Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries plans its first rights issue in 30 yrs to pare debt
Reliance Industries Ltd., India’s largest company by market value, plans to sell shares to existing investors in a rights issue for the first time in about 30 years as the energy-to-technology conglomerate steps up efforts to pare debt. The board of the Mumbai-based company will consider the proposal on April 30, when it announces its […]
350 Tablighi members who recovered from Covid-19 ready to donate plasma
Around 350 members of the Tablighi Jamaat, who had come to Delhi to attend its congregation in Nizamuddin Markaz last month and were subsequently diagnosed with coronavirus, have agreed to donate their plasma to treat severely ill patients in the city. So far, 25 of them have donated for plasma therapy. Senior officials in the health department […]
Explained: Why rapid tests are off, again
On Monday, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) put an end to the question of rapid tests when it told the states that the newly procured kits for such tests had failed quality checks and should be returned to the suppliers. This effectively brings the curtains down on a long conversation on rapid testing between […]
3 girls dead, one untraceable
Srinagar, Apr 27, KNT: Three girls died while one is untraceable after cloud burst triggered flash floods in two different areas of South and Central Kashmir on Monday evening. Police sources told KNT that a cloud burst triggered flash floods in Chotipora area adjacent to Sedow Forest area of South Kashmir’s Shopian district. Two sisters […]
Cop’s militant aide son only casualty in Guddar Kulgam, police deletes tweets
Srinagar, April 27 : Only one “militant associate”, and not four militants as claimed by the government forces earlier, was killed at Guddar in the Devsar area of the south Kashmir district. The slain, Aqib Mushtaq Lone who had completed engineering recently from a college in Chandigarh, is a son of a police officer […]
COVID19: 2-year-old girl among 23 test positive in J&K, tally mounts to 546
Srinagar: A two-year-old girl from the Shopian district on Monday became the youngest in the Jammu and Kashmir to have tested positive for novel coronavirus. In all 23 fresh cases were reported in the last twenty-four hours and includes an expectant mother besides at least thirteen other women. Officials said that among the fresh cases, 15 […]
Testing scaled up in big way; trained 450 lab technicians in sample collection: Director HSK
Srinagar, April 27( KNS): Director Health Services Kashmir Dr Sameer Matoo said that testing has been scalled in Kashmir a big way.Taking to KNS, he said, ” More than 800 tests are conducted daily. We trained 450 laboratory technicians to take samples for Covid19 suspect patients. They move in mobile vans and takes samples from […]
Umar Akmal banned for three years from all forms of cricket for corruption charges
Umar Akmal has been banned from all forms of cricket for three years on corruption charges, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) announced on Monday. “Umar Akmal handed three-year ban from all cricket by Chairman of the Disciplinary Panel Mr Justice (retired) Fazal-e-Miran Chauhan,” the Pakistan Cricket Board said in a tweet. PCB Media ✔@TheRealPCBMedia Umar […]
Return of migrants: This institution is not hostage of government, says SC
While saying that “this institution is not hostage of the government”, the Supreme Court on Monday asked the Centre to reply within a week on a petition seeking direction to authorities to allow stranded migrant workers across the country to return home. The Supreme Court’s remark came after advocate Prashant Bhushan, appearing for petitioners Jagdeep S Chhokar, […]
Govt extends 4G internet ban in J-K till 11 May
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir government has extended the restrictions on high-speed internet in the Union Territory after the scheduled review. The renewed order, signed by Shaleen Kabra, Principal Secretary to the government, states that “the internet speed shall be restricted to 2G only” till 11 May. In Jammu and Kashmir, the internet connectivity was snapped […]