Indian economy to shrink by 5.9%: UN
Impacted by disruptions caused by the Covid pandemic, India’s economy is forecast to contract by 5.9% in 2020, the UN has said in a report, warning that while growth will rebound next year, the contraction is likely to translate into a permanent income loss. The Trade and Development Report 2020 by UN Conference on Trade […]
Smashing Samson
Rajasthan Royals batsman Sanju Samson smashed nine sixers and one four in racking up 74 off 32 balls against Chennai Super Kings in Sharjah on Tuesday night, taking his team to 216 — usually an unbeatable total in T20 cricket, and so it proved this time too. Samson first made people sit up and take […]
Workers lost $3.5tr in wages amid pandemic: UN
GENEVA: The coronavirus pandemic is taking a heavier toll on jobs than previously feared, the UN said on Wednesday, with hundreds of millions of jobs lost and workers suffering a “massive” drop in earnings. In a fresh study, the International Labour Organisation (ILO) found that by the mid-year point, global working hours had declined by […]
Two officers suspended after patient dies of COVID-19 at GMC Jammu
Health and Medical Education Department on Thursday suspended two officers over shortage of oxygen supply to covid patients and alleged mismanagement at Government Medical College, Jammu which led to the death of a patient. The suspension was ordered by the Financial Commissioner, Health and Medical Education Department, Atal Dulloo on the basis of an enquiry […]
Another army personnel detained at Srinagar airport with two Kashmiri girls
Tourist police on Saturday detained two girls from North Kashmir’s Kupwara district along with an Army trooper when they were walking in suspicious state at Srinagar Airport, reported a local news agency, Kashmir News Trust (KNT). Unidentified sources told the agency that they were detained and handed them over to police station Humhama. Sources said […]
COVID-19 cases in India breach 57-lakh mark, recovery rate at 81.55 per cent
New Delhi: India’s COVID-19 caseload raced past 57 lakh, while over 46 lakh people have recovered from the disease pushing the national recovery rate to 81.55 per cent, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Thursday. The total coronavirus cases mounted to 57,32,518 with 86,508 people testing positive in a day while the death […]
Protests in Srinagar
Recently a woman was killed in Batmaloo during a cordon and search operation triggering a lot of protests and demand for a probe into the incident. The family members of the deceased woman including her son who was accompanying her when she was fired told the media that she was killed in cold blood. However […]
Budgam attack: Injured ASI of CRPF succumbs
An assistant sub-inspector of Central Reserve Police Force was killed and his rifle snatched in an attack by militants in Keisarmulla area of Chadoora in Central Kashmir’s Budgam district on Thursday, reported a local news agency, Global News Service (GNS). An unidentified senior police officer told GNS that militants attacked 117 BN of CRPF party […]
CRPF man injured, his rifle snatched in Budgam militant attack
Srinagar: A CRPF man was injured and his rifle snatched after militants attacked a forces party in Kaiserrmulla area of Chadoora in central Kashmir’s Budgam district on Thursday. A senior police officer said that before escaping from the spot, the militants also managed to snatch the injured trooper’s rifle. The injured trooper has been shifted […]
Tral gunfight over without any collateral damage, says police
Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir Police have said that the gunfight which broke out between militants and forces in Tral area of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district this morning wherein an unidentified militant was killed, has concluded “without any collateral damage”. Kashmir Zone Police tweeted that arms and ammunition had been recovered from the militant slain […]