Revised guidelines: Major social media cos have set up institutional structure, says IT Minister
New Delhi: Almost all the social media companies have set up an institutional structure and are publishing monthly compliance reports as required under the statute, IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Wednesday. Replying to a question in the Lok Sabha, Vaishnaw said to ensure that social media is safe and people can trust what is […]
Global COVID-19 case counts decline 17 per cent: WHO
Geneva: The World Health Organisation says coronavirus case counts fell 17 per cent worldwide over the last week compared to the previous week, including a 50 per cent drop in the United States, while deaths globally declined 7 per cent. The weekly epidemiological report from the UN health agency, released late Tuesday, shows that the […]
Army Chief Gen Naravane speaks to top Saudi commander
New Delhi: Chief of Army Staff Gen MM Naravane on Wednesday spoke to Lt Gen Fahd Bin Abdullah Mohammed Al-Mutair, the Commander of Royal Saudi Armed Forces of Saudi Arabia, focusing on ways to deepen bilateral military ties. The Army said various aspects of bilateral defence cooperation figured in the talks. “General MM Naravane #COAS […]
Dry weather in Kashmir over next few days: MeT
Srinagar: The minimum temperature in Kashmir, barring Srinagar, settled below the freezing point, even as the Meteorological department predicted mainly dry weather over the next few days, officials said on Wednesday. Srinagar, the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir, recorded a low of 0.6 degrees Celsius down from the previous night’s 1.4 degrees Celsius, they […]
Two JeM modules busted in Anantnag
Srinagar: Police in Anantnag district of south Kashmir busted two modules of proscribed outfit Jaish-e-Mohammad by arresting 11 persons, including three “hybrid” militants, an official spokesman said here on Tuesday. Incriminating material, including arms and ammunition, have been recovered from their possession, the spokesman said. “Based on credible inputs that proscribed outfit JeM is planning […]
Top security officials meet in Jammu
Jammu: Top security officials from the police, army and other establishments held a security review meeting in Jammu, sources said Wednesday. The security officials including Director General of Police (DGP) Dilbagh Singh and General officer Commanding (GoC) of Rising Star Corps P N Ananthanarayanan, besides a galaxy of army, police officers and officials from the […]
Elderly man from Sgr found dead
Budgam: An elderly man’s body was recovered in Brenwar area of central Kashmir’s Budgam district on Wednesday. Official sources said that a body of an elderly man was found by locals near power grid station Brenwar, Chadoora, who later informed the police accordingly. Body was recovered from the spot and sent to GMC Srinagar. A […]
Pak arrests 36 Indian fishermen
Islamabad: Pakistan’s maritime authorities have arrested 36 Indian fishermen and seized their six vessels for allegedly fishing in the country’s territorial waters, officials said on Wednesday. The Pakistan Maritime Security Agency (PMSA) said that it apprehended the intruding vessels on Tuesday during patrolling in the Pakistan Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). The PMSA ship apprehended 06 […]
Army begins RFID tagging of ammunition
New Delhi: The Indian Army on Wednesday began Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tagging of its ammunition inventory with an aim to bring transparency in its management. The Army said the first consignment of RFID-tagged ammunition was dispatched from Ammunition Factory Khadki to Central Ammunition Depot (CAD) in Pulgaon. “The implementation of the RFID solution for […]
Centre giving priority to farming sector: PM : Says thrust on doubling farmers’ income, reduce cultivation cost
Chandigarh: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday asserted that the Centre is giving priority to the farming sector to ensure that the income of farmers double and the cost of cultivation gets reduced. Addressing his first rally for poll-bound Punjab, which he did virtually for assembly segments of Ludhiana and Fatehgarh Sahib, he said the […]
