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New Delhi, May 15 : The year was 2002 and it was a typical lethargic Sunday. Even as Delhi’s ruthless summer dared one and all, the Yamuna, impregnated with froth, flowed quietly.Kashmiri artist Inder Salim went to the river with a surgical knife, so…

New Delhi, May 15 : Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday said the government will come up with a facilitative legal framework to enable farmers directly engage with processors, retailers and exporters in a fair and transparent manner.Speakin…

New Delhi, May 15 : In the third tranche of Rs 20 lakh-crore package announced by the Prime Minister, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday came up with an 11-point plan for farmers’ welfare, fisheries and food processing.The third tranche of…

New Delhi, May 15 : The Centre on Friday allocated Rs 20,000 crore for fishermen through the Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana (PMMSY).This was part of the government’s economic package to help rejuvenate India’s economy.Critical gaps in the value…

New Delhi, May 15 : Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman while announcing the third tranche of the Prime Minister’s Rs 20 lakh-crore economic package, said a new scheme is being introduced to offer lower interest rates to dairy cooperatives.The intere…

New Delhi, May 15 : The much-talked about ‘Wuhan Diary: Dispatches from a Quarantined City by well-known Chinese literary writer Fang Fang, has released in India in the ebook format.Published by HarperNonFiction, the audio will follow on May 26.The b…

Agra, May 15 : The long march back to their homes by hordes of migrant workers through Agra, has put additional pressure on the district administration battling Covid-19 community spread, in the 44 hot zones.On Thursday, the focus was on providing re…

Barabanki (UP), May 15 : Holding aloft a flower from the Parijat tree, Babu Lal, 72, exclaims, “Phool aa gaya, bimari chali jayegi (flower is blooming, the disease will go away).”He firmly believes that the flowering of the Parijat tree, which is sai…

New Delhi, May 15 : India has reported the most number of coronavirus cases amongst the 11 member nations of the South-East Asia Region, data published by the World Health Organization (WHO) revealed on Friday.According to the data, the region has re…

Chandigarh, May 15 : The inter-state movement of those engaged in providing essential services, including medical professionals, resumed on Friday between Haryana and Delhi after a fortnight’s hiatus, officials said.Also the state, the first in the c…