UN warns of higher food prices, cost-of-living if Strait of Hormuz shuts
United Nations, Mar 11 (PTI) The United Nations has warned of significant risks to global trade and development, including higher food prices and cost-of-living, if the Strait of Hormuz is closed amid the West Asia conflict. The UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) said in a report Tuesday that the ongoing military escalation in […]
Centre proposes changes in Drug Rules to align blood product testing with global standards
New Delhi, Mar 11 (PTI) The Union Health Ministry has proposed to amend the Drugs Rules, 1945, to align regulatory requirements for testing blood products with internationally accepted pharmacopoeial standards and remove testing requirements not warranted under global best practices. It has issued a draft gazette notification, inviting public comments on a proposal to amend […]
US says it destroyed 16 mine-laying vessels as Iran threatens to block Gulf oil exports
Dubai, Mar 11 (AP) The US military said it took out multiple Iranian vessels on Tuesday as the Islamic Republic vowed to block the region’s oil exports and concerns grew about the country’s threats to stop tankers from using a waterway through which 20 per cent of the world’s oil is shipped. The US destroyed […]
Cattle smuggling bid foiled; 20 cattle crammed inside water tanker, truck rescued
Jammu, March 11 (PTI) Police on Tuesday rescued 20 bovine animals which were allegedly being trafficked in a cruel manner inside a water tanker and a truck in two separate operations in Kathua district, and arrested two suspects over involvement in cattle smuggling, officials said. In the first operation, a police team intercepted a tractor […]
Air India, its subsidiary to operate 58 flights to and from West Asia
Mumbai, Mar 11 (PTI) Full-service carrier Air India and its low-cost subsidiary Air India Express have said they will together operate a total of 58 scheduled and non-scheduled flights to and from West Asia on Wednesday. Amid the escalating conflict in the region involving the US, Israel and Iran, airlines are operating services in a […]
Govt rejigs gas allocation; LPG, CNG, piped cooking gas get top priority
NEW DELHI, Mar 10 (PTI): Domestically produced natural gas will now be supplied on a priority basis to units that use it to produce LPG, a government notification said amid disruptions of imports due to the West Asia conflict. Until now, compressed natural gas (CNG) and piped cooking gas were the two priority sectors to […]
Army foils infiltration bid in Nowshera Rajouri, terrorist killed
Jammu, Mar 10: Army on Tuesday said that it has killed a terrorist in an anti-Infiltration operation in Jhangar area of Nowshera in Rajouri district. Taking on micro-blogging platform X, the army’s WhiteKnight Corps wrote, “Acting on credible intelligence inputs by Intelligence Agencies, movement of two terrorists was detected in the general area of Jhangar, […]
Asia’s largest Tulip Garden in Srinagar to open for visitors on March 16
Srinagar, Mar 10: The Indira Gandhi Memorial Tulip Garden in Srinagar-Asia’s largest-will open for visitors on March 16 (Monday), officials said on Tuesday. Director Floriculture Kashmir, Mathoora Masoom, said that with the tulips now in bloom, the department has decided to open the garden for the season on Monday. Located on the foothills of the […]
Frame no-fault compensation policy for serious adverse events after Covid vaccination: SC to Centre
NEW DELHI, Mar 10 (PTI): The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the Centre to frame a no-fault compensation policy for serious adverse events following Covid-19 vaccination. A bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta said the existing mechanism for monitoring adverse events following immunisation shall continue. “No separate court-appointed expert body is considered necessary […]
Body of missing soldier fished out from stream in Rajouri
Jammu, Mar 10 (PTI) The body of a soldier who had gone missing during a river-crossing exercise in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir a day earlier was recovered on Tuesday, officials said. The body of Sepoy Akshit Sharma was recovered from the Manawar stream by a joint search party of the Army, the National […]