Added on May 1, 2020
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New Delhi: Death toll due to COVID-19 rose to 1,075 and the number of cases climbed to 33,610 in the country on Thursday, registering an increase of 67 deaths and 1,823 cases since Wednesday evening, according to the Union Health Ministry. The number of active COVID-19 cases stood at 24,162, while 8,372 people have recovered, […]
Added on May 1, 2020
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Says the issue should not divide communities in UK
London: Keir Starmer, the UK’s newly-elected Leader of the Opposition Labour Party, on Thursday said Kashmir is a bilateral issue for India and Pakistan to resolve peacefully and stressed that such divisive issues from the subcontinent should not be allowed to divide communities in Britain. In an attempt to reach out to the Indian diaspora […]
Added on May 1, 2020
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United Nations: Almost 1.6 billion workers in the informal economy, nearly half of the global workforce, face an immediate danger of losing their livelihoods due to the continued sharp decline in working hours because of the COVID-19 outbreak, the International Labour Organization has said. More than 430 million enterprises in hard-hit sectors such as retail […]
Added on May 1, 2020
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New Delhi: Senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad on Wednesday spoke to chief ministers of Punjab, Himachal Pradesh and Delhi and asked them to organise the return of migrant labourers from Jammu and Kashmir working in their states back to their homes. Taking up the cause of thousands of Jammu & Kashmir migrant labourers stuck […]
Added on April 30, 2020
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New Delhi: Migrant workers, tourists, students and other people, who are stranded in different parts of the country, were on Wednesday allowed to move to their respective destinations with certain conditions. In an order, Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla said buses shall be used for transport of such groups of stranded people and these vehicles […]
Added on April 30, 2020
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Recommends 14 nations, including India as 'countries of particular concern'
Washington: A US commission mandated to monitor religious freedom globally on Tuesday asked the State Department to designate 14 nations, including India, as “countries of particular concern”, alleging that religious minorities are under increasing assault in these nations. These include nine countries that the State Department designated as CPCs in December 2019 – Myanmar, China, […]
Added on April 30, 2020
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New Delhi: India rejected its criticism by a US commission on religious freedom, terming its observations on condition of minorities and religious freedom as “biased and tendentious”. In the 2020 edition of its annual report on International Religious Freedom, the US Commission for International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) alleged that religious freedom in India witnessed a […]
Added on April 30, 2020
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Jammu: Books and stationery shops opened for five hours here on Wednesday as the Jammu and Kashmir administration started allowing controlled business activities in various districts after more than a month-long closure due to the lockdown aimed at preventing the coronavirus disease, officials said The shops, dealing in books and stationery items, opened at Pakka […]
Added on April 30, 2020
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Srinagar: Three militants were killed and as many security forces personnel injured in an overnight encounter between the ultras and the forces in Shopian district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said on Wednesday. Based on an input about the presence of militants in Melhoora area of south Kashmir’s district, a cordon and search operation was […]
Added on April 30, 2020
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Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir Medical Supplies Corporation Limited (JKMSCL) has invited quotations for supply of personal protective equipment (PPE) kits to overcome acute shortage in various coronavirus-hit areas. It has asked the prospective bidders to respond only if they are in a position to execute the supplies of minimum 10,000 PPE kits by May 1. […]
