Added on July 18, 2021
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New Delhi: COVID-19 can make a person more susceptible to developing active tuberculosis as it is an “opportunistic” infection like black fungus but currently there is not enough evidence to suggest TB cases have risen due to the viral disease, the Union Health Ministry said on Saturday. The ministry said notification of tuberculosis cases had […]
Added on July 18, 2021
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Indore: Congress leader Digvijaya Singh on Saturday said the resumption of a dialogue between India and Pakistan is possible only after the Imran Khan-led government acts tough against perpetrators of the 26/11 Mumbai terror strike and other attacks on the Indian soil. All those people are a hurdle in the way of the resumption of […]
Added on July 18, 2021
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New Delhi: The new academic session in universities and colleges across the country will begin from October 1, while the admission process has to be completed by September 30, according to new guidelines of the University Grants Commission (UGC). Universities and higher education institutions (HEIs) have been asked to ensure that the admission process for […]
Added on July 18, 2021
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Banihal: Two minor siblings died and two others were injured on Saturday after their house was gutted in a fire in Ramban district, officials said. The fire broke out in the house of Rajesh Kumar due to leakage of an LPG cylinder in Maitra-Rajgharh area, they said. The members of the family were trapped in […]
Added on July 18, 2021
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Islamabad: The daughter of Afghanistan’s ambassador to Pakistan was abducted in the middle of the Pakistani capital of Islamabad, held for several hours and brutally attacked, officials in both countries said Saturday. No one has been arrested in connection with Friday’s assault on Silsila Alikhil, 26. The Afghan foreign ministry issued a statement demanding a […]
Added on July 17, 2021
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Srinagar: Two Srinagar-based Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) militants were killed and two security forces’ personnel injured in an encounter in old city area of Srinagar city on Friday, officials said. “Acting on specific information generated by police about the presence of militants in Alamdar Colony in the Danmar area of Srinagar, a joint cordon and search operation […]
Added on July 17, 2021
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New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday ordered that prisoners, who were released by the high powered committees (HPCs) of states during the second wave of COVID-19 following its direction, will not be asked to surrender until further orders. A special bench headed by Chief Justice N V Ramana also asked the HPCs of states […]
Added on July 17, 2021
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New Delhi: The Delta variant of SARS-COV-2 was behind majority of clinical cases of breakthrough infection of COVID-19 but only 9.8 per cent cases required hospitalisation and fatality was observed in only 0.4 per cent cases, according to a new ICMR study. Breakthrough infection is if one gets infected even after immunisation. The study, the […]
Added on July 17, 2021
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New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday that rising COVID-19 cases in some states remain a matter of concern as he asked them to take proactive measures to rule out a third wave by moving forward with the strategy of test, track, treat and ‘tika (vaccine)’. In a video interaction with chief ministers […]
Added on July 17, 2021
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Srinagar: Authorities in Jammu and Kashmir have sought a ban on illegal killing of cows and camels on the occasion of Eid-ul-Adha in the Union territory scheduled next week. In a communication addressed to the divisional commissioners and IGPs of Jammu as well as Kashmir, the J-K Animal/Sheep Husbandry and Fisheries department has called for […]
