India records 14,506 news COVID cases, 30 deaths
New Delhi, June 29(PTI) With 14,506 new COVID infections in the last 24 hours, India’s total tally of such cases rose to 4,34,33, 345, and that of the active cases to 99,602, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Wednesday. India recorded 30 deaths due to the coronavirus, and with it the death toll […]
Austere birthdays
N J Ravi Chander Among my earliest memories are accompanying my parents to the bustling Shivajinagar bazaar in Bengaluru for my birthday shopping. Our favourite haunt was the Old Poor House (OPH) Road, lined with small garment stores, which always seemed to be chock-a-block with people. Like most tiny tots, I fancied shirts bearing colourful […]
New global development partnerships
Asad Mirza US President Joe Biden on 26 June and the Chinese President Xi Jinping on 23 June have announced two new global initiatives at BRICS and G7 Summits, respectively. China v/s US Last week in his address on 22 June at the 25th St. Petersburg International Economic Forum and the next day, on 23 […]
Misusing Social Media
Abid Hussain Rather It is the basic essentiality of a civilized, cultured, and peaceful and an educated society that it’s each and every member should stay away from social evils and contrarily moral values should get the highest priority to flourish within the society. History is witness to the fact when the people of a […]
JK reports 68 new Covid-19 cases
Srinagar, June 28: Jammu and Kashmir reported 68 new infections in the last 24 hours that pushed overall tally to 454933 while the death toll remained at 4756 with no fatality due to the virus during the time, officials said on Tuesday. They said that 53 cases were reported from Jammu division and 15 from […]
Srinagar records hottest day of season
Srinagar, June 28: The mercury maintained an upward trend across Jammu and Kashmir with Srinagar recording season’s hottest day on Tuesday at 33.2°C. The summer capital of the J&K was second hottest places in the Valley after Kupwara town which recorded maximum of 33.5°C, a meteorological department official said. Today’s temperature was 2.6°C above normal […]
States should ensure people joining mass gatherings, pilgrimage are asymptomatic, vaccinated against Covid: Centre
New Delhi, Jun 28 (PTI) The Centre has asked states and Union territories to ensure that people taking part in mass gatherings and undertaking pilgrimage are asymptomatic and preferably fully vaccinated against COVID-19. In a letter to states and UTs on Tuesday, Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan said mass gatherings in context of various festivities […]
Biker dies in road mishap at Bandipora
Bandipora, June 28: A young motorcyclist died in a road accident in Rakhi Asham area of Sumbal in north Kashmir’s Bandipora district on Monday afternoon. Reports said that a bike rider identified as Adil Ahmad Dar, son of Abdul Ahad Dar, a resident of Haritar village of Sopore, lost control over the motorcycle, which he […]
Amarnath Yatra to provide economic boost to J&K: Div Com Kashmir
Anantnag, Jun 28: Divisional Commissioner Kashmir, P K Pole Tuesday said that Amarnath Yatra is not mere a pilgrimage but a major economic push to J&K’s economy as the government expects Rs 2000 to Rs 3000 Crore revenue from 6 to 8 lakh pilgrims, who intend to visit tourist destinations as well. Talking to reporters […]
GST Council meet: States’ compensation, easier e-comm suppliers’ registration, tax tweaks on cards
Chandigarh, Jun 28 (PTI) The 47th GST Council meeting that is currently underway is slated to discuss a host of issues, including a mechanism for compensating states for revenue loss, tax rate tweaks in some items and relaxed registration norms for small online suppliers. Further, the meeting of the Council, chaired by the Union Finance […]