PDD employee dies of cardiac arrest while on duty in Handwara
Handwara, Sep 27: A Junior Engineer, Power Development Department Handwara division died of a massive cardiac arrest while performing duty on Monday afternoon. An official said that Er Anil Kumar received a major heart stroke while discharging his duties at his office in Chotipora Handwara. The official was immediately evacuated to District Hospital Handwara by […]
32 students found COVID positive in Rajouri: Officials
Rajouri, Sep 27: At least 32 students studying in a private educational institution in Thanamandi area of Rajouri district have tested positive for Covid-19, officials said here on Monday. They said that the school was opened for the first day today after which a team of health department visited the institution and conducted target sampling […]
PM Modi launches Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission
New Delhi, Sep 27 (PTI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday launched the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission to provide a digital health ID to people which will contain their health records. The pilot project of the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission had been announced by the prime minister from the ramparts of the Red Fort on […]
Drug peddler arrested, contraband substance recovered: Police
Bandipora, Sep 27: Police on Monday claimed to have arrested a drug peddler and recovered contraband drugs from his possession in Bazipora area of Ajas in North Kashmir’s Bandipora district. In a statement issued here, a police spokesperson said that acting on a specific information regarding movement of a drug peddler a special naka was […]
Two residential houses gutted in Kupwara village
Kupwara, Sep 27: Two residential houses were gutted in an overnight blaze at Zurhama village of North Kashmir’s Kupwara district, rendering three families homeless, locals said. They said that two residential houses were gutted in an overnight blaze, in which three families were residing. The houses belonged to Asif Lone and Ikhlak Lone of Karnah […]
Jaishankar meets Singaporean counterpart in US; discusses Indo-Pacific, COVID-19
New York, Sep 27 (PTI) External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has met his Singaporean counterpart Vivian Balakrishnan here and held a comfortable conversation on developments in the strategic Indo-Pacific and shared thoughts on combating the COVID-19 pandemic. Jaishankar, who held a series of bilateral engagements on the sidelines of the 76th session of the United […]
Active COVID-19 cases in country lowest in 191 days
New Delhi, Sep 27 (PTI) India added 26,041 new coronavirus infections taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 3,36,78,786, while the active cases declined to 2,99,620, the lowest in 191 days, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Monday. The death toll climbed to 4,47,194 with 276 fresh fatalities, according to the data […]
India’s economic recovery proved critics wrong
Dr K V Subramanian Exactly a year back, we had predicted an imminent V-shaped recovery in GDP growth after its sharp decline. At that time, most doubted the prediction. A former Finance Minister wrote “In a barren desert without any sign of water, the Finance Minister and the Chief Economic Adviser saw green shoots!” His […]
Needed a separate University for Mathematics
Vijay Garg There have always been fine intellectuals in India. Great mathematical scientists like Ramanujan and Arya Bhatt belonged to India. They have given India a different identity by researching mathematics. This topic has evolved greatly with time. But still many students are not interested in this topic. They describe this topic as being difficult, […]
Important to weed out corruption
Er. Prabhat Kishore Today corruption has taken its roots in the country. Honesty and morality have become like a deceitful deer. As a result, our work culture has contaminated and development projects are witnessing a slump. Therefore, the government should make a separate strict law at the national level. The law for eradicating corruption will […]