Srinagar Records Season’s First Snowfall
Srinagar and other areas in the Kashmir plains received light snowfall, the season’s first, on Thursday while moderate snow broke the dry spell in the Valley’s higher reaches, officials said. Most of the plains in the Valley, including Srinagar, received light snowfall from late in the afternoon, they said. The snowfall was continuing when the […]
No need to panic as most Kashmiris have hybrid immunity against Covid-19: DAK
Srinagar: With surge in Covid-19 cases in various countries, Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) on Thursday said there is no need to panic as most people in Kashmir have hybrid immunity because of a combination of widespread natural infection and vaccination. “Hybrid immunity offers robust and long lasting protection against Covid-19,” said DAK President and Influenza […]
Director Agriculture Kashmir continues Farmer outreach Programme in District Kupwara
Directs officers to work in close coordination with the representatives of Panchayat Raj Institutions SRINAGAR, DECEMBER 29: Director Agriculture Kashmir, Chowdhury Mohammad Iqbal along with BDC Rajwar Mir Sulaiman today visited different areas of Rajwar block of district Kupwara. While continuing the farmer outreach program, the Director visited different areas of zone Zalchaldora, sub-division Handwara and […]
2022 was a crucial year for India in combating climate change, reverse nature loss
India set ambitious climate goals in line with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s promises made in Glasgow and took crucial steps for environment protection and wildlife conservation in 2022, including the launch of Mission LiFE and the reintroduction of Cheetah 70 years after the species became extinct in the country. The country established Asia’s largest Ramsar […]
Missed chances cost Pakistan as Williamson ton sees New Zealand gain lead
KARACHI: Pakistan were let down by missed opportunities and New Zealand ensured they took advantage. The hosts’ wicket-keeper Sarfraz Ahmed was in the midst of it all as he erred not once, but twice in attempts to stump Kane Williamson out. The veteran batter went on to score his first hundred in two years as […]
US court keeps Covid border policy to block migrants
WASHINGTON: The US government’s two-year-old policy of invoking Covid-19 precautions to turn away hundreds of thousands of migrants at the Mexican border will remain in place for now, the Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday. The decision to uphold the controversial rule known as Title 42 delayed a looming political crisis for President Joe Biden, as […]
Active Covid Cases In Country Rise To 3,552
NEW DELHI, Dec 29: India recorded 268 new coronavirus infections, while the active cases increased to 3,552, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Thursday. The Covid case tally was recorded at 4.46 crore (4,46,77,915). The death toll stands at 5,30,698 with two fatalities with one reconciled by Kerala and one death reported from […]
MeT predicts snowfall in next 24 hours in J-K
Amid forecast for intermittent light to moderate snow at scattered places during next 24 hours, minimum temperatures recorded a rise but continued to hover below sub-zero level in Kashmir and Ladakh on Thursday. A meteorological department official said that Srinagar recorded a low of minus 3.2°C against last night’s temperature of minus 5.6°C. The temperature […]
New projects
In order to give a push to the agriculture and allied sectors in Jammu and Kashmir LG Manoj Sinha in a recent administrative council meeting has cleared the projects for its development. He said having gone through the contents of the projects that have been cleared by the committee and their expected outputs and […]
India ‘seriously’ considering bid for 2036 Olympic Games: sports minister
India is “seriously” considering a bid to host the 2036 Olympic Games, Indian sports minister Anurag Thakur said. The world’s second-most populous nation has previously hosted the Asian Games and the Commonwealth Games, and Thakur told the Times of India newspaper that it was the “right time” to host the Olympics. “If India is making […]
