Added on April 22, 2020
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New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked Centre and Jammu and Kashmir administration to file their responses by April 27 on a plea seeking restoration of 4G internet services in the Union territory in view of prevailing Covid-19 pandemic. The top court was told that due to non-availability of 4G services, several aspects are […]
Added on April 22, 2020
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Jammu: Pakistan Army on Tuesday resorted to intense shelling on forward posts and villages along the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir, a defence spokesperson said. “At about 11.20 AM, Pakistan initiated unprovoked ceasefire violation by firing with small arms and intense shelling with mortars along the LoC in Kerni […]
Added on April 22, 2020
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Islamabad: Imran Khan may be tested for the coronavirus or asked to go into isolation after a well-known philanthropist was tested positive for the COVID-19, days after meeting the Pakistan prime minister, his doctor said on Tuesday. Faisal Edhi, the son of late philanthropist Abdul Sattar Edhi and chairman of the Edhi Foundation, met Khan […]
Added on April 22, 2020
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Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir administration on Tuesday directed officials to take necessary steps to curb the menace of illegal mining during the ongoing lockdown. The directions were passed by Commissioner Secretary, Industries and Commerce, Manoj Kumar Dwivedi during a review of industrial activities amid the coronavirus pandemic. When he was informed about illegal mining […]
Added on April 22, 2020
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New York: Pakistan has quietly removed around 1,800 terrorists from its watch list, including that of the 2008 Mumbai attack mastermind and LeT operations commander Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi, ahead of a new round of assessments by the global anti-money-laundering watchdog FATF, according to a US-based start-up that automates watchlist compliance. The so-called proscribed persons list, which […]
Added on April 22, 2020
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Govt says vaccine to be made available by year end
Beijing: China plans to inject Chinese medics with coronavirus vaccines by year-end to protect them to deal with any emergency situation, while 11 new confirmed COVID-19 cases were reported in the country with no deaths due to the virus, health officials said. China’s National Health Commission (NHC) on Tuesday said that 11 new confirmed COVID-19 […]
Added on April 22, 2020
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Washington: President Donald Trump has said that he will sign an executive order to temporarily suspend immigration into America, amid the coronavirus outbreak that has killed more than 40,000 people in the US, the country with the most fatalities in the pandemic. The number of people killed in the US due to COVID-19 has reached […]
Added on April 21, 2020
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New Delhi: The death toll due to COVID-19 rose to 559 and the number of cases climbed to 17,656 in the country on Monday, registering an increase of 40 deaths and 1,540 cases since Sunday evening, according to the Union health ministry. The number of active COVID-19 cases stood at 14,255 while 2,841 people have […]
Added on April 21, 2020
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Asks them to strictly comply with COVID-19 guidelines
New Delhi: The Centre has asked states and union territories to strictly comply with the lockdown measures announced to combat the novel coronavirus pandemic and not to dilute them at any level. In a communication to chief secretaries of state governments and Union Territory administrations, Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla said some states and UTs […]
Added on April 21, 2020
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New Delhi: The Union Health Ministry said on Monday the rate at which the number of coronavirus cases in the country was becoming double in the last one week has improved to 7.5 days, as against 3.4 days before the nationwide lockdown was imposed. As per data on April 19, 18 states and UTs have […]
