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  Farmers have been protesting the centre's farm laws since June last year and today Samyukt Kisan Morcha members observed Sampoorna Kranti Diwas, marking one year since their protests began   Chandigarh:  Haryana MLA Devendra Singh Babli of the JJP - which is allied with the ruling BJP - has apologised for abusive comments made during a spat with a group of farmers in the state's Tohana town on Tuesday, while they were protesting the centre's controversial farm laws. "I forgive those who were involved in the incident which happened on June 1 and offer my apologies for using words that don't behove a public representative. I regret this and offer my apologies," he said Saturday evening, after a meeting with protesting farmer leaders. Rakesh Tikait, who has emerged as the influential face of the farmers' protests and led hundreds of farmers on a protest march to the Tohana Police Station earlier in the day, accepted the apology. "It is go...

Among other things, Black Fungus or mucormycosis is said to be caused by the use of steroids or if the patient is diabetic. New Delhi:  There is need for further research into what causes Black Fungus or mucormycosis, the fungal infection being increasingly detected in many COVID-19 patients in India during or after recovery, Haryana Health Minister Anil Vij said today. The usual factors, like steroid use and general hospitalisation, which are believed to cause the disease don't seem to have anything to do with a good number of cases reported in the state, he said. Mucormycosis is a serious but rare fungal infection caused by a group of moulds called mucormycetes. These moulds live throughout the environment. People get infected when they have health problems or take medicines that lower the body's ability to fight germs and sickness. It most commonly affects the sinuses or the lungs after inhaling fungal spores from the air. It can also occur on the skin after a cut, burn, or ...

The National Disaster Response Force has started positioning its teams in Bengal and Odisha, officials have said. New Delhi:  Several parts of Odisha, including Bhubaneswar, received heavy rain today even as Odisha government laid down guidelines for coastal districts in view of the forecast on the formation of cyclonic storm Yaas. Soon after cyclonic storm Tauktae caused large-scale damage in several states on the western coast, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) warned that a low pressure area is likely to form over north Andaman Sea and adjoining east-central Bay of Bengal around May 22. "It is very likely to intensify gradually into a cyclonic storm during the subsequent 72 hours. It is very likely to move northwestwards and reach West Bengal-Odisha coasts around 26th May evening," the Cyclone Warning Division of the IMD said. In view of the warning, the Odisha Housing & Urban Development Department has issued standard operating procedures for urban local bodie...