India

It’s possibly the best time for the small tea growers of Assam. The leaves which till last year were sold at Rs 10 a kilogram now sells at Rs 50-60. The boom is expected to continue till 2021.

During this month, the precipitation on August 13 (68.2 mm) and August 20 (54.8 mm) accounted for more than 50 percent of the rains.

Government data shows that of the 8,577 COVID-19 patients admitted to city hospitals in August, 2,536 belonged to other states, mostly from neighbouring Uttar Pradesh and Haryana.

The hospital would be open to the people on Wednesday after sanitising it fully as per the protocol of the central government.

As mild symptoms of the infection were detected in some of the constables, the entire police station staff was tested for the virus. Eight of them were found coronavirus positive after their reports came on Saturday.

A mediaperson called up DCW's Officer on Special Duty (OSD) Rahul Tahiliani and informed that a woman was roaming around naked and looked helpless as the people were taking pictures and ridiculing her, the women's panel said.

A bench awarded the compensation to the deceased patient's wife Yashumati Devi noting that there was an urgent need for the patient's brain CT scan but it was delayed for more than three hours as the hospital waited for a fresh receipt of Rs 1,850 towards...

Shops and other business establishments in the areas where restrictions were in place, were shut. While public transport was off the roads, few private vehicles were plying.

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Water was being released into the Yamuna at the rate of 4,353 cusec at 8 am from the Hathnikund barrage in Haryana's Yamunanagar district.

Satish Chandra, 26, was on his way from Parthala Chowk to Sorkha when a dumper hit him in the Phase 3 police station area on Saturday, the officials said.

A proposal for holding JEE and NEET exams in Delhi was put forth in the last meeting of the Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA), which was attended by the L-G and Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, they said.

The paramilitary force that guards the metro network in the national capital region has prepared a fresh "business continuity plan" that will be implemented in "consultation" with the urban development ministry and the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC).

Ministry of Home Affairs allowed sporting congregation of up to 100 persons from September 21, according to Unlock 4.0 guidelines.

The IMD also forecast 'heavy to very heavy' rainfall at isolated places in the state till Tuesday morning.

The decision comes after the Union Home Ministry issued guidelines for "Unlock 4" this evening and allowed metro rail operations in a graded manner.