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New Delhi: Niti Aayog Member (Agriculture) Ramesh Chand has said protesting farmers have not fully or properly understood the new farm laws, asserting that these legislations have potential to increase farm income in a big way. He further said that the motive of the three new farm laws is exactly the opposite of what the protesting farmers have understood. In an interview to PTI , Chand said, "The way, I am reading these farmers, who are protesting, it looks like that they have not fully or properly understood these three laws." "If these new farm laws are allowed to be implemented, there are very high chances of a big increase in income of the farmers and in many states, it may even double," he said while replying to a question on whether the government is still confident of doubling farm income by 2022. The Narendra Modi-led NDA government has set a target of doubling farmers' income by 2022. On 27 September, President Ram Nath Kovind gave assent to the

New Delhi: Delhi's air quality remained "poor" on Sunday and is likely to deteriorate further amid a dip in the mercury and the wind speed. The city's air quality index (AQI) was 245 at 9 am. The 24-hour average was 231 on Saturday, 137 on Friday, 302 on Thursday and 413 on Wednesday. An AQI between zero and 50 is considered "good", 51 and 100 "satisfactory", 101 and 200 "moderate", 201 and 300 "poor", 301 and 400 "very poor", and 401 and 500 "severe". The maximum wind speed was 15 kmph on Saturday. It is likely to be 8 to 12 kmph on Sunday and Monday, according to the India Meteorological Department. Winds are predicted to slow down on Sunday. Therefore, Delhi's air quality is likely to deteriorate further and remain in the "poor" to "very poor" category over the next two days, it said. The minimum temperature was 7 degrees Celsius on Sunday and the maximum is predicted to sett

New Delhi:  India's COVID-19 caseload inched closer to the 94-lakh mark, while the number of people who have recuperated from the disease crossed 88 lakh pushing the national recovery rate to 93.71 percent, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Sunday. The total coronavirus cases mounted to 93,92,919 with 41,810 new infections being reported in a day, while the death toll climbed to 1,36,696 with 496 new fatalities, the data updated at 8 am showed. The active COVID-19 caseload remained below 5 lakh for the 19th consecutive day. There are 4,53,956 active coronavirus infections in the country which comprises 4.83 percent of the total caseload, the data stated. The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 88,02,267 pushing the national recovery rate to 93.71 percent, while the COVID-19 case fatality rate stands at 1.46 percent. India's COVID-19 tally had crossed the 20-lakh mark on 7 August, 30 lakh on 23 August and 40 lakh on 5 Septemb

Raipur:  An officer of the CRPF's jungle warfare unit, CoBRA, was killed while nine commandos were injured after Maoists triggered an IED blast in Chhattisgarh's Sukma district, security officials said on Sunday. They said the improvised explosive device blast took place in the Chintalnar forest area of the district around 9 pm on Saturday and the injured personnel were evacuated by a Mi-17 V5 helicopter of the IAF around midnight. Assistant Commandant Nitin Bhalerao, 33, succumbed to injuries suffered in the blast in the early hours of Sunday, and nine commandos, including the team leader who is a second-in-command rank officer, were injured, they said. Seven commandos are being treated at a hospital in Raipur while two are being given medical care at a unit hospital at Chintalnar, located in the south Bastar area of the state, they said. Sukma district is located at a distance of about 400 kms from here. The injured troops belong to the 206th battalion of the Commando Ba

Raipur: Five personnel of CRPF's jungle warfare unit CoBRA were injured in an IED blast triggered by Maoists on Saturday evening in Chhattisgarh's Sukma district, officials said. They said the improvised explosive device blast took place in the Chintagufa forest area of the district and the injured personnel are being evacuated by a helicopter. The injured troops belong to the 206th battalion of the Commando Battalions for Resolute Action (CoBRA). A joint team of CoBRA and local police was out in the area for a special operation when the explosion took place, they said from Firstpost India Latest News https://ift.tt/36fxjZe Press Trust of India

New Delhi: Attorney General KK Venugopal has declined consent for initiation of criminal contempt proceedings against Prashant Bhushan for his tweets in which he was critical of Chief Justice of India (CJI) SA Bobde being provided a special helicopter by the Madhya Pradesh government, saying the activist-lawyer later expressed regret. On 21 October, Bhushan had said the CJI availed the special helicopter during his visit to Kanha national park while "an important case of disqualification of defecting MLAs of MP (Madhya Pradesh) is pending before him. Survival of MP govt depends on this case". However, Bhushan on 4 November had regretted the error in his earlier tweet and tweeted: Elections were held yesterday to seats of defecting Cong MLAs in MP who were made ministers in the Shivraj Govt. The survival of the Shivraj govt will depend on their re-election, not on the decision of the case in CJIs court challenging their ministership. I regret this error in my tweet below.&q

