PM Modi’s personal website, mobile app hacked
New Delhi: The Twitter account of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s personal website and mobile app was hacked early this morning, the social media giant has confirmed. Twitter said that it has taken “steps to secure the compromised account” and is “actively investigating” the situation. The account reportedly sent out tweets asking its followers to donate […]
Army Chief begins two-day visit to Ladakh
New Delhi, Sep 3 (PTI) Army Chief Gen MM Naravane began a two-day visit to Ladakh on Thursday to carry out a comprehensive review of the security situation in the region in view of China’s fresh attempts to change status quo along the southern bank of Pangong lake, official sources said. Gen Naravane will be […]
83,883 fresh Covid-19 cases take India’s tally past 38-lakh mark
New Delhi, Sep 3 (PTI) India’s COVID-19 tally raced past the 38-lakh mark on Thursday with the sharpest single-day spike of 83,883 fresh cases, while the number of recoveries surged to 29,70,492, pushing the recovery rate to over 77 per cent, Union health ministry data showed. The total number of coronavirus cases in the country […]
10-member Biodiversity Council set up in J&K
Jammu, Sep 3 (PTI) The Jammu and Kashmir government on Wednesday set up a 10-member council for conservation of biological diversity and sustainable use of its components in the Union territory, officials said. As per an order issued by the General Administrative Department (GAD), sanction has been accorded to constitute the Jammu and Kashmir Biodiversity […]
Global cop sans responsibility
What a shame it has been to witness that the ‘most powerful’ country in the world, the United States has not bothered to be part of a combined effort to develop and distribute a Covid-19 vaccine. The US has made it official that it will not work with an international cooperative effort to find a […]
A rueful Muslims
Mohammad Azhar u Din Dar Islam is not only a religion, it is also an enormous culture, one of the greatest on earth. Which has enriched our humanity with some of paramount and supreme scientific and architectural achievements and with countless meritorious discoveries in different fields particularly in medicine, social, academics and arts. Muslims have […]
Pandemic ended my rendezvous with the barber
K S S Pillai Among those affected most by the current pandemic are barbershops and beauty parlours. I used to look forward to the once-a-month visit to my barber, where I could get a haircut and a vigorous massage of my head in addition to becoming privy to the secret lives of some of the […]
Living a happy post retirement life
Rayees Ahmad Kumar Retirement can mean many things for people. Some look forward to the free time in hand. Some worry how they will manage to meet ends. Others wonder how they will pass their time. If planned properly, retirement can be a great phase in a person’s life. You have worked hard all your […]