Parents have been at loggerheads with private schools owners regarding the fee and other such matters while the schools continue to remain closed due to Covid-19 lockdown. Parents have appealed UT administration to intervene and alleged that owners of private schools have no appreciation of the situation prevailing in Kashmir valley and are demanding fee […]
Jammu and Kashmir Apni Party (JKAP) senior leader and former minister Ghulam Hassan Mir on Monday expressed solidarity with J&K media fraternity demanding immediate rollback of new media policy in J&K. In a statement issued to KNS, Mir urged the J&K government to go for a review of new media policy in consultation with representatives […]
In an open letter to the World Health Organization (WHO), 239 scientists from 32 countries have claimed that the novel coronavirus is airborne and have called for the global health body to revise its recommendations, the New York Times reported. The WHO has been saying that the coronavirus or Covid-19 is spread primarily by large respiratory […]
WITH CHINA making new territorial claims in its eastern border with Bhutan this week, there is considerable disquiet in Delhi. Beijing made this claim while objecting to a request to develop the Sakteng wildlife sanctuary in eastern Bhutan’s Trashigang district at an online meeting of the Global Environment Facility (GEF). Set up in 1992, GEF is a […]
In the first signs of disengagement between Indian and Chinese troops on the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Ladakh, the soldiers of both sides have started moving back at PP14 in Galwan area. Similar movement from the two parties is also expected at the other two standoff sites of PP15 and PP17A in the Hot Springs […]
Oil prices offered up a mixed market snapshot on Monday, with Brent crude edging higher, supported by tighter supplies, while US benchmark WTI futures dropped on concern that a spike in coronavirus cases could curb oil demand in the United States. Brent crude rose 11 cents, or 0.3%, to $42.91 a barrel by 0109 GMT […]
Pakistan’s point person on the coronavirus disease, Dr Zafar Mirza, has himself contracted Covid-19. Dr Mirza announced on Monday that he was isolating himself at home after testing positive for the coronavirus disease. In a tweet, the special assistant to the prime minister on health said that he was experiencing “mild symptoms” and was taking […]
A total of 8 lakh Indians could be forced to leave Kuwait as its National Assembly committee has approved a draft expat quota bill seeking to reduce the number of foreign workers in the Gulf country. The National Assembly’s legal and legislative committee has determined that the expat quota bill is constitutional. According to the […]
Former Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul-Haq has said that questions will be raised if Indian Premier League is slotted in the window allotted to ICC T20 World Cup in Australia, which in all likelihood will be cancelled in the wake of COVID-19 pandemic. The ICC is yet to decide the fate of the T20 World Cup in […]
New Delhi: Another big single-day jump of 24,248 COVID-19 cases took India’s tally close to the 7-lakh mark on Monday, while the death toll due to the disease climbed to 19,693 with 425 new fatalities, according to the Union health ministry. With this, the country has recorded over 20,000 cases of the infection for the […]