Sinha, Gangwar lay foundation stone of 100-bedded ESIC hospital
Srinagar: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha and Union Labour and Employment Minister Santosh Kumar Gangwar on Monday laid the foundation stone of a 100-bedded Employees’ State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) Hospital in Budgam district of Jammu and Kashmir. The hospital being constructed at a cost of Rs 160 crore would be equipped with modern healthcare facilities and […]
4G mobile internet services likely to be restored in JK: Sources
Srinagar: The high speed mobile data services, which remained suspended from August 05, 2019, would likely be restored across Jammu and Kashmir by on New Year Eve ending, sources said Monday. Reliable sources said that the 4G mobile internet services would likely be restored across J&K by the end of this month. “The announcement regarding […]
Farm protests: Farmer leaders say nothing new in govt’s letter
Say Centre must offer ‘concrete solution’ New Delhi: Farmer leaders on Monday said they are always ready for dialogue as long as the government is offering a “concrete solution”, but claimed that there is nothing new in the Centre’s latest letter to them seeking a date for the next round of talks. Bharatiya Kisan Union […]
Court orders framing of charges against Aasiya Andrabi, others
New Delhi: A Delhi court Monday ordered framing of charges against Kashmiri separatist Aasiya Andrabi and her two associates for allegedly waging war against India, sedition and conspiracy to commit acts of terror in the country. The case relates to allegedly waging war against the country with support from Pakistan, including terror entities there. Special […]
Par panel seeks emergency use authorization of covid vaccine
New Delhi: Any vaccine against COVID-19 should be granted emergency use authorisation only after proper consideration and conducting its trials on a sufficient sample size, a parliamentary panel chaired by senior Congress leader Anand Sharma has recommended to the government. In a report submitted Monday to Rajya Sabha chairman and Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu, […]
Discussions on global growth: PM Modi calls for human centric approach
New Delhi: Asserting that growth patterns must follow a human-centric approach, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said discussions on global growth cannot happen only among a few as the “table must be bigger” and the agenda broader. Addressing the 6th Indo-Japan Samwad Conference via video conferencing, Modi said in the past, humanity often took […]
Covid-19 effect: UAE diplomat acknowledges visa restrictions on Pak nationals
Dubai: The United Arab Emirates’ top diplomat has publicly acknowledged a so-far unexplained ban on visitors from Pakistan, which travel agents say also targets tourists and labourers from a dozen Muslim-majority countries amid the pandemic and the UAE’s normalisation of ties with Israel. Following a meeting with his Pakistani counterpart, Emirati Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah […]
The vaccine challenge
Now that the world has got some hope in the form of Covid-19 vaccine but many a countries across the globe, especially Muslim nations have raised some concerns over its use among Muslims and other groups that have objection in the use of pork gelatin that forms one of the components needed for preserving the […]
