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Economic Times | 29 Aug, 2020 | 06.22PM IST
News Updates Live: Technology is helping us deal with agricultural challenges, says PM Modi
"Modern technology is helping deal with the challenges related to agriculture. One example of it was how the government used technology to minimize damage caused by locust attack in about 10 States recently," said the Prime Minister
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India is likely to convey to Russia that its troops will not be participating in the multinational military exercise, Kavkaz-2020, where Chinese and Pakistani troops will be present.
Over 40 Taliban killed, 37 injured in battle with Afghan forces
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Army, NDRF deployed in Hoshangabad
Torrential rains over the last two days has triggered flooding in several districts of Madhya Pradesh, including Hoshangabad, where the Army and the NDRF have been roped in for rescue.
Delhi police to set up 'IT cell' to flag 'unlawful content'
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Terrorists in Jammu & Kashmir
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Tour De France to go ahead, despite COVID-19 concerns
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Single voter list for LS, assembly, local body polls?
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An update from the Health Minister:
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BSF finds Pakistani tunnel
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Upon landing in the UAE, all IPL participants have followed a mandatory testing & quarantine programme. Total of 1,988 RT-PCR COVID tests were carried out between August 20th – 28th. 13 personnel have tested positive of which 2 are players
- Board of Control for Cricket in India
A protest will be lodged with Pakistani authorities, asking to take action against the guilty
- Jammu BSF IG NS Jamwal on the recovery of a tunnel in Samba area of Jammu and Kashmir
We were getting input about the existence of a tunnel in Samba area (of Jammu & Kashmir). A special team found the tunnel yesterday
- Jammu BSF IG NS Jamwal
Meghalaya's COVID-19 tally rises to 2,248
Affordable rental housing complexes included in list of infrastructure sub sectors
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- The department of economic affairs under the ministry of finance issued a notification earlier this week to this effect.
877 newborns,61 pregnant women die in Meghalaya in last four months: Official
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Puducherry MLA files plea in SC to stall NEET
On behalf of Puducherry government, we filed a writ petition in SC to stall NEET exam. The case has been filed in my name. The petition will be heard by next week. We hope for a good ruling from the SC which will safeguard the student community: R K R Anantharaman, Puducherry MLA
UAE formally ends Israel boycott amid US-brokered deal
- The ruler of the United Arab Emirates has issued a decree formally ending the country's boycott of Israel amid a US-brokered deal to normalize relations between the two countries.
- The state-run WAM news agency reported the decree on Saturday, saying it was on the orders of Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the ruler of Abu Dhabi and the Emirates' leader.
Sushant case: Rhea arrives for CBI questioning for second day
Actress Rhea Chakraborty, who is accused of abetting the suicide of film star Sushant Singh Rajput, reached the DRDO guest house here for the second consecutive day on Saturday for questioning by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), an official said.
Modern technology is helping deal with the challenges related to agriculture. One example of it was how the government used technology to minimize damage caused by locust attack in about 10 States recently
- PM Modi
Financial experts express mixed feelings on RBI's restructuring package
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- Tourism Finance Corporation of India MD and CEO Anirban Chakraborty said hotels and the hospitality sector are under the MSME segment in the loan restructuring framework of RBI.
- The emergency credit line extended to the borrowers is a good measure to help the sector sustain for the next two years, he said at a webinar organised by Enqube Collaborations on Friday.
Govt implementing several projects to ensure availability of water in drought-prone Bundelkhand region: PM Modi
Jharkhand allows public transport within state; hotels, lodges to reopen in view of JEE/NEET exams
India has controlled spread of locust swarms using modern technologies including drones
- PM Narendra Modi
When we talk about self-reliance in agriculture then it is not limited to self-sufficiency in food grains but encompasses self-reliance of the entire economy of the village
- PM Narendra Modi
West Bengal govt writes to Railway Board, says metro, local train services can be resumed
IIT Kharagpur researchers develop microneedle to administer drug in a painless way
- Researchers at IIT Kharagpur have developed a microneedle which is capable of administering large drug molecules in a painless way, a statement issued by the institute said on Saturday.
- The Institute's Department of Electronics and Electrical Communication Engineering has not only reduced the diameter size of the microneedles but also increased the strength so that they do not break while penetrating the skin, it said.
- The microneedle can be used even in COVID-19 vaccination in future, besides for insulin delivery, the statement said.
Pak set to reopen educational institutions from mid-September as COVID-19 situation improves
DERC's power tariff for 2020-21 will add to financial challenges of discoms: TPDDL
- The new power tariff announced by the DERC for 2020-21, without any hike in the existing rates, will "substantially increase" the financial "challenges" and "ability" to ensure round-the-clock electricity supply by the discoms in Delhi, a spokesperson of the TPDDL said on Saturday.
- The Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission (DERC) announced the new tariff on Friday, saying no hike was considered due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
- "Considering the COVID-19 pandemic, the DERC has maintained the tariff at the existing level. However, for the discoms, this tariff order will substantially increase the financial challenges and hence, the ability to ensure 24x7 power supply," the spokesperson of the Tata Power Delhi Distribution Limited (TPDDL) said.
PM inaugurates Rani Lakshmi Bai Central Agricultural University, Jhansi
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Chinese, Indians constitute 48% of foreign students in US in 2019: Report
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Jammu-Srinagar NH cleared for stranded vehicles after four days closure
Govt making numerous efforts to popularise sports and support sporting talent
- PM Modi
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Pranab Mukherjee health update
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Malaysia extends ban on foreign tourists
Malaysia has extended its pandemic movement restrictions including a ban on foreign tourists until the end of the year.
Hockey veterans to attend the National Sports Award Ceremony
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Trump to head to Louisiana as Hurricane Laura cleanup starts
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Pandemic reinforced need to be physically fit, mentally strong
- M Venkaiah Naidu on National Sports Day
Kamala Harris pledges to rejoin the Paris Climate agreement and re-enter Iran nuke deal if voted to power
Uttarakhand BJP Chief Bansidhar Bhagat tests positive for COVID19
UP Congress leader demands expulsion of Ghulam Nabi Azad from party
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Will FM answer how to describe mismanagement of economy before pandemic
- P Chidambaram
