Centre asks all depts to organise free Covid vaccination camps at workplaces
New Delhi, Jul 22 (PTI) The Centre has asked all its departments to organise Covid vaccination camps at the workplaces for providing free precaution doses of the vaccine to the eligible employees and their family members. In an order, the Personnel Ministry asked all the departments to enumerate the number of eligible employees and their […]
Lok Sabha adjourned till noon
New Delhi, Jul 22 (PTI) Lok Sabha proceedings were adjourned on Friday till 12 noon following protests by the opposition on price rise and other issues. As soon as the House assembled at 11 am, opposition members belonging to the Congress and Left parties came to the well and staged protests. They were shouting slogans and […]
MeT forecasts light to moderate rain in J&K
Srinagar, July 22: The weatherman on Friday forecast light to moderate rain at scattered places of Jammu and Kashmir. A meteorological department official here said that rain in Jammu region was expected during forenoon and in Kashmir towards afternoon and evening. He said rains lashed Jammu region and parts of Kashmir Valley in the last […]
African swine fever reported in Kerala’s Wayanad
Thiruvananthapuram, Jul 22 (PTI) African swine fever has been reported from two farms at Mananthavady in Kerala’s Wayanad district, officials said on Friday. The disease was confirmed among pigs of two farms in the district after the samples were tested at the National Institute of High Security Animal Diseases in Bhopal. An official from the Animal […]
India logs 60 new Covid fatalities
New Delhi, Jul 22 (PTI) India saw a single day rise of 21,880 coronavirus infections taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 4,38,47,065, while the active cases rose to 1,49,482, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Friday. The death toll climbed to 5,25,930 with 60 new fatalities, the data updated at 8 […]
Droupadi Murmu is now India’s president-elect
New Delhi, Jul 21 (PTI) President-elect Droupadi Murmu. The arc of triumph forged through personal tragedy is complete for the unassuming politician who started public life as a councillor in Odisha and will be written into history as India’s first tribal president and the second woman in the post. On Thursday, the former Jharkhand governor […]
JK reports 505 fresh covid-19 cases
Srinagar, July 21: Jammu and Kashmir reported 505 covid-19 cases during the past 24 hours, the highest single-day spike in more than five and a half months, even as there was no death due to the virus, officials said on Thursday. 277 cases were reported from Jammu division and 228 from Kashmir division, taking the […]
Three non-local labourers killed as brick kiln caves in at Kakapora Pulwama
Srinagar, Jul 21: Three non-local labourers were killed after a brick kiln caved in at Ukhoo of Kakapora area in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district this afternoon, official sources said. They said that three persons identified as, Lukman Khan son of Sulemaan, Raj Dev son of Devinder Kumar and Kalbi Khan, all residents of Uttar Pradesh […]
SEC discusses modalities of ULB bye- elections
Srinagar, July 21: State Election Commissioner (SEC), KK Sharma today held a meeting with Principal Secretary Housing & Urban Development Department (H&DD), Dheeraj Gupta. Threadbare discussions were held on constitution of Municipal Bodies and modalities were also discussed with regard to arrangements by H&UDD for making transition for conduct of elections/bye elections to the Urban […]
Rupee rises 20 paise to close at 79.85 against US dollar
Mumbai, Jul 21 (PTI) The rupee recovered from its all-time low of 80.06 to close 20 paise higher at 79.85 (provisional) against the US dollar on Thursday following overall weakness in crude oil prices and fresh foreign fund inflows. At the interbank forex market, the local unit opened lower at 80.03 against the greenback and fell […]