Breaking News Today, Live Updates March 18: India’s millets mission will benefit 2.5 crore small and marginal farmers, says PM Narendra Modi

New Delhi, March 18 dmanewsdesk: Stay tuned to this live blog for a comprehensive coverage of news events from all spheres, ranging from politics to entertainment, business to sports and more. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Bangladeshi counterpart Sheikh Hasina will inaugurate the first India-Bangladesh energy pipeline today via video-conference.

Breaking News Today, Live Updates March 18:

12:27 PM: India’s millets mission will benefit 2.5 crore small and marginal farmers, says PM Narendra Modi. “Millets can be grown easily in adverse climatic conditions and without chemicals and fertilisers,” he added.

12:12 PM: It is great honour for us that after India’s proposal and efforts, UN declared 2023 as ‘International Year of Millets’, says PM Narendra Modi. The PM addressed the Global Millets (Shree Anna) Conference in Delhi today.

11:40 AM: SIA conducts raids in connection with terror-funding case in J&K. Read full story here.

10:46 AM: Girl with special needs found pregnant in Maharashtra, rape case registered. Read full story here.

10:33 AM: WHO calls on China to be transparent in sharing data to determine Covid’s origins. Read full story here.

9:59 AM: President of the USA Joe Biden may host PM Modi for state dinner this summer.

9:20 AM: Delhi witnesses a change in weather and wakes up to cloudy skies and light rain today.

9:08 AM: BJP spokesperson Arvind Singh on Bihar government issuing a circular allowing Muslim govt employees to come to work an hour early and leave an hour before the scheduled end time during Ramzan. Watch video here.

8:59 AM: Encounter breaks out between terrorists, security forces in J&K’s Pulwama.

8:34 AM: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Bangladeshi counterpart Sheikh Hasina will inaugurate the first India-Bangladesh energy pipeline today via video-conference.

Source: PTI