In two controversial orders issued and revoked since 21 May, Punjab govt teachers were deployed to check illegal liquor smuggling and illegal sand mining.
8 pilgrims who returned from Maharashtra's Nanded Sunday have tested positive for Covid-19. Govt has ordered compulsory testing for everyone returning to Punjab from other states.
Banks and ATMs have also been allowed to operate the whole week, according to the state home department's revised guidelines amid the nationwide lockdown to curb Covid-19.
Punjab has had 33 cases of coronavirus so far. By Thursday, more than 580 cases had been registered against those allegedly found to have violated the curfew.
Disenfranchisement by institutional fiat is profoundly undemocratic. The effect of the ECI's new documentary process in Bihar will tilt the scales in favour of the BJP.
Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.
India-Russia JV is also racing to deliver 7,000 more AK-203 assault rifles by 15 Aug. These are currently being made with 50% indigenisation and this will surge to 100% by 31 December.
Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.
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