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Despite good yield, COVID-19 casts a shadow on its salesThe sweet lime growers in Mukundapuram are in a deep trouble despite the yield being very good due to continuous availability of irrigation water, as COVID-19 cast a shadow on sales of the most sought-after fruit for instant recharge with its juice during summer. Grown in over 2,000 acres in this village alone in Garladinne mandal, which has one of the largest chunks of land dedicated for this crop, farmers were buoyant after failure of the crop in 2018 and 2019 due to shortage of irrigation water. Sweet lime, which was…

Nepal has officially unveiled a new political map of the country showing the regions of Kalapani, Limpiyadhura and Lipulekh of Uttarakhand, as part of its sovereign territory. Launching the map at a press conference, Minister of Land Management Padma Kumari Aryal said the government of Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli was committed to protecting territorial sovereignty and integrity of the country. “It is a historic moment of happiness for the people of Nepal. The government will not allow erosion of self-esteem of our people. Nepal will publish the new map and make it part of the school textbooks,” said…

Four security personnel were injured in the operation in Srinagar’s old citySeparatist Tehreek-e-Hurriyat (TeH) chairman Muhammad Ashraf Sehrai’s son was among two Hizbul Mujahideen militants killed on May 19 in an 11-hour long operation in a congested locality of Srinagar’s old city. Four security personnel were injured and over 10 houses were damaged. In the encounter which broke out on the intervening night in May 18-19 in Nawakadal area of Srinagar , a Jammu and Kashmir Police constable was killed while another cop , a CRPF jawan and two others sustained injuries. Of the two Hizb-ul terrorists who were gunned…

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday took to networking site LinkedIn to speak to young professionals that adapting to new technology in the times of COVID-19 can help create new business models and lead to the engagement of a large segment of Indians, including the poor , with technical solution. “India, with the right blend of the physical and the virtual, can emerge as the global nerve centre of complex modern multinational supply chains in the post Covid-19 world. Let us rise to that occasion and seize this opportunity. I urge you all to think about this and contribute to…

China has accused the Indian Army of crossing into it's territory and " blocking" its patrols and "attempting to unilaterally change the status" on Line of Actual Control (LAC) between the two countries in Sikkim. Tension is gradually building up between Indian and Chinese armies in several areas in Ladakh and northern Sikkim along the un-demarcated Sino-India border with both sides bringing in additional troops, days after they were involved in two violent face-offs, authoritative sources said on Tuesday. Both the Indian and Chinese armies have brought in more troops in sensitive locations like Demchok, Daulat Beg Oldie and areas…

For an hour daily, two Delhi police constables have taken on the role of teachers, helping five children in a south Delhi pocket learn alphabets, rhymes and ways to protect themselves from the deadly COVID-19 in efforts to ensure their studies are not affected during the coronavirus-triggered lockdown.With schools closed during lockdown, head constable Tara Chand and constable Neelam have been taking classes for these children for an hour daily since April 10, the police said.Deputy Commissioner of Police (South) Atul Kumar Thakur said from teaching them rhymes, alphabets, counting, colouring to identification of different parts of a human body,…

As super cyclone Amphan advanced towards Bengal and Odisha, Union Home Minister Amit Shah this morning spoke to Chief Ministers Mamata Banerjee and Navin Patnaik, and assured them of all possible help. Cyclone Amphan, equivalent of a category 5 hurricane, is gathering strength and is expected to hit the coast of Bengal late on Wednesday. More than 50 lakh people are being evacuated to safer places.In a telephonic conversation with Mamata Banerjee, Amit Shah discussed the arrangements and preparedness in West Bengal, where the cyclone is expected to land on Wednesday."The central government is with you," the Home Minister reportedly…