The Indian Air Force (IAF) relief aircraft evacuated 76 Indians and 36 foreign nationals from the Chinese city of Wuhan, the epicentre of coronavirus outbreak. The C17 transport aircraft that left for China earlier with 15 tonnes of medical supplies from India to the virus-hit Wuhan landed in Delhi early Thursday morning.
A source said the programme is being designed and will start once the Indian Rhino Vision (IRV) 2020 project ends in the middle of this year. The IRV 2020 is a joint programme of the Assam department of environment and forests, WWF-India and the International Rhino Foundation (IRF) with support from the Bodoland Territorial Council, US Fish and Wildlife Service and the local communities.
Intelligence sources have given a big information about the violence between the opponents and supporters of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) in the North East and East Delhi areas of Delhi. It is being told that the Delhi Police had issued an alert based on intelligence reports that during the President Trump’s visit to India, the number of CAA protests in Delhi could increase and the protests could be furious.
Many refugees told Express that while many are willing to surrender their Aadhaar cards obtained fraudulently to avail government schemes, surprisingly, even those who were subjected to a similar exercise earlier and even underwent jail term, have been sent notices again.
Following the coronavirus outbreak, India has issued a travel advisory on Singapore and asked its citizens to avoid all non-essential travel to the south-east Asian business hub. This was decided at a high level review meeting taken by Cabinet Secretary Rajiv Gauba on COVID-19.
Finally, the villagers decided to make 17 square km of their land into a community reserve. “It is important for us to protect our water sources and forests. People understand that,” says Naresh Glow. The lives of the Buguns and the bird named after them are inextricably linked, he says.
“I just bought this and did nothing to it except removing the invasive species. We allowed the land to recover and now after 20 years it has become a lush green patch of forest which is frequently visited by all kind of animals, including tigers, leopards and wild boars, throughout the year,” said Singh.
Customs officials received an intelligence tip-off about the ship. Based on the tip-off, it was intercepted on February 3 when it halted at Gujarat’s Kandla Port during its onward journey from Jiangyin Port in China.
The Companies Act which came into effect from 1 April 2014 stipulates that firms with a net worth of Rs 500 crore or more, or a turnover of Rs 100 crore or more, or a net profit of Rs 5 crore or more during the immediately preceding financial year are required to spend 2 percent of their profits on corporate social responsibility (CSR) programmes.
British Labour lawmaker Debbie Abrahams who is known for her criticism of Article 370’s abrogation was deported from India on Monday (17 February) after her visa was cancelled.
