Huge chunk of young adults getting married before reaching legal age: NFHS-5
New Delhi: About 25 per cent of women aged 18-29 and 15 per cent of men aged 21-29 got married before reaching the minimum legal age of marriage, according to the latest National Family Health Survey (NFHS) conducted between 2019-21. In India, the legal age of marriage for women is 18 and 21 for men. […]
‘North Tech Symposium 2022’ begins in JK: Army says focus on identifying new technologies
Udhampur: The Northern Command of the Indian Army on Friday began a two-day symposium in Jammu and Kashmir’s Udhampur district to identify cutting-edge technologies it needed for solving operational challenges. General Officer Commanding in Chief (GoC-In-C), Northern Command, Lieutenant General Upendra Dwivedi said the seminar will pave the way to identify suitable technologies and products […]
WHO estimates 14.9 million excess COVID associated deaths in 2020, 2021
Geneva: New estimates from the World Health Organization (WHO) show that the full death toll associated directly or indirectly with the COVID-19 pandemic between 1 January 2020 and 31 December 2021 was approximately 14.9 million (range 13.3 million to 16.6 million). “These sobering data not only point to the impact of the pandemic but also […]
Man slapped with PSA in Ramban, sent to jail
Banihal/Jammu: A man, who was arrested in 2017 in connection with an attack on a security forces camp in the Banihal area of Ramban district, was detained under the stringent Public Safety Act (PSA) on Thursday after he was found to be in contact with some suspect individuals in Kashmir Valley, officials said. Mohmmad Ibrahim […]
Sharada temple in PoK: Kashmiri pandits demand pilgrimage, regular prayers
Bengaluru: The Save Sharada Committee in Kashmir has demanded that the Sharada temple in Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir (PoK) be opened for Kashmiri pandits and Hindus from the rest of India for pilgrimage on the lines of the Kartarpur corridor for Sikh devotees. The committee has also demanded that the prayers commence in the temple “as has happened […]
