Added on May 19, 2022
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Srinagar: The divisional administration in Kashmir directed all the heads of departments on Wednesday to ensure that the Kashmiri Pandit employees serving in the valley are posted only in less vulnerable areas such as towns and district headquarters to ensure their safety and security. “We had a meeting with all heads of departments and chief […]
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Says move aimed to defend itself from Pak, China
Washington: India intends to deploy the Russian-made S-400 missile defence system by next month to defend itself from Pakistani and Chinese threats as it is pursuing an extensive military modernisation effort encompassing air, ground, naval and strategic nuclear forces, Pentagon’s top intelligence official has said during a Congressional hearing. India started receiving the delivery of […]
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Geneva: The United Nations chief on Wednesday launched a five-point plan to jump-start broader use of renewable energies, hoping to revive world attention on climate change as the UN’s weather agency reported that greenhouse gas concentrations, ocean heat, sea-level rise, and ocean acidification hit new records last year. We must end fossil fuel pollution and […]
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Jammu: A forest fire triggered several landmine explosions along the Line of Control in Poonch district, officials said on Wednesday. The fire that started in a forest across the LoC on Monday spread to the Indian side in the Mendhar sector, they said. The fire triggered the explosion of nearly half a dozen landmines that […]
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New Delhi: China is constructing a second bridge in an area held by it around the strategically key Pangong Tso lake in eastern Ladakh and it could help the Chinese military to quickly mobilise its troops in the region, according to satellite imagery and people familiar with the development on Wednesday. The bridge is being […]
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Islamabad: Seventy-five years after she was separated from her family during the violence at the time of the Partition, a woman born in a Sikh family who was adopted and raised by a Muslim couple met her brothers from India at Kartarpur in Pakistan’s Punjab province, according to a media report on Wednesday. At the […]
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Jammu: Northern Army Commander Lieutenant General Upendra Dwivedi on Wednesday visited forward areas in twin border districts of Rajouri and Poonch to review the security situation and operational preparedness in the region, officials said. Lt Gen Dwivedi, accompanied by 16th Corps Commander Lt Gen Manjinder Singh, visited the forward areas in Rajouri and Poonch today, […]
Added on May 19, 2022
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United Nations: The WHO has said that there is benefit of administering an additional booster dose of the mRNA COVID-19 vaccine for highest risk groups, health workers, those over 60 years of age or with immunocompromising conditions. As a general principle, an interval of 4-6 months since completion of the primary series of the vaccine […]
Added on May 19, 2022
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Portrays deaths as highest in world
New Delhi: India saw over 23.5 lakh premature deaths due to pollution of all types — including 16.7 lakh fatalities caused by air pollution — in 2019, the highest among all countries globally, according to a new study published in The Lancet Planetary Health journal. The majority of air pollution related deaths — 9.8 lakh […]
Added on May 18, 2022
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Asks them to ensure hassle-free Amarnath yatra
New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday advocated pro-active coordinated counter-terror operations in Jammu and Kashmir as he held three back-to-back meetings to review the situation there as well as arrangements for the forthcoming Amarnath Yatra and asked security forces to ensure zero cross-border infiltration to wipe out terrorism in the union territory. […]
