Environment needs protection
Wasil Tariq Shah 14-year old boy, Faaz was a great lover of nature. He would love the view of massive mountains full of magnificent green gold (forests) from the view of his window. Everytime at the magical dawn which’s serene and calm, he used to lift the curtains of his window, to breathe in the […]
The good old bicycle
K S S Pillai The virtues of cycling were sung from all corners of the world on June 3, International World Bicycle Day. Rightly so, as cycling had been a unique, simple, affordable, eco-friendly mode of transport for more than 200 years. Choked by emissions from automobiles, major cities are now laying exclusive cycle tracks. […]
Ladakh announces reserving of jobs for locals
Srinagar, June 8: Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh on Tuesday announced recruitment rules for the newly established Union Territory, reserving the jobs exclusively for the locals. “No person shall be qualified for appointment to the Service unless the person is a Resident of Union territory of Ladakh,” reads the clause 11 of the Union territory of […]
JK reports 1184 fresh Covid-19 cases, 11 deaths
Srinagar, June 8: A day after recording less than a thousand covid-19 cases after two months, Jammu and Kashmir reported 1184 fresh infections during last 24 hours, even as 11 more people succumbed to the virus during the time, officials said on Tuesday. They said 421 of the fresh cases from were recorded from Jammu […]
Farooq Abdullah urges people to get vaccinated against Covid
Srinagar, Jun 8 (PTI) National Conference (NC) president Farooq Abdullah on Tuesday appealed to the people to get vaccinated at the earliest in order to stay safe from COVID-19. “We are in the midst of a pandemic called COVID-19. Hundreds of thousands have died due to it, but thankfully we now have a vaccine which […]
Army jawan found dead in Jammu’s Akhnoor
Jammu, June 08: An army jawan posted in an army camp near the Line of Control in Akhnoor sub-division area of Jammu district was found dead with mysterious bullet injuries on Tuesday. An official said that the army jawan of Havaldar rank was posted in the army camp at Jogwan in Akhnoor, where he received […]
JK reports seven more Covid-19 deaths
Srinagar, June 8: Jammu and Kashmir reported seven more covid-19 death since last evening, taking the total fatality count to 4097, officials said on Tuesday. They said a 65-year-old woman from Panzoo Tral died at District Hospital Pulwama, ten days after she was admitted there. A woman from Brah died a day after she was […]
Drug Peddler held, 2 Kgs of Heroin recovered
Kupwara, Jun 8: Jammu and Kashmir Police in Kupwara said to have arrested a drug peddler on whose possession it claimed to have recovered two kilograms of Heroin here in Yariban Hajitra in Taad area of Karnah. Police said that during checking, the Naka party intercepted a person in a suspicious condition, following which he […]
WHO: High vaccination rates can help reduce risk of variants
Geneva, Jun 8 (AP) A top World Health Organisation official estimated Monday that COVID-19 vaccination coverage of at least 80% is needed to significantly lower the risk that imported coronavirus cases like those linked to new variants could spawn a cluster or a wider outbreak. Dr. Michael Ryan, WHO’s emergencies chief, told a news conference […]
India elected to UN Economic and Social Council for 2022-24 term
United Nations, Jun 8 (PTI) India has been elected to the Economic and Social Council, one of the six main organs of the United Nations, for the 2022-24 term. The 54-member Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) is at the heart of the United Nations system to advance the three dimensions of sustainable development economic, social […]