New Delhi: The Delhi government on Saturday issued work-from-home orders for 50 percent of its employees associated with non-essential services and advised private establishments to follow the practice as far as possible amid a surge in COVID-19 cases in the national capital. Delhi chief secretary and DDMA executive committee chairman Vijay Dev, in an order, said all Delhi government offices, autonomous bodies, public sector undertakings, corporations, local bodies will function with officers of grade-one level or equivalent and above to the extent of 100 percent. "The remaining staff will attend up to 50 percent as per requirement to be assessed by heads of the departments concerned (remaining 50 percent of the staff will work from home) till 31 December, 2020, or till further orders whichever is earlier," stated the DDMA order. Private offices are advised to stagger the office timings and also presence and quantum of staff with an objective to reduce the number of emplo

New Delhi:  Former JNU student leader Umar Kahlid alleged before a Delhi court on Saturday that there has been a vicious media campaign against him in various newspapers and on TV channels about his alleged role in the northeast Delhi riots. The media platforms were reporting about him on the basis of the supplementary charge sheet filed in a case pertaining to the February riots, even though Khalid did not have a copy of the charge sheet and cannot defend himself in the alleged media trial or understand the narrative being built, the application filed by his counsel said. The application further sought that a soft copy of the charge sheet be provided to him on Saturday itself though the case was earlier fixed for hearing on 2 December for the supply of copies to the accused in the matter. Additional Sessions Judge Amitabh Rawat directed the court staff to provide the soft copy of the supplementary charge sheet to Khalid's counsel on Saturday. During the hearing, Special Public

The Common Admission Test (CAT) 2020 will be conducted by the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Indore today (Sunday, 29 November). Since the examination for admission to business schools across the country is conducted amid the COVID-19 pandemic, special guidelines have been issued by authorities for the safety of candidates. According to a report by The Indian Express , a total of 2,27,835 candidates have registered for the examination this year. The exam will be held in three sessions — the first session will begin from 8.30 am, second at 12.30 pm and the last session will commence at 4.30 pm. Candidates appearing for the Common Admission Test (CAT) 2020 will have to report well in advance to allow time for frisking, verification, and staggered entry to the examination centre. The gates of the exam centres will be closed 15 minutes prior to the commencement of the exam. As for dress code for CAT 2020, candidates are allowed to wear socks, plain pullovers or sweaters/cardigan

Chandigarh: Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh on Saturday said he will not speak to his Haryana counter Manohar Lal Khattar until he seeks an apology for "inflicting brutality" on farmers marching to Delhi. The Punjab chief minister also junked the allegations that he did not speak to Khattar over the farmers’ issue despite repeated attempts by the Haryana chief minister, according to a statement. “Khattar is lying that he tried calling me earlier and I did not respond. But now, after what he has done to my farmers, I will not speak to him even if he calls me 10 times. Unless he apologises and admits that he did wrong with Punjab's farmers, I will not forgive him,” said Singh, seeking an apology from the Haryana chief minister for "inflicting brutality" on farmers. The Punjab chief minister’s reaction has come after Khattar alleged on Saturday that despite wanting to talk to him over the issue, Singh did not respond even when telephone calls to his offic

New Delhi: Lt Governor Anil Baijal on Saturday approved a proposal of the Delhi government to reduce the presence of its non-essential services employees in offices by 50 percent amid a spike in COVID-19 in the National Capital, Revenue Minister Kailash Gahlot said. "The heads of departments will decide about how to implement it according to the requirement of staff at their disposal," he told PTI . According to officials, the move, applicable to all Delhi government employees except grade-one and above officers, aims to bring down the number of non-essential services staff in the offices in view of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Delhi government had also sought recommendations to private establishments to stagger office timings, reduce the presence of their staff, and encourage work from home. The proposal from the Delhi government's revenue department was sent to the Lt Governor who is also chairman of Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) for approval, Gahlot said

Srinagar:  In the first electoral exercise in Jammu and Kashmir since the abrogation of Article 370, nearly 52 percent turnout was recorded on Saturday in the maiden District Development Council (DDC) polls. The first round of polling on Saturday in the eight-phase DDC election passed off peacefully, except for a minor incident of stone-pelting in Kulgam. State Election Commissioner KK Sharma told reporters that 51.76 percent of the 700,842 eligible voters exercised their franchise during the voting which began at 7.00 am and ended at 2.00 pm. Reasi in Jammu recorded the highest voter turnout of 74.62 percent while militancy-infested Pulwama witnessed the least voter participation at 6.7 percent. Sharma said the voting was peaceful across the Union territory, barring one incident of stone-pelting that took place in Kulgam district of South Kashmir. In the first phase of the DDC elections, voting was held in 43 constituencies, including 25 in Kashmir, and 1,475 candidates were in t

