The state’s Rythu Bandhu program funding for the monsoon season was credited to farmers’ accounts. The deposit program lasts until the 25th of this month. On the first day, 16.95 lakh farmers received their funds and Rs. 516.95 crore was deposited in their bank accounts, the agriculture department said. In …

17-06-2021 Bureau Report NEW DELHI/ BENGALURU: In a bid to revitalize the economy, Indian authorities on Wednesday reopened the Taj to the public as it reels from a disastrous second wave of the pandemic. The 17th-century white marble mausoleum, built by Mughal emperor Shah Jahan in the northern city of …

17-06-2021 A village in the centre of Myanmar has been burned down after clashes between the security forces and local guerrillas, leaving at least two people dead. Residents told the BBC that 200 of the 240 houses in Kin Ma were razed to the ground by the military on Tuesday. …

17-06-2021 BEIJING: China has launched three astronauts into orbit to begin occupation of the country’s new space station. The three men, Nie Haisheng, Liu Boming and Tang Hongbo are to spend three months aboard the Tianhe module some 380km (236 miles) above the Earth. It will be China’s longest crewed …

Nand Kishor Gurjar, Bharatiya Janata Party MLA from Loni constituency in Uttar Pradesh, on Wednesday demanded that a case be filed against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen president Asaduddin Owaisi for their tweets regarding the Loni assault case. Gurjar alleged that their tweets attempted to disturb communal …

16-06-2021 GENEVA/ MOSCOW/ WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin are holding their first meeting since Biden took office with wide disagreements likely and expectations low for any breakthroughs. The pair exchanged a brief handshake in front of reporters on Wednesday in Geneva, before entering a stately …

16-06-2021 LOS ANGELES: Much of the western United States is braced for record heat waves this week, with approximately 50 million Americans placed on alert Tuesday for “excessive” temperatures, which could approach 120 degrees Fahrenheit (50 degrees Celsius) in some areas. “A prolonged and record-breaking heat wave is underway across …

16-06-2021 TORONTO: Just days after the horrific murder of a Pakistani Muslim family in Ontario, another Islamophobic incident has been reported in which two people attempted to break into a mosque. “Two people were arrested Tuesday after allegedly trying to enter a mosque in Scarborough and threatening building staff, according …

16-06-2021 LONDON: Pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca on Tuesday revealed it had hit a setback in trials of a treatment for Covid-19 symptoms. The drug, made from a combination of two antibodies, failed its main goal to treat symptoms in exposed patients, the company said in a statement. The treatment has been …

16-06-2021 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: The Indian government doubled the gap between the two doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine without the agreement of the scientific group that it said recommended the increase, three members of the advisory body have told the Reuters news agency. The ministry of health announced …