India joins G20 Troika
As a Troika-member, India will work closely with Indonesia and Italy to ensure consistency and continuity of the G20’s agenda, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said today.
As a Troika-member, India will work closely with Indonesia and Italy to ensure consistency and continuity of the G20’s agenda, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said today.
Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu and Deputy Chairman Harivansh announced quick adjournments during the Zero Hour and the Question Hour when a leader of the Opposition Mallikarjun Kharge sought to raise the suspended members’ issue.
Indian Railways is going to install solar energy projects on the unused vacant Railway land so as to promote renewable energy and make the best use of unused lands, said Union Railway Minister.
The IMD also sought for the postponement of sowing of rabi crops like Green gram, black gram, and Mustard and vegetables like potato, onion, and coriander.
“In order to expedite the process for conducting auctions and to carry out more rounds of the auction in a year, Centre has planned a mechanism of rolling auctions of coal mines,” he said.
Two fresh fatalities took the death toll to 8,413 while the Test Positivity Rate (TPR) at 0.38% continued to remain below 1% for over a month.
Sources also said that the increased price of LPG cylinders is effective today. This is the second-highest price of 19 kg commercial cylinder after 2012-13 when it used to cost around Rs 2,200 per cylinder.
While sharing the experience of conducting elections in six states amidst the COVID pandemic, he gave details of several initiatives adapted to ensure smooth conduct of elections despite challenges posed.
The government had earlier announced that it would resume scheduled commercial international passenger services from 15 December.
The average air quality index for November was the worst in six years, according to Central Pollution Control Board data.