Four days since farmers from Punjab, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and others undertook the ' Delhi Chalo' march to register their protest against the Centre's recent farm laws, their number swelled up on Saturday as more arrived at multiple border entry points to the National Capital. While around four hundred farmers are currently parked at the Sant Nirankari Ground in Delhi's Burari, an area designated by the Delhi Police for the farmers' protest,  reports said that several farmers groups have decided to stay put at the border entry points, most notably the Singhu and Tikri borders of Delhi. Prominent collectives like the Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) have refused to move to the Burari ground, demanding that they be allowed to proceed to Jantar Mantar  as per their initial plan. At the Burari ground, slogans such as ' Dharti Mata Ki Jai' , ' Narendra Modi Kisan Virodhi'  and ' Inquilab Zindabad' could be heard. As some farmer lea

Ahmedabad/Hyderabad/Pune:  Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday visited Ahmedabad, Hyderabad and Pune to review coronavirus vaccine development work there. The Prime Minister's Office said the day-long visit was aimed at getting a first-hand perspective of the preparations, challenges and road map in India's endeavour to vaccinate its citizens. Modi began by visiting pharma major Zydus Cadila's manufacturing facility near Ahmedabad. Wearing a PPE kit, he reviewed the vaccine development process at the company's research centre, located over 20 kilometres from Ahmedabad. Modi was extensively briefed about the vaccine work at the plant by the company officials. He was briefed about the vaccine production procedure. He interacted with scientists and vaccine developers, an official said. "Visited the Zydus Biotech Park in Ahmedabad to know more about the indigenous DNA based vaccine being developed by Zydus Cadila. I compliment the team behind this effort for th

Mumbai: BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis on Saturday accused the Uddhav Thackeray-led Maharashtra government of ignoring the plight farmers in the state and failing on the Maratha reservation issue. The former chief minister said the government has failed to provide financial aid to farmers. The Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government completes a year in office on Saturday. "The Thackeray government has failed in providing financial assistance to farmers. The government has completely ignored their plight. Cotton, soybean crops got destroyed due to pest attack, but no help was provided to farmers," Fadnavis said in a press conference. "This government has miserably failed in Maratha reservation as well," he alleged. "Some of the state ministers are deliberately making contradictory statements on the Maratha reservation issue. They are doing so to cover up the government's failure. This government is deliberately dragging its feet in the Supreme Court," he

The erroneous trial results of the AstraZeneca-Oxford vaccine candidate will not impact the manufacturing or delivery schedule of the 'Covieshield', the Indian version of the experimental vaccine, Adar Poonawalla, the CEO of Pune-based Serum Institute of India which is manufacturing the vaccine in India reiterated on Saturday. Poonawalla's remarks came days after AstraZeneca and Oxford University acknowledged a manufacturing error that has raised questions about preliminary results of their experimental COVID-19 vaccine. Earlier on Saturday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi also visited the vaccine major's Pune facility. Poonawala also saidthat the SII is working towards meeting the need for 30 to 40 crore (300 to 400 million) doses of vaccine that the Ministry of Health Affairs may require by July. "As of now, we don't have anything in writing with the government of India on how many doses they will purchase but the indication is that it would be 300-400 millio

Bhubaneswar:  The Opposition BJP and Congress MLAs disrupted the proceedings of the Odisha Assembly for the fourth consecutive day on Saturday over the kidnapping and murder of 5-year-old girl 'Pari' even as the state government clarified that the SIT probe will be court monitored. The issue was raised in the Assembly by Congress Legislature Party leader Narasingha Mishra as soon as the House assembled for the day. The BJP members reiterated their demand for removal of Sahoo from the Cabinet as his role in providing protection to the main accused in the Pari kidnap and murder case is not clear. They said the police has not been able to arrest any accused person in the little girl's kidnap and murder case even though over four months have passed since the incident. Leader of Opposition PK Naik of BJP accused Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik of shielding the agriculture minister instead of giving justice to the victim's family. His party has been demanding a CBI probe i

