Delhi’s air quality remains very poor’
New Delhi, Nov 21 (PTI) Delhi’s air quality remained very poor on Sunday morning and strong surface winds are likely to bring some relief from high pollution levels during the day, authorities said. The city recorded its air quality index (AQI) at 382 at 9 am. The 24-hour average AQI was 374 on Saturday. Neighboring Faridabad […]
Active COVID-19 cases in country lowest in 532 days
New Delhi, Nov 21 (PTI) India logged 10,488 new coronavirus infections taking the country’s total tally of COVID-19 cases to 3,45,10,413, while the active cases declined to 1,22,714, the lowest in 532 days, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Sunday. The death toll climbed to 4,65,662 with 313 fresh fatalities, according to the […]
Divisions that benefits none
Abid Hussain Rather Whenever we have a look at the world map we observe that there is a broad and extensive piece of land between Arabian sea and Bay of Bengal in the continent of Asia which is largely extended in the northern side, but as we start moving downward this piece of land it […]
The World Children’s Day
Farooq Bandey World Children’s Day is being celebrated on 20th November every year. To celebrate the day a theme is created by the UNICEF and for 2021 they have chosen a very important theme for the day, and the theme is to help children to recover from interruptions and learning losses experienced through the pandemic […]
Rising natural disasters in Himachal
Kanchan Basu In the last five months alone, several landslides have been reported in Himachal Pradesh, especially in the ‘Tribal’ districts of Lahaul-Spiti and Kinnaur which have seen incessant rains. From June 13 to August 12, as many as 248 people lost their lives in various incidents relating to heavy rains. At least 2,000 people […]
JK reports 187 fresh covid-19 cases, two fatalities
Srinagar, Nov 20: Jammu and Kashmir reported 187 fresh covid-19 cases while two persons died due to the virus in the last 24 hours, officials said on Saturday. Among the fresh cases, 24 were reported from Jammu Division and 163 from Kashmir, taking the overall tally to 335203. There were two deaths due to the […]
JMC’s anti-encroachment drive sparks protest in Jammu
Jammu, Nov 20 (PTI) An anti-encroachment drive by the Jammu Municipal Corporation (JMC) on Saturday sparked protests by the businessmen community at different markets here, officials said. An anti-encroachment team of the JMC removed a shutter of a hardware showroom at Shivaji chowk and also pasted a notice informing its owners that the building has […]
Centre writes to Ladakh, Puducherry over rising weekly Covid cases
New Delhi, Nov 20 (PTI) Witnessing a rise in weekly Covid cases, testing and positivity rate, the Union Health Ministry has written to Puducherry and Ladakh urging them to take pre-emptive action to gain control over the situation. Earlier, the ministry had asked state governments of Himachal Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir to […]
Militant killed in encounter in Kulgam
Srinagar, Nov 20 (PTI) An unidentified militant was killed in an encounter with security forces in south Kashmir’s Kulgam district on Saturday, police said. Security forces launched a cordon and search operation in the Ashmuji area of the south Kashmir district following information about the presence of militants there, a police official said. During the […]
Cold conditions intensify across JK, Ladakh
Srinagar, Nov 20: Freezing cold conditions continued in Kashmir Valley as all places recorded minimum temperature below normal for this time of the year. A meteorological department official here said that Srinagar recorded minus 1.5°C against 1.4°C on the previous night and equals coldest night temperature witnessed so far this season. Qazigund, the gateway town […]