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United Nations, Dec 6 (PTI) An additional 207 million people could be pushed into extreme poverty by 2030 due to the severe long-term impact of the coronavirus pandemic, bringing the total number of the world’s extremely poor to more than a billion, a new study from the UN Development Programme (UNDP) has found. The study […]
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Taipei, Dec 6 (AP) Provincial governments across China are placing orders for experimental, domestically made coronavirus vaccines, though health officials have yet to say how well they work or how they may reach the country’s 1.4 billion people. Developers are speeding up final testing, the Chinese foreign minister said Thursday during a UN meeting, as […]
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New Delhi, Dec 6 (PTI) India’s COVID-19 caseload rose to 96.44 lakh, while the total number of people who have recuperated from the disease crossed 91 lakh pushing the national recovery rate to 94.37 per cent, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Sunday. The COVID-19 active caseload plunged to almost 4 lakh after […]
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Experts say 1.6 bn doses could cover 60 pc population
New Delhi: India is the largest buyer of COVID-19 vaccines in the world with 1.6 billion doses, according to a global analysis, a number some scientists say could cover 800 million people, or 60 per cent of its population, and will be enough to develop herd immunity’. India has purchased 500 million doses of the […]
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Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday recorded 12 deaths due to COVID-19 taking the death toll to 1,742 while as 501 positive cases were reported taking the tally of positive cases to 112,757. Of the exact number of 112,757 cases, 67,028 are from Kashmir and 45,729 from Jammu division. Officials said that among 501 new […]
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Elected representatives, officials to be part of panel headed by MP
Srinagar: Every district in Jammu & Kashmir will also have a district planning committee comprising of elected representatives and officials to guide formulation of development programmes and plans. The amendments made by the Government of India in Jammu & Kashmir Panchayati Raj Act-1989 provide a legal framework for setting up district planning committees in the […]
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Srinagar: Accusing the National Conference and PDP of resorting to “open loot of J&K’s resources through dynasty rule”, Bhartiya Janata Party national general secretary Tarun Chug Saturday said that time is over for the dynasty rule in J&K and the “Gupkar gang” is feeling unnerved over the growing popularity of BJP in Kashmir and Jammu […]
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Press Trust of India
New Delhi: Petrol price on Saturday breached the Rs 83 per litre-mark in Delhi for the first time in more than two years after a rally in international oil prices forced a 13th increase in rates in the last fortnight. Petrol price on Saturday was raised by 27 paise per litre and diesel by 25 […]
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New Delhi: Seeking to break the deadlock over protests against new farm laws, the government on Saturday told representatives of agitating farmers that they are ready to address all their concerns with an open mind, sources said. At the beginning of the fifth round of talks here at Vigyan Bhawan, Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh […]
Added on December 6, 2020
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Srinagar: Night temperatures at most places in Kashmir stayed above the freezing point owing to overcast condition with Gulmarg and Kokernag being the two weather stations where the mercury stayed below zero, officials said on Saturday. Gulmarg skiing resort in north Kashmir was the coldest recorded place in the Valley with a minimum temperature of […]
