Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir administration has targeted to complete one lakh developmental works and construction of 54,000 houses under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Gramin (PMAY-G) during the 2022-23 fiscal, an official spokesman said. It is also planning to provide internet connectivity to all gram panchayats, besides constructing or renovating 700 panchayat ghars across the […]
Bhaderwah/Jammu: Fruit growers of Jammu and Kahsmir’s Doda district accused the horticulture department of having failed to provide them enough pesticides and information about disease forecast and other modern technologies, leading to loss of crops every season. Local authorities, however, said they have not received any such complaints, and assured prompt action to resolve any […]
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday reported 20 fresh cases of COVID-19, taking the infection tally in the union territory to 4,53,813, officials said here. Of the fresh cases, five were from Jammu and the rest from Kashmir division, they said. Fifteen of the total 22 districts in the union territory did not report any […]
Kabul: Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban announced a ban on Sunday on poppy production, even as farmers across the country began harvesting the bright red flower that produces the opium used to make heroin. The order warns farmers that their crops will be burned and they can be jailed if they proceed with the harvest. The ban […]
Ashgabat: India’s engagement with the Indo-Pacific goes back several centuries and the country stands for an open, balanced, rules-based and stable international trade regime in the strategically vital region, President Ram Nath Kovind has said. Interacting with young students at the prestigious Institute of International Relations here on Saturday, President Kovind said India’s approach is […]
Colombo: The Sri Lankan government on Sunday lifted the ban it had imposed on social media platforms such as WhatsApp, Twitter, Facebook and Instagram after declaring a nationwide public emergency and effecting a 36-hour curfew ahead of a planned anti-government rally over the worst economic crisis in the island nation. The services of Facebook, Twitter, […]
KABUL: An explosion in the centre of the Afghan capital of Kabul on Sunday wounded at least 15 people, according to witnesses. It wasn’t immediately clear what caused the blast and no one immediately claimed responsibility. Taliban authorities didn’t immediately comment. Associated Press TV showed wounded being removed from the site, carried by passersby. Wais […]
COLOMBO: A consignment of 40,000 metric tonnes of diesel from India reached Sri Lanka on Saturday, the fourth such assistance from New Delhi, to mitigate the spike in power cuts in the island nation, which is facing an unprecedented economic and energy crisis caused due to shortage of foreign exchange. Power cuts lasting over 13 […]
New Delhi: he COVID-19 Working Group of the NTAGI has recommended inclusion of the Serum Institute’s Covovax in the national vaccination programme for those aged 12 years and above, official sources said on Sunday. India’s drug regulator had approved Covovax for restricted use in emergency situations in adults on December 28 and in the 12-17 […]
KYIV: Ukrainian troops moved cautiously to retake territory north of the country’s capital on Saturday, using cables to pull the bodies of civilians off the streets in one town out of fear that Russian forces might have booby-trapped them before leaving. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned in his nightly video address hours earlier that departing […]