Politics Today

Swarms of desert locusts, which originated in East Africa and crossed into India from Pakistan, are now spreading deep into India threatening tens of thousands of square kilometres of crops and vegetation. Read More

The rising tension and stand-offs between Indian and Chinese troops at several places along the line of actual control– from Ladakh to Sikkim – seems to be snowballing into a serious issue between the two countries with both countries augmenting their forces. Read More

Domestic passenger air services resumed on Monday after a gap of two months since the lockdown was imposed. Meanwhile, India continues to witness a sharp rise in coronavirus cases. Read More

India overtook Iran in the total number of coronavirus cases after registering over 7,000 cases in a single day, on Sunday. Meanwhile, domestic flights to resume in the country from Monday. Read More

PM Narendra Modi made an aerial survey of the Amphan-hit areas of Bengal and Odisha and announced interim relief packages for the states. Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee said her state suffered damages worth ₹1 lakh crore. Read More

Supercyclone Amphan, which made landfall in southern West Bengal, killed 72 people in the state and left a trail of devastation. Officials said its impact was more severe than Cyclone Aila, which hit the state in May 1999. Read More

The severe tropical cyclonic storm Amphan made landfall in West Bengal’s Sagar island, on Wednesday afternoon. Odisha missed a direct hit as the supercyclone changed course slightly. So far, there are reports of 12 deaths in Bengal. Read More

The railways has decided to run 200 non-airconditioned passenger trains from June 1 in addition to the Shramik Special and 15 other AC trains already running. Meanwhile, Union health minister Harsh Vardhan will become the next chairman of the 34-member WHO executive board. Read More

India has crossed two grim Covid-19 milestones on Monday. Now, the country has over 1 lakh coronavirus patients and the death toll due to the infection is now over 3,000. Also, Russia and Brazil are the new No. 2 and No. 5 in the global list of infections. Read More

The number of India’s coronavirus infections crossed China’s official toll of infections, where the virus originated last year. Meanwhile, the finance minister announced reforms for the agriculture sector under the Atmanirbhar Bharat campaign. Read More