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New Delhi: “You may be two-three trillion dollar company but people value their privacy more than the money,” the Supreme Court told WhatsApp on Monday as it sought the US-based instant messaging firm’s reply on a fresh plea challenging its new policy to share users’ data with parent company Facebook and others. It is the […]
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Jammu: The Congress’ Jammu and Kashmir unit on Monday slammed the Centre over the rise in prices of petrol and diesel, saying the government is “profiteering” at the expense of people. Members of the party also staged a protest at the Tallab Tillo Chowk here against the BJP-led central government over the issue and demanded […]
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Beirut: Coronavirus case numbers are stabilising in parts of the Middle East but the situation remains critical, with more than a dozen countries reporting cases of new variants, the World Health Organisation said Monday. Ahmed al-Mandhari, director of WHO’s eastern Mediterranean region, which comprises most of the Middle East, said in a press briefing from […]
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Yangon: Security forces in Myanmar pointed guns toward anti-coup protesters and attacked them with sticks on Monday, seeking to quell the large-scale demonstrations calling for the military junta that seized power earlier this month to reinstate the elected government. More than 1,000 protesters rallied in front of the Myanmar Economic Bank in Mandalay, the country’s […]
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Jammu: Acting against alleged unauthorised constructions in the city, the Jammu Municipal Corporation (JMC) on Monday demolished three shops and sealed 12 others, an official said. The three shops were razed to the ground by the enforcement staff of the JMC in Paloura in a special drive, while 11 shops were sealed in Channi Rama […]
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Jammu: The central government does not have a clear road map for the resettlement of displaced Kashmiri Pandits in the Kashmir Valley, their homeland, an organisation representing the community claimed on Monday. Kashmiri Pandits were forced to flee from Kashmir to Jammu and to other parts of the country in the early 90s after the […]
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Srinagar: No new COVID-19 fatality was reported in Jammu and Kashmir on Monday, even as 64 fresh cases pushed the infection tally in the union territory to 1,25,405, officials said. Eleven cases were from Jammu division and 53 from Kashmir division, they added. The officials said Srinagar district recorded the highest number of 35 new […]
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Washington: After former President Donald Trump’s acquittal at his second Senate impeachment trial, bipartisan support appears to be growing for an independent Sept. 11-style commission into the deadly insurrection that took place at the US Capitol. Investigations into the riot were already planned, with Senate hearings scheduled later this month in the Senate Rules Committee. […]
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Srinagar: The minimum temperature across the Valley settled below the freezing point on Monday even though the mercury went up a bit at a few places in the region, officials said. Summer capital Srinagar recorded a low of minus 0.3 degrees Celsius Sunday night, slightly up from the previous night’s minus 0.4 degrees Celsius, they […]
Added on February 16, 2021
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Road mishaps continue to consume lives across India that too at a very fast pace. Indian roads witness 415 deaths per day in accidents and this figure is the highest in the world. According to the Road Accident Report for 2019, a total number of 449,002 accidents took place in India during the calendar year […]
