Added on April 24, 2020 Press Trust of India

NC leader Yasin Shah dies

Srinagar: National Conference leader and former MLA Mohammad Yasin Shah died here on Thursday. He was 71. “The @JKNC_ family lost a kind & soft spoken leader today. Yaseen Shah Sahib, Ex MLA Sonwar, passed away this morning. His loss will be deeply felt by all of us. My condolences go out to his family […]

Added on April 23, 2020 Press Trust of India

Death toll due to COVID-19 touches 640 in India

Cases rise to 19,984, says Health Ministry

New Delhi: The death toll due to COVID-19 rose to 640 and the number of cases to 19,984 in the country on Wednesday, according to the Union health ministry. The number of active COVID-19 cases is 15,474, while 3,869 people have been cured and discharged, and one patient has migrated, the ministry said. The total […]

Added on April 23, 2020 Press Trust of India

Facebook invests in Jio platforms, invests 43, 574 Cr

New Delhi: Facebook on Wednesday announced an investment of USD 5.7 billion (Rs 43,574 crore) to buy a 9.99 per cent stake in Jio Platforms — a deal that will help RIL cut debt and use WhatsApp to create an Indian e-commerce giant that could rival Amazon and Walmart. The largest foreign direct investment (FDI) […]

Added on April 23, 2020 Press Trust of India

Over 154 Cr students hit by schools, colleges closure: UNSECO

New Delhi: Over 154 crore students are severely impacted by closure of educational institutions across the world amid the COVID-19 outbreak due to which girls will be the worst hit as it will lead to increased drop-out rates and further entrench gender gaps in education, UNESCO said. Stefania Giannini, UNESCO’s Assistant Director-General for Education, told […]

Added on April 23, 2020 Press Trust of India

Police uses ‘eye-in-the-sky’ to enforce lockdown in Jammu

Jammu: As a drone hovers over an area in Jammu and Kashmir, people walking in the narrow lanes run inside their houses, while those standing outside a ration shop quickly queue up keeping adequate distance between each other. After August 5 last year, when the special status of J-K was scrapped and the state was […]

Added on April 23, 2020 Press Trust of India

Coronavirus death toll tops 110,000 in Europe: AFP tally

Paris: The death toll from the novel coronavirus in Europe has passed 110,000, according to figures compiled by AFP from official sources by 0920 GMT on Wednesday. With 110,192 people dead from 1,246,840 cases registered, Europe is the hardest hit continent by the pandemic that has killed 177,368 people around the world. Italy has recorded […]

Added on April 23, 2020 Press Trust of India

Pak PM Imran tests for COVID-19: Report

Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan underwent a test for the novel coronavirus on Wednesday, days after meeting a well-known philanthropist who was diagnosed positive for the COVID-19 infection, according to a media report. A team of doctors from the Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital collected samples from the Prime Minister. The result is expected […]

Added on April 23, 2020 Press Trust of India

Lightning strike kills man in Poonch

Jammu: A 62-year-old man was killed after being struck by lightning in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said on Wednesday. Hussain Mohammad was grazing his sheeps and goats in the periphery of his village in Balnoi area near the Line of Control (LoC) when he was hit by lightning on Tuesday evening, they […]

Added on April 23, 2020 Press Trust of India

Missing teenage girl found dead in Doda

Jammu: An 18-year-old girl who went missing in December last year was found dead in the Chenab river in Doda district, Officials said. Decomposed body of Anshu Devi, a resident of Jodhpur village, was fished out from the river in Doda town on Tuesday, they said. The girl had gone missing from her house on […]

Added on April 23, 2020 Press Trust of India

Second batch of 225 Iran returnees reaches Ladakh

The group was undergoing quarantine in Rajasthan

Leh: The second batch of 225 pilgrims who had returned from Iran reached here on Wednesday in a special Indian Air Force plane after undergoing quarantine in Rajasthan, officials said. The returnees, 208 hailing from Kargil and 17 from Leh, were airlifted from Jodhpur to Leh and were subjected to screening by a medical team […]