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Pakistani troops resort to unprovoked & indiscriminate firing in J&K’s Poonch district

ION correspondentDecember 22, 2020December 22, 2020

Pakistani troops violated ceasefire and resorted to unprovoked and indiscriminate firing targeting Indian forward posts and civilian areas along the line of control in Poonch district of Jammu and...

Health Ministry calls urgent meet to discuss emergence of mutated variant of coronavirus in UK

ION correspondentDecember 21, 2020

The Health Ministry has called an urgent meeting of its Joint Monitoring Group today to discuss the emergence of a mutated variant of the coronavirus in the United Kingdom....

Business and Commerce

Actual farmers are welcoming farm laws, says Union Minister VK Singh

ION correspondentDecember 21, 2020

Union Minister General VK Singh has said the actual farmers are welcoming the recent three central legislations on agriculture. He interacted with farmers in Thanjavur in Tamil Nadu yesterday...

World

Nepal’s Prime Minister Oli gets Parliament dissolved

ION correspondentDecember 21, 2020

Nepal’s embattled Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli on Sunday sprang a surprise on his rivals and got the President to dissolve Parliament, a controversial move amidst a prolonged...

Health Top Stories

European countries ban flights from Britain due to more infectious new strain of coronavirus

ION correspondentDecember 21, 2020

A number of European countries have imposed travel bans on the UK after it reported a more-infectious coronavirus variant. Ireland, Germany, France, Italy, the Netherlands and Belgium have decided...

Health Top Stories

India’s COVID-19 recovery rate improves to 95.51 percent

ION correspondentDecember 21, 2020

The country’s COVID-19 recovery rate has improved to an impressive 95.51 percent as more than 29 thousand COVID patients recovered in the past 24 hours. Health Ministry said, the...

Government invites farmers for next round of talks

ION correspondentDecember 21, 2020

The government has asked farmers to choose a date for next round of talks. In a letter to farmer Unions, joint secretary in the Agriculture Ministry Vivek Agrawal urged...

World

Hard lockdown in Germany to stop sharp rise in Covid-19 infections

ION correspondentDecember 17, 2020

Germany has effected a hard lockdown, closing schools and non-essential businesses in an attempt to stop a sharp rise in Covid-19 infections. The measures will be in place until...

Nation Top Stories

Cabinet approves assistance of Rs 3,500 crore for sugarcane farmers

ION correspondentDecember 17, 2020

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has approved assistance of three thousand 500 crore rupees for sugarcane farmers. Briefing the media in New Delhi after the Cabinet meeting,...

India and Bangladesh to reopen Chilahati-Haldibari rail link after nearly 55 years

ION correspondentDecember 17, 2020

India and Bangladesh will reopen the Chilahati-Haldibari rail link after nearly 55 years. It was cut off during the 1965 India-Pakistan war. The inauguration of the rail link will...

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