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India-China LAC: ITBP strengthens animal transport wing that deploys yaks, ponies
•The animal training wing of the mountain-warfare trained force comprises mules, ponies and Yaks and it is engaged all along the 3,488 km long India-China Line of Actual Control for providing logistics, weapons, rations, fuel among other essentials to keep the 'axis of maintenance' alive
India to allow foreign tourists travelling by chartered flights from 15 October, rest from 15 November
•All due protocols and norms relating to COVID-19 as notified by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare from time to time shall be adhered to by the foreign tourists
Farmer’s son from Jammu and Kashmir secures 2nd rank in Indian Economic Services exam
Trendingdesk •Khan completed Class 12 from Government Higher Secondary School, Razloo Kund, and then went on to pursue Bachelor of Arts degree from Government Degree College Anantnag in 2016
Kargil, Leh districts join hands to push for statehood, constitutional safeguards for Ladakh
•The Leh-based Apex Body of People's Movement for 6th Schedule and Kargil Democratic Alliance leaders also said they have reached on a consensus to seek one more Lok Sabha seat and two Rajya Sabha seats from the region
India reports over 40,000 cases for second day; active cases surge to 4,03,840
Fp Staff •With India ramping up the testing capacity, weekly and daily positivity rates have been restricted to below 5 percent as the number of recoveries cross 3 crore
Centre says no room for complacency in COVID fight; asks states to conduct their own serosurveys
•The government has advised all states/UTs to conduct seroprevalence surveys in consultation with the ICMR to generate district-level data on seroprevalence
Centre asks states to order police not to register cases under scrapped section of IT Act
•The direction came after the apex court said it was shocking that its 2015 judgment, which struck down a section making ‘offensive’ comments online punishable, has not been implemented
PVR, Inox Leisure share prices increase by 12 percent after govt permits reopening of cinema halls from 15 October
Fp Staff •On 30 September, the Union Home Ministry said activities permitted from 15 October include cinemas, theatres, and multiplexes that can open with up to 50 percent of their seating capacity.
Centre writes to Kerala govt over easing of coronavirus lockdown restrictions, says decision violates MHA guidelines
•The Kerala government has announced relaxation of COVID-19 lockdown restrictions in two zones, allowing among others private vehicles movement in an odd-even basis and dine-in services at hotels from Monday.
Accurate data of illegal immigrants entering, living in India not centrally maintained by MHA, govt tells Lok Sabha
•An accurate data of the number of illegal immigrants in the country, including Delhi, is not maintained centrally as they enter India without valid travel documents in a clandestine and surreptitious manner