Suspected militants fired upon army Casper vehicle in Drabgam area of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Thursday, reported a local news agency, Global News Service (GNS). An unnamed senior police officer told the agency that militants fired upon Army Casper from an orchard in Drabgam, however, no injuries were reported. Meanwhile, the whole area has […]
Various media teams are visiting Jammu and Kashmir in next two weeks. According to an order issued by the Government, Nodal officers and Joint Nodal officers have been appointed for coordinating the proposed visits of Media teams to J&K over the next two weeks. The order reads: Principal Secretary Govt Housing and Urban Development Department […]
Commissioner Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC), Gazenfar Ali, today reviewed progress of various projects under AMRUT scheme. The status of all the works under AMRUT that included Sewerage and Septage, Drainage sector, Rejuvenation of Brari Nambal, Urban Transport sector, Green Space sector, Water Works sector and other issues were discussed at length. The Commissioner was informed […]
The new coronavirus appears to have circulated unnoticed in bats for decades, scientists found. Horseshoe bats are the most plausible origin of the SARS-CoV-2 pathogen, researchers led by Maciej Boni of Pensylvania State University’s Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics said in a study published Tuesday in Nature Microbiology. The virus’s origins have been at the center of […]
These are some of the key norms in the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) prepared by the Indian cricket board to be sent soon to IPL franchise owners for the T20 tournament that is expected to be held in the UAE from September to November. While the government’s approval to move IPL-13 to the UAE is awaited, the […]
Iltija Mufti hit out at the Centre for its “cruel” detention of her mother, former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti, and for stripping the region of its autonomy, The Indian Express reported on Wednesday. In an interview to the newspaper, Iltija Mufti recalled how the police came with a warrant for her mother on August 5 […]
The Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) has advised the Serum Institute of India (SII) to submit a revised protocol to perform the clinical trials in India for potential Covid-19 vaccine. The move comes when the Subject Expert Committee evaluated the submitted protocol by SII and it has recommended several observations to the pharma giant […]
In this current hot summer, rains have been very less witnessed in Kashmir valley and Ladakh region. Due to the lack of rainfall, even the drinking water chain available in Srinagar and other parts of Kashmir has been impacted. Less rains during the summer months also resulted in less volume of water in the water […]
India Coronavirus Cases: Andhra Pradesh detected more than 10,000 new cases of novel Coronavirus infections on Wednesday, and it was the first time since mid-March that any state had reported more cases than Maharashtra on any day. Maharashtra found 9,211 new cases on Wednesday, and the number of people who have been infected in the state so far went past 4 lakh. […]
The Union Cabinet approved the new national education policy on Wednesday and with it paved the way for foreign universities to set up campuses in the country. The new education policy, which is only the third in the country’s history after 1968 and 1986, advocates an increase in the number of off-shore campuses of Indian […]