Flip-flop on import barriers
A power ministry order of Thursday stating equipment from prior reference countries need to take prior permission from the government transmogrified within a day into a complete import ban of equipment from China and Pakistan in the hands of Union power minister R.K. Singh. At a virtual interaction with his state counterparts on Friday, Singh […]
Hakeem Yaseen calls for stern action against profiteers of essential commodities
Chairman Peoples Democratic Front (PDF) Hakeem Yaseen has urged the authorities at the helm of affairs to conduct intensified market checking on daily basis to control skyrocketting prices of essential commodities in the market He said taking undue advantage of situation emerging out of Coronavirus pandemic, vegetable sellers, vendors and butchers have resorted a […]
Sports Ministry plans 4-year contract for new coaches, IOA president lauds the move
NEW DELHI: The sports ministry on Thursday extended the contracts of all foreign coaches employed with it till September 30 next year and said that future hiring — both Indian and foreign — will be done on a four-year cycle in sync with the Olympic Games to ensure continuity. The four-year contracts to be given […]
WHO says first alerted to coronavirus by its office, not China
The World Health Organization has updated its account of the early stages of the Covid crisis to say it was alerted by its own office in China, and not by China itself, to the first pneumonia cases in Wuhan. The UN health body has been accused by US President Donald Trump of failing to provide […]
JCO among three army soldiers injured in Kulgam gunfight
A Junior Commissioned officer (JCO) was among three soldiers injured in an ongoing encounter in Arrah area of South Kashmir’s Kulgam district on Saturday. Quoting official sources, news agency GNS reported that in an ongoing firefight three soldiers including a JCO recieved minor injuries in the firefight. The injured have been evacuated to 92 Base […]
IGP visits family of civilian killed in Sopore, assures ‘impartial investigation’
Srinagar: Inspector General of Police Kashmir Vijay Kumar along with other senior police officers on Saturday visited the family of a civilian who was killed at Sopore earlier this week. “I heard their grievances and I cleared all aspects. I also assured them an impartial investigation (into the incident,” IGP told local news gathering agency […]
Unidentified militant killed in ongoing Kulgam gunfight
Srinagar: An unidentified militant has been killed in the ongoing gunfight with government forces in Arreh area of south Kashmir’s Kulgam district. The gunfight started this afternoon shortly after forces launched a cordon and search operation in the area following inputs about the presence of militants in the area. Pertinently, 120 militants have been killed […]
WHO urges focus on first wave of coronavirus
The World Health Organisation’s emergencies chief says “we need to put up a fight now” during a peak in the current wave of the coronavirus pandemic rather than focusing on when a second wave might come. Dr. Michael Ryan said the world will be much better at fighting a second wave, if people can learn the lessons of […]
GST regime may undergo 2 major reforms this year
The Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime is expected to see two major reforms in its fourth year–rationalisation of tax rates based on prudence rather than political considerations, and further easing of compliance–people aware of the matter said. The people said three-slab GST rates instead of four could be considered–8%, 18%, and 28% in place […]
COVID-19: Four more patients die in Kashmir, toll 125
The death toll due to the Novel Coronavirus has mounted to 125 in Jammu and Kashmir as four more patients died on Saturday due to the virus in the Union Territory, officials said. The four deceased patients include 65-year-old man from Handwara, 75-year-old man from Dailgam and 55-year-old man from Tangmarg Baramulla and 65-year-old man […]
