MeT forecasts isolated light rains in JK
Srinagar, May 17: The weatherman has forecast “isolated light rain/thunderstorm over Jammu and Kashmir during the next next 24 hours. Also, the night temperature recorded a drop across J&K and a meteorological department official here tsaid. He said that Srinagar recorded a low of 12.5°C against 15.4°C on the previous night. The temperature, he said, […]
LIC lists at 8.11% discount at Rs 872 per share on NSE
New Delhi, May 17 (PTI) The country’s largest insurer LIC on Tuesday listed its shares at a discount of 8.11 per cent at Rs 872 per share on the NSE. On the BSE, the shares got listed at Rs 867.20 apiece, down 8.62 per cent over the issue price of Rs 949 a share. LIC had […]
Active COVID-19 cases in country dip to 16,400
New Delhi, May 17 (PTI) The daily rise in new coronavirus infections fell below 2,000 after 28 days taking India’s tally of COVID-19 cases to 4,31,25,370, while the active cases dipped to 16,400, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Tuesday. A total of 1,579 new Covid cases were reported in a span […]
Floods affect nearly 2 lakh people in Assam
Guwahati/Haflong, May 17 (PTI) Around 2 lakh people in 20 districts of Assam have been affected by floods, with the hill district of Dima Hasao getting cut off from the rest of the state after landslides triggered by incessant rain snapped rail and road links, an official bulletin said on Monday. Two flood-related deaths were […]
PM Modi meets UP ministers in Lucknow, stresses on good governance
Lucknow, May 17 (PTI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday night met ministers in the Uttar Pradesh’s Yogi Adityanath government, instructing them to spend the maximum time in their areas while stressing on good governance. The meeting was held at the Chief Minister’s residence. During the meeting, the prime minister instructed them to spend the […]
Ban plastic
Jammu and Kashmir is currently witnessing a boom in tourist arrivals. Besides, tourist arrivals other trade and manufacturing activities are also witnessing an increase and so is the demand and use of plastic in almost all spheres of activity. The use of plastic has touched us to an extent that no activity of ours is […]
Food that make us tired and stressed
Sahil Wani Eating a healthy food helps to stay you in good health and to safeguard yourself against chronic sickness. Eating a well-balanced diet suggests that uptake a range of foods from every of the five food teams daily, within the counseled amounts. It is conjointly necessary to settle on a range of foods from […]
When a plant spoke
Mahfooz Ahmad Bakshi I’m sick of exams that Life is taking from me, Life is hard, I have no luck was the words I often murmur about. One day I reached in the middle of a devastated desert, exhausted and hopeless, all I was able to see was red sand and just sand burning all […]
JK reports two new covid-19 cases, no death
Srinagar, May 16: Jammu and Kashmir reported two new covid-19 cases while there was no death due to the pathogen during the past 24 hours, officials said on Monday. They said that one case each was reported from Jammu and Srinagar districts, taking the overall tally to 454148—166399 in Jammu and 287749 in Kashmir. There […]
Tourist from Delhi falls into Nallah Sindh at Sonamarg, dies
Srinagar, May 16: A tourist from Delhi drowned to death after falling into Nallah Sindh at Gagangir Hung area of Sonamarg in central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district on Monday afternoon. Reports said that one Mohammed Anwar son of Saeeduz Zafar, a resident of Abul Fazal enclave Okhla, New Delhi drowned in a Nallah at Sonamarg, was […]