Australia postpones its first-ever Afghanistan Test match

Australia postpones its first-ever Afghanistan Test match

Australia on Friday postponed its first-ever cricket Test against Afghanistan, after the country’s ruling Taliban regime effectively banned women from playing the sport. Australia’s cricketing authorities said that after consultation with “relevant stakeholders”, they decided the men’s Test, to be played in Hobart this month, would not go ahead as planned. After the Taliban ousted Afghanistan’s elected […]

Several major countries pledge to phase out coal use

Several major countries pledge to phase out coal use

GLASGOW: In the fight to curb climate change, several major coal-using nations announced steps on Thursday to wean themselves at times slowly off the heavily polluting fossil fuel. The pledges to phase out coal came on top of other promises made at the UN climate summit in Glasgow, Scotland, that the head of an international […]

Two killed as vehicle plunges into gorge in Budgam

Two killed as vehicle plunges into gorge in Budgam

Two persons were killed after a vehicle they were travelling in skidded off the road and plunged into a deep gorge in GogjiPathri area of Chadoora in central Kashmir’s Budgam district on Friday afternoon. An official told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that an accident took place at Gogjipathri when driver lost control over […]

India takes up issue of Srinagar Sharjah flight with Pakistan

India takes up issue of Srinagar Sharjah flight with Pakistan

India has requested Pakistan to “grant overflight clearance” for Srinagar – Sharjah flight “in the larger interest of the common people”, government sources said on Thursday. They said Pakistani authorities had granted overflight clearance to GoFirst flights to operate the Srinagar – Sharjah sector on 23rd, 24th , 26th and 28th of October. “Subsequently, Pakistan […]

Work orders to the tune of Rs 1.29 crore distributed among beneficiaries in Kulgam

Work orders to the tune of Rs 1.29 crore distributed among beneficiaries in Kulgam

KULGAM, NOVEMBER 04: The Fisheries Department today distributed work orders to the tune of Rs 1.29 crore for establishment of trout fish units and construction of houses under PMMSY among beneficiaries in Kulgam district. The work orders were handed over to the beneficiaries by the Deputy Commissioner Kulgam Dr. Bilal Mohi-Ud-Din-Bhat during a distribution function […]

J&K Reports 95 Fresh Covid-19 Cases, No Death

J&K Reports 95 Fresh Covid-19 Cases, No Death

Jammu and Kashmir reported 95 fresh covid-19 cases even as there was no death due to the virus in the last 24 hours, officials said on Thursday. Among the fresh cases, 14 were reported from Jammu Division and 81 from Kashmir, taking the overall tally to 332651. There was no fresh fatality due to the […]