Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday reported four deaths due to covid-19, taking the number of people succumbing to the virus in Jammu and Kashmir to 100. Among the fresh fatalities, three were reported from Kashmir Valley while one was from Jammu division’s Kathua district. Two of the deaths in Valley took place in Chest […]
The rupee appreciated 13 paise to 75.45 against the US dollar in early trade on Tuesday tracking weakness in the greenback and gains in the domestic equity market. Forex traders said positive domestic equities and weak US currency supported the local unit, while foreign fund outflows and concerns over rising Covid-19 cases weighed on investor […]
Six Pakistani cricketers, who were found to be COVID-19 positive ahead of the team’s departure for England last week, have now tested negative for the second time in three days making them eligible to join the squad in the UK. Fakhar Zaman, Mohammad Hasnain, Mohammad Hafeez, Mohammad Rizwan, Shadab Khan and Wahab Riaz have been […]
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lose over 2 lakh Chinese followers on Weibo, aka China’s Twitter equivalent, in light of his government’s decision to ban 59 Chinese apps in India Monday. Weibo is one of the Chinese apps that have now been banned in India. Others include the viral video platform TikTok and CamScanner, which allowed […]
Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Tuesday seized a diagnostic centre in Baramulla town of North Kashmir. Reports reaching to Kashmir News Service said that on Tuesday morning Anti Corruption Bureau paid a surprise visit to Iqra Diagnostic center Baramulla under enquiry vide number JSC-04\2020. As per sources that during the visit expired reagent were found […]
Srinagar: Two persons were killed in two separate accidents in south Kashmir’s Kulgam district on Tuesday afternoon. A local news gathering agency Kashmir News Observer (KNO) quoted an unnamed official reported that a 33-year-old man was crushed to death after he came under a Hydra crane in Wanpoh area of Kulgam. He said that one […]
Police on Tuesday beefed up the security outside the Taj hotel in south Mumbai after a threat call, a senior official said. The iconic hotel in Colaba area was among the targets of Pakistani terrorists during the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack. The phone call was received at 12.30 am on Tuesday and the caller, who […]
The government’s decision to ban 59 Chinese apps, including the powerful social media platforms like TikTok, WeChat and Helo, will have a snowballing effect on China’s international soft-power push under the ‘Digital Silk Road’ programme. Though other countries with active user base of Chinese apps may not immediately follow suit, the Indian action will initiate […]
The Corps Commanders of the Indian and Chinese armies are holding a meeting at the Chushul border point as part of efforts to de-escalate the situation on the Line of Actual Control in Ladakh, PTI reported. This is the third meeting between XIV Corps Commander Lt General Harinder Singh and South Xinjiang Military Region Commander Major General Liu Lin. They […]
New Delhi- Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the nation on 30 June (today) at 4 pm, said the Prime Minister’s Office late Monday evening. His address comes against the backdrop of a bitter standoff between Indian and Chinese troops in eastern Ladakh where 20 Indian army personnel were killed in clashes on June 15 in […]