April 2021 — Page 9 of 12 — The Indian Panorama

India records highest single-day rise so far with over 1.68 lakh new Covid cases

Apr 12, 2021 - 7:36 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

New Delhi (TIP): India hit a new coronavirus infection record with 1,68,912 new cases, the highest single-day rise so far, taking the total tally of cases to 1,35,27,717, according to the Union Health Ministry data […]

Staff members of Supreme Court test positive for Covid-19

Apr 12, 2021 - 7:33 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

New Delhi (TIP): Several staff members of the Supreme Court have tested positive for the coronavirus disease (Covid-19). As of Saturday, at least 44 members from judges’ offices and in the court registry are found […]

India to get 5 more Covid-19 vaccines by October: Report

Apr 12, 2021 - 7:32 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

New Delhi (TIP): As more and more states flag shortage of Covid-19 vaccine doses, the Central government has pressed the accelerator to scale up vaccine production manifold. Top government sources told ANI that by end […]

Farmers ready to talk, but no change in demands: Rakesh Tikait

Apr 12, 2021 - 7:21 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

Farmers protesting the contentious new farm laws are ready to talk if the Centre invites them, BKU leader Rakesh Tikait said on Sunday, April 11, maintaining that the dialogue would resume where it had ended […]

Guru Gobind Singh – the Saint-Soldier and the founder of the Khalsa

Apr 12, 2021 - 7:18 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

Guru Gobind Singh, born Gobind Rai (22 December 1666 – 7 October 1708), was the 10th Sikh Guru, a spiritual master, warrior, poet and philosopher. When his father, Guru Teg Bahadur, was beheaded for refusing […]

Vaisakhi special- Creation of the Khalsa

Apr 12, 2021 - 7:15 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

Khalsa, (Punjabi: “the Pure”) the purified and reconstituted Sikh community instituted by Guru Gobind Singh on March 30, 1699 (Vaisakhi Day; Khalsa Sikhs celebrate the birth of the order on April 13 of each year). […]

Easing lockdown could lead to 3rd Covid-19 wave in UK: Scientists warn govt

Apr 12, 2021 - 7:12 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

London (TIP): British scientists have warned that the British government is risking a third wave of Covid-19 by easing the lockdown too soon, local media reported. “There are areas in West Yorkshire, the Black Country […]

Coronavirus variants spread leads to surge of new cases in Canada

Apr 12, 2021 - 7:10 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

Toronto (TIP): The rapid spread of more contagious Covid-19 variants is believed to have driven a devastating third wave in Canada. As of Saturday, April 11, afternoon, a total of 30,108 variant of concern cases […]

Global Covid-19 caseload tops 135.8mn

Apr 12, 2021 - 7:09 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

Washington (TIP): In its latest update on Monday, April 12, morning, the University’s Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) revealed that the current global caseload and death toll stood at 135,855,351 and 2,934,981, respectively. […]

Farmer unions’ demands

Apr 12, 2021 - 7:01 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

The farmer unions believe that the laws will open the sale and marketing of agricultural products outside the notified Agricultural Produce Market Committee (APMC) mandis for farmers. Further, the laws will allow inter-state trade and […]

Farmers protest against 3 agri laws continues. What do they want?

Apr 12, 2021 - 6:55 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

Indian farmers, particularly from agrarian states of Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan, are protesting since November 26, 2020, against three farm laws passed by Parliament of India in September 2020. According to Haryana Police, […]

History of farmer agitations

Apr 12, 2021 - 6:51 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

The history of agrarian unrest can be traced back to the first quarter of 1920s. The rural sociologists have used various terms for peasant unrest. For some, the unrest is called as a peasant struggle, […]

Agriculture & its importance

Apr 12, 2021 - 6:47 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

Agriculture is the primary source of livelihood for about 58% of India’s population. Gross Value Added (GVA) by agriculture, forestry and fishing was estimated at Rs. 19.48 lakh crore (US$ 276.37 billion) in FY20 (PE). […]

Are government targets being met?

Apr 12, 2021 - 6:45 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

In 2017, a government committee reported that incomes for farmers would need to grow by 10.4% each year from 2015 for them to double by 2022. That’s not been happening. It also said the government […]

Plight of farmers in India: How rural incomes have struggled to keep up

Apr 12, 2021 - 6:44 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

Indian farmers have been on the road since November last year, seeking repeal of three new farm laws and demanding minimum support prices for their produce. Leaders from the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) say […]

Earthx Film 2021

Apr 12, 2021 - 6:23 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

By Mabel Pais EarthxFilm’s 5th edition Anjali Nayar’s “District 15” among them Hybrid Screenings April 16-25, 2021 EarthxFilm, in this year’s hybrid edition of the Dallas-based Environmental-Focused film festival, has ten days and nights of […]

Indian American physician wins Oak Brook Trustee election

Apr 12, 2021 - 4:09 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

CHICAGO (TIP): Dr. Suresh Reddy, immediate past president of American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin (AAPI), has won Tuesday’s (April 6) election as a Trustee of Oak Brook, a small Illinois town of nearly […]

Indian American Congressman raises concern over challenges being faced by democracies around world including US, India

Apr 12, 2021 - 4:05 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

WASHINGTON (TIP): Democracies around the world, including the US and India, are facing challenges, Indian American Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi has said. “Today, one cannot escape the feeling that America’s democratic institutions are facing unprecedented threats,” […]