-The Indian Express For the relatives of deceased patients, queues begin from the wait at hospitals for their dear one's body, for hearse vans to take them to the resting PLAce, to finding a furnace free at a crematorium -- the time for each disposal/cremation has increased because of the Covid-19 protocol. Ahmedabad, Rajkot, Surat, Vadodara: Donning a PPE suit Chirag Patel waited at the Vadaj crematorium in Ahmedabad for his turn...
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India to have normal monsoon this year -Vibha Sharma
-The Tribune Punjab, Haryana may witness rain deficit New Delhi: For 2021, private forecaster Skymet Weather has predicted “normal” monsoon rains for the country at 103 per cent (907 mm) of the Long Period Average (LPA) rains this year. The rains will be “normal”, ending in the upper half of the normal range, the spread being 96-104% of LPA, said Skymet president GP Sharma. The prediction comes with an error margin of 5...
More »Fearing Lockdown Amid COVID-19 Spike, Some Migrant Workers Begin Leaving Delhi
-NDTV.com With increasing coronavirus numbers the fear of imposition of lockdown has been making migrant workers anxious. New Delhi: Amidst the rising number of coronavirus cases in the national capital, some of the migrant workers have started returning to their native PLAces in fear of imposition of lockdown. Some alone, with backpacks, while some with their families, migrant workers can be seen leaving for their home at ISBT, Anand Vihar, and other key...
More »EC notice to BJP leader Dilip Ghosh over Sitalkuchi comments
-The Hindu Election Commission also banned BJP leader Rahul Sinha from campaigning for 48 hours for his statement on the Sitalkuchi firing incident The Election Commission (EC) on Tuesday issued a notice to West Bengal BJP president Dilip Ghosh for violating provisions of the Model Code of Conduct and Indian Penal Code for making an “inflammatory statement” threatening the people of Bengal during a public rally in Barangar, North 24 Parganas. The EC...
More »Punjab: Farmers allege arhtiyas demanding ‘signed blank cheques’ to facilitate procurement -Anju Agnihotri Chaba
-The Indian Express An arhtiya from Khanna Mandi said that they are taking blank cheques from farmers as a security, adding that both arhtiyas and farmers know that during every procurement season only pre-decided amount would be deducted. Jalandhar: Just when he was ready to harvest his standing wheat crop and ship it to the mandi, farmer Nihal Singh (name changed) from Bathinda’s Baluana village was thrown off balance by an unlikely...
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