The Common Admission Test (CAT) 2020 will be conducted by the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Indore tomorrow (Sunday, 29 November). Since the examination for admission to business schools across the country is conducted amid the COVID-19 pandemic, special guidelines have been issued by authorities for the safety of candidates. According to a report by The Indian Express , a total of 2,27,835 candidates have registered for the examination this year. The exam will be held in three sessions — the first session will begin from 8.30 am, second at 12.30 pm and the last session will commence at 4.30 pm. Candidates appearing for the Common Admission Test (CAT) 2020 will have to report well in advance to allow time for frisking, verification, and staggered entry to the examination centre. The gates of the exam centres will be closed 15 minutes prior to the commencement of the exam. As for dress code for CAT 2020, candidates are allowed to wear socks, plain pullovers or sweaters/cardi

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The Maharashtra State Common Entrance Test Cell has declared the results for MAH BA/BSC-BEd (Integrated) CET 2020 and MEd CET 2020 on its official website cetcell.mahacet.org . According to a report by India Today , the results have been declared in PDF format. It mentions the registration number, roll number, category, gender, name, and marks optioned by candidates out of a total of 100 marks in the entrance examination. The MAH BA/BSc-BEd (Integrated) CET 2020 was conducted on 18 October, while MAH MEd CET 2020 was held on 5 November 2020. Mayoorr Bhujjang Salunkhay has topped the MAH BA/BSc-BEd (Integrated) CET 2020 securing 79 out of a total of 100 marks. In the MAH MEd CET 2020, Bhawana Pant has secured the top position with 62 marks out of a total of 100 marks. Steps to check MAH MEd CET 2020 and BA/BSC-BEd CET result 2020: Step 1: Go to the official website of State Common Entrance Test Cell, Maharashtra cetcell.mahacet.org . Step 2: On the homepage, tap on the link tha

New Delhi: Shouting slogans, singing songs and carrying flags in reds, greens and blues, about 400 farmers from various groups and states on Saturday gathered at north Delhi’s Burari ground, where the government had allowed them to hold a peaceful protest against the new farm laws. While thousands of farmers sat it out at various border points into Delhi for the third consecutive day, many made their way into the national capital and gathered at the Nirankari ground, one of the largest in the city. The farmers, mostly from Punjab and Haryana and also from Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan, arrived in trucks and tractors. Slogans such as “Dharti Mata Ki Jai”, ‘Narendra Modi Kisan Virodhi” and “Inquilab Zindabad” could be heard from different parts of the vast, dusty ground. As some farmer leaders gave speeches, farmers danced to drumbeats and the strains of “Hum Honge Kaamyab” could also be heard. Amid the cheerful cacophony from farmers who said they were determined to make their point

Hyderabad: Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Hyderabad on Saturday as part of his three-city tour to take the stock of COVID-19 vaccine development. After landing at Hakimpet Air Force station, he was received by Telangana chief secretary Somesh Kumar, Director General of Police and other officials. PM Narendra Modi was briefed about indigenous COVID-19 vaccine of Bharat Biotech at its facility in Hyderabad, Telangana today. "Congratulated scientists for their progress in the trials so far. Their team is closely working with ICMR to facilitate speedy progress," he tweets. pic.twitter.com/2z3dCuP6Pt — ANI (@ANI) November 28, 2020 He will be proceeding to Bharat Biotech's facility located at Genome valley, a life sciences cluster about 20 km rom the AF base, officials said. COVID-19 vaccine, Covaxin, being developed by Bharat Biotech in collaboration with Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and National Institute of Virology is now undergoing phase-3 t

The ministry of road and Transport highways, India announced new guidelines for cab aggregators through a notification released on 26 November. The ministry issued the guidelines under the part of Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Act, 2019, that states take into account before issuing a license to state aggregators. The regulations define cab aggregators as digital mediators or marketplaces for passengers to connect with drivers for the intent of transportation. “The city taxi fare indexed by WPI (Wholesale Price Index)for the current year shall be the base fare chargeable to customers availing aggregator service,” said the guidelines issued by the ministry of road and transport highways. The cancellation fee is capped at 10 percent of the total fare, not exceeding Rs 100 for both users and drivers. On the other hand, aggregators are allowed to charge fares that are up to 50 percent lower than the base fare. The fare will be divided in a ratio of 80 percent to 20 percent from driver to ag

New Delhi:  India's COVID-19 caseload climbed to 93.51 lakh on Saturday after 41,322 new infections were reported in a day, said the health ministry. The total number of coronavirus cases increased to 93,51,109 and the toll climbed to 1,36,200 with the virus claiming 485 more lives, the data updated at 8 am showed. With 87,59,969 being cured of the virus so far, the national recovery rate stands at 93.68 percent. After showing an upward trend for three days in a row, the active COVID-19 caseload decreased to 4,54,940, remaining below five lakh for the 18th consecutive day. It comprises 4.87 percent of the total caseload, the data stated. The COVID-19 case fatality rate stands at 1.46 percent. India's COVID-19 tally had crossed the 20-lakh mark on 7 August, 30 lakh on 23 August and 40 lakh on 5 September. It went past 50 lakh on 16 September, 60 lakh on 28 September, 70 lakh on 11 October, crossed 80 lakh on 29 October and 90 lakh on 20 November. According to the Indian Co

