Added on November 22, 2020
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Mumbai: Om Mahajan will be turning 18 only next month, but he has already broken the record for the fastest bicycle journey across India. Mahajan, resident of Nashik in Maharashtra, covered the distance of 3,600 km from Srinagar to Kanyakumari on bicycle in eight days, seven hours and 38 minutes, finishing on Saturday afternoon. “I […]
Added on November 21, 2020
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Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Lt Governor Manoj Sinha has assured political parties of ensuring smooth campaign for the upcoming local body elections and said the polls will go a long way in strengthening panchayati raj institutions in the Union Territory. Responding to a letter by CPI (M) leader Mohammed Yousuf Tarigami who had raised the […]
Added on November 21, 2020
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Say they have been confined to hotels are unable to campaign freely
Srinagar: Murmurs of discontent from candidates rather than speeches can be heard ahead of local body elections in Kashmir with most parties in the fray claiming their leaders are confined to distant hotels in the guise of security and are unable to campaign freely because of the many restrictions imposed on them. It’s just not […]
Added on November 21, 2020
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New Delhi: France has expressed desire to explore opportunities of collaboration in tourism and other potential sectors in the northeastern region and Jammu and Kashmir. This was conveyed by French Ambassador to India Emmanuel Lenain when he called on Union Minister for Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER) Jitendra Singh here on Friday, an official […]
Added on November 21, 2020
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New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday held a review meeting with top security brass in the wake of the killing of four JeM militants in Nagrota area of Jammu and asserted that security forces have thwarted their efforts to wreak “major havoc and destruction”. Government sources said that the militants were planning “something […]
Added on November 21, 2020
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Asks China to play by rules
Washington: US President-elect Joe Biden has said that he wants to make sure that China plays by the rules and announced that his administration will rejoin the World Health Organisation. Biden was responding to a question on Thursday about his remarks during the presidential debates that he wanted to punish China over the way Beijing […]
Added on November 21, 2020
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Says Article 370 would never be restored
Srinagar: The BJP on Friday asserted that Article 370, which was revoked by the Centre last year, would never be restored in Jammu and Kashmir, and alleged that parties of ‘Gupkar alliance’ were befooling people by making promises over its restoration. Addressing a press conference here, BJP national spokesperson Shahnawaz also said the upcoming District […]
Added on November 21, 2020
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New York: Pfizer said Friday it is asking US regulators to allow emergency use of its COVID-19 vaccine, starting the clock on a process that could bring limited first shots as early as next month and eventually an end to the pandemic — but not until after a long, hard winter. The action comes days […]
Added on November 21, 2020
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New Delhi: The concept of Indo-Pacific is a rejection of the spheres of influence and a reiteration that the world cannot be frozen for the benefit of a few even if that is the case with the United Nations, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Friday. Addressing a global town hall event via video-conferencing, […]
Added on November 21, 2020
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London: Although the genetic material of the novel coronavirus may still be detected in the respiratory or stool samples of COVID-19 patients for several weeks, no infectious virus particle was found beyond nine days of symptom onset, a new study says. The research, published in The Lancet Microbe journal, noted that people with the SARS-CoV-2 […]
