Srinagar: Vice-Chancellor of University of Kashmir Prof Talat Ahmad has been honoured with the ‘G.S.I. Sesquicentennial Commemorative Medal’ for the year 2020 by the Council of the Asiatic Society Kolkata. A communication to Prof Talat from General Secretary of the Society—an Institute of National Importance declared by an Act of Parliament under Ministry of Culture, […]
NEW DELHI: India will focus on meeting the domestic demand for coronavirus vaccines in view of a spike in COVID-19 infections in several states and it will not expand export of vaccines for next few months, people familiar with the development said. They, however, said all commercial contracts and export commitments will be honoured and […]
PAMPORE: Govt Degree College, Pampore, in collaboration with J&K Disaster Management and State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) organized one day disaster preparedness training and mock drill for students of the College today. The programme was attended by the teachers and staff of the college headed by the Principal Professor Dr. Seema Naz. Director Disaster Management/Nodal […]
PAMPORE: Police Pampore on Thursday arrested a drug peddler in Pampore and recovered charas from his possession. Acting tough against the drug peddlers, Awantipora Police arrested one more drug peddler and recovered 55 grams charas from his possession, police said. Police party of police station Pampore led by SHO Pampore Mohammad Younis Khan on naka […]
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said he is “happy” that his first foreign visit since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic will be to “friendly” neighbour Bangladesh ahead of his two-day tour starting March 26. In his departure statement, the Prime Minister Narendra said he will hold “substantive discussions” with his Bangladeshi […]
NEW DELHI: The need for increasing the maximum age limit for recruitment to various categories of posts under the central government, due to the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown in the country, does not arise, the Rajya Sabha was informed on Thursday. “Insofar as the increase in maximum age limit by two years for all the […]
JAMMU: Under the Manodarpan initiative and in consonance with the Atma Nirbhar Bharat Abhiyan, Ministry of Education, Govt. of India, Biotechnology Department of GCW, Parade Ground, Jammu organized a national webinar on Managing Studies and combating Examination Stress. On the occasion eminent speakers Dr. Rachna Devi, Assistant Professor of Psychology, GDC, Kathua, and Neeraj Anand, […]
Srinagar: No Covid-19 related casualties were reported in J&K on Thursday but 172 new positive cases were reported. The official Covid bulletin said that the fresh cases include 131 from Kashmir and 41 from Jammu division. It said that 92 patients recovered and were discharged from various hospitals in the last 24 hours, including 14 […]
Srinagar: Lieutenant Governor’s Advisor Baseer Khan Thursday said that the administration is carrying out a comprehensive survey to explore the new tourist destinations so that tourists go beyond Gulmarg and Pahalgam during their visit to the Valley. He also said that the government has started a new project to add to the beauty of the […]
RAJOURI: To mark the observance of “World Tuberculosis Day”, the Field Outreach Bureau, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, Government of India, Rajouri today organised a webinar. The Webinar focused on the National TB elimination programme, a Flagship programme of the Ministry of Health, Government of India which is meant to detect, treat and rehabilitate TB […]