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Covid-19 Latest News, Coronavirus Cases, Rainfall Alert, Monsoon Rains, Gunjan Saxena

1 August 2020

  • Centre encouraging start-ups in agriculture to double farmers’ income, provide employment to youth: Tomar

    The Centre is encouraging start-ups in agriculture to increase the income of farmers and to provide employment opportunities to youth, innformed Union Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare Minister, Narendra Singh Tomar on Friday (31st July). The minister said the Agri Ministry is funding start-ups under the innovation & agripreneurship component of ‘Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana’. He said in the 1st phase (2020-21), 112 startups in the area of agro-processing, food technology & value addition would be funded for a sum of Rs 1185.90 lakhs.

  • Rainfall Likely over North and Central States of India: Met Office

    Delhi and NCR witnessed a fresh spell of monsoon rain today, bringing relief from days of humidity. Indian Meteorological Department had predicted thunderstorm with light to moderate intensity showers with wind speed 15 to 30 kmph over many places in Delhi, Gurugram, Faridabad, Ballabgarh, Noida, Mathura, Agra, Barsana, Rajgarh, Kotputli, Jhajjar, Tundla, Hathras, Gohana, Etah, Deeg, Alwar, Viratnagar, Bharatpur and Badayun.

    Rainfall is also very likely over Chandigarh, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Bihar, Sub-Himalayan West Bengal and Sikkim, during next 12 hours.

  • Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl Trailer is Out

    One of the most-awaited trailer of Gunjan Saxena - The Kargil Girl has come and it is inspiring in every sense. The movie stars Janhvi Kapoor as the so-called Flight Lieutenant Gunjan Saxena, who, and Flight Lieutenant Srividya Rajan, were India's first women combat aviators to work in the Kargil war zone on tiny IAF Cheetah helicopters. The trailer perfectly summarizes the journey of Gunjan Saxena, who stood up against all odds & emerged victorious.

  • Covid-19 Latest Updates: More than 57,000 Coronavirus Cases Reported in last 24 Hrs

    India has made a new record surge this morning (1st August 2020) in Covid-19 cases with 57,118 fresh infections in the past 24 hours, taking the total number of cases to 16,95,988. In addition, there were 764 Coronavirus related deaths in the last 24 hours, according to the Union Health Ministry. The total fatalities because of the virus now stand at 36,511. To recall, India’s Covid-19 tally had crossed the 16 lakh-mark on Friday, just 3 days after crossing 15 lakh infections.

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