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Asserting that steady efforts are being made to connect farming with modern technology, the Prime Minister noted that research institutions and agricultural universities have a vital role to play.

Goyal in letters to Chief Ministers of nine states highlighted how the dedicated freight corridor has been facing 'long-pending issues' which have remained 'unresolved'.

The godown was constructed in the name of Mukhtar's wife and three other partners in Raini village under Dakshin Tola police station area and the land belonged to the village panchayat.

Two players and 11 other people have tested positive for COVID19 after arriving in the United Arab Emirates for the Indian Premier League (IPL), while allrounder Suresh Raina has pulled out of the tournament for personal reasons.

India reported 76,472 new coronavirus cases on Saturday, slightly lower than the record breaking numbers of the past couple of days, but extending a run that has made the country's outbreak currently the world's worst.

The teachers and scholars have been encouraged to publish works pertaining to science, art and literary significance. Any other commentary would need approval from the competent authority, the new mandate states.

With 65,050 patients having recuperated from COVID-19 in 24 hours, the total number of recoveries have surged to 26,48,998.

Political violence has reached new heights in the state to prevent democratic movements by opposition parties,and leaders and workers are being implicated in false cases, Ghosh claimed.

The state chief secretary urged JEE aspirants to share details with their nodal ITI principals by August 31 so that necessary arrangements can be made for their transport and accommodation.

The flood in the Mahanadi river system is likely to affect coastal districts like Puri, Khurda, Cuttack, Jagatsinghpur and Nayagarh districts.

Justice Navin Chawla issued notice and sought responses of Central government, the Union Public Service Commission, Sudarshan TV, and its Editor-in-Chief, Suresh Chavhanke on the matter.

The power regulator also waived 20 per cent surcharge under time of day (ToD) tariff for September to facilitate non-domestic, industrial, public utilities and domestic consumers due to the prevailing COVID-19 situation, the DERC said in a statement.

The induction ceremony of the Rafale jets will be held on September 10 in Ambala air force station in presence of Singh, Chief of Defence Staff Gen Bipin Rawat and the entire top military brass of the country, they said.

India has already created a capacity of doing 10 lakh tests per day.  A total of 9,01,338 samples were tested in a span of 24 hours on Thursday taking the cumulative tests to 3,94,77,848 so far.

The plea, filed through advocate Sunil Fernandes, said the apex court order fails to satisfy safety and security concerns of students appearing for the exams.

The incident was reported to the police at around 6 am. One of the women in the family said she woke up at 3 am to drink water when she found Musaida unusually lying on a cot on the terrace. Soon she woke up other family members and they all realised she...