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Govt opposes 4G internet restoration in JK

Says militants inciting people via fake news

New Delhi: Terror modules operating within Jammu and Kashmir and their handlers from across the border incite people by transmission of fake news, the UT administration has told the Supreme Court while opposing restoration of 4G services in the Union Territory. It said there were well founded apprehensions of misuse of internet for propagation of […]

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WHO acting as PR agency for China: Trump

WHO acting as PR agency for China: Trump

Washington: US President Donald Trump has said the World Health Organisation should be “ashamed” of itself, as he likened it to a public relations agency for China amidst the coronavirus pandemic after it originated in Wuhan. The Trump administration has launched a probe into the role of the WHO on coronavirus, and has temporarily suspended […]

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Coronavirus originated from China’s Wuhan lab: Trump

Washington: The novel coronavirus, which killed over 230,000 people globally so far and has shattered economies, emerged from a virology lab in the Wuhan city of China, US President Donald Trump has claimed. “Yes, I have. Yes, I have,” Trump told reporters on Thursday at a White House briefing when asked if he has seen […]

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Coronavirus crisis could continue for months: Imran Khan

Says lockdown not a solution to the pandemic

Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday warned that the coronavirus crisis could continue for months and lockdown was not a solution to the pandemic, as the total number of the COVID-19 infections rose to 16,117 with 358 deaths so far in the county. “We don’t know if the current situation will continue for […]

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Pak National Assembly speaker tests positive

Islamabad: Pakistan’s National Assembly Speaker Asad Qaiser has become the latest top politician to be tested positive for the coronavirus on a day when authorities announced a record 990 new COVID-19 cases in the country. The Ministry of National Health Services on Friday said that 24 people have died in the last 24 hours, taking […]

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CAT bench to hear service matters of employees in JK

New Delhi: The Central Administrative Tribunal’s Jammu and Kashmir bench will hear service-related matters of employees of the central government and union territories of Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh, the Personnel Ministry said on Friday. The ministry, in an order dated April 29, had said the CAT’s Chandigarh bench will have jurisdiction of the benches […]

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Apni party demands fresh registration of KPs for domicile purposes

Jammu: The JKAP on Friday expressed regret that the provision of domicile does not include such Kashmiri migrants who were registered outside Jammu and Kashmir in other states and union territories, and sought fresh registration of Kashmiri Pandits. The Jammu and Kashmir Apni Party (JKAP) stressed the need for evolving a robust mechanism to protect […]

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NIA arrests BJP Sarpanch in DySP Davinder Singh case

Jammu: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested one person, alleged to be an arms dealer, in connection with the case pertaining to the arrest of now suspended Deputy Superintendent of Police Davinder Singh who was nabbed by police for driving terrorists out of the Kashmir Valley earlier this year. The arrested person has been […]

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South Asian countries ignoring vaccination of children: UNICEF

South Asian countries ignoring vaccination of children: UNICEF

United Nations: South Asia could face another health emergency if the unimmunised or partially immunised children in the region — nearly 4.5 million of whom live in India, Pakistan and Afghanistan — do not receive their life-saving vaccine shots due to the COVID-19 lockdowns, the UNICEF has warned. Sporadic outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases, including measles […]

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COVID-19: India’s doubling rate slower, mortality rate lower than other countries

New Delhi: The rate at which COVID-19 cases has been doubling in India is slower than several other countries such as the USA, Italy, Spain and the UK which have been hit hard by the pandemic, according to official sources. In terms of mortality rate too, India fared better than these developed nations. Data from […]