PTI Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav has said his government has implemented guidelines issued by the Centre in connection with a new variant of COVID-19, amid an uptick in the viral infection cases in some states. Yadav on Monday night visited Hamidia Hospital, the largest state government hospital in Bhopal, to take stock of the arrangements. “The health department is working with full efficiency to deal with COVID-19 as well as all other diseases,” Yadav told reporters after visiting the medical facility. “We have implemented guidelines issued by the Centre regarding a new variant of COVID-19 in the entire…
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PTI Two drones and nearly one kg of heroin were seized near the India-Pakistan border in Punjab’s Amritsar, a BSF spokesperson said on Tuesday. The drone was noticed near Dhanoe Khurd village in Amritsar early on Tuesday. During a search operation along with the Punjab Police, the China-made drone and a packet of heroin weighing 430 grams were seized from a field. A nylon ring and a small torch were also attached to the packet, the spokesperson said. The BSF troops intercepted another drone in the same Dhanoe Khurd village on Monday evening. During a search operation, a China-made quadcopter…
PTI The Centre on Monday asked states and union territories to maintain constant vigil amid an uptick in COVID-19 cases and the detection of the first case of the new JN.1 variant in the country. In a letter to states and union territories, Union Health Secretary Sudhansh Pant underlined that “due to consistent and collaborative actions between the Centre and state governments, we have been able to sustain the (COVID-19) trajectory at sustainable low rates”. “However, as the COVID-19 virus continues to circulate and its epidemiology behaviour gets settled with Indian weather conditions and circulation of other usual pathogens, it…
PTI The Reserve Bank of India’s board on Monday reviewed the prevailing economic and financial scenario, including the challenges posed by geopolitical developments. The 605th meeting of the Central Board of Directors of Reserve Bank of India was held today in Ekta Nagar (Kevadia) under the Chairmanship of Governor Shaktikanta Das. “The board reviewed the economic and financial scenario, both domestic and global, including the challenges posed by global geopolitical developments,” the central bank said in a statement. It also discussed the activities of select central office departments and the draft report on trend and progress of banking in India, 2022-23.…
PTI Growing at a robust rate due to economic reforms in key sectors like digitisation and infrastructure, India has emerged as a star performer and is projected to contribute more than 16 per cent of the global growth, the International Monetary Fund said on Monday. “What we have been observing for quite some time now is that India has been growing at a very robust rate. It’s one of the star performers when it comes to real growth when you look at peer countries. It’s one of the fastest growing large emerging markets and it’s contributing, in our current projections,…
PTI Delhi recorded a minimum temperature of 7.8 degrees Celsius on Tuesday morning, normal for this time of the year, the weather office said. The relative humidity at 8:30 am stood at 87 per cent. On Monday, the minimum temperature was recorded a notch below the season’s average at 7.1 degrees Celsius, while the maximum was 22.3 degrees Celsius. The maximum temperature is likely to settle at 23 degrees Celsius on Tuesday, the IMD said. The average air quality index (AQI) stood in the poor category with a reading of 295 at 9 AM. An AQI between zero and 50…
FE The government has sufficient stock of foodgrains compared to buffers to carry out market intervention to curb spike in cereals prices in the coming months, said Ashok Kumar Meena, chairman and managing director, Food Corporation of India, on Friday. Meena said that the corporation currently has 36.46 million tonne (MT) of wheat and rice against the buffer of 21.41 MT for January 1. This grain stock excludes 23.74 MT of the rice to be received from the millers. “Cereals prices are likely to come down in the next couple of months with the open market sale of scheme (OMSS) and higher…
TH The Supreme Court on December 15 refused to stay an Allahabad High Court order allowing a court-monitored survey of the Shahi Idgah adjoining the Krishna Janmabhoomi temple in Mathura. A Bench headed by Justice Sanjiv Khanna said it should not be expected to order a stay on the strength of an oral plea. The Bench asked the Committee of Management Trust Shahi Masjid Idgah to challenge the High Court decision by filing a proper appeal. “How can we stay an order which is not before us? You challenge the order, then we will see…” Justice Khanna told senior advocate…
MC The defence ministry on Friday sealed an over Rs 5,300 crore deal with state-run Bharat Electronics Ltd (BEL) for procurement of electronic fuzes for the Indian Army for a period of 10 years. An electronic fuze is an integral component of medium to heavy calibre artillery guns which provide sustained artillery firepower for military operations. The ministry said the fuzes are being procured for usage in artillery guns which are capable of lethal engagements in various kinds of terrain including high-altitude areas along the northern borders. It said the aim of the project is to build up ammunition stocks to minimise…
PTI Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the newly-built Surat Diamond Bourse (SDB) building, part of the Diamond Research and Mercantile (DREAM) City, in Gujarat on December 17, its office-bearer said on Friday. The PM will also inaugurate the newly-upgraded terminal building of the Surat airport on his arrival there the same day, officials said. The SDB building, the world’s largest office complex with over 67 lakh square feet of floor area, is located at Khajod village near Surat city. The SDB building, the world’s largest office complex with over 67 lakh square feet of floor area, is located at Khajod…