New Delhi: Meat sales and exports may pick up significantly as the Centre is considering reviving animal markets and allowing movement of goats, sheep and buffaloes by road, particularly in Uttar Pradesh, which has a large number of abattoirs and is a hub for exports, according to top officials. Exports […]
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New Delhi: The Union environment ministry is set to bring out a safety protocol for reopening of units and industries after being closed for over a month during the national lockdown in the wake of the gas leak tragedy in Visakhapatnam on Thursday. At a high-level meetings held in the […]
New Delhi: The National Human Rights Commission on Thursday issued notices to the Centre and the Andhra Pradesh government over deaths and suffering of people due to gas leakage from a chemical plant in Visakhapatnam district, officials said. Right to life of the victims has been grossly violated.At a time […]
New Delhi: The Centre is concerned over the low testing in Telangana and has nudged the state to test more to tackle the Covid-19 pandemic, ET has learnt. Incidentally, the state has just announced extension of lockdown to May 29. “We are quite concerned about the testing ratio in Telangana […]
New Delhi: The Centre is working on new work-from-home guidelines for government functioning, including how offices will operate and procedure for file movement and disposal, under the new normal that the coronavirus pandemic has ushered in. ET has learnt that some changes are also likely to be introduced in the […]
NEW DELHI: The government is working on an agro MSME policy which will focus on entrepreneurship development in rural, tribal, agricultural and forest areas for manufacturing products using local raw material, Union minister Nitin Gadkari said on Monday. The Minister for MSME and Road Transport and Highways was speaking during […]
KABUL: The Taliban on Monday claimed responsibility for an attack at a military centre in southern Helmand province in Afghanistan where at least 150 members of the Afghan army and intelligence wing were stationed. The bombing occurred on Sunday night, government officials and the Taliban said. “Dozens of members belonging […]
New Delhi: As the second phase of lockdown nears its end, the Union Health Ministry has listed 130 districts across the country in the red zone, 284 in orange zone and 319 in green zones based on incidence of cases of COVID-19, doubling rate, extent of testing and surveillance feedback. […]
NEW DELHI: Amid controversies over pricing and accuracy, the Centre plans fresh review of antibody testing kits for Covid-19. Delivery of these kits, from companies all across the world, has been put on hold. ET gathers that only after completing the review, the Centre will decide on whether or not […]
The government has decided to withdraw “faulty” rapid antibody test kits from use and cancel all procurement orders after it emerged that the kits from China were showing inaccurate results. “The kits will be withdrawn, and the orders will be cancelled,” said a senior government official, on the condition of […]