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Trump downplayed COVID risk to reduce panic: Book

Trump downplayed COVID risk to reduce panic: Book

Washington, Sep 10 (PTI) President Donald Trump has acknowledged downplaying the dangers of the deadly novel coronavirus as he did not want to create panic, according to a new book by a renowned US investigative journalist. The book, ‘Rage’, by Bob Woodward is being described by the publisher as an “unprecedented” and “intimate tour de […]

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1 held for transferring funds to man ‘spying for Pakistan’

1 held for transferring funds to man ‘spying for Pakistan’

Jaipur, Sep 10 (PTI) Intelligence officials on Wednesday arrested a man for allegedly transferring funds to a spy who was passing confidential information to his Pakistani handler. The officials arrested Aditya Singh of Agra who had transferred funds to one Mushtaq Ali through a mobile payment app. Ali was earlier arrested under espionage charges. Singh […]

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Covid-19: 17 more deaths, 1617 positive cases reported in JK

Covid-19: 17 more deaths, 1617 positive cases reported in JK

Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir reported seventeen more covid-19 related deaths during the last 24 hours, taking the fatality count to 835. Meanwhile, 1617 positive cases were also reported taking the total number of cases to 47,542. Among the victims, officials said nine were residents of Jammu and eight were from Kashmir Valley. Among those who […]

 Press Trust of India

India reports 89,706 fresh cases, 1115 fatalities

New Delhi: With 89,706 infections being reported in a day, India’s COVID-19 tally went past 43 lakh, while 33,98,844 people have recuperated from the disease so far pushing the national recovery rate to 77.77 per cent on Wednesday, according to data shared by the Union Health Ministry. The total coronavirus cases mounted to 43,70,128, while […]

 Press Trust of India

Plasma therapy not beneficial in reducing mortality: ICMR

New Delhi: Use of convalescent plasma therapy in coronavirus-infected patients does not help in reducing mortality or progression to severe COVID-19, a multi-centric study funded by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has found. The ‘open-label parallel-arm phase II multicentre randomized controlled trial’ (PLACID Trial) was conducted across 39 public and private hospitals across […]

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Grenade blast leaves two CRPF men injured

Anantnag: Two Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) men were injured after militants’ lobbed grenade in Lal Chowk area of south Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Wednesday evening, officials said. A senior police official said that militants lobbed a grenade on CRPF party of 40 battalion CRPF in Lal Chowk area of Anantnag, resulting in injuries to […]

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Setting up AIIMS will boost health care sector in JK: Lt Guv

JAMMU: Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha Wednesday visited AIIMS site at Vijaypur and inspected the pace of the on-going construction work on the prestigious project. He directed the executing agencies to stick to the timelines to ensure the completion of work within stipulated time-frame. The Lt Governor observed that the UT Government is aiming to make […]

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Lt Guv visits forward areas along IB in Samba

Jammu: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Wednesday visited forward areas along the International Border (IB) in Samba district and reviewed the security setup, officials said. Flanked by Border Security Force Inspector General (IG) N S Jamwal and other civilian officials, the LG visited BSF border outpost (BoP) Bobiya along the IB, they said. Jamwal briefed […]

 Press Trust of India

Poonch reports heavy gunfire along LoC

Jammu: Pakistan army violated ceasefire on Wednesday by resorting to heavy firing and mortar shelling in forward areas in Poonch district, officials said. “At about 1730 hours today, Pakistan army initiated unprovoked ceasefire violation by firing with small arms & intense shelling with mortars along LoC in Degwar and Malti sector,” a Defence spokesman said. […]

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Unclaimed suitcase creates bomb scare

Jammu: An unclaimed suitcase on the roadside in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir created a bomb scare on Wednesday, prompting the Army to rush in a special squad to examine the object, police said. However, no explosive was detected in the suitcase, which, it was later found, belonged to a soldier and contained his […]

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