UN To Release Key Climate Change Report Today
A UN-appointed panel of experts is releasing a key report Monday summarizing the latest authoritative scientific information on climate change. The report will provide governments with up-to-date facts on the current impacts and future risks of global warming ahead of a UN climate summit in November in Glasgow. It will also examine how various options […]
Covid Delta Variant Found In 80% Genome Sequencing Samples In Delhi In Last 3 Months
Amid concerns of an imminent third Covid-19 wave and persistently high R-value of the virus in weight states, Delhi seems to have become a hotbed for the deadly Delta variant. As per data provided by the health department, the Delta variant was detected in at least 80 per cent of the samples sent for genome […]
Youth Goes Missing In Bijbhera, Family Lodge Report with Police
A family from Bijbhera area of south Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Monday lodged a missing report with police, stating that their 23-year-old son has missing since August 6, officials said. “Today one Abdul Hamid Bhat son of Ghulam Mohammad Bhat of Veeri Biibehara reported in police station Bijbhera along with written application, mentioning therein that […]
Search ops launched following info on suspicious movement in Samba
Jammu: Amid heightened security measures ahead of Independence Day celebrations, government forces on Monday launched a cordon-and-search operation covering several villages in Jammu and Kashmir’s Samba district following information about suspicious movement of two people, officials said. A search operation is also going on in the forest belts of Thanamandi and Sunderbani in the border district […]
Gold prices slump to 4-month low; silver rates down too
Gold prices fell to its lowest level in four months due to global sell-off in precious metals. On MCX, gold futures fell 1.3 per cent or ₹600 to ₹46,029 per 10 gram. Silver too shed 1.6 per cent or ₹1,000 to ₹63,983 per kg. In the previous session, gold and silver had plunged about ₹1,000 and ₹2,000 respectively. In the global […]
Curtain falls on Tokyo Olympics
TOKYO: It began with a virus and a yearlong pause. It ended with a typhoon blowing through and, still, a virus. In between: just about everything. The Tokyo Olympics, christened with 2020 but held in mid-2021 after being interrupted for a year by the coronavirus, glided to their conclusion in a Covid-emptied stadium on Sunday […]
Taliban seize two more Afghan provincial capitals in northern blitz
The Taliban captured two more provincial capitals on Sunday as they gained ground in their fight to take over Afghanistan’s cities after seizing much of the countryside in recent months. The insurgents have snatched up four provincial capitals since Friday in a rapid offensive that appears to have overwhelmed government forces. Kunduz and Sar-e-Pul in […]
PM Modi Transfers About Rs 19,500 Crore To Over 9.75 Crore Farmers Under PM-KISAN
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has virtually transferred about Rs 19,500 crore to over 9.75 crore beneficiaries’ farmers under the government’s PM-KISAN scheme. He also interacted with beneficiaries of this scheme from across the country. With this, the government has so far transferred nine installments amounting around Rs 1.57 lakh crore to farmer families under the […]
DDC Chairpersons
DDC chairpersons of Kashmir division recently held an interaction with LG Manoj Sinha who said that with their active participation at the ground the administration of Jammu and Kashmir is moving at a pace which is needed for its development. He appreciated the functioning of the DDC Chairpersons and said that their rich experience and […]
NIA raids underway at residences of JeI members in J&K
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Sunday morning conducted raids at several locations in Jammu and Kashmir including Srinager, Ganderbal, Achabal, Shopain, Bandipora, Ramban, Doda, Kishtwar, Rajouri and other areas, in connection with a new case registered by them. An official told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), that the NIA sleuths along with J&K […]
