Tackling drought
Vinod Chandrashekhar Dixit The nationwide drought is only making the lives of farmers and citizens wretched. The drought is taking place as a heat wave extends across much of India with temperatures crossing 40C for days now. Going by the figure, in 2021, a total of 432 catastrophic events were recorded, which is considerably higher […]
Unparalleled preaching
Aubaid Akhoon Morality is the judgement to distinguish right and wrong, vision to see the truth, courage to act upon it dedication to that which is good, integrity to stand by the good at one price. The Prophet (PBUH) said: “I have been sent for the purpose of perfecting good morals”. Our beloved Prophet (PBUH) […]
Sextortion ruins lives
Mahfooz Ahmad bakshi Sex-tortion or sexual harassment is that process of blackmailing / extorting in which the victims are forced against their will to perform a sexual act by someone who then threatens them by warning to expose their sexual history on public domains without consent for the financial gains. People who are at the […]
JK reports 146 fresh covid-19 cases, one fatality
Srinagar, July 9: Jammu and Kashmir reported 146 fresh covid-19 cases even as one person died due to the virus during past 24 hours, officials said on Saturday. They said that 90 cases were reported from Jammu division and 56 from Kashmir division, taking the overall tally to 455953. Giving district wise details, he said, […]
Adani confirms entry into telecom spectrum race
New Delhi, Jul 9 (PTI) Billionaire Gautam Adani’s group on Saturday confirmed its entry into the race to acquire telecom spectrum, which it said will be used to create a private network to support its businesses from airports to power. “As India prepares to roll out next generation of 5G services through this auction, we are […]
Lt Governor visits SKIMS Hospital, meets injured pilgrims
SRINAGAR, JULY 09: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha today visited SKIMS hospital in Srinagar to enquire about the health of pilgrims who were injured in yesterday’s unfortunate incident of cloudburst at Shri Amarnathji holy cave. The Lt Governor met the doctors treating the injured and impressed for all possible treatment for their speedy recovery. The Lt […]
Rains bring down temperature across JK
Srinagar, July 9: Amid overnight rains, the minimum temperature recorded a drop at most places in Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday. A meteorological department official here said that Srinagar received 2.1mm of rain in the last 24 hours till 0830 hours today, Qazigund 1.8mm, Pahalgam 0.9mm, Kupwara 0.8mm, Jammu 2.6mm, Batote 2.6mm, Bhaderwah 0.4mm and […]
Cloudburst triggers flash floods in Doda
Jammu, Jul 9 (PTI) A cloudburst triggered flash floods in Jammu and Kashmir’s Doda district on Saturday, causing minor damage to some vehicles, officials said. The cloudburst occurred around 4 am in Gunti forest area in Thathri belt, resulting in heavy flash floods, they said. No casualty has been reported in the incident, an officer […]
Governing body of SKIMS Soura re-constituted
Srinagar, Jul 09: The Jammu and Kashmir government has reconstituted Governing body of Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS) Soura Srinagar headed by Lieutenant Governor. According to a order sanction has been accorded to re-constitution of the governing body of SKIMS Soura. As per order, Lieutenant Governor will be the chairman of the committee, while […]
India reports 18,840 new covid-19 cases
New Delhi, Jul 9 (PTI) India’s COVID-19 case tally rose by 18,840 in a day to reach 4,36,04,394 while the number of active cases increased to 1,25,028, according to Union Health Ministry data updated on Saturday. The death toll has climbed to 5,25,386 with 43 more people succumbing to the viral disease, the data updated […]