JK reports 140 fresh covid-19 cases
Srinagar, Aug 31: Jammu and Kashmir reported 140 fresh covid-19 cases while there was no death due to the virus during the last 24 hours, officials said on Wednesday. They said that 25 cases were reported from Jammu division and 115 from Kashmir Valley, taking the overall tally to 477784. Among the cases, 173671 are […]
IMF likely to make formal announcement on Sri Lanka’s bailout package: Reports
Colombo, Aug 31 (PTI) The visiting IMF delegation is expected to conclude talks with the Sri Lankan government and make a formal announcement on Thursday on the much-awaited bailout package and staff-level agreement for the cash-strapped island nation, media reports said on Wednesday. Sri Lanka is going through its worst economic crisis since its independence […]
COVID-19 treatments for better protection against future variants identified
London, Aug 31 (PTI) Researchers have identified new therapies for COVID-19 that they say could provide better protection against future variants and outbreaks. An international team led by researchers from the University of Kent in the UK and the Goethe-University in Germany tested the sensitivity of different SARS-CoV-2 Omicron and Delta viruses to combinations of […]
IAF rescues Israeli national from high-altitude area in Ladakh
Srinagar, Aug 31 (PTI) The Indian Air Force on Wednesday rescued an Israeli national who was stuck at a height of more than 16,000 feet near Markha Valley in Ladakh. “On 31 August 2022, 114 Helicopter Unit received a call for casualty evacuation from Nimaling Camp near Markha Valley. The Israeli national, Atar Kahana, was […]
4-member committee to probe alleged misappropriation of donations, properties at Bijbehara Shrine
Srinagar, Aug 31: The Jammu and Kashmir Waqf Board has constituted a committee to enquire into the allegations of irregularities and misappropriation of funds and properties at Ziyarat Shareef Hazratbal Khiram located in Bijbehara area of South Kashmir’s Anantnag district. According to an order J&K Waqf Board has constituted a four-member committee to enquire into […]
Asia’s famed Wular Lake to have non-motorable walkway: Govt
Guroora/Bandipora, Aug 31: Divisional Commissioner Kashmir, Pandurang K Pole said that the government is going to construct a non-motorable walkway around the Asia’s famed Wular lake in north Kashmir’s Bandipora district. Talking to reporters on the sidelines of Wular festival organised by Wular Battalion, 26-Asam Rifles and district administration Bandipora on Tuesday evening, Pole, said […]
India lodged avg 86 rapes daily, 49 offences against women per hour in 2021: Govt data
New Delhi, Aug 31 (PTI) India registered 31,677 cases of rape in 2021 — an average 86 daily — while nearly 49 cases of crime against women were lodged every single hour, according to the latest government report on crimes in the country. The number of rape cases in 2020 was 28,046, while it was […]
Ghulam Nabi Azad to address rally in Jammu on Sep 4
New Delhi, Aug 31 (PTI) Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Ghulam Nabi Azad will address a rally in Jammu on September 4, his first after quitting the Congress. The rally is planned on the day Congress leader Rahul Gandhi is slated to address a ‘Mehngai par Halla Bol’ event in the national capital. With the […]
India’s active COVID-19 case count drops to 64,667
New Delhi, Aug 31 (PTI) With 7,231 new infections being reported in a day, India’s COVID-19 tally rose to 4,44,28,393, while the number of active cases came down to 64,667, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Wednesday. The toll from the pandemic climbed to 5,27,874 after 45 more fatalities were recorded. The figure […]
Celebrating Ganesh Chaturthi
Vinod Chandrashekhar Dixit Year after year, Ganesh’s devotees look forward to his annual festival, “GANESH CHATURTHI”. Ganesh Chaturthi falls every year on the fourth day Bhadrapad (August-September). This year Ganesh Chaturthi falls on August 31st. Who does not know Ganesha? Ganesha, the pot-bellied figure with rounded, childish limbs and an elephant’s head with one tusk […]