first Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats (CRISPR) coronavirus test, ‘Feluda’, developed by Tata Group and CSIR-IGIB (Institute of Genomics and Integrative). Biology). “This test uses state-of-the-art CRISPR technology developed in the country for the detection …

NEW DELHI: The government introduced three new bills on Saturday to amend and consolidate labor laws with a view to expanding the social safety net to include migrant workers and the temporary work economy, while seeking to provide greater flexibility for companies to hire and fire employees. Amid political protests …

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to hold a meeting with the top ministers of seven states next week to review the Covid-19 situation in the country. “The meeting is likely to be held on September 23,” sources told the PTI news agency. Read also: Prime Minister Modi will meet …

As cases of coronavirus disease (Covid-19) exceed 30 million worldwide, the appeal of herd immunity as an end to the pandemic becomes increasingly persuasive. However, some countries, including India, have recently reconfirmed reinfection through genome sequencing to show that the second infection was caused by the genetically distinct Sars-CoV-2 virus, …