London: Britain will be the first country to run final stage trials of an experimental coronavirus vaccine being developed by the pharmaceutical company Janssen, a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson. Scientists will begin recruiting some 6,000 people across the U.K. on Monday for the 12-month trial. Dr. Saul Faust, who is helping lead the study, […]
Srinagar: After initial hiccups, the People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) on Sunday reached a consensus over the seat-sharing arrangement for the second phase of the upcoming DDC polls in Jammu and Kashmir and said there is no rift among the alliance partners. PAGD members on Saturday had failed to finalise the seat-sharing formula for […]
Srinagar: Pakistani troops used heavy artillery during Friday’s unprovoked ceasefire violations along the Line of Control (LoC) in several sectors of Jammu and Kashmir, causing loss of lives and a huge damage to property on the Indian side, a top BSF officer said here on Sunday. Five security forces personnel were among the 11 persons […]
Islamabad:Wearing face masks, the people of Gilgit-Baltistan in northern Pakistan voted on Sunday in the third legislative assembly election amidst tight security. India has slammed Pakistan for its decision to hold elections in Gilgit-Baltistan and said any action to alter the status of the militarily-occupied region has no legal basis. The voting which commenced at […]
Jammu: A former legislator figured in the second list of 44 candidates released on Sunday by the BJP for the District Development Council (DDC) elections in Jammu and Kashmir. The list, which covered all 10 districts of the Jammu region, also included 14 women candidates, a party spokesperson said. The maiden DDC polls, along with […]
Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party (JKNPP) on Sunday claimed that the leaders of the opposition parties continue to be deprived of the requisite security cover even as the maiden District Development Council (DDC) elections are scheduled to start later this month. It also claimed that security categorisation of political and other vulnerable […]
Thiruvananthapuram: ‘Jail-made’ hawai chappal will soon be available in your next-door shop or marketin Kerala as a central prison here has started manufacturingthe rubber slippers now. After dishing out a variety of products, including delicious but cost-effective food items, and successfully venturing into organic farming and beauty parlour business to running a petrol pump, the […]
New Delhi: Gold imports, which have a bearing on the current account deficit, declined 47.42 per cent to USD 9.28 billion during April-October due to fall in demand in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to data from the Commerce Ministry. Imports of the yellow metal stood at USD 17.64 billion in the corresponding […]
New Delhi: With an overhang of disputes choking investments in the oil and gas sector, the government is pushing for contractual wrangles being sent to an expert committee for time-bound resolution but the move has found few takers due to inherent conflict of interest in such a process, sources said. The government had in December […]
NEW DELHI: India has reported less than 50,000 new daily cases of Covid-19 for the eighth continuous day, a trend which assumes wider significance as many countries in Europe and America continue to see a surge in their daily numbers, the Union health ministry said on Sunday. A total of 41,100 persons were found to […]