Public functionaries need to restrain their speech: Justice BV Nagarathna
Says they owe duty towards citizenry
New Delhi: Supreme Court judge Justice B V Nagarathna on Tuesday said public functionaries, celebrities and other persons of influence owe a duty to the citizenry at large to be more responsible and restrained in their speech. Justice Nagarathna was part of the five-judge Constitution bench which was unanimous on the larger issue that there […]
Armed Pak intruder shot dead by BSF along Punjab border
New Delhi/Chandigarh: An armed Pakistani intruder was shot dead by Border Security Force (BSF) personnel along the India-Pakistan international border in Punjab on Tuesday morning, officials said. The infiltration bid was detected near a village, named Dariya Mansoor, in Amritsar district around 8 am and the troops subsequently recovered the body of a man, who […]
Lower influenza prevalence linked with Covid public health measures: Study
Beijing: Decreased influenza prevalence may be associated with long-term public health measures against COVID-19 in China, according to a study. The research, published in the journal Health Data Science, provides preliminary evidence of the long-term relationship between prevention and control measures and influenza transmission in China during the COVID-19 pandemic. “Since December 2019, various nonpharmaceutical […]
Atal Dulloo clears several proposals to be taken up under NBHM
Chairs UT Level Screening Committee for implementation of ‘Honey Mission’
JAMMU: Additional Chief Secretary (ACS) Agriculture Production Department (APD), Atal Dulloo Tuesday chaired a meeting of the Union Territory Level Screening Committee for the implementation of National Bee-Keeping and Honey Mission (NBHM) across Jammu and Kashmir here at Civil Secretariat. The meeting was attended by managing Director J&K Agro Industries Development Corporation Ltd, Director Agriculture […]
Youth dies, another injured during fall from hillock
Kupwara: A 30-year-old man died and another was hospitalised after the duo reportedly slipped and fell down into a deep gorge in Tumnard forest area in Batpora Haihama in North Kashmir’s Kupwara district. Reports said that two persons Mushtaq Ahmad Mir, son of Abdul Aziz Mir and Jaffar Ahmad Khan, son of Liyaqat Ali Khan […]
Three injured after hit by vehicle in Kokernag
Anantnag: At least three persons were injured after a vehicle hit them at Kokernag area of south Kashmir’s Anantnag on Tuesday, officials said. They said that an Alto 800 vehicle bearing number (JK03K-3465) hit three persons, leaving them injured. He identified the injured as Abdul Majeed Dar, Shamim Malik and Ishtiaq Malik—all residents of Buchoo, […]
