2022 Commonwealth shooting and archery in India cancelled due to Covid threat
The Commonwealth archery and shooting championships, which were scheduled to be held in Chandigarh before the 2022 Birmingham Games, have been cancelled due to the “uncertainty” posed by the Covid-19 pandemic. The decision was taken by the Commonwealth Games India (CGI) Executive Board with the support of the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF). CGF President Dame […]
Army enforces lockdown in Bangladesh; Europe sees fresh surge
DHAKA: Bangladesh’s 168 million people on Thursday began a strict coronavirus lockdown while Indonesia announced emergency curbs as infections surged across parts of the Asia-Pacific. A European Union-wide coronavirus travel certificate was also set to come into force on Thursday, but concerns persisted about a resurgence of the disease as the World Health Organisation said […]
Centre Sends Covid-19 Control Teams To 6 States Witnessing High Number Of Cases
The Centre has rushed multiple teams to states that are reporting a high number of coronavirus cases, including Kerala, Arunachal Pradesh, Tripura, Odisha, Chhattisgarh and Manipur. The teams were sent for urgent control and containment measures of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) cases in these states, an official release stated. The two-member high level team to […]
Robust Public Distribution System
In order to provide good grains for the general public in Jammu and Kashmir the government is trying to streamline the distribution system so that maximum people get the benefits of public distribution done by the government. In this direction recently LG Manoj Sinha has directed the concerned public distribution system department for streamlining […]
Bulletin on Novel Corona Virus (COVID-19)
JK reports 298 new positive cases, 307312 recovered so far SRINAGAR, JULY 01: The Government on Thursday informed that 298 new positive cases of novel Corona virus (COVID-19), 102 from Jammu division and 196 from Kashmir division, have been reported today, thus taking the total number of positive cases in Jammu and Kashmir to 315960. […]
Covid scenario improving significantly from last few weeks: DC Shopian
SHOPIAN, JULY 01: The Deputy Commissioner (DC) Shopian, Sachin Kumar Vaishya today said that the overall COVID Scenario has significantly improved over the last few weeks with only a few number of Covid positive cases reported in the district. The DC said this while interacting with media persons during a weekly press briefing held at Mini […]
Army chief says situation on LAC in Ladakh normal after disengagement
By: Muzamil Bhat CK Srinagar There has been silence and normalcy on the borders in eastern Ladakh region after the disengagement between the troops especially in the Pangong Tso areas in the month of February. Army Staff Gen MM Naravane said on Thursday, exuding confidence of resolution of the “remaining issues” in the Ladakh region […]
Man killed, several injured during scuffle over tent erection in north Kashmir
A 52-year-old man was killed while several others including a female were injured after a scuffle broke out between members of two nomad groups at Kachi Behak in Vewan village of north Kashmir’s Bandipora district on Wednesday morning. Reports reaching a local news agency, Global News Service (GNS) said that the scuffle between nomad parties […]
Over 96% complaints Google received in April related to copyright violations
Over 96 per cent of the 27,762 complaints that Google received in April this year were related to copyright violations, much like the one which resulted in the blocking of the Twitter accounts of IT minister Ravi Shankar Prasad and IT parliamentary committee head Shashi Tharoor. While Twitter blocked their accounts for violating the Digital […]
Belgium-Italy the standout quarter-final as England’s path opens up
LONDON: After one of the most memorable knockout rounds a European Championship has ever seen, the quarter-finals promise another heavyweight clash in Belgium against Italy on Friday while the fairytale run of at least one of the less fancied teams will continue. Either Denmark or Czech Republic will make the semi-finals with their last eight […]