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Self-regulation in social media not working: White House

Self-regulation in social media not working: White House

Washington, Oct 5 (PTI) Social media platforms have made clear that self-regulation is not working, the White House asserted on Monday, saying reports about efforts to attract young users and negative effects on teenagers’ mental health are troubling. As we saw the revelations that came out in that interview, in our view, this is just […]

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COVID-19: Lowest rise in daily cases in 209 days

COVID-19: Lowest rise in daily cases in 209 days

New Delhi, Oct 5 (PTI) India logged 18,346 new coronavirus infections, the lowest in 209 days, taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 3,38,53,048, while the active cases declined to 2,52,902, the lowest in 201 days, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Tuesday. The death toll climbed to 4,49,260 with 263 […]

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Efforts fast pace to improve physical infra in JK, Spl schemes for youth & women to contribute to sustainable dev: LG Sinha

Efforts fast pace to improve physical infra in JK, Spl schemes for youth & women to contribute to sustainable dev: LG Sinha

Says, “Today's transformation in every sector of JK has brought economic strength to march towards a golden future”

Srinagar: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha Monday addressed Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhayay Smriti Vyakhyan organised by Research & Development Foundation for Integral Humanism, through virtual conference. While addressing the online conference, the Lt Governor said that today’s transformation in every sector of J&K has brought economic strength to march towards a golden future. “We are making […]

 Press Trust of India

100 new COVID-19 cases in J-K

Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir recorded 100 fresh coronavirus cases on Monday, taking the infection tally to 3,29,889 while no fresh death due to the virus was reported from the Union Territory in the past 24 hours, officials said. Of the fresh cases, 22 were from the Jammu division and 78 from the Kashmir division, the […]

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12 J&K Police Officers inducted into IPS, allocated AGMUT cadre

Haseeb, Altaf, Qayoom, Junaid in list

Srinagar: The Centre on Monday approved the appointment of 12 local police officers in the prestigious Indian Police Service (IPS) and allocated them to Jammu and Kashmir under AGMUT cadre. The President of India Monday approved the appointment of 12 JKPS officers in the coveted IPS. This is after a gap of 11 years that […]

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JK Govt appoints Amit Sharma as Adjudicating Officer, IT Deptt

Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir Government Monday appointed Amit Sharma, Administrative Secretary, Information Technology Department, as the Adjudicating Officer, Information Technology Department, Jammu and Kashmir. According to a circular issued here Monday by the Information Technology department, the appointment has been made by virtue of Notification GSR 240 (E) dated 25.03.2003, in terms of section […]

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JK Govt committed towards timely roll out of Smart Metering: CS Mehta

Srinagar: The Union Home Secretary, Ajay Kumar Bhalla, Monday chaired a high-level meeting with the Chief Secretaries of the Union Territories to review the progress of Smart Metering and power sector reforms. Chief Secretary J&K, Dr. Arun Kumar Mehta along with Principal Secretary, Power Development Department participated in the meeting. At the outset, Ministry of […]

 Press Trust of India

Still in NC, but ready to make any sacrifice for safeguarding interests of Jammu region: Rana

Jammu: Amid speculation that he is going to resign from the National Conference, its Jammu provincial president Devender Singh Rana on Monday said he has not submitted his resignation yet, but added he can make any sacrifice in the interests of Jammu region and its people. He appealed to all political parties of Jammu region, […]

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Some of 68 people recommended by SC collegium set to be appointed as HC judges soon: Sources

New Delhi: Some of the 68 people recommended by the Supreme Court collegium are set to be appointed as judges of various high courts in the next few days, sources aware of the procedure for appointment to the higher judiciary said on Monday. Some of the files on recommendations are in the “advanced” stage of […]

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Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram face global outage

Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram face global outage

New Delhi: Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram faced a major global outage on Monday evening with thousands of users, including from India, not being able to use these digital platforms. Facebook owns photosharing platform Instagram and messaging platform WhatsApp. The outage is estimated to have started around 9 PM IST. Users complained of not being able […]