JAMMU: Advisor to Lieutenant Governor, Farooq Khan, Friday chaired a meeting of divisional and district level officers of various departments to review and finalize arrangements for upcoming festival of Eid-ul-Azha in Jammu. Advisor directed the officers of Department of Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs (FCS&CA) to ensure that all eligible ration card holders are […]
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday that rising COVID-19 cases in some states remain a matter of concern as he asked them to take proactive measures to rule out a third wave by moving forward with the strategy of test, track, treat and ‘tika (vaccine)’. In a video interaction with chief ministers […]
DUBAI: Arch-rivals India and Pakistan were on Friday placed in the same group for the T20 World Cup as the ICC announced the pools for its flagship event, set to be played in the UAE and Oman from October 17 to November 14. India and Pakistan are placed in Group 2 along with World Test […]
NEW DELHI: Expectation can be a double-edged sword, but National Rifle Association of India (NRAI) president Raninder Singh reckons it could bring the best out of his shooters in the Tokyo Olympics, with many of them adept at “thriving under pressure.” At the upcoming Games in the Japanese capital, India will be represented by a […]
NEW DELHI: Indian tennis player Sumit Nagal is now eligible to compete in the men’s singles event at the Tokyo Olympics, the world governing body ITF has communicated to the AITA, a source in the national tennis body said on Friday. Nagal was ranked 144 on June 14, when ATP rankings were to be considered […]
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday that rising COVID-19 cases in some states remain a matter of concern as he asked them to take proactive measures to rule out a third wave by moving forward with the strategy of test, track, treat and ‘tika (vaccine)’. In a video interaction with chief ministers […]
Shopian: People in Keller, a far-flung and mostly tribal area of Shopian district, have accused the authorities at the local Primary Health Centre (PHC) of denying them health care and diagnostic facilities that are available at the hospital. A group of aggrieved local patients and their attendants told Kashmir Reader that the Block Medical Officer […]
Says change in behavior of people with regard to CAB apprehensive SRINAGAR: In view of decrease in number of Covid positive cases, the medical practitioners have warned against resorting to lackadaisical attitude vis-à-vis adherence of Covid Appropriate Behaviour (CAB), stating that it this can lead to inception of 3rd wave. “Currently on an average SHMS, […]
Beijing: China’s economic growth slowed to a still-strong 7.9 per cent over a year earlier in the three months ending in June as a rebound from the coronavirus levelled off. Growth slowed from the previous quarter’s explosive 18.3 per cent expansion, which was magnified by comparison with early 2020, when the economy shut down to […]
New Delhi: India recorded 41,806 new coronavirus cases, taking the infection tally to 3,09,87,880, while the active cases increased to 4,32,041, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Thursday. An increase of 2,095 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours. The active cases comprise 1.39 […]