HYDERABAD — Bharat Biotech on Tuesday said it is receiving several reports that children in the age group 15 to 18 are being administered Covid-19 vaccine other than Covaxin. Requesting the health workers to be vigilant and ensure that only Covaxin is administered to that particular age group, Bharat Biotech in a Twitter post said […]
NEW DELHI — The Editors Guild of India Tuesday expressed anguish over the Kashmir Press Club (KPC) shutting down, after the Jammu & Kashmir administration said it had ceased to exist as a registered body and took over the premises. On Saturday, a few journalists accompanied by policemen reached the KPC and claimed to be […]
BENGALURU — Karnataka Police on Tuesday arrested a religious seer who gave a call to demolish a mosque in Srirangapatna town in Mandya district on the lines of Babri Masjid. Rishikumar Swamiji of Kaali Mutt has made a video in front of the mosque in Srirangapatna, and made a public appeal that the mosque should […]
GENEVA — There is no evidence at present that healthy children and adolescents need booster doses of COVID-19 vaccine, the World Health Organization’s chief scientist Soumya Swaminathan said on Tuesday (Jan 18). Speaking at a news briefing, she said that while there seems to be some waning of vaccine immunity over time against the rapidly […]
SRINAGAR — Stating that closure of Kashmir Press Club was unacceptable and unfair, Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) Tuesday urged the Lieutenant Governor led administration to revisit the decision. In a statement, JKPCC unequivocally condemned the closure of Kashmir Press Club by the administration and sought revocation of the closure order in the […]
LEH — After facing severe criticism and witnessing several protests against the government for notwithstanding the promises, the Ladakh administration Tuesday informed that the recruitment process in the region will begin from May onwards. The cold desert Ladakh was created as a separate Union Territory back in 2019. However, a year after the UT status […]
SRINAGAR — The School Education Department on Tuesday directed the concerned authorities that no teaching staff shall be deployed for more than three month to the election office in any Deputy Commissioner’s office. The Principal Secretary of the Department in a circular has said, “Requests have been received from various Deputy Commissioners that the services […]
SRINAGAR — Expressing resentment over the closure of Kashmir Press Club by the administration, CPI (M) Secretary Ghulam Nabi Malik Tuesday said that closing club is an assault on the rights of the people. “This act is just a part of a policy which started with putting the registration of the club in abeyance. The […]
JAMMU — Police on Tuesday arrested a youth on allegations of providing information to militants about security force’s establishments and sharing connected material through social media. “On specific inputs, police along with other security forces apprehend one Anjum Mehmood son of Ghulam Moi Din of Baila tehsil Mandi,” a police official told GNS. The official […]
SRINAGAR — After a surge in Covid-19 cases, Kashmir University has asked its ‘infected’ employees to work from home but be accessible through cell phones and e-mails. Sources told news agency Kashmir News Trust that over 50 teaching, non-teaching and Research Scholars have been tested positive for Covid-19 from the last 4 days. Joint Registrar […]