Hypertension emerging as a silent killer
High blood pressure, also known as hypertension, is the most common cardiovascular disease
Vinod Chandrashekhar Dixit In order to promote public awareness of hypertension and to encourage citizens of all countries to prevent and control this silent killer, the modern epidemic World Hypertension Day was celebrated on 17th May. Hypertension is another name for high blood pressure. It can lead to severe complications and increases the risk of […]
Saudi media accuses Yemen rebels of missile fire at Mecca
Riyadh, May 21 (AFP) Saudi-owned media accused Yemeni rebels Tuesday of targeting Islam’s holiest city Mecca after Riyadh and its allies said they had intercepted two missiles over the kingdom. The exiled Yemeni government, which is based in Saudi Arabia, echoed the claim but the Huthi rebels denied any such attack. Coalition spokesman Colonel Turki al-Maliki […]
No accused in NDPS cases should get bail: DIG to SSPs
Jammu, May 21 (PTI) District police chiefs in the state have been directed to ensure accused in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act (NDPS) cases do not get bail. The SSPs were asked to concentrate on source, carrier and destination in narcotics cases, officials said. In a crime review meeting of Jammu, Samba and Kathua districts […]
Pak govt prepares scientific lunar calendar ahead of Ramzan
Islamabad: A panel of experts set up by the Pakistan government has prepared a scientific lunar calendar to end the controversy over moon-sighting ahead of Ramzan and according to it, Eid is expected to fall on June 5, a senior minister said. Since assuming office as Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry has been […]
Second phase of Jehangir Chowk-Rambagh flyover to be inaugurated tomorrow
Srinagar, May 21: The second phase of the Jehangir Chowk-Rambagh flyover will be inaugurated and thrown open for vehicular traffic tomorrow on May 22, officials said on Tuesday. This will be after over five years since work on the prestigious flyover project started in October 2013 and one year after the first phase thereof was […]
Skeleton of man missing found in Hagnikote forests of north Kashmir
Srinagar, May 21: Locals on Tuesday found skeleton of a man missing for nearly two years at forests of Hangnikote in Vilgam, Handwara in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district. Reports said that some locals while collecting the Morel Mushroom Spores (Guesh) in the forests spotted the human skeleton along with an identity card. As per the […]
Indonesia’s Joko Widodo wins second term as president: elections commission
Jakarta, May 21 (AFP) Indonesia’s Joko Widodo has won a second term as president, beating out rival Prabowo Subianto, a retired general, by a 55.5 per cent to 44.5 per cent margin, the elections commission said. “This ruling was announced on May 21… and will be effectively immediately,” the commission’s chair Arief Budiman said in a […]
Pak appoints Mueenul Haq as India’s new envoy
Islamabad, May 21 (PTI) Pakistan on Monday appointed career diplomat Mueenul Haq as the High Commissioner to India. Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday approved appointments of over two dozen ambassadors in various countries including India, China and Japan. Haq, the current ambassador to France, has previously served as chief of protocol at the Foreign Office. […]
UNHRC demands details on Kashmir killings
India say’s ‘it is a closed chapter’
New Delhi: Three special rapporteurs of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) have written to India asking for details on steps taken to punish or provide justice to victims and their next of kin in 76 cases of ‘torture and arbitrary killing’ in Jammu and Kashmir since 1990. The letter to the Indian government, […]
