Agra

Cyclone Nisarga Makes Landfall In Maharashtra, Over 1000 evacuated

Cyclonic storm Nisarga made landfall near Maharashtra’s Raigad district at around 12.30 pm Wednesday amid heavy rain. Travelling at a speed of 20 kmph, the…

'No Physical Distancing': Hundreds Of Devotees Take Holy Dip On Ganga Dussehra

With the end of Lockdown 4.0, law and order situation in Uttar Pradesh Government has begun to be violated. The religious gathering is still banned…

MP: Another Farmer Dies In Queue After Waiting For Three Days To Sell Wheat At Procurement Centre

The Shivraj Government of Madhya Pradesh is again under the radar of questions and criticism over farmers dying in queues to sell their crops. The…

Facebook Introduces ‘Shops’, A Major Move To Boost E-Commerce Using Social Media

Social media giant Facebook comes up with ‘Shops’ in a bid to help small businesses “adapt” to a new world battered by the global pandemic.…

Lockdown 3.0 Almost Over, 130 Districts Still In Red Zone

The third phase of the nationwide lockdown is about to end but the situation continues to be hazardous. 130 districts of the country are in…

Agra's Petha Industry Hit By Lockdown

The Agra district in Uttar Pradesh has been most severely impacted by the coronavirus. This district is in the Red Zone and due to the…

India Must Rescue Farmers From COVID-19 Shock

Soumya Sarkar/ thethirdpole.net India’s complete lockdown to contain the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic has upended the agrarian economy of the South Asian nation. It…

Ahmedabad, Indore & Agra Worst-Affected COVID-19 Cities

Over 35,000 cases of the coronavirus have come to light across the country and the death toll has crossed 1,100. Apart from Mumbai and Delhi,…

Quarantine Shame in Agra, Wuhan Warning From Mayor

The Uttar Pradesh government’s much-touted ‘Agra model of containment’ lay in tatters, after a video clip showed COVID-19 patients at a quarantine centre in the…

Tech Giants Join Hands To Fight Fraud & Misinformation About COVID-19

In an unprecedented move, tech giants Microsoft, Facebook, Google, LinkedIn, Reddit, Twitter and YouTube have joined forces to combat COVID-19 related fraud and misinformation on their platforms.…