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Toronto: A national panel of vaccine experts in Canada recommended Wednesday that provinces extend the interval between the two doses of a COVID-19 shot to four months to quickly inoculate more people amid a shortage of doses in Canada. A number of provinces said they would do just that. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau also expressed […]
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New York: Instead of finishing your leftovers, you let them go bad and buy takeout. It’s a familiar routine for many and indicative of habits that contribute to a global food waste problem that a new United Nations report says needs to be better measured so that it can be effectively addressed. The UN report […]
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Islamabad: A high court in Pakistan on Thursday asked the government to remove the name of former spy master Lt Gen (retd) Asad Durrani from the no-fly list. Islamabad High Court (IHC) Chief Justice Athar Minallah gave the directive while hearing a petition by 80-year-old Durrani seeking removal of his name from the Exit Control […]
Added on March 4, 2021
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New Delhi: Observing that expression of a view which is dissent from a decision taken by the Central Government itself cannot be said to be seditious, the Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed a PIL seeking action against National Conference president Farooq Abdullah over his comments on abrogation of Article 370 of the Constitution. A bench […]
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Jammu: Protesting the recent killing of an eatery owner’s son in Srinagar, a group of traders staged a protest here on Wednesday and demanded safety and security of the non-local businessmen working in the Kashmir valley. Akash Mehra was shot at by militants inside the Krishna Dhaba, a popular eatery in a high-security area of […]
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Srinagar: An Army officer allegedly shot himself dead at an Army depot in Khonmoh area of Srinagar on Wednesday, officials said here. Lieutenant Colonel Sudeep Bhagat, who was posted at the depot, died on the spot, they said. It was not immediately known why the officer took such an extreme step. Meanwhile, a 24-year-old soldier […]
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Jammu: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Wednesday asked the forest department to focus on increasing the ‘hangul’ (Kashmiri stag) population at the Dachigam National Park and opening the destination to a limited number of tourists. Sinha was addressing the passing-out ceremony of 98 forest guards here. The 32nd batch of the Soil Conservation Training School […]
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New Delhi: Closure of 1.5 million schools due to coronavirus pandemic and the resultant lockdowns in 2020 impacted 247 million children enrolled in elementary and secondary schools in India, a UNICEF report has found. Globally, schools for more than 168 million children have been completely closed for almost a full year, it said. The report […]
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New Delhi: The CBI arrested a patwari allegedly while receiving a bribe in a mutation case, official said on Wednesday. This is the first trap operation in Kashmir valley since the erstwhile state was bifurcated into union territories in 2019, while the agency has carried out four such operations in Jammu division. Mohammad Afzal, a […]
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Jammu: A case was registered in Reasi district on Wednesday after the severed head of a calf was found on a roadside in the region. A police spokesperson said the calf head was found at the Mandi Mohalla locality of Reasi town. The case was registered at the Reasi police station under IPC section 295-A […]
