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Rare wild flower bloom a beautiful surprise for tourists visiting Bhaderwah

Rare wild flower bloom a beautiful surprise for tourists visiting Bhaderwah

Bhaderwah: The abundant growth of wild flowers, also known as Foxglove, has turned out to be a major attraction for the visitors flocking to this picturesque valley in Jammu and Kashmir’s Doda district to beat the summer heat in the plains of the country. The high-altitude slopes and vast grasslands of Bhaderwah are once again […]

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Oil marketing companies invite applications for retail outlets in JK, Ladakh

Oil marketing companies invite applications for retail outlets in JK, Ladakh

Jammu: India’s, BPCL and HPCL, the leading PSU Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs), have announced the release of advertisements for the establishment of new retail outlets across the country. The advertisements aim to meet the growing demand for petrol and diesel in line with the country’s fast-growing economy, a statement issued by the companies said. The […]

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Situation from Kashmir to Kerala makes it must to retain sedition law: Law Panel Chief

Situation from Kashmir to Kerala makes it must to retain sedition law: Law Panel Chief

New Delhi: Amid a clamour for the colonial-era sedition law to be repealed, Law Commission chairman Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi said on Tuesday it is an important tool to safeguard the “safety and integrity of India” given the situation in many parts of the country, from Kashmir to Kerala and Punjab to the North-East. Defending […]

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Hajj begins as pilgrims assemble in Mina

Hajj begins as pilgrims assemble in Mina

Mecca: Lakhs of Hajj pilgrims are assembling in the Mina valley as Hajj begins as pilgrims assemble in Mina, officials said Monday. Spiritually, the five-day Hajj is awe-inspiring for the faithful, an experience they say brings them closer to God and to the entire Muslim world. Physically, it’s grueling. Pilgrims walk outdoors for hours in […]

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US intelligence report on COVID-19 origins rejects ‘lab leak theory’

US intelligence report on COVID-19 origins rejects ‘lab leak theory’

Washington: US officials released an intelligence report Friday that rejected some points raised by those who argue COVID-19 leaked from a Chinese lab, instead reiterating that American spy agencies remain divided over how the pandemic began. The report was issued at the behest of Congress, which in March passed a bill giving U.S. intelligence 90 […]

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Paris climate summit ends without a deal on global tax on shipping

Paris climate summit ends without a deal on global tax on shipping

Paris: Participants at a Paris summit stopped short on Friday of a deal to create a tax on greenhouse gas emissions produced from international shipping, leaving climate NGOs and activists lamenting the lack of ambitious responses to fight climate change and the world’s inequalities brought forward at the meeting. The two-day gathering of world leaders […]

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Studying in tin shed, students in JK NEET topper’s village await school building

Studying in tin shed, students in JK NEET topper’s village await school building

Srinagar: Children dressed in blue checkered uniforms play outside a tin shed that stands on the roadside in Chewa Kalan village in Pulwama in south Kashmir. These are the students of the primary and upper primary schools of the village, the native place of Jammu and Kashmir’s NEET topper Abdul Basit, and the tin shed […]

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India slams China at UN for blocking move to designate 26/11 accused as ‘global terrorist’

India slams China at UN for blocking move to designate 26/11 accused as ‘global terrorist’

United Nations: India has hit out at China for blocking a move to designate Pakistan-based LeT leader Sajid Mir as a “global terrorist” by the UN, saying it shows a lack of genuine political will to fight the scourge of terrorism. China on Tuesday blocked a proposal moved by the US and co-designated by India […]

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23 year old makes father proud

23 year old makes father proud

Daughter of a BSF head constable all set to don IAF uniform

Udhampur: Inspired by her father, a head constable in the Border Security Force, 23-year-old Akriti Sharma from this hilly district of Jammu and Kashmir is all set to join Indian Air Force as a flying officer next month. Sharma hails from the nondescript village of Magani and the road that leads to it goes through […]

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Climate change- Need for systematic, long-term approaches to food crisis: Report

Climate change- Need for systematic, long-term approaches to food crisis: Report

Kathmandu: There is a need to develop systematic and long-term approaches to food crisis response as climate change threatens to make 72 million more people undernourished by 2050, said a global report launched here on Monday. The “Global Food Policy Report (GFPR)” released by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) called for a proactive […]

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