Speaker Om Birla has nominated 15 MPs from Jammu and Kashmir, Assam, Manipur, Nagaland and Arunachal Pradesh to assist the Delimitation Commission in redrawing the Lok Sabha and the Assembly constituencies of the northeastern States and the Union Territory. The…
Month: May 2020
READ: Antibiotics for covid cases worsen India’s superbug crisis | India News,The Indian Express According to a research, published in the journal Infection and Drug Resistance, the use of excessive use of antibiotics —while treating covid patients—has fueled drug-resistant infections…
IMD weather forecast now available on Umang app
Umang app users can now check the weather forecast of their city using the app. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has added its weather services to Umang app; users will be able to check the weather forecast of their city or the location…
Heatwave: IMD issues orange alert
The IMD has predicted heatwave to severe heatwave conditions over plains of the northwest and central and adjoining Peninsular India for the next five days and intense rainfall activity over northeast between May 25 and May 27 Issuing an orange alert specifically for Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh,…
RBI cuts repo rate by 40 bps
The Reserve Bank of India has cut the repo rate by 40 basis points from 4.4% to 4%. The reverse repo rate has been kept at 3.35% to maintain accommodative stance; Two key policy rates meant to tell the banks to not park their money with the central bank and…
Airport Authority of India announces Standard Operating Procedures’s for flights
The Airports Authority of India (AAI) issued Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for airports as the government announced resumption of domestic flights from May 25. Aarogya Setu mobile application is not mandatory for children below 14 years of age. Other passengers, however, are required to install…
Lipulekh dispute: Nepal’s new map includes parts of Indian territory
Nepal’s Cabinet has endorsed a new political map showing Lipulekh, Kalapani and Limpiyadhura under its territory, amid a border dispute with India.India inaugurated a road that crosses through Lipu Lekh Pass, part of an area both countries claim as their own. …
India lockdown 4.0 | What’s allowed and what’s not?
The Centre extended the nationwide lockdown, first imposed on March 24, for the fourth time till May 31. ALLOWED Gives considerable flexibility to the States in deciding red, green and orange zones of COVID-19 intensity. Buses, auto-rickshaws, cabs can operate; inter-State movement of vehicles to be decided…