Globally active China
Asad Mirza Recent reports by Wall Street Journal have revealed that the US intelligence agencies found evidence of construction work on what they believed was a secret Chinese military facility in the United Arab Emirates, and which was stopped after Washington’s intervention. It says that satellite imagery of the Port Khalifa revealed suspicious construction work […]
Mother’s Pain
Rayees Ahmad Kumar How many wounds have you left Your mother to endure all her life. Would you come and meet Me -my resplendent friend. My son! You have slept Beneath the soil- tell me Rushing, I would come there. You were peace, comfort of mine A support and hope in old age. In my […]
Teacher and his responsibilities
Aubaid Ahmed Akhoon ‘Teaching is more than imparting knowledge, it is inspiring change. Learning is more than absorbing facts, it is acquiring understanding’ (William Arthur Ward) The teaching profession is simply a profession that creates all other professions, of all the relationships in the world, the sacred one is considered to be that of a […]
JK reports 150 new covid-19 cases, one fatality
Srinagar, Nov 29: Jammu and Kashmir reported 150 fresh covid-19 cases while one person succumbed to the virus during the past 24 hours, officials said Monday. Among the fresh cases, 28 were reported from Jammu Division and 122 from Kashmir, taking the overall tally to 336681. There was one death from Kashmir division due to […]
Driver dies in Ganderbal road mishap
Ganderbal, Nov 28: A tipper driver died after a vehicle he was travelling in skidded off the road and plunged into a deep gorge at Sumbal Balla area of Gund in Central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district on Sunday. Official sources said that a tipper bearing registration number (JK02AF-5585) fell into a deep gorge at Sumbal Balla, […]
No proposal to recognise Bitcoin as a currency: FM
New Delhi, Nov 29 (PTI) The government has no proposal to recognise Bitcoin as a currency in the country, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said in a reply to the Lok Sabha on Monday. She also informed the House that the government does not collect data on Bitcoin transactions. Whether the government has any proposal to […]
Lok Sabha passes bill to repeal three farm laws
New Delhi, Nov 29 (PTI) A bill to repeal the three contentious farm laws, against which farmers have been protesting for over a year, was passed by the Lok Sabha within minutes of introduction on Monday. Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar introduced The Farm Laws Repeal Bill, 2021 shortly after noon on the first day […]
Lok Sabha adjourns till noon
New Delhi, Nov 29 (PTI) Lok Sabha proceedings were adjourned till noon on Monday, the first day of the Winter session, amid protests by Opposition members seeking to raise seeking to raise various issues. Only one question was taken up during Question Hour before Speaker Om Birla adjourned the proceedings. Birla appealed to Opposition members seeking […]
India reports 8,309 new Covid cases; active cases decline to 1,03,859
New Delhi, Nov 29 (PTI) With 8,309 people testing positive for the coronavirus infection in a day, India’s tally of COVID-19 cases rose to 3,45,80,832, while the active cases have declined to 1,03,859, the lowest in 544 days, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Monday. The death toll has climbed to 4,68,790 […]
Cold conditions intensify in Kashmir valley
Srinagar, Nov 29 (PTI) The minimum temperature at most places in Kashmir valley settled several degrees below the freezing point, officials said on Monday. Srinagar recorded a low of minus 1.1 degrees Celsius on Sunday night, down from minus 0.2 degrees Celsius the previous night, the officials said. They said Pahalgam, which serves as the […]