New Delhi, Aug 4: Three vaccines to deal with the Coronavirus (Covid-19) infection are undergoing clinical trials in the country and work is progressing rapidly in this direction. Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) Director General Balaram Bhargava told a press conference on Tuesday that there was no specific drug to deal with the Coronavirus […]
Washington, Aug 5: The worldwide number of COVID-19 fatalities has surpassed 700,000, according to the Johns Hopkins University, which compiles data from federal and local authorities, media and other sources. According to the university, the exact death toll currently stands at 700,647, with the global case count totaling 18,480,000, and the number of recoveries recorded […]
Srinagar, Aug 4: Strict curfew restrictions were imposed in Kashmir on Tuesday to maintain law and order following intelligence inputs suggesting that separatists are planning to observe August 5,2020 as black day, officials said. District Magistrates (DMs) of almost all districts in the Kashmir ordered imposition of restrictions for two days from today to prevent […]
New Delhi, Aug 3: The recruitment of local youths in Jammu and Kashmir by militant outfits has come down by nearly 42 percent since August 5, 2019 when the special provisions under Article 370 was abrogated and the erstwhile State was bifurcated into two Union Territories (UTs), the Home Ministry officials said here on Monday. […]
Srinagar, Aug 4: Security agencies remained clueless so far about the whereabouts of Rifleman of Territorial Army (TA) who was abducted by suspected militants in Shopian on Sunday evening when he was driving his vehicle, which was later recovered in damaged condition (burnt) in Kulgam. So far there was also no response to appeal by […]
Srinagar, Aug 4: Director General (DG) of Jammu and Kashmir police Dilbagh Singh on Tuesday sanctioned Rs 1.10 crore in favour of police personnel as welfare loan and relief, a police spokesman said this evening. He said an amount of Rupees 1, 10, 25,000 has been sanctioned in favour of 111 police personnel. The […]
Srinagar, Aug 3: A youth died due to electrocution on Monday in Srinagar outskirts, official sources said. They said a 30-year-old Altaf Ahmad Mir came in contact with a live wire at fishermen colony, Hazratbal, in the city outskirts. However, he was immediately rushed to a hospital, where he was declared brought dead. Police have […]
New Delhi, Aug 3: The Airport Guarding Force, the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) would be taking over the responsibility of providing security at the Leh airport from August 4, an official said here on Sunday. This is the country’s highest-altitude commercial airport in the newly-created Union Territory of Ladakh and the security cover has […]
New Delhi, Aug 3: India’s COVID contagion tally on Monday climbed to a total of 18,03,695 cases till date. According to the Union health Ministry update this morning, there have been 40,574 recoveries registered across the nation in the past 24 hours, with the recovery rate improving to 65.77 per cent. The total number of […]
United Nations, Aug 2: The World Health Organisation (WHO) warned on Sunday that the fight against the coronavirus pandemic would be lengthy one and could lead to “response fatigue”, as countries with high population especially in Asia report record rise in new cases in recent days. The World Health Organization declared the coronavirus epidemic a […]