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Jammu: Union Minister B L Verma on Saturday said the Centre’s public outreach programme in Jammu and Kashmir was meant to assess the ground situation so that corrective measures are taken to remove the “development deficit”. Verma, who is the Minister of State for Cooperation and Development of North Eastern Region, said the Centre is […]
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New Delhi: The cumulative number of COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in the country crossed 106 crore on Saturday, the Union Health Ministry said. Almost 62 lakh (61,99,429) vaccine doses were administered on Saturday till 7 pm and this number is expected to increase with the compilation of the final reports for the day by late […]
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Leh: Eleven fresh COVID-19 cases were detected in Ladakh, taking the overall virus tally in the union territory to 20,941 and the active cases to 58, officials said on Saturday. Ladakh has registered 208 Covid-related deaths 150 in Leh and 58 in Kargil since the outbreak of the pandemic last year. The officials said 1,207 […]
Added on October 30, 2021
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New Delhi: India has clearly told Pakistan that action against terrorism will be taken not only on this side of the border but also on their side if needed, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Friday. “People used to say that if Article 370 is abolished, then the entire Kashmir will burn…All in all, Jammu […]
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Rome: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday held wide-ranging talks with the top leaders of the European Union here during which the two sides discussed deepening the India-EU friendship, particularly in areas such as trade, commerce, culture and the environment. Prime Minister Modi, who arrived here earlier in the day to participate in the G20 […]
Added on October 30, 2021
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Rome: U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has warned that the upcoming climate summit in Glasgow may not provide the boost for global efforts to fight climate change that many are hoping for. Speaking to reporters ahead of a G-20 summit in Rome, Guterres said there is a serious risk that Glasgow will not deliver. He said […]
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New Delhi: The government has approved 8.5 per cent rate of interest on employees’ provident fund for the 2020-21 fiscal, a source said. Just ahead of Diwali, this is a good news for over five crore subscribers of the Employees Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO). The 8.5 per cent rate of interest on provident fund deposits […]
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Leh: The Union Territory of Ladakh has hosted its first-ever bird festival for ensuring preservation of the fragile ecosystem and promoting the diverse biodiversity of the region, officials said on Friday. Ladakh houses nearly 350 species of birds identified by various experts from time-to-time. The festival was organised on Thursday as part of the ‘Azadi […]
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New Delhi: India recorded 3,74,397 accidental deaths in 2020 with road crashes constituting over 35 per cent of such fatalities, according to government data. The number of accidental deaths in 2020 was, however, lower than 2019 when the figure stood at 4,21,104, the annual report of the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) showed. The rate […]
Added on October 30, 2021
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New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday said that it cannot play with the lives of people by directing the Centre to revaccinate people with Covishield who are fully vaccinated with Covaxin to enable them to travel abroad during the COVID-19 pandemic. The apex court was hearing a petition that said that Covaxin was not […]
