Start-up culture growing strongly
Dr. Krishna Ella For me, the most inspiring story of our nation is the way our government pushed the start-up culture strongly, every policy and governance initiative have a huge in-built innovation factor. I deeply missed this culture when I returned to India way back in 1996, with a dream to build a self-reliant vaccine […]
Letter to the Editor
Taliban violates agreement Respected sir, The Taliban has violated the Doha Agreement signed with the US by providing a safe haven to the Al-Qaeda Chief and the world’s most wanted terrorist Ayman-al-Zawahiri in Afghanistan, underlining the differences between its sayings and doings. Zawahiri was Osama Bin Laden’s deputy and was deeply involved in one of […]
Junk Food: The name is enough
Vinod Chandrashekhar Dixit We all know junk food is bad, still we eat it. But, do we know how bad it is? Do we ever check what we are eating, and whether that packet of chips or Maggi noodles we consume, what are the ingredients that the manufacturers claims it has? The mention of ready-to-eat […]
J-K records 739 new Covid cases
Srinagar, Aug 3 (PTI) Jammu and Kashmir recorded 739 fresh COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, raising the tally to 4,66,643, officials said. While 196 cases were reported from the Jammu division, 543 cases were reported from the Kashmir valley, they said. The death toll due to coronavirus was 4,773. No fresh death was reported from the union […]
16 J&K officers inducted in IAS
Srinagar, Aug 03: The Government of India on Wednesday announced the inducted 16 officers of Jammu & Kashmir in the prestigious Indian Administrative Service (IAS) According to a notification issued by the Government of India, Talat Parvez Iqbal Rohella,Ruksana Gani, Rehana Batul, Mir Tariq Ali, Amit Sharma, Nazim Zia Khan, Shakeel -Ul -Rehman Rather, Pradeep […]
Woman smothered to death by in-laws in Jammu; 5 arrested
Srinagar, Aug 3 (PTI) A woman was allegedly smothered to death by her in-laws in the Bemina area following which five members of the family were arrested, a police spokesperson said on Wednesday. The in-laws took the woman Tasleema Bani (38) to a hospital on June 26, but doctors there declared her dead on arrival, he […]
Bill to set up carbon markets introduced in Lok Sabha
New Delhi, Aug 3 (PTI) A bill that seeks to make it mandatory for buildings with a minimum connected load of 100 kW to meet their energy requirements from renewable sources was introduced in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday. Power Minster R K Singh introduced in the Lok Sabha the Energy Conservation (Amendment) Bill that […]
HC asks Govt to take a call on Muharram procession in 3 days
Srinagar, Aug 3: The J&K and Ladakh High Court on Wednesday asked the UT government to take a call on Muharram procession from Guru Bazar to Dalgate here, observing that it’s the “domain of the administration, security agencies and other stake holders to take a call on it.” A registered Trust of Shia community of […]
657 CAPF personnel committed suicide in 5 years: Govt
New Delhi, Aug 3 (PTI) As many as 657 personnel belonging to the Central Armed Police Forces like the CRPF and BSF died by suicide in the past five years, Union Minister Nityanand Rai said on Wednesday. The minister of state for home said the Rajya Sabha that 153 personnel died by suicide in 2021, 149 […]
Ladakh records 16 new Covid cases
Leh, Aug 3 (PTI) Sixteen more people tested positive for coronavirus in Ladakh, pushing the infection count to 28,915 in the Union Territory, officials said on Wednesday. All the fresh cases are from Leh, they said. On the bright side, 21 patients were discharged from hospital after recovering from the infection, the officials said. So […]