Asafoetida, or heeng, is an everyday condiment used in an Indian kitchen. There's hardly any Indian household that doesn't use the valuable spice. Many do not know that the condiment was not grown in the country till last week when it was taken up for cultivation for the first time. Until now, it was being imported and could not take its root in India. However, this is about to change. 
Uttar Pradesh has emerged at the top position for attracting the highest number of domestic tourists in 2019. The Indian Tourism Statistics (ITS), 2020, has announced that as many as 53.6 crore domestic tourists visited Uttar Pradesh in 2019 which was much higher as compared to 2018 when the state had got the second position after Tamil Nadu. Uttar Pradesh attracted the highest number of domestic tourists in the country in 2019 with a share of 23.1 per cent travellers visiting the state.
Aam Aadmi Party MLAs in Punjab staged a sit-in protest inside the state Legislative Assembly building on Monday as they charged the Congress government for not sharing the draft of a new agriculture law. The MLAs even spent the night in the Assembly building to lodge their protest against the government's behaviour.
India on Tuesday recorded as many as 46,790 new infections, lowest in last three months while 587 people succumbed due to deadly coronavirus in the last 24 hours, according to Union health ministry data. The COVID-19 tally inched closer to 76 lakh-mark while death toll breached 1-lakh mark. India's recoveries from the novel coronavirus moved past the 67 lakh-mark on Tuesday. Also, for the fourth consecutive day, the active cases of COVID-19 remained below 8 lakh in 1.5 months.
The Northern Railway has cancelled, short-terminated and diverted some trains in view of the farmers' agitation in Punjab against farm bills. The farmers have been demanding that the three farm laws passed by Parliament recently be repealed. They have also expressed apprehension that the new laws will pave a way for the dismantling of the minimum support price system, leaving them at the "mercy" of big corporates.
Two separate letters threatening to plant bombs in the city court as well as in the Bengaluru police's office to eliminate people who are probing the Sandalwood drugs case, as well as the Bengaluru riots case, were received by police and court officials late on Monday. The police reportedly seized detonator-like equipment found in both letters.
The Haryana government said that "full payment" of wages and salaries will be made to all employees, including contractual, outsourced, or person engaged through Haryana State Electronics Development Corporation Limited (HARTRON) and any other outsourcing machanism, for the entire duration of COVID-19 lockdown period, weather no attendance has been recorded or no work has been performed by them.Republic Day 2024 : As India's 75th Republic Day Parade kicked off in the national capital, a 30-member band contingent and a marching c...
