Month: March 2020

People meet Administrative Secretaries at Civil Secretariat Jammu; projects issues, concerns

open view news desk JAMMU, MARCH 06: To reach people at grass roots level as part of routine hearing of public grievances by the Administration, Administrative Secretaries today met with general public and panchayat representatives in their office chambers at Civil Secretariat. A large number of deputations from […]

Water supply restored to Ajote Panchayat

open view news desk JAMMU MARCH 06: The PHE department has redressed the grievance of Ajote panchayat appearing in an Urdu daily, regarding the water supply. As per Executive Engineer PHE, Poonch, a new transformer has been installed and the submersible pump has been repaired and water supply […]

Higher Education Dept rebuts news report

open view news desk JAMMU, MARCH 06: Higher Education Department has refuted the news report “Only GCET of J&K strives for its survival” published in a section of press. The Department rebutted the allegations on following grounds and factual position: 1. The GCET was established in the year […]

Rare calm in Syria’s Idlib after ceasefire deal

Syria’s war-ravaged northwest woke up to relative calm Friday, its skies free of warplanes for the first day in months, following a Russian-Turkish ceasefire deal. The agreement raised hopes of an end to one of the bloodiest phases in the nine-year conflict but residents in Idlib were sceptical […]

Bill Clinton says Lewinsky affair was to ‘manage anxieties’

He said it had been motivated by life’s “pressure and disappointments and terrors, fears of whatever” and said he felt “terrible” that the affair had defined Lewinsky’s life. “We all bring our baggage to life and sometimes we do things we shouldn’t do,” Clinton says. “It was awful […]

Virus diplomacy: As outbreak goes global, China seeks to reframe narrative

SINGAPORE/BEIJING – As new coronavirus cases track downward in China, it is looking to burnish its credentials as a responsible power by sharing expertise and equipment with countries seeing a surge in cases and to repair an international image dented by the disease. China’s diplomats have fanned out […]

India sets out Yes Bank rescue, SBI to take 49% stake

NEW DELHI/MUMBAI – India laid out a rescue plan for Yes Bank (YESB.NS) on Friday under which the State Bank of India (SBI) (SBI.NS) will take a 49% stake in the troubled lender, which is struggling with bad loans. Indian Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said the restructuring plan […]

Bhutan bars tourists after first coronavirus case, India total hits 31

NEW DELHI – Bhutan said on Friday it would bar arriving tourists for two weeks after confirming its first case of the coronavirus, a tourist who spent several weeks in neighbouring India. The tiny Himalayan kingdom, which is heavily reliant on high-end tourism for foreign exchange, said a […]

India’s Yes Bank debacle jolts investors, customers and partners

BENGALURU/MUMBAI/NEW DELHI – Shares in India’s Yes Bank (YESB.NS) plunged on Friday as panicky depositors rushed to withdraw funds and payment partners faced outages after the banking regulator took control of the lender in a late-night move and limited withdrawals. The shock move by the Reserve Bank of […]

India is on move and every stakeholder should contribute towards the progress of the nation – Vice President

open view news desk The Vice President of India, Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu, today said that India is on move and every stakeholder should contribute towards the progress of the nation. Speaking at the The Hindu BusinessLine Change maker Awards 2020 in New Delhi today, the Vice President […]

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