India

Maharashtra is expected to produce 10.13 million tonnes, up from 6.16 million tonnes this year as the cane area has expanded by about 43%, the trade body said.

Ever since the nationwide lockdown in India, Air Ambulance services have come down to merely 8 to10 flights per month.

A total 424 Indian seafarers will board two outgoing flights each from Mumbai and New Delhi to Doha to enable them to join cargo ships across the globe.

The settlements of densely packed low-rise buildings help fill a gap in affordable housing for the tens of thousands of migrants streaming into the city every day, urban experts say.

Advocate Gaurav Kumar Bansal claimed in his petition that the Delhi government has not taken seriously the lack of guidelines with respect to COVID-19 testing of mentally ill homeless persons.

Their sacrifice will never be forgotten by the country, said Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Officials said this will be part of the government's Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyaan' scheme being implemented in 116 districts in six states.

Minister Shripad Naik said documents related to the drugs and the research trial undertaken by Ramdev's herbal medicine company that have been sent to the ministry will be examined.

These kits will be used at all civic, state-run hospitals and COVID-19 treatment facilities to test suspected patients and ensure timely treatment, a BMC release stated.

MP Jamyang Tsering Namgyal expressed his gratitude on behalf of the people of Ladakh to the Army for its "befitting response" to the Chinese troops in the Galwan valley stand-off.

The report quoted its sources as saying more trains that may be operated to meet demand will too be branded as 'special' ones, similar to 230 mails and express trains that are currently running.

The move comes at a time when the Centre is overseeing measures taken to deal with the COVID-19 situation in the city which has been witnessing an alarming spike in cases.

Health Minister Dr Raghu Sharma on Tuesday said that strict action shall be taken against 'negligent' officials after investigating complaints against them.

Patanjali has also been asked for details of the sample size, sites and hospitals where the research study was conducted and the Institutional Ethics Committee clearance, the ministry said.

It is the first visit abroad by a senior union minister in four months as foreign travels were restricted in view of the coronavirus pandemic.

The state information commission had earlier penalised Jabalpur Collector Bharat Yadav with a fine of Rs 5,000 for not furnishing documents in the same case.