Apple to open India online store in September: Bloomberg News
Apple Inc is set to open an online store in India next month, Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday, citing a person familiar with the matter. The iPhone maker currently sells its products in the country through third-party vendors and e-commerce firms such as Amazon.com Inc and Walmart Inc-owned Flipkart. The company’s online store will be […]
CUK students express surprise over decision of conducting exam amid pandemic, appeals LG to favor the community
Students of Central University of Kashmir on Tuesday expressed surprise over the decision taken by University authorities regarding conduct of offline exams in coming days. Talking to Kashmir News Service (KNS), students said that the decision of CUK authorities seems taken in haste amid absence of high speed internet services and Covid-19 pandemic. They said […]
Cop Assaults Boy In Delhi, Suspended After Video Goes Viral
A constable has been suspended after a video surfaced purportedly showing him beating up a boy with a baton in southwest Delhi as another policeman stood nearby, officials said on Tuesday. A departmental inquiry has also been initiated against the constable after the incident occurred at R K Puram area last Saturday, police said. In […]
UN Cautions That Virus Plasma Treatment Still Experimental
The World Health Organisation on Monday cautioned that using blood plasma from COVID-19 survivors to treat other patients is still considered an experimental therapy, voicing the concern as a US boost for the treatment has many scientists afraid formal studies will be derailed. On Sunday, the US Food and Drug Administration authorised what’s called “emergency […]
Rizwan adamant Pakistan can save Test despite follow-on
SOUTHAMPTON: Mohammad Rizwan insisted all was far from lost for Pakistan after they were made to follow-on 310 runs behind in the third Test against England despite a superb unbeaten century from captain Azhar Ali. Pakistan collapsed to 75-5 on Sunday’s third day before Azhar’s 141 not out guided them to a total of 273. […]
DYING DAL
Still waters of Dal Lake are witnessed to its slow death as in this month of August 2020, there is no tourism or activity within the Lake. Like rest of Srinagar city, Dal Lake along its houseboats have yet to see any visitor or tourist in the past 13 months. With no economic activities people […]
COVID-19: 90-yr-old man, CRPF trooper, 5 others die in J-K; toll 640
A 95-year-old man from Srinagar and a paramilitary Central Reserve Police Force trooper were among seven persons who died due to COVID-19 in Jammu and Kashmir since overnight, taking the fatality count to 640 in J-K. Among the casualties, six were from Kashmir Valley while one, a 53-year-old from Bakshi Nagar Jammu who was admitted […]
Daughter of New Zealand mosque victim tells gunman: consider ‘beauty of diversity’
The daughter of a woman killed in the New Zealand mosque shootings challenged white supremacist Brenton Tarrant at his sentencing hearing to use his life in prison to consider the beauty of the diversity and freedom he sought to destroy. The daughter of Linda Armstrong sobbed as she addressed the court in Christchurch on Tuesday, […]
Rahul Gandhi never said letter was sent at behest of BJP: Ghulam Nabi Azad
Leader of the opposition in Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad clarified on Monday that Rahul Gandhi never said that signatories of the letter calling for sweeping reforms within the party were working in tandem with the BJP. The development comes after Azad said he would quit all posts if the charge was proven amid high drama at […]
Div Com asks DCs to expedite issuance of Domicile Certificates, clear pending applications
Emphasizes on linkage of Adhar with PMKSN, stresses on 100% enrollment JAMMU, AUGUST 24: Divisional Commissioner Jammu, Sanjeev Verma, today asked the Deputy Commissioners of Jammu division to expedite the process of issuance of domicile certificates in their respective districts. The Div Com issued the directions while chairing a meeting convened to review the progress […]
