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UN seeks 20% cut in staff to help deal with funding shortfall

UN seeks 20% cut in staff to help deal with funding shortfall

United Nations, May 31 (AP) More than 60 United Nations offices, agencies and operations have been ordered to submit proposals by mid-June to cut 20% of their staff, as part of a major reform effort to consolidate operations in the face of a critical funding crunch. The cuts affect about 14,000 posts covered by the […]

 Press Trust of India

Operation Sindoor ‘just an arrow in the quiver’: PM

Operation Sindoor ‘just an arrow in the quiver’: PM

Says it demonstrated our indigenous weapon power Karakat (Bihar)/Kanpur: Prime Minister Friday likened terrorism to a serpent to issue a stern warning that terror will be dragged out of its hole and trampled if it tries to raise its hood again. Hours later, he also said Operation Sindoor was “just an arrow in the quiver” […]

 Press Trust of India

Pak Shelling in Poonch: Union HM distributes appointment letters for govt jobs to affected families

Assures financial package for affected families Poonch: Union Home Minister Amit Shah Friday distributed government job appointment letters among the families affected by the cross-border attacks in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district and said the Centre would introduce a relief package for them in the days to come. The Poonch sector witnessed heightened artillery and […]

 Press Trust of India

118 Pak forward posts, their surveillance system completely destroyed by BSF: Amit Shah

Poonch: More than 118 Pakistani forward posts and their surveillance system were completely destroyed by the BSF during Operation Sindoor, dealing a major blow to the neighbouring country, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Friday. Concluding his two-day tour of the Jammu region to review the security situation, preparation for the Amarnath Yatra and […]

 Press Trust of India

Centre, JK to formulate agriculture roadmap for the UT: Union Minister

Jammu: The Centre and the Jammu and Kashmir government will formulate a comprehensive roadmap on agriculture for the region soon, Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said on Friday. Chouhan was speaking at a mega ‘Viksit Krishi Sankalp Abhiyan’ at a farmers’ convention in the border belt of R S Pura in Jammu. “I will […]

 Press Trust of India

Time up for Pakistan’s ‘dangerous game’ of terrorism: Rajnath Singh

New Delhi: Pakistan should hand over UN designated terrorists Hafiz Saeed and Masood Azhar to India if it is serious about talks between the two countries, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Friday. In an interaction with the naval warriors onboard aircraft carrier INS Vikrant off Goa, Singh said if Pakistan resorts to anything “evil […]

 Press Trust of India

NEET-PG 2025 be conducted in one shift, orders SC

Says two shifts create arbitrariness New Delhi: In a significant order, the Supreme Court on Friday issued directions that the post-graduate medical entrance exam scheduled on June 15 be conducted in a single shift, saying holding it in two shifts “creates arbitrariness”. A bench headed by Justice Vikram Nath directed the authorities to make arrangements […]

 Press Trust of India

National Florence Nightingale Awards 2025 conferred to 15 nursing professionals

President Murmu presents award  New Delhi: President Droupadi Murmu on Friday presented the National Florence Nightingale Awards, 2025 to fifteen nursing professionals as a mark of recognition for their meritorious services. The National Florence Nightingale Award was instituted in 1973 by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare to honour outstanding nursing personnel in various […]

 Press Trust of India

CRPF DG reviews security readiness in Jammu ahead of Amarnath Yatra

Jammu: CRPF Director General (DG) Gyanendra Pratap Singh chaired a meeting in Jammu to review the security readiness of the force ahead of the Amarnath Yatra in Jammu and Kashmir. The 38-day pilgrimage to the 3,880-meter-high cave shrine in south Kashmir is scheduled to start on July 3 and conclude on August 9, according to […]

 KV News

Kashmir reports slight improvement in weather conditions

Srinagar: While a slight improvement has been recorded in the weather conditions, the Meteorological department on Friday said there are no chances of a heatwave for the next two days. The MeT officials said most parts of Jammu and Kashmir have received rainfall in the last 24 hours, leading to a dip in the mercury. […]