Seoul: Last year was a disaster for North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. He helplessly watched his country’s already battered economy decay further amid pandemic border closures while brooding over the collapse of made-for-TV summits with former President Donald Trump that failed to lift crippling sanctions from his country. Now he must start all over […]
New Delhi: India’s COVID-19 caseload rose to 1,06,25,428 with 14,545 people testing positive for coronavirus infection in a day, while the recoveries have surged to 1,02,83,708, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Friday. The death toll increased to 1,53,032 with 163 daily new fatalities, the data updated at 8 am showed. The […]
Washington: The United States seeks a five-year extension of the New START treaty, the White House has said, asserting that President Joe Biden has long been clear that this is in the national security interest of the US. “The United States intends to seek a five-year extension of New START as the treaty permits. The […]
Total 117 new cases, one fatality from Jammu district Srinagar: One Covid-19 related death was recorded in Jammu and Kashmir during the past 24 hours up to Thursday evening. The deceased was a resident of Jammu district. The number of fresh cases reported in the last 24 hours was 117, of which 75 were from […]
Srinagar: Intense cold wave conditions continued unabated in Kashmir on Thursday as the minimum temperature stayed several degrees below the freezing point. Srinagar city recorded a low of minus 7 degrees, down from minus 6 degrees Celsius the previous night, a MeT official said. The minimum temperature in the city last night was nearly five […]
New Delhi: Indian Army chief Gen MM Naravane on Thursday said that India will face increasingly higher security challenges in tune with its rising stature and it must enhance indigenous defence capabilities to maintain strategic influence and freedom of action, as external dependence for weapons creates vulnerabilities in times of crisis. In an address at […]
Jammu: An Army jawan was killed when Pakistan violated the ceasefire and resorted to firing on forward positions along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district on Thursday, officials said. The Pakistan Army resorted to unprovoked firing along the LoC in the Krishna Ghati sector of Poonch, the officials said. The […]
Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir administration has ordered arrest of a private contractor working on the Machail road in Kishtwar district for his poor performance in executing the work. District Development Commissioner Ashok Sharma passed orders for the arrest of the contractor, an official spokesman said on Thursday. This is probably for the first time […]
NEW DELHI/MUMBAI: Members of the triumphant Indian cricket contingent, including stand-in skipper Ajinkya Rahane and coach Ravi Shastri, returned to the country on Thursday after their momentous Test series victory over Australia. Rahane, Shastri, star batsman Rohit Sharma, pacer Shardul Thakur and opener Prithvi Shaw landed in Mumbai, while Brisbane Test hero Rishabh Pant arrived […]
NEW DELHI: The comparisons with the iconic Mahendra Singh Dhoni are flattering but young Indian wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant on Thursday said he wants to carve his own identity in the game after playing a key role in the side’s historic Test series win in Australia. Pant is often compared with the two-time World Cup winning […]