India

Three months on, Mumbai's Dharavi offers a rare glimmer of hope with new infections shrinking, thanks to an aggressive strategy that focused on 'chasing the virus, instead of waiting for disaster'.

The charge sheets were filed on Monday before Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Vinod Kumar Gautam for the alleged murder of Hamza, Aamin and Bhure Ali.

Commercial borrowings remained the largest component of the external debt, with a share of 39.4 per cent, followed by non-resident deposits at 23.4 per cent and short-term trade credit at 18.2 per cent.

The meeting was with attended by several senior ministers, including Food Minister Ram Vilas Paswan and Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, officials said.

The country is battling locust attacks, largely in northern states. Last week, swarm of locusts reached outskirts of Delhi and even in Uttar Pradesh.

The villagers panicked when they noticed that some goats and sheep at Godekere village in Gollarahatti taluk were having respiratory problems, an officer in the animal husbandry department of the district said.

Non-essential services will not operate during this period nor would movement of vehicles for proposes other than medical and essential travel be allowed.

The traders' body further said that the Chinese firms that may have set up manufacturing plants in India should also be investigated for whether the data they have accrued is not being misused or sent to China.

This will be the first PPP in the Kolkata Dock System. The rejuvenation programme will be implemented in KPD-I West, one of the four parts of the KPD, and it will help increase its cargo handling capacity by 4-5 times.

Tamil Nadu's tally of virus cases stood at 86,224 while Chennai's share was 55,969 and fresh cases continued to surge with 3,949 cases on Monday.

Mahana, the Industrial Development minister, also stressed upon the need to develop a connection between the academia, the industry and the government to create an environment for growth in the state.

The commission has, however, been able to take prompt action and prevent the marriage in 85 per cent of the cases, most of which were reported from South 24 Parganas, North 24 Parganas, East Burdwan and West Burdwan.

Rather than extending lockdown, restrictions may be considered after an assessment of the scenario in specific regions said Dr Prabhdeep Kaur of the National Institute of Epidemiology-ICMR.

Under the extended lockdown, the government has empowered district collectors and municipal commissioners to impose restrictions on non-essential activities.

Shah's advocate submitted the accused was suffering from various ailments that makes him prone to COVID-19, adding the separatist leader has sought direction that he be provided a separate cell in the jail.

To provide 'data lake' solution, the markets regulator had issued a notice in May, 2019 - inviting expression of interest (EoI) from the interested parties.