COVID-19: Restrictions being enhanced to contain pandemic in Kargil
Kargil: Ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr festival, authorities in Kargil district of Ladakh decided to further enhance restrictions on the public to prevent the spread of COVID-19 pandemic, officials said on Tuesday. The unanimous decision was taken at a joint meeting of various stakeholders including representatives of religious and political organizations here, they said. Kargil has recorded […]
COVID-19: Ladakh reports 112 new cases, 2 more deaths
Leh: Ladakh has reported 112 new COVID-19 cases pushing the tally to 15,429, while two more fatalities raised the death toll due to the viral disease to 157 in the Union Territory, officials said on Tuesday. Of the 112 fresh cases, 65 were detected in Leh and 47 in Kargil as the total active cases […]
153 Palestinians in hospital after Jerusalem holy site clash
Jerusalem: Israeli police firing tear gas, stun grenades and rubber-coated bullets clashed with Palestinian stone-throwers at a flashpoint Jerusalem holy site on Monday, the latest in a series of confrontations that is pushing the contested city to the brink of eruption. More than a dozen tear gas canisters and stun grenades landed in the Al-Aqsa […]
Pak govt to set new rules to meet FATF demands
Islamabad: Pakistan, keen to exit from the grey list of the FATF, is set to introduce new rules relating to anti-money laundering cases and change the prosecution process to meet its remaining tough conditions, a media report said on Monday. Pakistan was put on the grey list by the Paris-based Financial Action Task Force (FATF), […]
Petrol, diesel prices raised again
New Delhi: Petrol and diesel prices on Monday hit record highs across the country after rates were increased for the fifth time in a week, following which Maharashtra joined Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh in the league of states where petrol rates breached the Rs 100-a-litre mark. Petrol price was hiked by 26 paise a litre […]
Organ transplant recipients vulnerable even after vaccination: Study
New Delhi: Although two doses of a COVID-19 vaccine confer some protection for people who have received solid organ transplants, it’s still not enough to enable them to dispense with masks, physical distancing and other safety measures, according to a study. This is a follow-up study to an earlier one in which the researchers reported […]
UAE to bar airline passengers arriving from Bangladesh, Pak, Nepal, Sri Lanka
Dubai: The United Arab Emirates has announced it will bar airline passengers arriving from Bangladesh, Pakistan, Nepal and Sri Lanka starting May 12 until further notice, as concern mounts over a virus variant spreading in India. The statement on the UAE’s state-run WAM news agency said anyone who has been in those Southeast Asian nations […]