KU organises Medley Pharmaceuticals Award Ceremony

Srinagar: The Medley Pharmaceuticals award ceremony was on Monday held at Kashmir University’s Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences. Registrar Dr Nisar A Mir chaired the event, organised to felicitate and confer the Medley Gold medals (10 gram 22-carat) to five toppers from 2016 to 2020 batches of the Bachelor of Pharmacy degree programme. This award is […]

8,306 new COVID cases in India; active infections in country lowest in 552 days

8,306 new COVID cases in India; active infections in country lowest in 552 days

NEW DELHI: With 8,306 people testing positive for coronavirus infection in a day, India’s total tally of COVID-19 cases rose to 3,46,41,561, while the active cases declined to 98,416, the lowest in 552 days, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Monday. The death toll climbed to 4,73,537 with 211 fresh fatalities, according […]

Scientists developing chewing gum that could cut Covid transmission

Scientists developing chewing gum that could cut Covid transmission

Scientists are developing a chewing gum laced with a plant-grown protein that serves as a “trap” for the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which causes COVID-19, reducing viral load in saliva and potentially lowering transmission. The researchers noted that people who are fully vaccinated can still become infected with SARS-CoV-2 and can carry a viral load similar to […]

Rajya Sabha adjourned amid Opposition protest over 12 MPs’ suspension, Nagaland firing

NEW DELHI: Rajya Sabha proceedings were adjourned twice during the pre-lunch period on Monday after Opposition members created uproar in the house over the suspension of some of their colleagues. The house was first adjourned soon after it met and then again a few minutes after the house met at 12 for the Question Hour. […]

Police file murder case against security forces; confusion prevails over Nagaland firing death toll

Kohima: Nagaland Police on Monday lodged a murder case against the 21st Para Special Force of the Army for its alleged involvement in firing on civilians, even as several tribal bodies called for shutdowns in protest against the action of security forces. Prohibitory orders under Section 144 of the CrPC have been clamped in Mon […]

Nagaland firing incident: Left parties slam Centre, demand repeal of AFSPA

New Delhi: The Left parties on Monday hit out at the Union government over the killing of 14 civilians by security forces in Nagaland’s Mon district and demanded the repeal of the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act. Security forces opened fire on civilians killing 14 and injuring 11 more in Nagaland’s Mon district in three […]

Look forward to continue working with B’desh PM to further deepen ties: Modi

New Delhi: As India and Bangladesh commemorate ‘Maitri Diwas’, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said he looks forward to continue working with his Bangladeshi counterpart Sheikh Hasina to further expand and deepen bilateral ties. ‘Maitri Diwas’ is being observed on Monday to mark India recognising the newly-formed country Bangladesh in 1971. “Today India and […]

7,476 posts of officers lying vacant in Army, 1,265 in Navy, 621 in IAF: Govt

NEW DELHI: The Army has 7,476 vacant posts of officers while the Navy and Air Force have 1,265 and 621 such vacancies, Minister of State for Defence Ajay Bhatt said on Monday. In his written response to a question in Rajya Sabha, the minister also said that for “airmen, sailors, junior commissioned officers and other […]

Myanmar court sentences Aung San Suu Kyi to 4 years in prison

Myanmar court sentences Aung San Suu Kyi to 4 years in prison

Bangkok: A special court in Myanmar’s capital sentenced the country’s ousted leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, to four years in prison on Monday after finding her guilty of incitement and violating coronavirus restrictions, a legal official said. The sentencing was the first in a series of cases in which the 76-year-old Nobel laureate is being […]

Snowfall in higher reaches, rain in plains

Snowfall in higher reaches, rain in plains

Srinagar: Many areas in the higher reaches of Jammu and Kashmir received fresh snowfall on Sunday, while rains lashed the plains, ending the dry spell, officials said. The minimum temperature improved and stayed above the freezing point at most places in the valley on Saturday night, they said. Fresh snowfall was recorded at many places […]