INDIA
12.12% more wheat procured this year so far: Centre
About 46 lakh farmers benefitted from the ongoing wheat procurement from the ongoing RMS procurement operations with MSP value of Rs 82,648.38 crore, a Food and Consumer Affairs Ministry statement said. Also, over 816.65 LMTs of paddy was procured on MSP for ongoing KMS 2020-21 and RMS, it said. According to the statement, government agencies also procured 7,80,432.88 MT of pulses and oilseeds on MSP.
Delhi sizzles above 42 degrees, Ganganagar hottest at 45.8
Haryana's Hisar recorded 45 degrees, UP's Jhansi 43 and Una (Himachal Pradesh), Patiala, Halwara (both Punjab) and Alwar (Rajasthan) recorded maximum temperatures above 43 degrees. Even Ladakh saw 40.5, while Jammu also sweltered at 42.7 degree Celsius. The maximum temperature above average was recorded in J&K's Qazigund, which was 7.1 degrees above the average.
Defence Ministry approves Rs 498.8 cr for startups, innovation
Defence Secretary Ajay Kumar said that the step is a big boost to startups in defence. He stated that the approval will give a big boost to become self reliant in the defence manufacturing sector. In 2018, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) had introduced the "Innovations for Defence Excellence" (iDEX) initiative.
Digital-divide hampers Covid vaccinations in rural India
Availability of vaccines, lack of awareness and limited digital access have made things difficult for policymakers to press the pedal on the vaccination drive in the villages. As India aims to vaccinate all its adults by the end of the year, it needs to look at an alternative inoculation strategy for people in the smaller towns and villages.
CBI books Avantha Realty, Gautam Thapar in Yes Bank fraud case
A CBI official said that the agency has filed a case against Thapar, Avantha Realty Limited, Oyster Buildwell Pvt Ltd, Raghubir Kumar Sharma, Rajendra Kumar Mangal, Tapsi Mahajan unknown officials of Jhabua Power Investment Limited, unknown officials of Jhabua Power Limited, unknown officials of Avantha Holdings Limited, unknown officials of Avantha Power and Infrastructure Limited and unknown public servants.
Won't be remembered as a woman who can keep her mouth shut: Nusrat
Nusrat shared a throwback photograph of herself on Instagram and captioned it: "I won't be remembered as a woman who can keep her mouth shut... and I'm ok with that.... #throwbackpic #deserted #retrospective." Nusrat's cryptic social media post came on the same day when she issued a statement claiming that her marriage to businessman Nikhil Jain was not valid in India and it was only a live-in relationship.
Covid TPR in Kerala still high as 16,204 new cases registered
A statement issued here by Vijayan said there were 1,39,064 active cases on Wednesday, while 20,237 people turned negative, taking the total number of cured people in the state to 25,24,248. Another 156 deaths were recorded, taking the total death tally to 10,437. Across the state, 5,92,079 people were under observation at various places, including 32,396 people at hospitals.
Delhi reports 337 new Covid cases, 36 deaths
This is the second straight day that the national capital has witnessed a slight surge in daily cases. Delhi had reported 231 new cases on Monday, the lowest since March 2, which increased to 316 on Tuesday. The daily test positivity rate stood at 0.46 per cent on Wednesday. The national capital presently has 4,511 active cases, of which 1,555 are in home isolation.
Efforts on to comply with new norms, details in a week: Twitter to govt
In a letter to the ministry, the company has said that it remains committed to serving the people of India by providing a platform to facilitate public conversation in the country. Twitter noted that as per the new guidelines, it has appointed a Nodal Contact Person and a Resident Grievance Office on a contractual basis, and the company is making recruitments to fill the positions on a permanent basis.
Won't quit Parliament, continue fight for people's rights: Farooq Abdullah
He was talking to reporters after a meeting convened by the People's Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) at the residence of former Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti here. "I won't resign from the Parliament. We will continue to fight for the rights of the people in the Parliament till we are alive," Abdullah said.
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