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Copious monsoon rains spur summer crop sowing in India

NEW DELHI 25 July 2020 – Indian farmers have planted 79.9 million hectares with summer crops so far, according to the Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare, up 18.3% from last year as robust monsoon rains spurred sowing in the world’s leading producer of farm goods. Farmers generally start planting …

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Kargil Vijay Diwas – 1999 and 2020.

 By Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ Every year, young officers pass out of Indian Military academy with Chetwood Motto “The safety honour and welfare of the country comes first, always and every time. The honour, welfare and comfort of the men you command come next. Your own ease, comfort and safety come …

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COVID-19 vaccine by end of 2020 or early 2021

INDIANAPOLIS (US), JULY 24,2020:  Drug manufacturers representatives from AstraZeneca, Johnson and Johnson, Merck, Moderna, and Pfizer.Daccine has expressed confidence to develop the COVID-19 vaccine by either the end of 2020 or the beginning of 2021. These representatives met this week members of the Energy and Commerce Committee. The members heard …

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Total 182 lakh houses constructed under Indira Awas Yojana since 2014

CHANDIGARH–To achieve the objective of “Housing for all by the year 2022”, Prime Minister launched the restructured rural housing scheme, namely Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana-Gramin (PMAY-G) on November 20, 2016 with the target of construction of 2.95 crore houses with all basic amenities by the year 2022. The selection of …

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Empowering Potters’ Community a Big Step towards Inclusive Development: Amit Shah

NEW DELHI–Seeking to empower and associate the marginalized potters’ community with India’s quest to become “Aatmanirbhar”, Union Home Minister Amit Shah today distributed 100 electric potter wheels to 100 trained artisans under Kumhar Sashaktikaran Yojana of Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC). Amit Shah distributed the electric chaaks in village …

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Haryana contributes 60 per cent of total basmati rice exported from India

CHANDIGARH– Haryana contributed 60 per cent of the total basmati rice exported from the country. According to the fertility of the land, 393 ‘Crop-Clusters’ have been formed in the state, he added. He said that so far 452 ‘Farmer Producer Organizations’ have been registered against the target of 1000  set this …

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120 cases reported in District in 24v hours

Ludhiana, July 23,2020: Deputy Commissioner  Varinder Sharma today informed that under the “Mission Fateh” of the Punjab government, the number of COVID 19 patients getting cured in district Ludhiana is increasing with each passing day. He said that there are 697 active patients in the district at present. He said …