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Two JeM workers arrested in Kulgam

Srinagar: Security forces arrested two overground workers of Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) militant outfit in Kulgam district of south Kashmir, police said Wednesday. “In a major success in curbing militant activities and to safeguard the public from these miscreants, police alongwith other security agencies arrested two terrorist associates of banned organisation JeM and recovered live arms and […]

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Weapons were meant to recruit new recruits: DIG South Kashmir

Kulgam:Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) for south Kashmir range, Atul Goel Wednesday said that the apart from the US-M-4 Carbine and AK-47, six Chinese pistols recovered from a truck at Jawhar Tunnel on Srinagar-Jammu highway at Kulgam district, were meant to recruit new people into militancy. “Joint teams of security forces along with police […]

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Omar to vacate govt accommodation in Srinagar

Srinagar: Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah on Wednesday said he was voluntarily vacating the government accommodation provided to him 18 years ago due to the change in rules of entitlement in the union territory. Abdullah, who was a Lok Sabha member when the government accommodation in high security Gupkar area here was […]

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Child mortality rate declined between 1990 and 2019 in India: UN

Child mortality rate declined between 1990 and 2019 in India: UN

United Nations: India’s child mortality rate has declined substantially between 1990 and 2019 but the country, along with Nigeria, still accounted for almost a third of all under-five deaths last year, according to a new UN report which warned that COVID-19 pandemic threatens to undo decades of progress in eliminating preventable child deaths globally. The […]

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Four COVID-19 drug formulations under clinical trials: Director-IIIM

Jammu: The Jammu-based Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine (IIIM) is undertaking clinical trials of 3-4 formulations for developing a COVID-19 drug, a senior official had said. The IIIM is also in the final stages of validating a new machine-less coronavirus diagnostics kit, as already reported by the PTI, which can help the country scale up […]

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Opening up places of worship, SC seeks Centre’s reply

New Delhi: The Supreme Court asked the Centre on Wednesday to respond to a plea seeking opening of all religious places for worship across the country which have been closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. A bench headed by Chief Justice S A Bobde issued the notice to the Ministry of Home Affairs on the […]

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Trials of COVID-19 vaccine going on: Serum Institute

New Delhi: Serum Institute of India (SII) on Wednesday said it is continuing with the trials of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine candidate in India. The statement came after AstraZeneca announced that late-stage studies of the COVID-19 vaccine candidate developed by the Oxford University are on temporary hold as a UK participant had an adverse reaction to […]

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Lockdown not an attack on coronavirus, but on poor: Rahul

New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday said the lockdown was not an attack on coronavirus but on the poor people and proved to be a “death sentence” for the unorganised sector as it “finished” jobs and small businesses. Everyone should stand against the attack, he said. “The lockdown was not an attack on […]

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Covid-19: No merry making for Jammu businesses offering wedding services

Jammu: Roop Lal has been making a living since his childhood from the business of providing bands and horse-drawn carriages for wedding processions. With a severe downturn in the wedding market since the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic, the 46-year-old says the past six months have been the worst-phase of his life. “Only I and […]

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Covid confusions

Covid confusions

While we are fighting the deadly virus Covid-19 various suggestions and theories to help the infected persons recover have been making headlines. One such remedy that made quite a roar was the use of convalescent plasma (CP) therapy for treating coronavirus-infected patients in moderate stage of the illness. The move was initiated under the Clinical […]

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