Maximum MSP hike has been for oilseed sesame, which was raised by Rs 452/quintal — a 6.59 per cent hike from last year — the highest among all crops this year.
DDA uploaded the Master Plan of Delhi 2041 to its website. The plan aims to include pandemic-related changes and boost the city’s night-time economy. Find out more details here.
In the realm of Covid vaccination, indemnity has emerged as a key buzzword because of the breakneck speed at which vaccines have been developed and rolled out.
With Sri Lanka scrapping East Container Terminal deal with India and Japan, and Adani Group’s entry to develop the west terminal, Modi govt is rethinking its cabotage policy.
US FDA has approved Aduhelm drug, which proposes to work by chipping away at protein deposits in the brain that cause memory loss and other symptoms of Alzheimer’s.
Nano urea liquid is expected to potentially replace 13.7 million tonnes of conventional urea usage by 2023. IFFCO has also started field trials of the nano version of DAP fertiliser.
With a total of 47 sections and two schedules, the Model Tenancy Act proposes completely overhauling the legal framework of rental housing across the country.
The Supreme Court referred to the 1962 Kedar Nath judgment while quashing journalist Vinod Dua’s sedition case, saying journalists are 'entitled to protection’ under it.
The 1977 pandemic — called the 'Russian Flu' — was caused by the Human influenza H1N1 virus. It came to be known as such because it was first reported by the erstwhile Soviet Union.
Bodies of 215 children were discovered at what was once Canada's biggest residential school. Such schools operated from 1880s-1990s to 'assimilate' indigenous children into Canadian society.
The PM did make a valid point when he criticised the Congress for categorising the entire Muslim community in Karnataka under the Other Backward Classes. It is pure appeasement of Ashraaf Muslims and discriminates against Pasmandas.
Speaking at launch of economist Surjit Bhalla’s book, S Jaishankar also highlights Gen Z’s engagement with ‘reel culture’, which has 'promoted awareness, created interest in many subjects'.
Germany’s erstwhile Christian Democratic Union govt, led by Angela Merkel, prevented sale of small arms to police forces in states they perceived had ‘bad human rights record’.
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