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France interested for collaboration opportunities in JK, Northeast

New Delhi: France has expressed desire to explore opportunities of collaboration in tourism and other potential sectors in the northeastern region and Jammu and Kashmir. This was conveyed by French Ambassador to India Emmanuel Lenain when he called on Union Minister for Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER) Jitendra Singh here on Friday, an official […]

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Militants were planning ‘something big’: Govt

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday held a review meeting with top security brass in the wake of the killing of four JeM militants in Nagrota area of Jammu and asserted that security forces have thwarted their efforts to wreak “major havoc and destruction”. Government sources said that the militants were planning “something […]

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US to rejoin WHO: Biden

US to rejoin WHO: Biden

Asks China to play by rules

Washington: US President-elect Joe Biden has said that he wants to make sure that China plays by the rules and announced that his administration will rejoin the World Health Organisation. Biden was responding to a question on Thursday about his remarks during the presidential debates that he wanted to punish China over the way Beijing […]

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Forces detect IED in Kulgam

Srinagar: Security forces on Friday detected and later diffused an improvised explosive device (IED) in Kulgam district of south Kashmir, police said. An IED fitted in a pipe was detected near a local mosque at Shurat in the south Kashmir’s Kulgam district, a police officer said. He said the explosive device was later destroyed by […]

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‘Gupkar alliance’ befooling people: BJP

Says Article 370 would never be restored

Srinagar: The BJP on Friday asserted that Article 370, which was revoked by the Centre last year, would never be restored in Jammu and Kashmir, and alleged that parties of ‘Gupkar alliance’ were befooling people by making promises over its restoration. Addressing a press conference here, BJP national spokesperson Shahnawaz also said the upcoming District […]

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Pfizer seeks emergency use of its COVID-19 vaccine in US

Pfizer seeks emergency use of its COVID-19 vaccine in US

New York: Pfizer said Friday it is asking US regulators to allow emergency use of its COVID-19 vaccine, starting the clock on a process that could bring limited first shots as early as next month and eventually an end to the pandemic — but not until after a long, hard winter. The action comes days […]

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Indo-Pacific concept a rejection of spheres of influence: Jaishankar

New Delhi: The concept of Indo-Pacific is a rejection of the spheres of influence and a reiteration that the world cannot be frozen for the benefit of a few even if that is the case with the United Nations, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Friday. Addressing a global town hall event via video-conferencing, […]

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Patients to be most infectious during first week after symptom onset: Study

Patients to be most infectious during first week after symptom onset: Study

London: Although the genetic material of the novel coronavirus may still be detected in the respiratory or stool samples of COVID-19 patients for several weeks, no infectious virus particle was found beyond nine days of symptom onset, a new study says. The research, published in The Lancet Microbe journal, noted that people with the SARS-CoV-2 […]

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Covid-19: Four more succumb, 661 test positive in JK

Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir on Friday recorded four deaths due to COVID-19 taking the death toll to 1,622 while as 661 positive cases were reported taking the tally of positive cases to 105,376. Of the exact number of 105,376 cases, 63,574 are from Kashmir and 41,802 from Jammu division. Officials said that among 661 new […]

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Young scribe Mudasir Ali dies

Srinagar: Mudasir Ali, who was working with the valley’s leading daily-Greater Kashmir died of cardiac arrest on Friday morning at his home in Charar-e-Sharif. Mudasir had suffered a fracture some days back and was recuperating at his home, family sources said. They said that on Friday morning he complained of ches pain and was rushed […]

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