Morning Digest: Centre invites farmers’ unions for talks, Health Ministry issues norms to curb coronavirus spread via markets, and more

Farmer unions from Punjab, who’ve been protesting at key entry factors to Delhi in opposition to the current farm sector legal guidelines, had been invited for talks with the Centre on Tuesday afternoon, the Agriculture Ministry stated late on Monday. Farmer leaders stated they might meet on Tuesday morning to determine their response to the invitation.

Cautioning that shop-owners, staff and guests residing in containment zones shall not be allowed entry into marketplaces the Union Health Ministry, on Monday, launched its SOP on “preventive measures in markets to contain spread of COVID-19”.

The Supreme Court has directed the Centre and the States to submit detailed affidavits on the implementation of a November 11 notification to instantly resume anganwadi companies and distribution of supplementary vitamin to pregnant ladies, kids and lactating moms outdoors COVID-19 containment zones.

The Central Public Works Department on Sunday clarified that the audio feed in Parliament was disrupted for almost 20 minutes when the three contentious Agricultural Bills had been debated within the Rajya Sabha on September 20 throughout the monsoon session of Parliament.

Another potential cyclonic storm, brewing over southeast Bay of Bengal might strike the Sri Lanka coast first and then emerge into the Comorin space on December 3, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) stated and declared a pre-cyclone watch for the south Tamil Nadu and south Kerala coasts.

An advocate has moved the Supreme Court for a route that recent elections must be held in a constituency the place NOTA (‘None of the above’ choice) garnered the utmost variety of votes. Besides, not one of the candidates who misplaced to NOTA must be allowed to contest the recent polls.

Representatives of media organisations from BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) on Monday known as for the 5 nations to work collectively to collectively fight the “virus of disinformation” within the pandemic period.

“On this day, let us all remind ourselves that Guru Nanak’s timeless and universal message of compassion and unity can inspire and help us heal as people and as a nation,” Mr. Biden and Ms. Harris stated in a joint assertion.

“We want to know the origin and we will do everything to know the origin,” WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus stated. He insisted the UN well being company was intent on getting to the underside of the thriller, and urged critics who’ve accused it of handing the reins of the probe to China to cease “politicising” the problem.

Bank capital will shrink reasonably in Asia’s rising markets over the following two years with banks in India and Sri Lanka anticipated to publish bigger declines within the absence of public or non-public funds injections, Moody’s Investors Service stated in its Emerging Markets Financial Institutions Outlook report.

In-form Australia opener David Warner has been dominated out of the rest of the limited-overs sequence in opposition to India due to a groin damage he suffered throughout the second ODI, whereas prime pacer Pat Cummins has been rested as a part of workload administration.