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Right to live with dignity extends even to incarcerated: SC

New Delhi: “Right to live with dignity extends even to incarcerated” and its denial to the prisoners is a “relic of the colonizers and pre-colonial mechanisms,” the Supreme Court has said. The observations were made by a bench comprising Chief Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and Justices J B Pardiwala and Manoj Misra in a […]

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Antimicrobial resistance biggest health threat: Doctors

Antimicrobial resistance biggest health threat: Doctors

Urge responsible antibiotic use, comprehensive policy reforms to combat rising ‘superbugs’ in JK Srinagar: Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) poses one of the greatest threats to global health today, jeopardising the treatment of infectious diseases and undermining medical advancements, doctors warned on Friday. A senior doctor from GMC Srinagar said many powerful antibiotics, once life-saving for millions, […]

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Centre plans to add 75,000 medical seats across country in next 10 years: Shah

Ahmedabad: Union Minister Amit Shah on Friday said the Centre is planning to add 75,000 medical seats across the country in the next 10 years to improve health care facilities. Addressing a gathering in Adalaj village near the city after inaugurating trust-run hospital ‘HiramaniArogyadham’, Shah said Prime Minister NarendraModi has adopted a holistic approach for […]

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Omar asks bureaucrats to resist pressure to ‘further disempower’ incoming govt

Srinagar: National Conference (NC) vice president Omar Abdullah Friday asked bureaucrats in Jammu and Kashmir to resist any pressure to “further disempower” the incoming elected government. “The BJP has clearly accepted defeat in J-K. Why else would the chief secretary be assigned the duty to change transaction of business rules of the government to curtail […]

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CS reviews convergence action plan for e-Shram registered workers

CS reviews convergence action plan for e-Shram registered workers

JAMMU: In a significant initiative to enhance worker welfare, Chief Secretary, Atal Dulloo, convened a meeting today to review the action plan focused on providing benefits of various schemes to workers registered on the e-Shram portal. Present in the meeting were Secretary, Labour and Employment; Principal Secretary, PDD; Commissioner Secretary, IT; Secretary, Tribal Affairs; MD, […]

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Chatpora Pulwama industrial estate lacks basic facilities, allege industrialists

Say unscheduled power supply main issue Pulwama: The industrial estate in Chatpora area of Pulwama town of South Kashmir is lacking basic facilities due to which industrialists as well as locals have been suffering. Industrialists said that this is one of the oldest industrial estates of Kashmir but it has been neglected by the government […]

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DroneAcharya FPV drones set high altitude, top speed record in Ladakh

Leh: The DroneAcharya Aerial Innovations, which has supplied First-Person View drones to the Indian Army, has reached a major milestone by setting a top speed and new benchmark of flying at an altitude of over 17,000 feet, one of the highest ever recorded in Ladakh. Unparalleled in the 7-10-inch category, DroneAcharya’s First-Person View (FPV) drones […]

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Landmine blast near LoC, two Army personnel injured

Srinagar: Two Army personnel were injured in a landmine blast near the Line of Control (LoC) in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district on Friday, officials said. “In the wee hours, during patrolling at Googaldara near LoC in Trehgam area of the north Kashmir district, two army personnel got injured in a landmine blast,” the officials said. […]

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Final Phase of Trainings for Counting Staff culminates in Srinagar

SRINAGAR: The Final Phase of Trainings for the Counting Staff whose services shall be utilised for counting of Electronic as well as Postal Votes in Srinagar District concluded. The Trainings were conducted on the directions of District Election Officer(DEO), Srinagar, Dr. Bilal Mohi-Ud-Din Bhat to ensure fair and hassle-free counting of Votes for General Elections […]

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Former Judicial Officers Association felicitates CJ Tashi Rabstan

JAMMU: The members of executive body of retired Judicial Officers Association headed by Harbans Lal, former District & Sessions Judge, today felicitated Justice Tashi Rabstan for taking over as the 37th Chief Justice of High Court of J&K and Ladakh. They discussed various issues pertaining to welfare of retired Judicial Officers and apprised the Chief […]