Added on February 23, 2021 Press Trust of India

China backs India hosting this year’s BRICS summit: official

Beijing: China on Monday expressed its support for India in hosting this year’s BRICS summit and said it will work with New Delhi to strengthen the cooperation among the five-member grouping of emerging economies. India has assumed the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa) Chairmanship for 2021 and is set to hold this year’s […]

Added on February 23, 2021 Press Trust of India

BJP block president joins Apni Party in Kashmir

Jammu: A block president of the BJP on Monday quit the party and joined the Jammu and Kashmir Apni Party (JKAP) in Central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district. Javed Ahmad Ahanger resigned as the BJP’s block president of Bakura-Ganderbal, JKAP leaders said. Ahanger joined the JKAP at its office in Srinagar’s Lal Chowk in the presence of […]

Added on February 23, 2021 Press Trust of India

COVID-19: National positivity rate at 5.20 per cent: Govt

New Delhi: India has registered a record in the number of COVID-19 cumulative tests, with over 21.15 crore samples tested, the Union Health Ministry said on Monday. The country’s national positivity rate is pegged at 5.20 per cent. Progressive countrywide expansion in testing infrastructure has played a crucial role in the steep rise of testing […]

Added on February 23, 2021 Press Trust of India

Mehbooba Mufti re-elected as PDP president

Srinagar: Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti was on Monday unanimously re-elected as president of the PDP for a three-year term. Mufti’s name was proposed by senior leader Ghulam Nabi Lone Hanjura and seconded by Khurshid Alam, a party spokesperson said after the election. Senior PDP leader Abdul Rehman Veeri was the chairman […]

Added on February 23, 2021 Press Trust of India

US coronavirus death toll approaches milestone of 500,000

Washington: The US stood Sunday at the brink of a once-unthinkable tally: 500,000 people lost to the coronavirus. A year into the pandemic, the running total of lives lost was about 498,000 roughly the population of Kansas City, Missouri, and just shy of the size of Atlanta. The figure compiled by Johns Hopkins University surpasses […]

Added on February 23, 2021 Press Trust of India

WHO-led COVAX scheme: India’s vaccine capacity will generate 1.1 billion doses: FS

New Delhi: India has so far supplied about 230 lakh doses of vaccines against COVID-19 to friends and partners across the world and the country’s vaccine capacity will generate another 1.1 billion doses for the WHO-led COVAX scheme that distributes them to developing countries, Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla said on Monday. In his address […]

Added on February 21, 2021 Press Trust of India

Police to strengthen security grid in Srinagar: IGP

Srinagar: In the wake of the recent spurt in militant attacks in Srinagar, Inspector General of Police, Kashmir, Vijay Kumar on Saturday called for enhancing surveillance of all vital establishments and strengthening the security grid to thwart attempts of anti-national elements to disturb peace in the city. Kumar was speaking while chairing a detailed security […]

Added on February 21, 2021 Press Trust of India

Archaic laws have to go: PM Modi

Says govt plans to ease business operations in India

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday made a strong case for repealing archaic laws and making it easier to do business in India, stating that the centre and states need to work closely to boost economic growth. Addressing the sixth Governing Council meeting of Niti Aayog, the Prime Minister said that the private […]

Added on February 21, 2021 Press Trust of India

Mehbooba calls for dialogue with Pakistan

Says bloodshed should end in JK

Srinagar: A day after three policemen were killed in militant incidents in Jammu and Kashmir, PDP president Mehbooba Mufti Saturday asked the Centre to start a dialogue with Pakistan and also engage the local public to ensure there is no violence in the union territory. The PDP president visited Logripora Aishmuqam area of in Kashmir’s […]

Added on February 21, 2021 Press Trust of India

IAF withdraws Jammu airport closure order

Restricted flight operations during runway resurfacing work

Jammu: The flight operations to and from Jammu airport would be restricted to seven hours for 41 days from March 10 as the Indian Air Force withdrew its earlier order proposing complete closure of the airport for 15 days next month for resurfacing work of the runway, officials said on Saturday. The decision was reviewed […]

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