Hi, NewsWrap for October 12, 2020

Agriculture/farmer update, Cotton Brand, Nobel Prize, Coronavirus news,

12 October 2020

  • Indian Cotton Brand Kasturi can help CCI Increase Exports: Experts

    The first national brand of Indian cotton, Kasturi can obtain at least a 5 percent price premium, accordring to industry experts. With private trade not willing to purchase cotton at the minimum support price (MSP), the Cotton Corporation of India (CCI) has to step in as the biggest purchaser, accounting for a third of the total national production. The experts believe that cotton branding can help CCI increase the exports.

  • Pakistan, China creating border dispute under a mission: Rajnath Singh

    Amid the border standoff with China, India is expediting work on several key projects including on a strategic road linking Darcha in Himachal Pradesh with Ladakh that will criss-cross a number of high-altitude snow-bound passes.

    Inaugurating 43 bridges built by Border Roads Organisation (BRO) in seven border states and union territories apart from flagging off work on a tunnel in Arunachal Pradesh, Singh said, “You are also aware of the situation at our eastern and northern borders.

  • Coronavirus India Live Updates: Instances of airborne & community spread of Covid in Bengal, says Mamata

    With the spread of Covid-19 infections slowing down, India on Sunday recorded less than 70,000 cases and below 900 fatalities for the first time in the last six days as active cases continued to slide for the tenth consecutive day. India's total case tally stands at 71,20,539 with 8,61,853 active cases. 

  • Nobel Prize 2020 in Economics awarded to Paul Milgrom and Robert Wilson 

    The Nobel Prize 2020 in Economic Sciences on Monday was awarded to Paul R. Milgrom and Robert B. Wilson “for improvements to auction theory and inventions of new auction formats.”

  • NEET to be held again for those who missed first attempt

    The  National Eligibility Entrance Test will be held again for students who could not appear for the exam due to the Coronavirus restrictions. The exam will be held on October 14 and the result will be announced on October 16, news agency ANI reported. The result will be combined for both the attempts.

     

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