9-kg heroin recovered near Indo-Pak border
Ferozepur (Punjab): The BSF recovered 9 kg of heroin, worth Rs 45 crore in the international market, near the India-Pakistan border in Punjab’s Ferozepur district on Wednesday, officials said. The seizure was made after the arrest of suspected drug peddler Krishan Singh who allegedly had links with Pakistan-based cross-border smugglers, the Border Security Force said. […]
PDP leaders in Jammu welcome release of Mehbooba
Jammu: Senior PDP leaders here on Wednesday welcomed the release of party president Mehbooba Mufti after 14 months in preventive detention and said the party would emerge as “most popular” in Jammu and Kashmir under her leadership. Mufti was released on Tuesday night as the Union Territory administration revoked the Public Safety Act charges against […]
COVID-19: Army’s Northern Command has conducted over 34,000 tests in JK
Jammu: To strengthen the efforts of the civil administration in Jammu and Kashmir, the Army’s Northern Command has conducted 34,396 tests for the civilian population till date, with a positivity rate of 2.55 per cent, a defence spokesperson said on Wednesday. A total of 4,636 patients were successfully treated, while 22 deaths were reported in […]
World economy in deep recession: IMF
Washington: The IMF on Tuesday predicted a deep global recession this year and the world growth to be -4.4 per cent, asserting that the global economic crisis is far from over mainly due to the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. In its latest World Economic Outlook report, the International Monetary Fund also said the swift […]
Indian economy to bounce back with 8.8% growth in 2021
Washington: The Indian economy, severely hit by the coronavirus pandemic, is projected to contract by a massive 10.3 per cent this year, the International Monetary Fund said on Tuesday. However, India is likely to bounce back with an impressive 8.8 per cent growth rate in 2021, thus regaining the position of the fastest growing emerging […]
Mehbooba Mufti’s PSA revoked
Srinagar: PDP president and former chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir Mehbooba Mufti is being released after being in preventive detention for more than 14 months following the abrogation of Article 370 last year. “Ms. Mehbooba Mufti being released,” JK government spokesman Rohit Kansal tweeted. Mehbooba, who became the first woman chief minister of the […]
Pakistani dissidents blame military for country’s multiple crises
Washington: Terming Prime Minister Imran Khan as a “military puppet,” prominent Pakistani dissidents, including former and current members of parliament, have blamed the powerful army for the country’s fragility, insecurity and inability to get along with its neighbours. “Pakistan is under unannounced martial law,” Pashtun leader and former Senator Afrasiab Khattak told the fifth annual […]
Security of Sarpanches: BJP leader approaches NHRC, seeks intervention
Jammu: A BJP leader has approached the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) to seek its intervention to ensure security of sarpanches facing militant threats in Kashmir. The NHRC has taken note of the matter and has forwarded it to the Union secretary for home affairs and Jammu and Kashmir chief secretary, calling for an action […]
Stop pursuing herd immunity to end coronavirus, warns WHO
London: The head of the World Health Organization warned against the idea that herd immunity might be a realistic strategy to stop the pandemic, dismissing such proposals as simply unethical.” At a media briefing, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said health officials typically aim to achieve herd immunity by vaccination. Tedros noted that to obtain […]
