Added on March 23, 2021
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New Delhi: Maharashtra, Punjab, Karnataka, Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh are reporting a surge in the COVID-19 daily cases and account for 80.5 per cent of the total new cases registered, the Union Health Ministry said on Monday. India saw 46,951 new cases being registered in a day, the highest single day rise so far this […]
Added on March 23, 2021
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Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir recorded 132 fresh COVID-19 cases, including 28 travellers, taking the infection tally to 1,28,679 on Monday, even as no new death due to the virus was reported in the past 24 hours, officials said. Out of the fresh cases, 28 were from the Jammu division and 104 from the Kashmir division […]
Added on March 23, 2021
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New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday launched ‘Jal Shakti Abhiyan: Catch the Rain’ campaign for conserving water and stressed that every penny of MGNREGA funds be spent on rain water conservation till the monsoon arrives. Addressing an event at the virtual launch of the campaign on the World Water Day, Modi said it […]
Added on March 23, 2021
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London: A large trial in the US and two South American countries of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine has shown 79 per cent efficacy rate at preventing symptomatic COVID-19 and 100 per cent effectiveness in stopping severe disease and hospitalisation, the biotech firm said on Monday. A Phase III study of the vaccine, developed by Oxford University […]
Added on March 23, 2021
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Jammu: Police have started investigation into an alleged attack on a family, belonging to the minority Gujjar community, in Samba district, officials said on Monday. A man and his family members were allegedly attacked by some unidentified people after he resisted their attempt to molest his young daughter in a village, resulting in injuries to […]
Added on March 23, 2021
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Jammu: The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has filed a charge sheet against two people, including a government official, in a case of alleged tampering of revenue records in Jammu and Kashmir’s Udhampur district, officials said on Sunday. The charge sheet against the then Girdawar revenue official Mohammad Farooq and Mohammad Javed was filed in the court […]
Added on March 22, 2021
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Beijing: India, Pakistan, China and other members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) will hold a joint anti-terrorism exercise this year, the eight-member bloc said. The decision to hold the joint exercise “Pabbi-Antiterror-2021” was announced during the 36th meeting of the Council of the Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure (RATS) held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan on March 18. […]
Added on March 22, 2021
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Srinagar/New Delhi: Security forces in Jammu and Kashmir have strengthened the bullet-proofing shield of their vehicles and bunkers after steel bullets which can pierce through normal protective shields were recovered from terrorists during an encounter in South Kashmir recently. A few days back, local commander of the banned Jaish-e-Mohammed terror group, Vilayat Hussain Lone alias […]
Added on March 22, 2021
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Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday recorded 158 fresh cases, including 34 travellers, taking the infection tally to 1,28,547, even as one more death was reported in the past 24 hours, officials said. Out of the fresh cases, 27 were from the Jammu division and 131 from the Kashmir division of the Union Territory, they […]
Added on March 22, 2021
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Srinagar: National Conference leader Omar Abdullah Sunday said one-day shutdowns to contain the spread of coronavirus is a “meaningless tokenism” which can lead to complacency, and called for allowing more people to take vaccine against COVID-19. The Madhya Pradesh government had on March 19 announced Sunday lockdowns in Bhopal, Indore and Jabalpur till further orders […]
