Covid-19: Booster dose effective in reducing severe disease outcomes: Lancet study
Boston: A third dose of COVID-19 vaccine is effective in reducing severe disease outcomes compared to individuals who have received two doses at least five months ago, according to the largest real-world study of Pfizer booster shot published in The Lancet. The study by researchers from The Clalit Research Institute and Harvard University was conducted […]
Private bank security guards stage protest against salary cut
Jammu: Hundreds of security guards, including ex-servicemen, working for a private company engaged by a bank, on Monday staged a protest here against alleged salary cuts without any notification. The guards providing protection to Automatic Teller Machines (ATMs), cash vans and bank branches assembled outside the zonal office of J&K Bank at Bahu Plaza and […]
Man who crossed over to PaK repatriated
Jammu: A 35-year-old man who had inadvertently crossed over the Line of Control in Poonch district over three years ago was repatriated by the Pakistan authorities, official sources said on Monday. The Pakistan Army handed over Saif Deen, a resident of Gangrian village of the Mandi-Saujiyaan belt, to the Indian Army and civil authorities at […]
11 new cases of covid-19 reported in Ladakh
Leh: Ladakh recorded 11 fresh COVID-19 cases that took the infection tally to 20,962, officials said on Monday. The number of active cases stands at 67 — 62 in Leh and five in Kargil district, they said. Authorities have declared Shalok Tsemphukpa Matho area of Leh district as micro containment zone in view of positive […]
Newborn’s body found in garbage dump in Rajouri
Jammu: The body of a newborn was found in a garbage dump near the Government Medical College (GMC) in Rajouri district on Monday, officials said. The body was noticed by some pedestrians and the police were informed about it, they said. Principal of GMC, Rajouri Brij Mohan Gupta said an inquiry is underway to ascertain […]
Search in JK forest belt enters 21st day, highway reopens for traffic after 2 weeks
Jammu: The authorities reopened a stretch of the Jammu-Rajouri national highway for traffic on Sunday morning, more than two weeks after it was shut in view of an ongoing counter-insurgency operation in an adjoining dense forest belt, officials said. The operation to track down a group of hiding militants, who are responsible for the killing […]