Announce job package for unemployed dental surgeons: DAK
Srinagar, 25 June (KNS): Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) on Thursday expressed concern over poor oral-dental care facilities across the hospitals in Jammu and Kashmir and demanded a job package for the unemployed dental surgeons. President DAK, Dr Suhail Naik said J&K is facing unemployment crisis saying that the number of unemployed dental surgeons in JK […]
Snakebite kills three year old girl in Poonch
Poonch, June 25 (KNS): A minor girl was killed after snakebite her in Bhatidhar Mendhar area of Poonch in Jammu division on Thursday , officials said. The deceased has been identified as Sayda Koser daughter of Haider Qasam, resident of Bhatidhar Mendhar . Reports said that the girl was immediately taken to Sub District hospital […]
Rupee set to crash past record, says ex-Reliance forex head Thiagarajan
The growth shock to India’s economy from the coronavirus pandemic will trigger more weakness in the rupee, dragging it toward an unprecedented 80-per dollar level. That’s the view from Venkat Thiagarajan, who has traded currency markets for 26 years, and most recently served as the head of forex at Reliance Industries Ltd., which runs India’s […]
Over 100 Rohingya rescued off Indonesia
LHOKSEUMAWE: Nearly 100 Rohingya from Myanmar, including 30 children, have been rescued from a rickety wooden boat off the coast of Indonesia’s Sumatra island, a maritime official said on Wednesday. Images shot from Indonesian rescue boats showed dozens of children and adults, many weeping, after they had been plucked from their vessel by local fishermen. […]
Pakistan Cricket Board wants written clearance from BCCI to play in two World Cups in India
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has asked the ICC to get written assurances from the BCCI that its team would face no problems getting visas to play in the 2021 T20 World Cup and the 2023 50 over World Cup in India. “We are also looking at the fact that the ICC World Cups are […]
Five LeT associates arrested in Budgam: Police
Srinagar: Five associates of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) militants were arrested in Budgam district of central Kashmir, police said on Thursday. “Acting on a specific input Budgam police and army 2 Rashtriya Rifles arrested five militant associates from Narbal area during a search operation,” a police official said in a statement. They have been identified as Imran […]
Satellite images capture China’s PLA build-up in Ladakh
China has not halted — and instead has ramped up — its military activity along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh’s Galwan Valley, with a concentration of soldiers, military vehicles, earth-moving machinery, and erection of structures, including near the same point where Indian and Chinese troops clashed on the night of June […]
Railways floats tenders for ‘Covid surveillance’ cameras
India is gearing up to install AI-based ‘Covid surveillance’ cameras that detect body temperatures of individuals and whether a person is wearing a mask. First off the block is Indian Railways, which has called for tenders to purchase the systems for railway stations and other places expected to see significant footfall, with a few railway […]
A K Antony interview: ‘Galwan Valley was never a point of dispute. It is a betrayal by China’
Senior Congress leader and former defence minister A K Antony speaks to MANOJ C G about the situation in Ladakh and his assessment of the way forward. As former defence minister, what is your assessment of the situation in Ladakh? The Chinese army is still there in the Galwan Valley area. Their constructions are there. […]
Two militants killed in sopore gunfight, internet suspended
Two militants were killed in an encounter that broke out on wee hours of Thursday between militants and security forces at hardshiva area of sopore in north Kashmir’s Baramulla distirct. Officials told News agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), that two unidentified militants have been killed while as the searches are underway at the spot. The official […]
