Non submission of utilization certificates : CAG calls for making officials accountable
Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir has failed to submit 2,205 utilisation certificates (UCs) for an amount of over Rs 10,441 crore as on March 31, 2020, the Comptroller and Auditor and General of India (CAG) has said, noting that officials should be held accountable for the lapse. It said the non-submission of the UCs means that […]
15-18 age group vaccination : Less than 40% population targeted in 10 states, UTs
New Delhi: Less than 40 per cent of those eligible in the 15-18 years age group have been administered both the doses of COVID-19 vaccine in 10 states and union territories with Meghalaya being the last in the list with 10 per cent, according to government data. Ahead of Meghalaya is Nagaland, which has inoculated […]
NGT seeks report on plea against operation of stone crushers in Rajouri
New Delhi: The National Green Tribunal has formed a committee and sought a report on a plea against operation of stone crushers in violation of environmental norms in Rajouri district. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice A K Goel said it is clear from the report of the district magistrate that there have been […]
Covid-19 : Last 7 days witness 48 pc rise in home isolation cases in Delhi: Data
New Delhi: Amid an uptick in daily cases of COVID-19 in Delhi and the positivity rate going beyond two per cent, there has been a rise of nearly 48 percent in the number of home isolation cases here in the last one week, according to official data. On Thursday, the number of home isolation cases […]
Bodies of more than 900 civilians discovered in Kyiv: Police
Lviv: The bodies of more than 900 civilians were discovered in the Kyiv region following the withdrawal of Russian forces, the regional police chief said in a briefing Friday. Andriy Nebytov, the head of Kyiv’s regional police force, said the bodies had been abandoned in the streets or given temporary burials. He cited police data […]
Soldier ends life in JAKLI centre Rangreth
Srinagar: A soldier committed suicide inside a JAKLI centre at Rangreth here during midnight, officials said on Friday. They said lance naik Akash Kumar shot himself dead with his service weapon at around 2 a.m. midnight. While the soldier died on the spot, official said that the reason for him taking such an extreme step […]
Six district Judges transferred
Srinagar: J&K and Ladakh High Court on Friday ordered transfer of six district judges, an official said. According to an order by Sanjeev Gupta, Registrar General, Sanjay Parihar, Director, J&K Judicial Academy, has been transferred and posted as Principal District & Sessions Judge, Jammu against an available vacancy Kalpana Revo, Additional District & Sessions Judge, […]
Mental health may impact chances of breakthrough COVID: Study
Los Angeles: People who are vaccinated against COVID-19, and have a history of certain psychiatric conditions, face an increased risk of breakthrough disease, according to a study. The researchers from the University of California (UC) San Francisco, US, noted that the risk may be related to impaired immune response as well as risky behaviours associated […]
COVID cases continue to surge record high in Shanghai
Beijing: China on Friday reported more than 3,400 positive and 20,700 asymptomatic coronavirus cases, majority of them in Shanghai city which is reeling under prolonged lockdown, and where hospitals have been ordered not to delay treatment of non-COVID patients after an elderly woman died waiting for emergency care, sparking a public outcry. The positive cases […]
JK reports five fresh covid-19 cases
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir registered five new covid-19 cases while there was no death due to the virus during the past 24 hours, officials said on Friday. They said that four cases were reported from Srinagar and one Jammu district, taking the total tally to 453915—166277 in Jammu and 287643 in Kashmir. There was no […]
