NEW DELHI — The Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) has given its approval to Bharat Biotech for trials of its intranasal Covid booster dose in India. The trials will be done at 9 different sites. An intranasal vaccine as a booster dose would be easier to administer in mass vaccination campaigns and has the […]
SRINAGAR — The Kashmir Chamber of Commerce and Industries (KCC&I) has taken exception over the clampdown of fresh lockdown by administration in Jammu and Kashmir hinting that its adverse effects on the business community which they say is already marred with financial instability. “As the Covid-19 positive cases continue to spike across the UT of […]
PULWAMA — A special police officer (SPO), posted with Government Railway Police, succumbed to injuries he had suffered after being hit by a train while trying to save a person on railway track near Kakapora Pulwama railway station earlier this week. The civilian identified as one Showkat Ahmad Dar son of Abdul Rashid Dar, a […]
BANDIPORA — The administration in north Kashmir’s Bandipora district on Friday airlifted two patients from snowbound Gurez valley to Bandipora for immediate medical relief, officials said. Officials at District Control Room Bandipora said that on the directions of DC, Bandipora, Dr Owais Ahmad, the two patients identified as Ruqaya Nusrat, Daughter of Muhammad Shafi of […]
BARAMULLA — Two brothers are feared dead after they drowned while extracting sand in the river Jehlum. Police sources told news agency Kashmir Today Trust that the incident occurred near Jatty Khojabagh area of North Kashmir’s Baramulla district. They added that police and SDRF have launched an operation to locate them. Police sources identified them […]
SRINAGAR — With ‘Chillai Kalan’, the 40-day long harshest period of winter ending in couple of days, the minimum temperature plunged across Kashmir Valley as the world famous Pahalgam recorded a low of minus 11.8°C on Friday. An official of the meteorological department here told GNS that Srinagar, the summer capital of the J&K recorded […]
ISLAMABAD — Ten Pakistani soldiers were killed when terrorists attacked a security forces’ checkpost in Kech district of the restive southwestern Balochistan province, the army said on Thursday. In a statement, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) – the media wing of the military – said that the “fire raid” by terrorists occurred on the night […]
NEW DELHI — With 2,51,209 people testing positive for the coronavirus infection in a day, India’s total tally of cases increased to over 4.06 crore, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Friday. The death toll has climbed to 4,92,327 with 627 fatalities reported during the 24-hour period, the data updated at 8 […]
NEW DELHI — With the COVID-19 vaccination drive for children aged 15 gathering pace, the Centre is likely to issue an advisory soon to reopen schools across the country. Sources have told ANI that, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya has asked the National Expert Group to suggest ways and work on modalities to open schools […]
NEW DELHI — Telecom operators will have to provide recharge plans with a validity of 30 days for pre-paid customers, regulator Trai said on Thursday. The move is expected to reduce the number of recharges done by a customer during a year. At present, telecom operators provide recharge plans with a validity of 28 days […]