Amit shares J&K initiatives during National Mines Ministers’ conference

HYDERABAD: Secretary Mining, Amit Sharma, while representing Jammu and Kashmir in two day National Mines Ministers’ conference held at Hyderabad, shared recent initiatives taken up by the UT administration towards ensuring added transparency and raising productivity in the Coal and Mining sectors. The conference was presided over by Union Minister of Parliamentary Affairs, Coal & […]

Nasha Mukt Bharat Abhiyan Programmes held across Health block Bandipora

BANDIPORA: As part of outreach and awareness activities under ‘Nasha Mukt Bharat Abhiyan’, Department of Health Bandipora today conducted daylong seminars, awareness rallies in different health institutions, schools and AWCs of Bandipora district. The programmes were conducted on the directions of Deputy Commissioner Bandipora, Dr.Owais Ahmad and were supervised by Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Bandipora, […]

DDC Chairperson, DC inaugurate Blood Donation Camp on eve of Urs Hazrat Qamar-ud-Din Bukhari at Ganderbal

GANDERBA: The District Development Council (DDC) Chairperson Ganderbal, Nuzhat Ishfaq; Deputy Commissioner (DC) Ganderbal, Shyambir along with SSP Ganderbal Nikhil Borkar today inaugurated Blood Donation Camp as part of Urs Mubarak of Hazrat Qamar-ud-Din Bukhari (R.A), here. The camp was organized by Sheikh Ishfaq Jabbar, Ex MLA Ganderbal and Founder Shaheed Sheikh Abdul Jabbar Foundation […]

JKEMS 108 presents 5th edition magazine to CMO Budgam

Budgam : J K Emergency Medical Services Zonal Manager on Friday presented 5th Edition of JKEMS 108 Magazine to CMO Budgam. In a function Zonal Manager JK Emergency Medical Services Mushtaq Ahmad presented 5th edition of its magazine to Dr Tajamul Hussain Khan, CMO Budgam. They highlighted their achievements and work done vis a vis […]

Medical camp organised by Army at Chuntiwari, Macchal

Srinagar: Chuntiwari is a remote village in the Machhal Valley and is a conglomeration of a number of small villages. The nearest medical facility for some of these small villages is at minimum a two hour trek and for access to medical specialists the villagers need to visit Kupwara or even Srinagar. The Indian Army […]

North Korea says it will never give up nukes to counter US

North Korea says it will never give up nukes to counter US

Seoul: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un stressed his country will never abandon the nuclear weapons it needs to counter the United States, which he accused of pushing to weaken the North’s defences and eventually collapse his government, state media said on Friday. Kim made the comments during a speech on Thursday at North Korea’s […]

What the UN is doing in Pakistan is a drop in the ocean of what is needed: Antonio Guterres

What the UN is doing in Pakistan is a drop in the ocean of what is needed: Antonio Guterres

ISLAMABAD: UN chief Antonio Guterres on Saturday exhorted the international community to step up efforts to help flood-ravaged Pakistan rebuild resilient communities and infrastructure to resist future disasters while conceding “what the UN is doing in Pakistan is a drop in the ocean of what is needed.” Secretary General Guterres made these remarks in Sukkur […]

Blackout has put Ukraine N-plant’s operation in danger, says IAEA

Blackout has put Ukraine N-plant’s operation in danger, says IAEA

VIENNA: A blackout caused by fresh shelling near Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant has compromised the site’s safety, the UN atomic watchdog warned on Friday, adding the plant’s operator is considering shutting down the sole remaining reactor. “Shelling has caused a complete blackout in Energodar (town) and compromised the safe operation of the nearby Zaporizhzhia […]

UK PM Liz Truss, PM Modi agree on ‘vital importance’ of bilateral ties in phone call

London: British Prime Minister Liz Truss spoke to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday and agreed on the “vital importance” of the India-UK bilateral relationship. In their first phone call since Truss assumed office earlier this week, Modi conveyed his condolences on the death of Queen Elizabeth II on behalf of all Indians and paid […]

King Charles III proclaimed as Britain’s monarch in historic ceremony

London: King Charles III pledged to follow the “inspiring example” of his mother, late Queen Elizabeth II, as he was proclaimed Britain’s new monarch on Saturday in a ceremony, steeped in ancient tradition and political symbolism, televised for the first time in history. “God save the King” were the words with which those gathered reaffirmed […]