Indian Sub-continent

01 Dec 2021; MEMO: Heavy fighting took place between Iran's border guards and the Taliban along the border, Wednesday, in north-eastern Iran, with reports of casualties on both sides, Anadolu News Agency reports.

The clashes erupted when the Taliban reportedly overran the Dost Mohammad and Bala Siah Cheshman border posts belonging to Iran in the Shagalak area that connects to Nimroz province.

Kanpur: A bizarre incident from a Block office in the district has appeared. A few government employees sitting outside the office where soaking under the sun in the colder winter weather.

Meanwhile, a black goat entered the office suddenly. It took a file of papers in its mouth from a table and ran off.

Unaware of this scene, the employees were not paying attention. But, when they noticed that the goat was running away with the file and eating the papers, they looked disturbed.

New Delhi, Dec 1 (PTI) The Pakistan High Commission said on Wednesday that it has issued 136 visas to Indian pilgrims for visiting various religious sites in Pakistan.

It said the group of Indian pilgrims is visiting Pakistan to participate in the 313th birth anniversary celebrations of Shiv Avtari Satguru Sant Shadaram Sahib, at Shadani Darbar Hayat Pitafi in Sindh from December 4 to 15.

New Delhi, Dec 1 (PTI) The Centre on Wednesday notified a legislation to repeal the three agriculture laws against which thousands of farmers have been protesting for over a year now.

The Farm Laws Repeal Act, 2021 received the assent of the President of India on November 30, said a gazette notification issued by the Ministry of Law and Justice.

This law was passed by Parliament on November 29 without debate amid protests by Opposition MPs.

Ballia (UP), Dec 2 (PTI) A 15-year-old girl was allegedly gangraped by two men of her village in Nagra area here, police said on Thursday.

According to the FIR registered under relevant sections of the IPC and POCSO Act on Wednesday, Prince Chauhan and Manish Rajbhar allegedly raped the girl some days ago, a police officer said.

The exact date of the incident was not mentioned in the FIR, the officer said.

New Delhi, Dec 2 (PTI) India on Thursday hit out at the UN human rights body for its "baseless" allegations against it over the arrest of an activist in Jammu and Kashmir, and asserted that the comments "betray" a complete lack of understanding of the security challenges in the region in view of cross-border terrorism.

Arindam Bagchi, the spokesperson in the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), said authorities in India act against violations of law and not against legitimate exercise of rights.

Kanpur: Facing the sting of the negative growth during the last two years, finished leather exporters here have fallen to dread of fresh variant.

The buyers were unwilling to move in the midst of deadly virus. Therefore the exporters have now leaning on Chennai Fair in Jan 2022.

Even Germany's Spoga Fair in February at Cologne is not exempt from the virus impact.

The Omicron scare has hit the leather industry badly. It has noticed a 60% loss in sales and production. 

Barely 40% business is left for the leather exporters to manage, as they maintain. 

Kanpur: Ferocious leopard was seen twice in Nawabganj and its adjacent areas trace. It was reportedly first noticed in the thickets behind the VSSD College campus.

Its exact location at the moment remains untraced as the forest department officials are still tracking its whereabouts.

The CCTV camera that caught vision of leopard was positioned in college campus.

The forest department has put on 6 night vision cameras in the jungle area. While 4 night vision cameras were placed at Lav Kush Park around Ganga Barrage.

NEW DELHI, Dec 1 (NNN-PTI) – India’s COVID-19 tally rose to 34,596,776 today, as 8,954 new cases were registered during the past 24 hours across the country, showed the federal health ministry’s latest data.

Besides, 267 deaths due to the pandemic since yesterday morning, took the total death toll to 469,247.

There are still 99,023 active COVID-19 cases in the country, said the federal health ministry.

A total of 34,028,506 people have been cured and discharged from hospitals so far, out of which 10,207 were discharged during the past 24 hours.

New Delhi, Nov 30 (PTI) The number of farmers who committed suicide dropped to 5,579 in 2020 as compared to 5,957 in the previous year, Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar informed Parliament on Tuesday, citing the latest NCRB report.

The National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), which functions under Ministry of Home Affairs, has not given "separate reasons" for farmers' suicide in its 2020 report, the minister said in his written reply to the Lok Sabha.