Essential commodities act

A day after the Standing Committee report that asked the government to implement the Essential Commodities (Amendment) Act, 2020 in "letter and spirit" was tabled in Parliament, Congress MPs who are part of the panel have now attempted to disassociate themselves from it.

Yogendra Yadav appears to be leading the protests against the newly passed farm laws by Punjab farmers.

Congress promised abolition of APMC Act and replacement of Essentials Commodities Act, 1955 in manifesto, thereby promises similar farm bills

The Essential Commodities Act passed by the Punjab govt contravenes the constitution, adds opacity and infringes on the centre

As all means of transport came to a halt, railways took the burden of ensuring that the supply of food-grains, vegetables, petrol, coal, medicine, parcel service, construction material and much more, is never halted.

A young man named Hiren Patel managed to fly a drone with packets of tobacco in Morbi near Rajkot using a drone owned by friend Ravi

25 lakh masks including 3 lakh N95 masks seized from Maharashtra