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New Delhi: The Centre has told the Delhi High Court that social messaging platform WhatsApp was trying to “force” its users to consent to the new privacy policy before the Personal Data Protection Bill becomes the law by bombarding them with notifications daily to obtain their consent. Terming WhatsApp’s bombarding of notifications on its customers […]
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Srinagar: Police on Thursday said the protected persons in Kashmir should not move around without the personal security guards allotted to them. “No #protectee should go anywhere without PSOs. Visits are allowed only after ground assessment of local #threat is done,” Inspector General of Police, Kashmir zone, Vijay Kumar said in a tweet. The police […]
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Jammu: Unable to repay money borrowed from neighbours for his daughter’s marriage, a Jammu and Kashmir resident staged his own “kidnapping” and fled from home but was traced by police within 24 hours of receiving a complaint. The man, a resident of Udhampur district in Jammu, also tried to falsely implicate his sister-in-law with whom […]
Added on June 4, 2021
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Washington: President Joe Biden on Thursday announced that the US will allocate 75 per cent – nearly 1.9 crore of the first tranche of 2.5 crore doses – of unused COVID-19 vaccines from its stockpile through the UN-backed COVAX global vaccine sharing programme to countries in South and Southeast Asia as well as Africa to […]
Added on June 3, 2021
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New Delhi: A vaccination policy exclusively relying on digital portal CoWIN for inoculating those aged between 18 to 44 years would be unable to meet its target of universal immunization due to digital divide and the marginalised sections of the society would bear the brunt of accessibility barrier, the Supreme Court has said. The apex […]
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Srinagar/New Delhi: Army Chief General M M Naravane arrived on a two-day visit to Kashmir on Wednesday to review the prevailing security situation in the union territory as the ceasefire understanding between India and Pakistan along the Line of Control (LoC) completed 100 days. On his arrival at Srinagar, the Army Chief, accompanied by Northern […]
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Udhampur: The security situation in Jammu and Kashmir has by and large been peaceful and the Army is committed to ensure that the civil administration operates in a fear-free environment, Northern Army commander Lieutenant General Y K Joshi has said. Lt Gen Joshi, who is a Kargil war hero, said synergised, ethical and precision operations […]
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Rue changing of ‘education policy within 24 hours’
Srinagar: Private schools in Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday termed as unilateral the administration’s order to restrict the timing of online classes, calling it bizarre, devoid of any logic and detrimental for the future of students. Jammu and Kashmir Education Chamber (JKEC) — an amalgam of leading private school associations from both Kashmir and Jammu […]
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Srinagar: Authorities in Shopian district of Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday ordered a magisterial inquiry into an encounter between militants and security forces last month in which three ultras were killed, officials said. In an order, the Shopian additional district magistrate, who is also the inquiry officer, asked people to share information about the anti-militancy […]
Added on June 3, 2021
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New Delhi: As many as 594 doctors have died due to COVID-19 in the ongoing second wave with Delhi recording the maximum 107 fatalities, the Indian Medical Association (IMA) has said. According to the IMA, 748 doctors died of the infection across the country in the first wave of the pandemic. Delhi recorded 107 deaths […]
