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New Delhi: India’s COVID-19 caseload raced past 46 lakh with a record 97,570 infections being reported in a day, while 36,24,196 people have recuperated so far taking the national recovery rate to 77.77 per cent on Saturday, according to Union health ministry data. The total number of coronavirus cases has mounted to 46,59,984, while the […]
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Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir Congress president G A Mir on Saturday expressed concern over the growing number of COVID-19 cases in the union territory and demanded a fact sheet on the facilities available in the hospitals to meet the challenge. He also demanded immediate restoration of 4G mobile internet services and said the lack of […]
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Jammu: Authorities in Ramban district of Jammu and Kashmir have constituted various teams of officers to remove all bottlenecks hindering the progress of four-laning construction work on the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway, officials said on Saturday. The widening work on the 270-km highway, the only all-weather road linking Kashmir with rest of the country, started in […]
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Islamabad: Leaders of Afghanistan must seize the historic opportunity to work together constructively and secure an inclusive, broad-based and comprehensive political settlement to the years-long conflict in their country, Pakistan said on Saturday at the start of the long-awaited Afghan peace talks in Qatar. The talks were set to take place in March but have […]
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New Delhi: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Saturday said the peace process in Afghanistan must respect sovereignty and territorial integrity of the country as he joined the inaugural session of the intra-Afghan negotiations in Doha through video conference. The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said Jaishankar’s participation was in response to an invitation extended […]
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United Nations: The UN General Assembly has overwhelmingly approved a resolution on tackling the coronavirus pandemic over objections from the United States and Israel, which protested a successful last-minute Cuban amendment that strongly urges countries to oppose unilateral economic, financial or trade sanctions. The world body adopted the resolution on Friday by a vote of […]
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Jammu: Security forces on Saturday recovered a cache of arms and ammunition along the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch, scuttling an attempt by anti-national elements to carry out subversive activities in the border district. The recoveries made during the operation included three Chinese pistols with six magazines and 70 rounds, 11 hand grenades, a […]
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Jammu: Pakistani troops on Saturday evening violated ceasefire by resorting to unprovoked firing and intense shelling along the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch district, a defence spokesman said. The Indian Army retaliated befittingly and the cross-border firing between the two sides in Mankote and Gulpur sectors was going on when last reports were received, […]
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London: Oxford University says trials of a coronavirus vaccine that it is developing with pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca will resume, days after being paused due to a reported side-effect in a patient in the UK. In a statement, the university said in large trials such as this it is expected that some participants will become unwell […]
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New Delhi: India and the 10-nation ASEAN on Saturday carried out a comprehensive review of their strategic partnership in a range of areas, including maritime cooperation, and adopted a new five-year plan of action to further boost overall ties. The two sides also exchanged views on important regional and international developments and discussed ways to […]
