Day: November 29, 2019

Winter to be warmer than normal: IMD

New Delhi, Nov 29: The winter is likely to be warmer than normal this season, the India Meteorological Department said on Friday. In its winter forecast released on Friday, the IMD said, “The upcoming winter season (December to February) is likely to experience warmer than average minimum temperatures over […]

India’s GDP growth further dips to 4.5 pc in July-Sept

New Delhi, Nov 29: India’s economic growth slipped further to hit an over six-year low of 4.5 per cent in July-September, according to official data released on Friday. The previous low was recorded at 4.3 per cent in the January-March period of 2012-13. The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth […]

Rana honours J&K based medalists of World Rope Skipping Cup 2019

open view news service JAMMU NOVEMBER 27- National Conference Provincial President Mr Devender Singh Rana today complimented and congratulated Jammu and Kashmir based young sportspersons for bagging eight gold, five silver and three bronze medals in the World Rope Skipping Cup 2019 held at Talkotra Stadium New Delhi from November 22-24. […]

Atul Pangotra First Player to Represent JK UT IN South Asian Games

open view news desk/LNS International Player and Refree, Atul Pangotra (State Awardee & Sher I Kashmir Awardee) has been selected as a player in 13th South Asian Games to be held in Nepal from 1 to 10 Dec, 2019 and is the first player of UT J&K to […]

Rana seeks comprehensive package for cancer patients in J&K

open view news desk JAMMU NOVEMBER – National Conference Provincial President Mr Devender Singh Rana today sought a comprehensive package for treatment of cancer in Jammu and Kashmir, saying the malady has taken alarming proportions over the years. “There is immense and urgent need of a package covering […]

Indian Navy commissions sixth Dornier aircraft squadron

Porbandar, Nov 29: The Indian Navy commissioned its sixth Dornier aircraft squadron in strategically located Porbandar town of Gujarat on Friday, giving a fillip to coastal security near the sea border with Pakistan. The Indian Naval Air Squadron 314, called Raptors, which will operate with four newly-inducted, next generation […]

Zimbabwe facing ‘man-made’ starvation, UN expert warns

Zimbabwe is facing “man-made” starvation with 60 percent of the people failing to meet basic food needs, a UN special envoy said Thursday after touring the southern African country. Hilal Elver, Special Rapporteur on the right to food, ranked Zimbabwe among the four top countries facing severe food […]

Drone project aims to put floating Lagos slum on map

John Eromosele records the coordinates of a bustling canal on his smartphone from aboard a dug-out canoe navigating the floating slum of Makoko in Nigerian megacity Lagos. The waterway is “like a boulevard, there’s always traffic here,” the computer coding specialist laughed as other boats jostled for space […]

BMW to build electric Mini in China

Luxury German carmaker BMW on Friday said it would build fully electric models of its Mini cars at a new plant in China, as it kicked off a joint venture with Chinese partner Great Wall Motor. Some 160,000 cars a year are set to roll off the assembly […]

K-pop star jailed for six years for gang rape, spycam crimes

South Korean singer-songwriter Jung Joon-young was convicted Friday of gang rape and distributing videos of the assaults and other sexual encounters, and was jailed for six years in a scandal that has rocked K-pop. Jung and Choi Jong-hoon, a former member of boy band FT Island, were found […]

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