Roshni Act: SC asks J&K HC to decide pleas on Dec 21
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday asked the Jammu and Kashmir High Court to decide on December 21 the pleas seeking review of its verdict scrapping the Roshni Act which conferred proprietary rights to occupants of State land. A bench headed by Justice N V Ramana considered the oral assurance of Solicitor General Tushar […]
Provide Covid-19 vaccine to poor as well: UN Chief
Says 'vaccine nationalism' is moving at full speed
United Nations: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has warned that vaccine nationalism is moving at full speed, leaving poor people around the globe watching preparations for inoculations against the coronavirus in some rich nations and wondering if and when they will be vaccinated. The UN chief on Wednesday reiterated his call for vaccines to be treated […]
Youth carrying ammunition held in Tral village, says police
Srinagar: Police Thursday claimed to have arrested a youth in Tral area of Pulwama and recovered some ammunition from his possession. An official said that a youth identified as Irshad Ahmad Reshi was held by police in Tral Payeen area. He said that some ammunition including 8 detonators and one walkie talkie was recovered from […]
Four civilians injured in grenade attack
Srinagar: Four civilians were injured after militants lobbed a grenade on a vehicle carrying security personnel in Jammu and Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Wednesday, police said. The attack took place at Singhpora in Pattan area of the district, they said. The militants lobbed the grenade towards a vehicle of the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) this […]
2020 saw India procuring US weapons worth 3.4 billion USD
Washington: India’s weapons procurement from the United States jumped from a meagre USD 6.2 million to a whopping USD 3.4 billion in the final year of the Donald Trump’s administration, according to official data. As per the data released by the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA), the jump in the sale of American weapons to […]
COVID-19: Scientists decode outcome of unmitigated spread
Boston: Scientists have analysed the spread of COVID-19 among people in Manaus, Brazil, where more than 70 per cent of the population was infected within seven months of the novel coronavirus arriving in the city, findings which shed light on what may happen if the disease spreads unmitigated. Brazil has experienced one of the world’s […]
Trouble for PTI: Pak opposition lawmakers to resign en masse
Islamabad: The political crisis in Pakistan has deepened after an 11-party Opposition alliance announced that their lawmakers will resign en masse by the end of this month from parliament to paralyse the government and force Prime Minister Imran Khan to call early snap polls. The decision was taken after the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM), an […]
JK launches Kashmiri saffron in UAE market
Dubai: With an aim to promote Kashmiri saffron, which recently received the geographical indication tag, in the Middle East, the Jammu and Kashmir government for the first time launched the spice in the UAE market. A geographical indication (GI) is a sign used on products that have a specific geographical origin and possess qualities or […]