Added on March 16, 2021
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New Delhi: Top officials of the water resources ministries of India and Bangladesh will meet here on Tuesday to discuss issues related to river water-sharing and flood forecast, sources said on Monday. The Indian delegation will be headed by Pankaj Kumar, secretary in the Jal Shakti Ministry. The Bangladesh side will be headed by senior […]
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Jammu: Two suspected drug peddlers were arrested after cannabis were allegedly recovered from them near here on Monday, police said. A police team intercepted two persons during a checking duty at Patoli camp and recovered 320 grammes of cannabis in 23 rolls, Domana subdivision police officer Kousheen Koul said. Khalil Ahmed and Amajid Ali have […]
Added on March 16, 2021
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Par panel members question legality of govt’s decision
New Delhi: Some members of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information Technology on Monday questioned the legality of new rules framed by the government to regulate OTT and social media platforms. Tightening the rules governing social media and streaming companies, the Centre had announced last month the Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code applicable […]
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New Delhi: The CBI has booked six lieutenant colonel-ranked officers along with some others for alleged corruption in the recruitment of Army officers through Service Selection Board centres, officials said on Monday. The agency also carried out searches at a number of locations in connection with the case, they said. MCSNA Bhagwan of the Army […]
Added on March 16, 2021
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Beijing: China on Monday criticised the Quad, saying no “small cliques” should be formed, as it accused some countries of trying to “sow discord” among regional nations by “hyping” the ‘China threat’ and asserted that they will not succeed. Quad countries involving the US, India, Australia and Japan held their first virtual summit on Friday […]
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New Delhi: The Delhi High Court Monday asked the authorities to treat as representation a plea seeking direction to remove barricading on various routes connecting the neighbouring states with the national capital due to the over 3-month long farmers’ protest against the new agri laws passed by the Centre. A bench of Chief Justice D […]
Added on March 15, 2021
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New Delhi: The Indus Commissioners of India and Pakistan will meet here on March 23 and 24 to discuss a host of issues, including Islamabad’s concerns about the design of Indian hydropower projects on the Chenab River, a top official said on Sunday. This will be the annual meeting of the Permanent Indus Commission. Under […]
Added on March 15, 2021
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Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir administration has accorded approval to the creation of 119 posts in 10 new Auxiliary Nursing Midwifery (ANM) and General Nursing and Midwifery (GNM) schools and five nursing colleges, an official spokesperson said on Sunday. With this, all the 15 new nursing schools and colleges will be made fully operational, he […]
Added on March 15, 2021
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Washington: The leaders of the four-nation Quad have reaffirmed that they are striving to ensure that the Indo-Pacific is accessible, dynamic and governed by international law and bedrock principles such as freedom of navigation and peaceful resolution of disputes, and free from coercion, sending a clear message to China which is flexing its muscles in […]
Added on March 14, 2021
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Bans wearing of Burka
Colombo (Sri Lanka): Sri Lanka on Saturday announced plans to ban the wearing of burqas and said it would close more than 1,000 Islamic schools known as madrassas, citing national security. Minister of Public Security Sarath Weerasekara said he signed a paper on Friday seeking the approval of the Cabinet of Ministers to ban burqas […]
