CHANDIGARH: On Thursday, a farmers’ body decided to intensify its uproar against the Center’s three agriculture-related bills, announcing to stop trains in Punjab from September 24-26. “We have decided to carry out a ‘rail roko’ agitation from September 24 to 26 in the state against the agricultural laws,” said Kisan …
Read More »Covid-19 Vaccine Could Be Available Early Next Year: Harsh Vardhan | India News
NEW DELHI: Responding to questions about the status of a vaccine for Covid-19 in Rajya Sabha on Thursday, Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said there is a chance that it will be available in early 2021. He also said the government is targeting bring down Covid -19 mortality rate to less …
Read More »No force can stop us from patrolling Ladakh’s borders: Rajnath Singh | India News
NEW DELHI: Defense Minister Rajnath Singh made a firm assertion in Parliament on Thursday that no force in the world can stop Indian soldiers from patrolling the country’s borders in the Ladakh region. While reaffirming India’s desire to resolve the standoff with China “peacefully”, Singh said: “We will not back …
Read More »Harsimrat resigns as minister in protest against agrarian bills | India News
NEW DELHI: BJP’s oldest ally Shiromani Akali Dal on Thursday he withdrew from Modi’s government in protest against legislation designed to liberalize trade in agricultural products, with his only representative in government: the minister of food processing Harsimrat Kaur Badal – submitting your resignation. Harsimrat, whose resignation was announced in …
Read More »PM Modi urges people to keep ‘Do Gaj Ki Doori’ as their birthday present | India News
NEW DELHI: Thanking people for their birthday wishes, Prime Minister Narendra modi urged everyone to keep using More expensive and following social distancing rules in an attempt to contain the coronavirus, as many had asked her what birthday gift she wanted. In a tweet late Thursday night, the Prime Minister …
Read More »Regulate digital media, not television, says Center to SC | India News
NEW DELHI: The Center Thursday suggested The Supreme Court to frame regulatory mechanisms to curb hateful, insidious and community content on digital and social media platforms rather than making a fresh attempt to regulate content in print and electronic media, which already have an existing framework recognized by the court …
Read More »Aiming to reduce the Covid death rate to less than 1%: Health Minister tells Parliament | India News
NEW DELHI: Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said on Thursday that the government aims to reduce India’s Covid-19 death rate to less than 1 percent from the current 1.64 percent, which is still the lowest in the world. Responding to a discussion in Rajya Sabha, he said that the country’s …
Read More »Harsimrat resigns as minister in protest against agrarian bills | India News
NEW DELHI: BJP’s oldest ally Shiromani Akali Dal on Thursday he withdrew from Modi’s government in protest against legislation designed to liberalize trade in agricultural products, with his only representative in government: the minister of food processing Harsimrat Kaur Badal – submitting your resignation. Harsimrat, whose resignation was announced in …
Read More »“Proud to support farmers”: Harsimrat Kaur Badal resigns from Union Cabinet in protest against agrarian bills | India News
NEW DELHI: Harsimrat Kaur Badal, the sole representative of Shiromani Akali Dal In the Modi government, on Thursday he resigned from the Union Cabinet in protest against the farm bills. SAD is one of the BJP’s oldest allies. “I have resigned from the Union Cabinet in protest against the ordinances …
Read More »Farm Reform Bills Will Lead To Higher Profits For Farmers, Forces Trying To Mislead Them: PM Modi News From India
NEW DELHI: applauding the approval of three agricultural sector bills in Lok Sabha, Prime Minister Narendra modi on Thursday he described these proposed laws as historic and said they will rid farmers and the agricultural sector of middlemen and other bottlenecks. With sentence Bjp ally Shiromani Akali Dal Joining the …
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