Rainfall recorded in August lowest in 19 years: IMD
New Delhi, Sep 10 (PTI) Rainfall in August, which recorded 24 percent deficiency, was lowest in 19 years, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Friday. Two major spells of weak monsoon prevailed over the country — from August 9-16 and August 23-27 — when northwest, central and adjoining peninsular and west coast of India […]
SSB trooper dies of cardiac arrest in Budgam
Budgam, Sep 10: A Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) trooper died of a cardiac arrest at Nagam Chadoora in Central Kashmir’s Budgam district on Friday morning. Official sources said that the trooper of 14 Battalion of SSB identified as Meetan Ram who was posted at Nagam Chadoora died today morning after suffering a heart attack. They […]
CRPF trooper, woman suffer minor injuries in grenade blast at Chanapora
Srinagar, Sep 10: A Paramilitary trooper of Central Reserve Police Force and a woman were injured after militants lobbed a grenade on security forces in Chanapora area of Central Kashmir’s Srinagar district on Friday. A senior Police officer while confirming the incident said that militants lobbed a grenade towards CRPF BN 29 in Chanapora. In […]
COVID-19: Active cases decline to 3,90,646
New Delhi, Sep 10 (PTI) India logged 34,973 new coronavirus infections taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 3,31,74,954, while the active cases declined to 3,90,646, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Friday. The death toll climbed to 4,42,009 with 260 fresh fatalities, according to the data updated at 8 am. […]
Student found dead in Kulgam village
Kulgam, Sep 10: Body of a 19-year-old student who was pursuing Bachelor of Arts (B.A) was found in Buchroo village of south Kashmir’s Kulgam on Friday morning, officials said. They said that the youth identified as son of Ajaz Ahmad Mir, a resident of Buchroo was found dead under ‘mysterious conditions’ near a school this […]
Every adult in Samba received at least one dose of Covid vaccine: Official
Jammu, Sept 10 (PTI) Samba of Jammu and Kashmir has achieved a major milestone by administering at least one dose of Covid vaccine to every adult in the district, an official said. With this, Samba has become has the first district in the union territory to achieve the milestone, Deputy Commissioner Samba Anuradha Gupta said. […]
UN envoy says Afghan economic crisis looms
United Nations, Sep 10 (AP) The UN special envoy for Afghanistan urged the world Thursday to unite to prevent the collapse of the Afghan economy, to address fears that the Taliban’s Islamic state may spread to its neighbours, and to fight terrorism. Deborah Lyons warned that the Taliban have already visibly welcomed and sheltered al-Qaida […]
Complexities of social media
Mohammad Rizwan Bhat Social media has proved to be a huge revolution in taking human creativity and talent to a whole new level. A plethora of platforms have been and are being created daily to bring artists from every field to limelight. Many artists owe their careers to a virtual blessing called social media. There […]
The UPI moment for personal data
Anil Padmanabhan Last week India launched yet another ambitious plan to fundamentally alter status quo. This time with the intent of empowering individuals and small enterprises through their personal data. The Account Aggregator (AA) framework, enabling this monetisation of personal data, was launched at a virtual event hosted by iSPIRIT, a group of technology evangelicals […]
The rebound
Asad Mirza Pakistani government at the moment seems to be in a quandary. The manner in which it wanted to exploit the Taliban victory in Afghanistan has rebounded threatening to reinforce religious fundamentalists inclinations in Pakistan itself. US President Joe Biden’s decision to withdraw American forces from Afghanistan was due to the realisation that religious […]