WHO to meet next week to consider emergency use listing of India’s Covaxin
United Nations/Geneva, Oct 18 (PTI) The WHO’s technical advisory group will meet on October 26 to consider the emergency use listing of India’s Covaxin which is being used in the country’s nationwide anti-COVID-19 vaccination programme, according to the global health agency’s chief scientist Soumya Swaminathan. Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech, which has developed Covaxin, had submitted EOI […]
JK Govt signs MoU with Dubai for Real Estate development, industrial parks, other projects
Srinagar, Oct 18: Jammu and Kashmir administration has signed an MoU with Govt of Dubai for real estate development, industrial parks, IT towers, multipurpose towers, logistics, medical college, super specialty hospital and more, said J&K LG Manoj Sinha on Monday. Speaking to selected media men at Raj Bhawan here, the union minister for Commerce and […]
China’s economy weakens as GDP in Q3 declines to 4.9 per cent
Beijing, Oct 18 (PTI) China’s GDP grew by 4.9 per cent in the third quarter, down from 7.9 per cent in the second, confirming the slowdown of the world’s second-largest economy which was under pressure from the crisis-hit property sector, curbs on energy and tardy recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. Early to recover from the […]
Rains bring chill across Kashmir, upper reaches experience snowfall
Srinagar, Oct 18: Rains lashed Kashmir valley while as most of the upper reaches received fresh snowfall bringing the temperatures down. A Meteorological Department official said that several parts of Kashmir including Z-Gali, Razdan top, Peer ki Gali, Sadhna Top and Zojila received fresh light snowfall. Meanwhile, intermittent rains are continuing across the plains. The […]
Active COVID-19 cases lowest in 221 days
New Delhi, Oct 18 (PTI) India added 13,596 new coronavirus infections taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 3,40,81,315, while the active cases declined to 1,89,694, the lowest in 221 days, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Monday. The death toll climbed to 4,52,290 with 166 fresh fatalities, according to the data […]
Body of co-pilot of crashed Army helicopter recovered after two months from dam in JK
Jammu, Oct 17 (PTI) The body of a co-pilot of an Army helicopter that crashed and sank into Ranjit Sagar Dam in August was recovered from the water body in Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday, ending nearly two-and-a-half-month-long search for him, officials said. The mortal remains of Captain Jayant Joshi were fished out […]
JK reports 95 fresh covid-19 cases
Srinagar, Oct 17: Jammu and Kashmir reported 95 new covid-19 cases even as there was no death due to the virus in the last 24 hours, officials said on Sunday. Among the fresh cases, 14 were reported from Jammu Division and 81 from Kashmir, taking the overall tally to 331062. There was no death due […]
Two non-locals shot dead in Kulgam, another injured
Anantnag, Oct 17: Two non-locals were killed and another injured when unknown gunmen fired upon them in Kulgam district of south Kashmir on Sunday evening. They said the gunmen fired at them at Wanpoh, leaving two persons—Raja Reshi Dev and Jogindar Reshi Dev, both from Bihar dead on the spot while wounding another one. The […]
JK encounter: 3 detained for questioning as search ops enter day 7 in Poonch-Rajouri forests
Jammu, Oct 17 (PTI) Three persons, including a mother-son duo, were detained for questioning during an ongoing search operation in the forest belt of Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch and Rajouri border districts where nine soldiers were killed in two separate gunfights with militants over the past week, officials said on Sunday. Five Army personnel, including […]
Petrol, diesel price hiked again, cost 30% more than ATF
New Delhi, Oct 17 (PTI) Petrol and diesel price on Sunday was hiked again by 35 paise a litre and the auto fuels now cost a third more than the rate at which ATF is sold to airlines. The fourth straight day of 35 paise per litre hike sent petrol and diesel rates to record highs […]