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Pakistan declares national emergency to battle locusts
Pakistan, which is facing its worst locust attack in decades, has declared national emergency to tackle the insects destroying crops on a large scale in Punjab province, country’s main region for agricultural production. The decision was taken at a meeting convened by Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday. The meeting, […]
Uber suspends 240 accounts in Mexico to prevent coronavirus spreading
U.S. ride-hailing application Uber Technologies Inc. said on Saturday that it suspended 240 accounts of users in Mexico who may recently have come in contact with someone possibly infected with the new coronavirus. The newly identified coronavirus, which is believed to have originated late last year from illegally traded wildlife […]
Delhi Polls: Shah, Nadda to address rallies; Kejriwal’s road shows today
Delhi will see a number of campaign rallies on Sunday as Union ministers Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh and Smriti Irani and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) convenor Arvind Kejriwal are scheduled to address people five days before the assembly polls. The Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) national president JP Nadda and Uttar […]
Man pours boiling water on live-in partner: Police
A 30-year-old labourer woman sustained severe burn injuries after her live-in partner allegedly poured boiling water on her, the city police said on Saturday. The accused was identified as Suraj Prabhudayal Yadav (50). Both Yadav and his live-in partner hail from Kedia village in Narsingpur district of Madhya Pradesh, and […]
Russia halts Chinese visa-free tourism, work visas over virus
Russia’s government on Saturday halted visa-free tourism for Chinese nationals and stopped issuing them with work visas over the deadly the deadly coronavirus outbreak. An order posted on the government website said the measures were to “ensure the safety of the country, protect public health and prevent the spread of […]
Donald Trump lifts US restrictions on anti-personnel landmines
US President Donald Trump’s administration on Friday lifted US restrictions on landmines, saying new technology made them safer, outraging campaigners for the abolition of the explosives that maim thousands of civilians each year. In the latest reversal of a policy of his predecessor Barack Obama, Trump gave the green light […]
Budget 2020: More funds allotted to fight climate crisis
With the implementation of the Paris Agreement commitments beginning on January 1, 2021, India has increased the budgetary outlays for climate-mitigation action across sectors. During her budget speech in Parliament on Saturday, Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman said that the country’s commitments will be executed in various sectors “by the […]
324 evacuated from Wuhan taken to 2 quarantine centres
The Air India jumbo B747 carrying 324 Indians from Wuhan, the central Chinese city in Hubei province at the centre of the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) outbreak, landed at the Delhi airport around 7.30am on Saturday while countries across the world evacuated their citizens as death toll from the contagion rose […]
Panel probing Bhima Koregaon violence given 2-month extension
A day after the two-member commission probing the 2018 Bhima Koregaon violence threatened to wind up prematurely due to the government’s failure to release the necessary funds, the state has released the dues and announced an inquiry into the delay. The panel has also been given an extension of two […]
Exemptions for UPSC staff, poll chiefs to go
One of the proposals of the union budget presented on Saturday is to do away with tax exemptions that election commissioners enjoy. These perks, which are equivalent to those offered to Supreme Court judges, are on the value of rent-free accommodation, conveyance allowance and medical allowance. The budget says that […]
China’s coronavirus toll rises to 304, over 14000 cases reported
China’s death toll from a new virus has increased to 304 with more than 14,000 cases, amid warnings from the World Health Organization that other countries need to be prepared in the event the disease spreads among their populations. Figures from the National Health Commission released Sunday show an increase […]
Google celebrates Scottish writer Mary Somerville’s legacy with a doodle
Google is celebrating the legacy of Scottish science writer Mary Somerville with a doodle. The first female member of the Royal Astronomical Society along with Caroline Herschel, Mary Somerville was a polymath. One of Mary Somerville’s experimental physics papers was read by the Royal Society of London, the UK’s National […]
2 dead in shooting at Florida church
Gunfire erupted at a funeral in Florida on Saturday, killing a teenager and a man and leaving two other people wounded, police said. Riviera Beach police said in a statement that the shooting happened outside the Victory City Church shortly after 2:30 pm. They said a 15-year-old boy and the […]
Here is your horoscope for 2 Feb, 2020
Aries The Moon in your resources sector has helped you recognize your needs, dear Aries. There can be a nice focus on recycling, saving, or repairing this morning, and a solid feeling to much of the day. Entertain large ambitions, but only if you truly have room in your life […]