Added on August 21, 2021
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New Delhi: In line with its historical ties with Afghan people, India will prioritise granting visas to civil society members, opinion makers, women activists, students and NGO workers from Afghanistan in view of the current situation in the country, people familiar with the development said on Friday. Afghan people feeling threatened or facing the fear […]
Added on August 21, 2021
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Washington: The Taliban face a frontal challenge in cementing control of Afghanistan: Money. Despite their dominant military blitz over the past week, the Taliban lack access to billions of dollars from their central bank and the International Monetary Fund that would keep the country running during a turbulent shakeup. Those funds are largely controlled by […]
Added on August 21, 2021
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Jammu: The BJP’s Jammu and Kashmir unit has trained party members to become health volunteers at 17 of its organisational districts in preparation for a possible third wave of COVID-19, party general secretary Devinder Kumar Manyal said on Friday. “Till date, four party members and one IT in-charge at each organisational district of the Jammu […]
Added on August 21, 2021
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New Delhi: Indigenously developed Zydus Cadila Covid vaccine ZyCoV-D has received approval for Emergency Use Authorisation from the Drug Controller General of India and it will be administered to people 12 years and above, the Department of Biotechnology said on Friday. This is the world’s first DNA-based vaccine against the coronavirus, and this three-dose vaccine […]
Added on August 21, 2021
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New Delhi: With indigenously developed Zydus Cadila’s COVID-19 vaccine receiving emergency use authorisation, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday hailed it as a “momentous feat” and said the approval to the world’s first DNA-based vaccine against the coronavirus is a testimony to the innovative zeal of India’s scientists. The Department of Biotechnology on Friday said […]
Added on August 21, 2021
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Jammu: Three men were held for allegedly abducting a man here, police said. Sachin Kumar of Rajpura Mangotrian was on his way home when Vishu Sharma, along with four unidentified men, forcibly took him away in an SUV from a spot near Shakti Nagar, according to a complaint lodged at the Bakshi Nagar police station. […]
Added on August 21, 2021
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Srinagar: Mutahida Majlis-e-Ulema (MMU) — an amalgam of various religious organisations in Jammu and Kashmir — said the closure of major places of worship in the Valley on Fridays has hurt the religious sentiments of the people. The statement came after congregational prayers at the historic Jama Masjid in the Nowhatta area of the city […]
Added on August 20, 2021
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United Nations: Militant groups like the LeT and JeM continue to operate with both impunity and encouragement, India told the UN Security Council, asserting that the international community must never host sanctuaries for militants as it recalled the 2008 Mumbai terror attack, Pathankot air base and Pulwama attacks carried out by Pakistan-based terrorists. External Affairs […]
Added on August 20, 2021
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Srinagar: Militants Thursday shot dead a Jammu and Kashmir Apni Party leader in Kulgam, officials said here. Ghulam Hassan Lone was shot at by the ultras in his native Devsar area, they said, adding he was rushed to a hospital where he succumbed to his injuries. Police said they have taken cognisance of the incident. […]
Added on August 20, 2021
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Islamabad: A delegation of prominent Afghan leaders and officials has warned that a Taliban government will not survive for long if it repeats past mistakes. The delegation, headed by Afghan parliament speaker, Mir Rehman Rehmani, spoke to reporters in Islamabad on Thursday, after meeting Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan and other government and military officials […]
