Added on April 15, 2020
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Paris: The novel coronavirus has killed more than 120,000 people worldwide, nearly 70 percent of them in Europe, according to a tally compiled by AFP at 1100 GMT Tuesday from official sources. A total of 120,013 deaths have now been recorded since the epidemic first emerged in China in December, 81,474 of them in Europe. […]
Added on April 15, 2020
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Stockholm: Sweden on Tuesday reported that more than 1,000 people have died from the novel coronavirus, while the number of confirmed cases crossed 11,000. Sweden’s Public Health Agency said it had recorded a total of 11,445 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 1,033 deaths. It cautioned that the true number of deaths might be higher as […]
Added on April 15, 2020
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London: Stock markets mostly rose on Tuesday as better-than-expected Chinese trade data lifted the economic gloom wrought by the coronavirus pandemic. Oil prices fell, despite US President Donald Trump claiming that producers were mulling a global daily output cut of 20 million barrels. And the dollar dropped against main rivals, helping to push gold above […]
Added on April 14, 2020
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Paris: The worldwide death toll from the novel coronavirus pandemic rose to 114,539 on Monday, according to a tally compiled by AFP from official sources. More than 1,853,300 declared cases have been registered in 193 countries and territories since the epidemic first emerged in China in December. Of these cases, at least 395,000 are now […]
Added on April 14, 2020
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Srinagar: Restrictions to contain the spread of coronavirus were intensified in declared red zones across the Kashmir valley, with authorities warning of strict action against those violating prohibitory orders. Security forces have sealed off main roads in most places in the valley and erected barriers at several other places to check the unwanted movement of […]
Added on April 14, 2020
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Assailants flee with arms, forces launch manhunt
Jammu: Suspected militants killed an on-duty Special Police Officer (SPOs) and critically injured his colleague in a remote village in Kishtwar district on Monday before fleeing with their service rifles, police said. The SPOs were attacked with axes on their patrol duty in the high-altitude Tander village of Dachhan around 1.30 pm, a senior police […]
Added on April 14, 2020
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Jammu: The lockdown due to coronavirus has posed a grave challenge to the migratory beekeepers, who chase blossoms from one state to another, and they are looking for support from both the administration and the people to keep their trade alive. Many of the apiarists have reached different parts of Jammu region from outside the […]
Added on April 14, 2020
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Bhadarwah: Three people, including a woman, allegedly committed suicide in separate incidents in Doda district, police said on Monday. Mohammad Rafiq (35), a resident of Sekwan village, jumped into the Chenab river from Ganpat bridge on Monday afternoon and drowned, a police official said. Efforts are on to recover his body, he said, adding that […]
Added on April 14, 2020
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New Delhi: India on Monday issued a strong demarche to Pakistan over the killing of three civilians, including a minor, by Pakistani troops in a ceasefire violation along the Line of Control in Keran sector of Jammu and Kashmir, official sources said. The three people were killed when Pakistani forces resorted to unprovoked ceasefire violation […]
Added on April 14, 2020
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New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the nation on Tuesday at 10 am, the Prime Minister’s Office said. The 21-day nationwide lockdown to curb the spread of coronavirus ends on Tuesday and the prime minister is likely to talk about its possible extension. “Prime Minister @narendramodi will address the nation at 10 AM […]
