Sikkim extends lockdown till 1st August due to rise in Corona cases

 The state was already under lockdown from 21st July till Monday morning, which has now been extended. The Sikkim government extended the lockdown following a rapid surge in COVID19 cases and designation of several containment zones across the state, especially in East and South Sikkim districts. The state also reported its first COVID19 death on … Read more

Stern action is proposed against the 1474 risky exporters

Finance Ministry sources said, the number of such untraceable risky exporters has gone up to 1,474 as on date. The IGST refund is suspended in all such cases where there is adverse report post verification about the exporter or their suppliers. However, Customs officials have been sensitized to expedite refunds to genuine exporters in these … Read more

Home minister to attend CRPF’s raising day event

He will also pay homage to martyrs as a wreath will be placed on his behalf at Madhya Pradesh’s Neemuch town, where the CRPF’s first battalion was raised on July 27, 1939, as the Crown Representative’s Police (CRP) under the British. Its name was changed to Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) in 1949 under the … Read more

PM Modi to launch High Throughput COVID-19 testing facilities today

These facilities will ramp up testing capacity in the country and help in strengthening early detection and treatment, thus assisting in controlling the spread of the pandemic. These three high-throughput testing facilities have been set up strategically at ICMR-National Institute of Cancer Prevention and Research, Noida; ICMR-National Institute for Research in Reproductive Health, Mumbai; and … Read more

Tropical Storm Hanna leaves trail of destruction along Texas coast

Eventually downgraded to a tropical storm, Hanna came ashore on Padre Island on Saturday afternoon as a Category 1 hurricane on the five-step Saffir-Simpson scale and later made a second landfall in Kenedy County, Texas. Powerful winds smacked down at least three 18-wheeler trucks and a recreational vehicle, with tow trucks trying to right the … Read more