All retailers in England will charge for singleuse plastic carrier bags from next April with the price doubling to 10 pence ($0.13), the government said on Monday as it stepped up efforts to reduce plastic waste.
People stayed indoors and roads were largely deserted and police set up checkposts at important intersections across Tamil Nadu to check against violations.
The Israeli military ordered residents living in communities near the border with Lebanon to shelter in place and blocked roads early Wednesday following what it described as a security incident in the area.
About 2,000 people joined another march in the Russian far eastern city of Khabarovsk on Saturday in protest over President Vladimir Putin's handling of a local political crisis.
Federal prosecutors announced charges Wednesday against three men accused of threatening and intimidating women who have accused R&B singer R. Kelly of abuse, including one man suspected of setting fire to a vehicle in Florida.
The recommendations were part of the report on the Code of Social Security, 2019, which was submitted to the Lok Sabha Speaker, Om Birla on July 31.
Shah said the construction of the temple is the result of centuries long sacrifice, struggle and penance of the innumerable devotees of Lord Ram.
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Stating that additional 2 per cent borrowing by states is a 'symmetric' treatment of the Centre and states, he said that the move augurs well for strengthening fiscal architecture.
India has faced several cyclones in the past two decades, with some of them causing more damage than others.
The Venkateshwara temple sees anywhere between 70,000 to 80,000 devotees on a daily basis. Once it reopens, the plan is to cap that number to not more than 10,000 devotees a day.
These trains have ferried migrants to cities such as Tiruchchirappalli, Titlagarh, Barauni, Khandwa, Jagannathpur, Khurda Road, Chhapra, Balia, Gaya, Purnia, Varanasi.
A senior scientist working on Randomised Control Trial (RCT) said a large number of the population would first get infected and then develop natural immunity against the virus, preventing it from spreading further.
The matter regarding inclusion of 'Third Gender/any Other Category' in the application forms in recruitment to various posts under the central government, was under consideration of the government for quite some time, the ministry said.
After hitting a high of 32,056.47, the 30-share index pared some gains to trade 113.59 points or 0.36 per cent higher at 31,702.31.