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Regional, 09 Aug 2020 Page-2
Agri-Infra Fund: PM Modi launches Rs 1 lakh crore financing facility
Modi also released the sixth installment of Rs 17,100 crore to more than 8.55 crore farmer beneficiaries under the PM-KISAN scheme
09 Aug 2020 12:48 PM
'Unspeakable horror': The attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
The twin bombings dealt the final blow to imperial Japan, which surrendered on August 15, 1945, bringing an end to World War II
09 Aug 2020 12:09 PM
AI plane touched down 1 km away from runway threshold
Some of my colleagues in the political system have raised queries regarding Kozhikode air accident without ascertaining facts, Puri tweeted
09 Aug 2020 11:55 AM
'Not marijuana': US hemp farmers battle a tough market and thieves
Hemp looks and smells like marijuana but contains very little tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), which is what gets users high
09 Aug 2020 11:34 AM
9 patients killed in fire at makeshift COVID19 facility in Vijayawada
The hotel was under lease to a private hospital which was running it as a COVID treatment facility
09 Aug 2020 11:00 AM
Rajapaksa sworn in as PM in Sri Lanka, cementing family rule
Rajapaksa is highly popular among the ethnic majority Sinhalese for ending the country’s 25-year civil war against Tamil rebels in 2009
09 Aug 2020 10:51 AM
New Zealand reaches 100 days without coronavirus transmission
There are still 23 active cases but all were detected at the border when entering the country and are held in managed isolation facilities
09 Aug 2020 10:27 AM
Andhra Pradesh: 7 killed in fire at COVID-19 care centre in Vijayawada
Shifted about 20 patients to various hospitals and there were 30 patients undergoing treatment, police commissioner B Srinivasulu said
09 Aug 2020 10:06 AM
Lebanese protesters storm ministry buildings as anger grows over Beirut blasts
Protesters set up symbolic nooses at Beirut’s Martyrs’ Square to hang politicians whose corruption and negligence they blame for explosion
09 Aug 2020 9:57 AM
Hockey captain Manpreet Singh, four others test COVID-19 positive
The players might have contracted the virus while travelling from their hometowns to Bengaluru, the SAI said in a statement
09 Aug 2020 9:24 AM
Trump signs coronavirus relief orders after talks with Congress fail
The orders could face legal challenges questioning the US president’s authority to spend taxpayer money without express approval of Congress
09 Aug 2020 9:06 AM
Zomato introduces 'period leave' for employees to combat stigma around menstruation
You should feel free to tell people on internal groups, or emails that you are on your period leave for the day, Zomato chief executive said
09 Aug 2020 9:00 AM
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