UNITED NATIONS/GENEVA — The world is in a very “dangerous period” of the COVID-19 pandemic compounded by more transmissible variants like Delta, which is continuing to evolve and mutate, World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has warned. He said in countries with low vaccination coverage, terrible scenes of hospitals overflowing are again becoming the […]
NEW DELHI — Facebook is reportedly testing a threads feature, just like Twitter, on Pages of some public figures that will provide them the ability to create posts related to previous ones on a related subject. The new feature which is under development ties the posts together more visually so fans can more easily follow […]
GANDERBAL — A tourist from Nagpur died after suffering a cardiac arrest at a tourist resort of Sonamarg in central Kashmir district of Ganderbal on Saturday, official sources said. The deceased has been identified as Akash Vijay Sharma, resident of Saroj Nagar, Nagpur in Maharashtra. He suffered a cardiac arrest at Thajwas Sonmarg. He as […]
ISLAMABAD — Most Pakistanis expressed supportive sentiments towards their Indian neighbours when the latter was reeling under a severe second Covid-19 wave, said an artificial intelligence (AI)-driven study. The research focused on tweets expressing kindness, empathy and solidarity. It found out that most tweets that were posted by Pakistani citizens between 21 April and 4 […]
POONCH — Body of a mental unsound person was found beneath a bridge in Poonch district on Saturday, officials said. They said the body of the man, who used to wander in the area, was spot by some passerby who informed the police. Accordingly, the body was recovered at around 8:30 hours from the banks […]
ISLAMABAD — In a bold decision, Pakistan has decided and announced that it will not provide any bases on its soil to the US to operate from, after its troops exit Afghanistan. The decision came after the briefing of the National Security Committee, which was attended by senior members of the Parliament from both the […]
GANDERBAL — At least eight labourers were injured after a Tempo, they were travelling in, turned turned turtle at Margund area of Kangan kin Central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district on the intervening night of Friday and Saturday. An official told, a Tempo was travelling from Sonamerg to Srinagar when it turned turtle at Margund, leaving eight […]
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan’s wicketkeeper-batsman Kamran Akmal has openly spoken on India-Pakistan cricketing ties. He believes that BCCI President Sourav Ganguly wants to resume the series between India and Pakistan. Kamran believes that Indian cricketers also want to clash with the Pakistan team, but they do not openly talk about it. Cricket fans in our country […]
ANANTNAG — Veerian Cricket Academy defeated Star Sports Kanelwon with the help of Captain Younus Naikoo’s brilliant bowling spell in Ongoing Green Valley Super Cup on today here at Awami Stadium in Aakura Mattan in Anantnag district. Earlier Veerian Cricket Academy won the toss and decided to bat first. While batting first VCA set the […]
ANANTNAG — Sayokan, a Turkish martial art, has been introduced in the Kashmir valley by Sayokan Association of Jammu Kashmir by organising a three-day coaching-cum-referee training program at Pahalgam in South Kashmir district of Anantnag. Under the banner of Sayokan Federation of India, around 50-60 players from 16 different states and union territories across the […]