Ambala:The first batch of five Rafale jets are scheduled to land at the Ambala air base here on Wednesday afternoon with police tightening the security around the air force station. The squadron of Rafale jets will be stationed at the Ambala air base in Haryana. The jets took off from the Merignac airbase in French […]
Six more people died due to covid-19 in Jammu and Kashmir since last night, officials said on Wednesday. They said that two deaths were reported at SMHS hospital here this morning and include a 52-year-old woman from Budgam and a 75-year-old man from Wazirbagh Srinagar. “Both had comorbidities with Community Acquired Pneumonia,” a senior doctor […]
MUMBAI : Sovereign fund Qatar Investment Authority (QIA) is in advanced talks with Reliance Industries Ltd to invest around $1.5 billion (about ₹11,200 crore) in an infrastructure investment trust (InvIT) that holds the company’s fibre-optic assets, two people aware of the development said on condition of anonymity. After raising more than $20 billion through stake sales in […]
Moderna Inc.’s vaccine candidate against Covid-19 protected against the virus in a trial that inoculated 16 monkeys, an encouraging step on the path to a defense for humans against the pandemic. Two injections of the vaccine protected against heavy exposure to the virus at two different levels of dosage, Moderna said in findings published Tuesday in the […]
No South African player apart from Imran Tahir will be taking part in the upcoming Caribbean Premier League (CPL), slated to begin from August 18 in Trinidad and Tobago. Rassie van der Dussen, Tabraiz Shamsi, Anrich Nortje, Rilee Rossouw, and Colin Ingram have been unable to confirm their travel arrangements in time and as a […]
The Indian Navy has stepped up surveillance and activities in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR), which, it believes, China will “inevitably” try to enter in its quest to become a global power, just as it has laid claim to large portions of the disputed South China Sea, according to a top officer aware of the developments. It […]
lltija Mufti, the 32-year-old daughter of former Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti, says she is no politician but her mother’s detention since August 5, which she has challenged in the Supreme Court – there has been no hearing after the first one on February 26 – has forced her to speak up against all that has unfolded in […]
Reviews functioning, Calls for expediting the execution of developmental projects, welfare schemes Issues directions for land identification and construction of BDC offices complexes JAMMU, JULY 28: Lieutenant Governor, Girish Chandra Murmu today called for expediting the execution of developmental projects and speedy implementation of welfare programmes so that their benefits percolate seamlessly across the board. […]
As the Jammu and Kashmir National Conference has been laying more emphasis on the restoration of statehood than the restoration of special status, party spokesperson and senior leader Ruhullah Mehdi on Tuesday resigned from the post. “I have sent across my resignation from the post of Chief Spokesperson of @JKNC_. From here on none of […]
Four days after New Delhi announced that India and China had agreed on “early and complete disengagement” along the Line of Actual Control in Ladakh, Beijing Tuesday said border troops of both countries “have disengaged in most locations” following close communication via military and diplomatic channels. There was no official confirmation or response from either the Indian government or the military […]