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Covid-19: RBI sees inflation falling below 4 pc target by mid-FY21

Mumbai:  RBI governor Shaktikanta Das on Friday said the inflation is on a declining trajectory and could fall below the central bank's 4 per...

COVID-19 pandemic could cost millions of jobs in global tourism industry: UN body

United Nations: Millions of jobs in the global tourism industry could be lost due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which has impacted travel like no other...

COVID-19 lockdown completes one month in Kashmir

Srinagar:  Restrictions on the movement of people in Kashmir to contain the spread of coronavirus completed one month on Friday, even as the number...

US provides nearly USD 5.9 million in health assistance to India on COVID-19

  Washington: The US has provided nearly USD 5.9 million in health assistance to India to contain the spread of COVID-19, the State Department has...

Two militants killed in Shopian encounter

Srinagar:  Two militants were killed in an encounter with government  forces in Jammu and Kashmir's Shopian district on Friday, police said. Government forces launched a...

Death toll due to COVID-19 touches 437; cases climb to 13,387

New Delhi:  The death toll due to coronavirus rose to 437 and the number of cases to 13,387 in the country on Friday, according...

China revises coronavirus figures in epicentre Wuhan; death toll jumps to 4,632

Beijing:  China's coronavirus death toll mounted to 4,632 on Friday as the country revised figures in its epicentre Wuhan with 1,290 additional fatalities amid...

Coronavirus-hit Chinese economy shrinks 6.8 pct in Q1, worst since 1976

Beijing,:  China's GDP took the worst hit since the disastrous Cultural Revolution in 1976, plummeting by 6.8 per cent in the first quarter of...

Oil climbs as Trump lays out reopening of virus-hit US

Singapore: Oil prices pushed higher Friday as President Donald Trump's plan for a reopening of the virus-battered United States offset worries about a devastating...

Militant killed in encounter with security forces in Shopian

Srinagar: A militant was killed in an encounter with security forces in Jammu and Kashmir's Shopian district on Friday, the Army said. The encounter began...

Woman travels 2,700 km across six states to meet ailing son in hospital

Kottayam/Thiruvananthapuram :A 50-year-old woman travelled 2700 km in a car crisscrossing 6 states to meet her critically ill son, a BSF man in Jodhpur,...

Pharmacist suspended for refusing to serve food at Kupwara Hospital’s quarantine center

Srinagar:A pharmacist working with the ISM Department in Kupwara district has been suspended on Thursday after he refused to serve food at a quarantine...

COVID-19: Rajnath reviews preventive measures taken by 62 cantonment boards across country

New Delhi:  Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday reviewed the preventive measures taken by 62 cantonment boards across the country to contain the spread...

Expecting mothers in Srinagar to get special support from administration

SRINAGAR:In another instance of providing support to citizens as required in these times the Srinagar administration has put in place a mechanism under which...

8 recover from COVID-19 at SKIMS, discharged

Srinagar: Eight COVID-19 patients have been discharged from the Sheri Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences Soura in the last three days after "successful" treatment,...

Army chief arrives in Valley to review security situation 

Srinagar: Chief of Army Staff General MM Naravane arrived in Kashmir on Thursday on a two-day visit to review the prevailing security situation. The army...

MHA warns govt officials against holding Zoom meetings

New Delhi:  Zoom meeting platform is not safe and it is not to be used for official purposes by government officials, the Home Ministry...

Record 22 million have sought US jobless aid since virus

Washington:  The wave of layoffs that has engulfed the US economy since the coronavirus struck forced 5.2 million more people to seek unemployment benefits...

Mask-wearing, social distancing should be enforced strictly: MHA on lockdown

New Delhi,: The Indian home ministry on Thursday asserted that rules such as wearing face masks, practising social distancing and no gathering of five...

J&K police books man who reached home from Maharashtra in truck carrying essential items

Jammu: A man was booked on Thursday for allegedly hiding information about travelling through various coronavirus red zones on his way home in Jammu...

Russia, US should help each other during pandemic: Kremlin

Moscow:  Russian President Vladimir Putin believes the global coronavirus pandemic is an opportunity for his country to work together with the United States, the...

25 test negative for COVID-19 in Budgam

Srinagar: Amid a spike in the number of COVID-19 cases in Kashmir, 25 persons have tested negative for the disease in central Kashmir's Budgam...

14 fresh cases in Kashmir take COVID-19 tally to 314 in J&K

Srinagar: Fourteen new COVID-19 cases were recorded in Kashmir on Thursday taking total tally to 314 across J&K. “14 new cases- all from Kashmir Division....

Body recovered from Sopore stream

Baramulla:  Police on Thursday recovered body of a person in Seelo village of north Kashmir's Sopore. Official sources said that police received a call from...

One more COVID-19 patient recovers in Ladakh, active cases reduce to 4

Srinagar: With one more COVID-19 patient recovering in the Union territory, the number of of active cases of the disease in Ladakh has come...

14 J&K residents on way back home after completing quarantine in Amritsar

Srinagar: Fourteen J&K residents, who had returned from abroad and completed their quarantine in Amritsar, are on their way home. The twiter handle of Srinagar...

Tharoor questions JK government move of terminating paramedics amid Covid-19 pandemic

Srinagar: Dozens of paramedical staff terminated by the Jammu and Kashmir government recently amid the prevailing COVID-19 pandemic, saw a support from an unexpected...

COVID-19 death toll touches 414, cases climb to 12,380

New Delhi:  The death toll due to coronavirus rose to 414 and the number of cases to 12,380 in the country on Thursday, according...

Google launches ‘journalism relief fund,’ following Facebook

Washington: Google said Wednesday it will launch an emergency fund to help local news outlets struggling to maintain operations in the face of the...

South Korean ruling party wins vote held amid virus fears

Seoul:  The ruling liberal party secured a resounding victory in South Korea's parliamentary elections, which had the highest turnout in nearly three decades despite...

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