2017 costliest year ever for weather, climate disasters: WMO
United Nations: Weather and climate disasters cost countries about USD 320 billion last year with major monsoon floods in the Indian subcontinent and severe droughts in parts of East Africa contributing to making 2017 the most expensive year on record. The World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) in its State of Climate 2017 report said that the […]
Diplomats harassment issue: Want to sort it out as soon as possible, says Pak envoy
New Delhi: Pakistan High Commissioner to India Sohail Mahmood today said that he has discussed the issue of alleged harassment of diplomats with his government, which wants to sort out it “as soon as possible”. Mahmood, who came back to India last night, days after he was called back for consultations amid raging row between […]
India’s medical waste growing at 7 percent annually: Study
New Delhi: India is likely to generate about 775.5 tonnes of medical waste per day by 2022 from the current level of 550.9 tonnes daily, a study conducted jointly by industry body ASSOCHAM and Velocity has said. The study, which was released yesterday, said medical waste is expected to grow at a compounded annual growth […]
Sonia Gandhi taken to Delhi from Shimla after she complains of restlessness
Shimla: UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi, who had come here to inspect her under-construction house at Chharabra, 15 km from here, complained of restlessness last midnight, following which she was taken to Delhi. The former Congress president was here along with her daughter Priyanka Gandhi Vadra. Senior Medical Superintendent at Indira Gandhi Medical College (IGMC) Hospital […]
3 Rohingyas held in Manipur
Imphal: Security forces arrested three Rohingyas in Manipur on the charge of illegally entering India from Myanmar, police said today. A joint team comprising police and the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) officers arrested the Rohingyas from the town of Moreh, near the Indo-Myanmar border in Tengnoupal district, yesterday night, Superintendent of Police S Ibomcha Singh […]
China hits back in trade spat, hikes tariffs on numerous US goods
Beijing: China has announced a list of US goods including pork and aluminium pipe it says may be hit by higher tariffs in response to President Donald Trump’s higher import duties on steel and aluminium. The Commerce Ministry today called on Washington to reach a negotiated settlement of the dispute “as soon as possible” but […]
Trump suspends metal tariffs for EU, key US trade partners
Washington: President Donald Trump today suspended his controversial tariffs on steel and aluminium imports for the US’ key trade partners, including the European Union. The countries temporarily exempted from the Trump administration’s new 25 per cent import tariff on steel and 10 per cent on aluminium are the EU members states, Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, […]
PMDP in health sector extended for JK till 2020
Srinagar: The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare Thursday extended Prime Minister’s Development Package (PMDP) for State’s Healthcare sector till 2020. However, the development which is seen as a major step in enhancing the infrastructural base in the peripheries, is also raising questions over the availability of manpower required to run the additional created […]
On JRL’s call, Malik leads protest outside Jamia Masjid
Srinagar: Following the call given by Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL), the activists and leaders of JRL on Thursday staged a protest march and sit-in outside historic Jamia Masjid Srinagar in which many resistance leaders and activists participated. The protest called by JRL including of Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Muhammad Yasin Malik was […]
12 youth arrested for pelting stones on patrolling party
Pulwama: Even as the government claimed to have taken steps to give amnesty to the stone pelters, the authorities in the intervening night of Mar 21-22 arrested twelve youth from South Kashmir’s Pulwama district, reports said. According to witnesses, over one dozen youth were arrested on charges of stone pelting on a patrolling party of […]
