Day: March 19, 2019

AP finds hot records falling twice as often as cold ones

Over the past 20 years, Americans have been twice as likely to sweat through record-breaking heat rather than shiver through record-setting cold, a new Associated Press data analysis shows. The AP looked at 424 weather stations throughout the Lower 48 states that had consistent temperature records since 1920 […]

Kazakhstan’s president steps down after 30 years

MOSCOW — Nursultan Nazarbayev, the only leader that independent Kazakhstan has ever known, abruptly announced his resignation Tuesday after three decades in power, raising uncertainty over the country’s future course. The 78-year-old said in a televised address to the oil-rich nation that he has taken the “difficult” decision […]

Delegation of Samskrita Bharati meets Governor

open view news desk JAMMU : A delegation from the ‘Samskrita Bharati’ comprising Sh. Dinesh Kamat, All India Organising Secretary; Sh. Purshottam Dubey, Secretary J&K Unit of the Samskrita Bharati and Sh. Dilip Chandravanshi, Organising Secretary J&K Unit met Governor Satya Pal Malik at the Raj Bhavan here […]

VC SMVDU meets Governor

open view news desk JAMMU : Prof. Sanjeev Jain, Vice-Chancellor, Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University, met Governor Satya Pal Malik at the Raj Bhavan here today. Prof. Jain briefed Governor about functioning of the University and about various administrative and academic issues of urgent importance. Governor emphasised the […]

Former Vice-Chancellor SKUAST-J meets Governor

open view news desk JAMMU : Dr. Pradeep Kumar Sharma, former Vice-Chancellor of the Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, met Governor Satya Pal Malik at the Raj Bhavan here today. Dr. Sharma who completed his five year tenure as VC SKUAST-J in February 2019, briefed Governor […]

Advisor Sharma attends last rites of Manohar Parrikar

open view news desk JAMMU : Advisor to Governor, K K Sharma today attended the state funeral of the deceased Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar, who passed away yesterday after prolonged illness. Pertinently, the Advisor was deputed by J&K Governor, Satya Pal Malik to represent the State of […]

Advisor Ganai inaugurates seminar on ‘Plant and Fungal Diversity’ at JU

open view news desk JAMMU : Advisor to Governor Khurshid Ahmed Ganai today inaugurated two day UGS-SAP sponsored National Seminar on ‘Plant and Fungal Diversity: Status and Challenges and Symposium on Ecology’ here at Department of Botany University of Jammu. In his inaugural address, the Advisor recounted the […]

US probing certification of Boeing 737 MAX

Boeing and US aviation regulators are coming under intense scrutiny over the certification of the 737 MAX aircraft after news that two recent crashes share similarities. On March 11, just a day after the Ethiopia crash left 157 dead, a grand jury in Washington issued a subpoena to […]

‘I Live! I Die!’ — New Zealand uses haka to heal after attacks

New Zealanders are gathering to thump chests, stomp feet and stick out their tongues — staging impromptu performances of the haka war dance to show solidarity with a Muslim community shattered by the mass shooting in Christchurch. Kiwis ranging from heavily tattooed bikers to business executives, children and […]

Paris ties Singapore, Hong Kong as world’s priciest cities

Paris has climbed to the top of the world’s priciest city for expatriates, tied first with Singapore and Hong Kong according to a survey Tuesday that named the capital of strife-torn Venezuela as the cheapest. The French capital was the only eurozone city in the top 10, rising […]

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