World Aids Day and the message it holds
Umair Shafiq World AIDS Day, designated on 1 December every year since 1988, is an international day dedicated to raising awareness of the AIDS pandemic caused by the spread of HIV infection and mourning those who have died of the disease. World AIDS Day was first conceived in August 1987 by James W. Bunn and […]
More positivity needed
Lalit Garg According to the World Health Statistics Report 2021, the average age in the world is increasing, but the healthy average age is not showing the same result. The global average age is 73.3 years, while the healthy mean age is 63.7 years. That is, there is a difference of about nine years between […]
Traffic cop injured in militants attack in old city
Srinagar, Dec 1: A traffic police personnel was injured after militants fired upon him in Rajouri kadal area of downtown Srinagar on Wednesday. A police official said that unknown persons suspected to be militants carried out the attack, leaving a cop injured. Identified as Mohammad Abdullah, the official said, the cop has been rushed to […]
JK reports 234 new covid-19 cases, one death
Srinagar, Dec 1: Jammu and Kashmir reported 234 fresh covid-19 cases, 89 of them travelers, while one person succumbed to the virus during the past 24 hours, officials said Wednesday. Among the fresh cases, 116 were reported from Jammu Division and 118 from Kashmir, taking the overall tally to 337086. There was one death, from […]
Cycle tracks with state-of-art facilities in Jammu soon
Jammu, Dec 1 (PTI) Five cycle tracks with state-of-art facilities will become a reality soon as the Jammu Smart City Limited has expedited the pace of the project and awarded the work to the contractor, an official said on Wednesday. Jammu, the city of temples, was selected in round-3 of the Centre’s Smart Cities Mission […]
LS adjourns amid protests by TRS members
New Delhi, Dec 1 (PTI) Lok Sabha proceedings were adjourned till noon on Wednesday amid continuous protests by members of the TRS over farmer issues. The members shouted slogans and displayed placards over farmer issues in the Well of the House during the Question Hour. Speaker Om Birla told the protesting members that it was […]
Active COVID-19 cases in country below one lakh after 547 days
New Delhi, Dec 1 (PTI) India added 8,954 new coronavirus infections taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 3,45,96,776, while the active cases were recorded at less than a lakh after 547 days, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Wednesday. The death toll climbed to 4,69,247 with 267 fresh fatalities, according […]
Srinagar records coldest night of season
Srinagar, Dec 1 (PTI) The minimum temperature settled below the freezing point across Kashmir, with several weather stations in the valley including Srinagar city recording the coldest night of the season so far, officials said on Wednesday. Srinagar recorded a low of minus 2.5 degrees Celsius on Tuesday night, down from minus 1.5 degrees Celsius […]
JeM’s IED expert Yasir Parray among two militants killed: IGP
Srinagar, Dec 01: A militant commander of Jaish-e-Mohammad along with his foreign associate were killed in an encounter in Qasbayar area of Rajpora hamlet in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district, officials said Wednesday. Inspector General of police Vijay Kumar said as that militant commander of proscribed outfit JeM Yasir Parray who was an IED expert was […]
10 houses gutted in overnight blaze in Tulail Bandipora
Bandipora, Dec 01: At least 10 houses were gutted in a massive fire in Tatri-Kilshay village of Tulail in Gurez area of north Kashmir’s Bandipora district late last night, officials said Wednesday. The officials said that at least 10 residential houses were completely gutted in the fire that broke out on the intervening night of […]