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In an affidavit, the Ministry of Environment and Forests said Punjab saw 76,590 incidents of fire in 2020 as compared to 52,991 instances in 2019 which indicates an increase of 44.5 per cent as compared to the earlier year.

The defence minister said several new policies and programmes were announced in the Budget to support India's farmers, agriculture sector and to reinvigorate the human resources of the country.

The Ministry of Education's Department of School Education and Literacy will receive Rs 54,873.66 crore for the upcoming financial year as against Rs 59,845 crore last year.

The mayor said people in the building had been evacuated on Saturday itself after it was identified as a 'dangerous structure'.

Former men's doubles world No.1 Boe will also be helping out Ashwini Ponnappa and N. Sikki Reddy, who are 15th in the rankings for Olympic qualification in women's doubles.

AAP leader Sanjay Singh said Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal spoke to Bharatiya Kisan Union's (BKU) national spokesperson Rakesh Tikait who told him that the water supply to the UP Gate protest site in Ghaziabad had been cut.

Noting that the vandalisation at the Red Fort on Republic Day was "the most deplorable and antinational act", the police asked Pal to submit his response within three days.

Addressing a press conference, Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan said that India was the fastest country to reach 1 million COVID-19 vaccinations in six days, while the US took 10 days, Spain 12, Israel 14, the UK 18, Italy 19, Germany 20 and UAE 27 d...

More than 400 top industry leaders from across the globe will attend the session, wherein the prime minister will be speaking on the Fourth Industrial Revolution-using technology for the good of humanity.

The apex court said that as on date 189 proposals on appointment of judges are pending and sought an update on the latest position from the government.

Delhi recorded 157 fresh COVID19 cases on Tuesday, the fifth time the daily incidences' count stood below the 200mark in January, even as the positivity rate dipped to 0.24 per cent.

The Delhi Police claimed the force did all due diligence in following the conditions for the rally, but protesters began their march ahead of schedule and and resorted to violence and vandalism,leaving many police personnel injured.

Veteran table tennis player Mouma Das was among six sportspersons awarded the prestigious Padma Shri by the Government of India on the eve of the country's 72nd Republic Day.

On Monday, the minimum temperature stood at 7.4 degrees Celsius. Delhi had recorded a cold day on Sunday with the maximum temperature dropping to15 degrees Celsius, six notches below normal and the lowest this month.

If farmers are on the streets, it will be reflected in the House as farmers are the backbone of the country, Congress' Lok Sabha chief whip Kodikunnil Suresh said.

India had previously cleared commercial exports of COVID-19 vaccines, and the first consignments were shipped to Brazil and Morocco on Friday.