The Staff Selection Commission (SSC) has released the answer key for the recruitment examination conducted for post of junior Hindi translator, junior translator and senior Hindi translator. Candidates who have appeared for computer-based exam (Paper - 1) can check the answer key at ssc.nic.in . The examination was held on 19 November at different centres across the country. To check the tentative answer keys and response sheets, candidates will have to enter their examination roll number and password. According to reports , candidates can raise objection, if any, against the answer key till 1 December up to 6 pm. They will be required to pay a fee of Rs 100 for each answer challenged. Candidates are advised to take a print of their response sheets as it will not be available on the SSC's website after 1 December. Reports also said that candidates who have qualified SSC junior Hindi translator, senior Hindi translator, junior translator Paper 1 examination will now be called to

MAH-LLB (5 years) CET result 2020 has been released by the Maharashtra Common Entrance Test Cell on its website — cetcell.mahacet.org . The result has been declared in PDF document and candidates can check their name and score on the official website. Surabhi Pareek has topped the exam securing 131 out of total 150 marks. Smruti Gopal Bhutada and Khushi Khemka have secured the second and third position respectively. The MAH LLB common entrance examinatio n was conducted by the State Common Entrance Cell, Maharashtra on 11 October. The authorities will soon announce the counselling schedule for MAH LLB (5 years) on its official website. The Maharashtra CET may also release provisional alphabetical merit list for two categories — Maharashtra State (MS), All India Candidature (OMS). To participate in the counselling process, candidates will have to fill CAP application form and select the institution of their choice in which they want to get admission into. The seats will be allot

MAH MCA CET result 2020 has been declared by the Maharashtra Common Entrance Examination cell on its website cetcell.mahacet.org. The result has been declared in PDF format and mentions name, roll number, registration number, equated score and percentile of the candidates in the entrance test. According to a report by Hindustan Times , the State Common Entrance Test Cell, Maharashtra conducted the Master of Computer Application (MCA) Common Entrance Test on 28 October 2020. A report by Careers 360 said that as many as 15,366 candidates appeared for MAH MCA CET 2020. The Directorate of Technical Education (DTE), Maharashtra will soon conduct centralised counselling for shortlisted candidates for MCA admissions. The date, time and other details about the MAH MCA CET 2020 counselling will soon be released on the official website. Steps to check MAH MCA CET result 2020 online: Step 1 : Go to the official website of State Common Entrance Test Cell, Maharashtra State - cetcell.mahacet.

The All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi has declared the result of Institute of National Importance Combined Entrance Test (INICET) 2021 on its website - aiimsexams.org. Candidates can check their rank and percentile in INICET 2021 on the official portal. According to a report by Hindustan Times , the INICET for January 2021 session was conducted by AIIMS on 20 November 2020. The examination was held in the computer-based test (CBT) mode. Those who have qualified the examination will be getting admission into postgraduate courses [MD, MS, DM (6 years), MCh (6 years) and MDS] at the Institutes of National Importance (INI) for medical education namely, AIIMS-New Delhi and other AIIMS, JIPMER Puducherry, PGIMER-Chandigarh, NIMHANS-Bengaluru. AIIMS has also released the final seat position for admission to post-graduate courses of INIs for INICET 2021 session on its website. The result has been declared in PDF format and contains the roll numbers of the qualifie

09:34 (IST) Farmers Protest LATEST Updates Left parties condemn police action on protesting farmers The Left parties on Friday stood in solidarity with the farmers who converged in Delhi to protest the Centre's new farm laws and condemned the use of force against the protestors. CPM general secretary Sitaram Yechury said the grit and determination of the Indian farmers cannot be broken by the use of force. "Lakhs of our annadatas are knocking Prime Minister Narendra Modi to listen. He doesn't even take cognisance. Instead feeds his vanity deepening people's misery and intensifying pandemic spread," he tweeted. Read full story here... 09:17 (IST) Farmers Protest LATEST Updates Here for the long haul: Farmers at Burari ground Farmers gathered at the approved protest site at the Nirankari ground in Burari, Delhi on Saturday. They said that their protests will continue as long as the Centre's farm laws are not rolled back. A farmer said, "Our pr