Amid border tension, Chinese consignments face Customs hurdle at Chennai, Mumbai
Amid the ongoing border dispute between India and China, import consignments from the neighbouring country at ports such as Chennai and Mumbai are learnt to be facing hurdles, with clearances being held up by the Indian Customs authorities. The disruption in clearances is reported to have emerged over the last fortnight, even as there are no […]
Govt procurement portal asks sellers to specify country of origin
The Ministry of Commerce and Industry’s platform for online procurement of goods and services by government departments — the Government e-Marketplace (GeM) portal — has made it mandatory for sellers to clarify the country of origin while registering any new product. The GeM portal also has a ‘Make in India’ filter now to allow buyers […]
Only 6% ventilators under PM-CARES manufactured so far
WITH ONLY 6 per cent of the total 50,000 ‘Made in India’ ventilators under PM-CARES fund manufactured so far, the race to secure the machines for the country’s Covid-19 response has exposed a handicap in the component production ecosystem for medical equipment. NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant, DPIIT Secretary Guruprasad Mohapatra and DRDO Chairman Dr Satheesh Reddy […]
Bulletin on Novel CoronaVirus (COVID-19)
JK reports 148 new positive cases, 3642 recovered so far JAMMU, JUNE 23: The Government on Tuesday informed that 148 new positive cases of novel Corona virus (COVID-19), 20 from Jammu division and 128 from Kashmir division, have been reported today thus taking the total number of positive cases in Jammu and Kashmir to 6236. […]
Is unfurling JK flag now a crime: PDP asks Govt
Srinagar, June 23 (KNS): Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Tuesday has condemned arrest of its leader Er Nazir Yatoo, questioning the government that since when has unfurling the flag of Jammu and Kashmir been declared culpable? In a statement issued to KNS, PDP spokesman and media advisor to party President Mehbooba Mufti Syed Suhail Bukhari […]
COVID-19: Govt evacuates 1,58,871 stranded JK residents; 1,08,800 via Lakhanpur, 50,071 through special trains
Jammu, June 23 (KNS): The Jammu and Kashmir Government has evacuated about 1,58,871 JK residents, stranded in other parts of the country due to COVID lockdown, via Lakhanpur and through special trains and buses till date amid strict observance of all necessary guidelines and Standard Operating Procedures. As per the official data received in this […]
OIC contact group holds virtual meeting on Kashmir
Srinagar, June 22 (KNS): The Contact Group of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) on Jammu and Kashmir held a virtual meeting today against the backdrop of the situation in Jammu and Kashmir, a statement said. The Foreign Ministers of Azerbaijan, Niger, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey attended the meeting, OIC Secretary General Dr. Yousef […]
Army chief MM Naravane interacts with soldiers at Leh hospital
India-China Border Face-off Latest News Live Update: At the Corps Commander level talks held between the two sides and which ran for over 10 hours, sources have said they were conducted in a “cordial, positive and constructive atmosphere,” and “there was a mutual consensus to disengage with modalities for disengagement from all friction areas in Eastern Ladakh being discussed […]
Rashid Latif says result of Pakistan’s upcoming tour of England difficult to predict
Former captain Rashid Latif says the outcome of Pakistan’s upcoming tour of England is hard to predict as the teams are playing under unprecedented circumstances due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Pakistan team, which is to depart for England on June 28, was hit hard on Monday with three players testing positive for coronavirus. The first of the three Tests […]
Bridge Collapses Near India-China Border In Uttarakhand
A bailey bridge in this district of Uttarakhand, nearly 50 km from the Sino-India border, collapsed when a truck carrying a JCB machine was crossing it, an official said on Tuesday. The truck driver and the JCB machine operator were injured as the 40-feet-long bridge, built in 2009, crashed on Monday under the combined weight […]
