Srinagar: Boon, a global water-tech startup, has teamed up with Srinagar Smart City Limited to keep an eye on quality of water in the famous Dal Lake in Jammu and Kashmir, the company said on Wednesday. “Boon will use its proprietary and patented drinking water Internet-of-Things platform (Clairvoyant) to detect irregularities in the water of […]
Bhaderwah: Bhaderwah town has virtually turned into a garbage dump owing to the ongoing strike by Safai Karamcharis who are demanding regularisation of their services. The daily wage and need-based Safai Karamcharis (sweepers) of the Municipal Committee Bhaderwah (MCB) in Doda district are on indefinite strike over the last 16 days. The main markets of […]
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the Centre and the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to place before it in a sealed cover the relevant records pertaining to the government’s 2016 decision to demonetise currency notes of Rs 1000 and Rs 500 denomination for its perusal. Reserving its verdict on a batch of […]
Srinagar: People’s Conference president Sajad Gani Lone on Wednesday said National Conference chief Farooq Abdullah raising the issue of outside interference in the Jammu and Kashmir elections was an insult to one lakh people who have died following the electoral malpractices by the then ruling party in 1987. Lone alleged that the National Conference rigged […]
New Delhi: Centre has told the Supreme Court The Constitution (Scheduled Castes) Order, 1950 does not suffer from any “unconstitutionality” and the exclusion of Christianity and Islam was due to the reason that the “oppressive system” of untouchability was not prevalent in either of these two religions. The Constitution (Scheduled Castes) Order, 1950, as amended […]
Washington: India is home to a great diversity of faiths and the Biden administration will continue to encourage it to uphold its commitments to protect religious freedom for all, a top US official has said, days after America designated 12 countries, including China and Pakistan, as “countries of particular concern”. US Secretary of State Antony […]
NEW YORK: Donald Trump’s company was convicted of tax fraud on Tuesday for helping executives dodge taxes on extravagant perks such as Manhattan apartments and luxury cars, a repudiation of financial practices at the former president’s business as he mounts another run for the White House. A jury found two corporate entities at the Trump […]
UNITED NATIONS: India, which facilitated the safe return of its 22,500 nationals, most of them students, from Ukraine amid the conflict, is exploring options to minimise the impact on its students’ education, the country’s envoy here told a UN Security Council briefing. Speaking at the briefing titled ‘Ukraine: Protection of civilians and the situation of […]
New Delhi: Minister of State Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh said, Government proposes to set up more nuclear power plants for augmenting production of clean energy. In a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha, Dr Jitendra Singh said, in addition to the eleven (11) reactors (8700 MW) under construction, the […]
Bogota (Colombia): Star Indian weightlifter Mirabai Chanu endured wrist pain to grab a silver medal at the World Championships and in the process beat Tokyo Olympics champion Hou Zhihua, here. The Tokyo Olympic silver medallist, competing in the 49kg category, managed to lift 87kg in snatch and in 113kg in ‘clean and jerk’ for an […]