Nearly 5 million people in India internally displaced due to climate change, disasters in 2021: UN
United Nations, Jun 17 (PTI) Nearly five million people in India were internally displaced due to climate change and disasters in 2021, the United Nations has said in a report. The annual Global Trends Report by the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) highlighted that globally 100 million people were forced to flee their homes last year […]
Change: The end result of all true learning
Vinod Chandrashekhar Dixit One would find that in the present day schools the children are oriented in a defined way of learning where the teacher imparted a systematized way of education through which children acquire some general and professional skills etc. But the home learning has tended to orient itself to goals which are of […]
Allow them to raise questions
Mahfooz Ahmad Bakshi The ability of raising and then the courage of asking genuine questions makes you capable of finding the most rare and efficacious answers, answers that would save you from falling prey into the traps of wise people that they use to trick the fools for their own benefit. If you have the […]
Avascular Necrosis: Cure without surgery
Dr Sanjay Agarwala Of the string of maladies that can afflict COVID recovering patients, whilst Black Fungus has been rightly feared. During this long COVID, the possibility of AVN of the hip can be conclusively established by a MRI scan, and successfully treated with bisphosphonates. With around three decades of excellence in treating Avascular Necrosis […]
RBI lifts restrictions on Mastercard
Mumbai, Jun 16 (PTI) The RBI on Thursday lifted restrictions on Mastercard that it had imposed last year for failing to comply with local data storage norms. The central bank had barred the US-based payment gateway from onboarding new customers until it complies with Storage of Payment System Data norms. “In view of the satisfactory compliance […]
JK reports 22 fresh covid-19 cases
Srinagar, June 16: Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday recorded 22 new Covid-19 even as there was no death due to the virus, officials said. They said that 17 cases were reported from Jammu, three from Kupwara and one each from Srinagar and Udhampur districts respectively, taking the overall tally to 454420—166594 in Jammu division and […]
Two terrorists killed in Kulgam gunfight, searches continue
Kulgam, Jun 16: Two terrorists have been killed in three-day long gunfight at Mishipora-Kujjar area of Yaripora in South Kashmir’s Kulgam district, police said on Thursday. Fresh contact was established with hiding militants on Thursday after two days, police said. A police official said that two terrorists have been killed in an encounter in Kulgam […]
GST Council to meet on June 28-29 in Srinagar
New Delhi, Jun 16 (PTI) The GST Council, chaired by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, will meet on June 28 and 29 in Srinagar. “The 47th meeting of the GST Council will be held on June 28-29, 2022 (Tuesday & Wednesday) in Srinagar,” Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s office tweeted. The council meeting assumes significance as it is […]
Day 03: Kulgam gunfight resumes
Srinagar, June 16: The exchange of fire between terrorists and security forces resumed again on Thursday afternoon in Mishipora area of south Kashmir’s Kulgam district. The Kashmir Police Zone in tweet wrote, “Encounter has resumed again at Mishipora area of Kulgam. Cordon & search operation has been continuing since Tuesday (14th June). Further details shall […]
Encounter breaks out in Hangalgund Anantnag in south Kashmir
Anantnag, Jun 16: An encounter broke out between security forces and terrorists at Hangalgund village in Kokernag area of south Kashmir’s Anantnag district, officials said Thursday. They said that a joint of team of police, Army and CRPF after receiving information about the presence of terrorists launched search operation in the area. The officials said […]