Added on January 8, 2022
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Jammu: Senior IAS officer from Jammu and Kashmir Shahid Iqbal Choudhary has added another national award to his kitty, this time for his yeoman’s service in the fight against Covid and providing relief to lakhs of people in the Union Territory’s summer capital Srinagar. During the 24th National Conference on e-governance at Hyderabad on Friday, […]
Added on January 8, 2022
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Leh: Ladakh has reported 21 fresh COVID-19 cases, taking the tally to 22,370, officials said on Friday. The number of active cases in the union territory has gone up to 269 — 232 in Leh and 37 in Kargil districts — they said. Of the 21 fresh cases, 20 cases were reported from Leh and […]
Added on January 7, 2022
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New Delhi: India on Thursday saw the biggest single-day jump of 495 Omicron cases, taking the total number of infections of the new variant of coronavirus to 2,630, according to Union health ministry data. Of the total cases, Maharashtra has the maximum at 797, followed by Delhi at 465, Rajasthan 236, Kerala 234, Karnataka 226, […]
Added on January 7, 2022
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New Delhi: Underlining the highly transmissible nature of Omicron and the preponderance of asymptomatic cases, the Centre has urged nine states and union territories to ramp up COVID-19 testing to ensure that infected people do not spread the virus to others. In a letter to Tamil Nadu, Punjab, Odisha, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Mizoram, Meghalaya, Jammu […]
Added on January 7, 2022
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Aims to set up food processing, logistic hub
New Delhi: UAE-based retail major Lulu group on Thursday said it will invest Rs 200 crore in Jammu & Kashmir to set up a food processing and logistic hub. The Lulu group signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the J&K government in this regard, the company said in a statement. The company will invest […]
Added on January 7, 2022
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Srinagar: The minimum temperature in most places of Kashmir stayed close to the freezing point as the residents continue to experience warmer than expected nights, officials said here on Thursday. Srinagar recorded the minimum temperature of 0.3 degree Celsius, marginally down from the previous night’s 0.8 degrees Celsius, the officials said. Gulmarg, the famous skiing […]
Added on January 7, 2022
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Srinagar/New Delhi: Four former chief ministers of Jammu and Kashmir, including Farooq Abdullah and Ghulam Nabi Azad, are likely to lose their Special Security Group (SSG) protection as the union territory’s administration has decided to “right-size” the elite unit established in 2000, officials said on Thursday. The move comes a little over 19 months after […]
Added on January 7, 2022
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London: The reduced severity of the Omicron variant is good news for now, but it is the result of an “evolutionary mistake” and does not indicate that the virus which causes COVID-19 is becoming less virulent, a leading Indian-origin scientist from the University of Cambridge warned on Thursday. Ravindra Gupta, Professor of Clinical Microbiology at […]
Added on January 7, 2022
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New Delhi/Chandigarh: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday briefed President Ram Nath Kovind on the security breach that stalled his Punjab visit and the government indicated that some big and tough decisions will be taken after the Union Home Ministry gathers information. The Supreme Court also took note of the matter and the Punjab government […]
Added on January 7, 2022
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New Delhi: The Centre Thursday formed a three-member committee to enquire into “serious lapses” in security arrangements during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Punjab which led to the exposure of the VVIP to grave risk . The Home Ministry panel was formed a day after Modi had to cut short his visit in Punjab […]
