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Negative Covid report must even for flyers to India transiting through China

New Delhi: A negative Covid report is a must for passengers transiting through China, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, Singapore and Thailand, irrespective of their originating countries, before landing at any Indian airport, the Union Health Ministry said Monday. In a letter to states on Monday, Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan said that in the […]

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Rajouri attack- Cordon-and-search operation intensified to track down terrorists: Officials

Jammu: Security forces on Monday intensified a cordon-and-search operation by inducting additional personnel to track down two suspected terrorists involved in an attack on a particular community in Rajouri district, officials said. Four civilians were killed and six injured after the suspected terrorists opened fire on three houses in Upper Dangri village on Sunday evening, […]

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Mercury in free fall in Kashmir

Srinagar: The cold wave intensified in Kashmir with the mercury plunging more than five degrees below the freezing point in Srinagar, and Gulmarg and Pahalgam recording their lowest temperatures so far this winter, officials said on Monday. Srinagar recorded a low of minus 5.4 degrees Celsius on Sunday night as compared to 0.5 degrees Celsius […]

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Rahul Gandhi to hoist national flag in Srinagar on Jan 30

New Delhi: The Bharat Jodo Yatra will resume its second leg of the journey from Delhi on January 3 after covering nine states and a Union Territory in its first leg and will end it with the hoisting of the national flag by Rahul Gandhi in Srinagar on January 30. Addressing a joint press conference […]

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Distribution of free rice, wheat amongst NFSA beneficiaries from Jan 1st

SRINAGAR: In an important decision, Government of India has made distribution of foodgrains to NFSA beneficiaries free of cost from January, 1st, 2023. So far under NFSA, subsidized foodgrains were being distributed at Rs 3 per kg for rice, Rs. 2 per kg for wheat and Rs. 3 per kg for wheat flour to NFSA […]

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Recession will hit a third of the world this year: IMF Chief

Washington: A third of the global economy will be in recession this year, the IMF chief has said, and warned that 2023 will be “tougher” than last year as the US, EU and China will see their economies slow down. Kristalina Georgieva, the chief of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) made these grim assertions on […]

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SC upholds Centre’s 2016 decision on demonetization

SC upholds Centre’s 2016 decision on demonetization

Says no flaw in decision-making process

New Delhi: More than six years after the Centre’s decision to demonetise the Rs 1,000 and Rs 500 denomination notes, the Supreme Court in a 4:1 majority verdict on Monday upheld the 2016 move, saying the decision-making process was not flawed merely because the procedure emanated from the government. Ruling that the decision to scrap […]

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JK registers 28% growth in GST collection in Dec 2022

SRINAGAR: The Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir has registered a substantial growth in collection of Goods and Services Tax (GST) in the month of December, 2022, an official spokesman said. As per the state/UT wise data being reflected in a statement issued by the Finance Ministry, J&K has registered an increase of 28 per […]

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Need for widening scope of research on modern Indian history: PM

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday underlined the need for widening the scope of research on modern Indian history and called upon academic and cultural institutions across the country to produce well-researched work on the contributions of social reformer Swami Dayanand Saraswati as well the Arya Samaj that he founded in 1875. Modi […]

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CB seeks courts permission to probe ‘appointment’ of Forest Inspector in 1997

CB seeks courts permission to probe ‘appointment’ of Forest Inspector in 1997

Srinagar: The J&K Crime Branch has appealed the Court for allowing them to probe an appointment made by the then Director Forest department in 1997 when Farooq Abdullah led National Conference (NC), ruled the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir. As per the official documents available with ‘Kashmir Vision’, Mohammad Afzal Mir was appointed as […]