Month: September 2020

PMO led panel initiates Action in Advance for Management of Air Pollution in NCR region

High-level taskforce led by Dr. P K Mishra Principal Secretary to PM met on 18.09.2020 to review action taken by agencies and to firm up plans for coming season Principal Secretary impressed on all members that the objective of holding meeting early is to ensure timely action on […]

Prime Minister to lay foundation Stone of nine highway projects worth over Rs 14,000 crore in Bihar

Prime Minister to inaugurate Optical Fibre internet services in the state All 45,945 villages of Bihar will be connected through Optical Fibre Internet Services Projects to pave way for faster development with better connectivity open view news desk NEW DELHI, SEPTEMBER 19: Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi will […]

#MeToo: Scribe seeks acquittal in Akbar’s complaint, says freedom of speech intrinsic to democracy

New Delhi, Sep 19: Journalist Priya Ramani on Saturday sought acquittal in a criminal defamation complaint filed against her by former Union minister M J Akbar, saying freedom of speech and expression is intrinsic to a democratic society and her accusations of sexual harassment against him were her truth. […]

Parliament’s monsoon session likely to be curtailed, may end by mid-next week

New Delhi Sep 19: The ongoing monsoon session of Parliament is likely to be curtailed and may end by the middle of next week in view of the threat of the COVID-19 spread among parliamentarians, official sources said on Saturday. At a meeting of the business advisory committee of […]

Lt Governor launches National Generic Document Registration System (NGDRS) in J&K

open view news desk SRINAGAR, SEPTEMBER 18: Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha launched the National Generic Document Registration System (NGDRS) at a ceremony organized at Deputy Commissioner Srinagar’s office, today. NGDRS represents a major shift from the existing manual registration system to online registration of all transactions in sale-purchase/transfer […]

Bulletin on Novel Corona Virus (COVID-19)

open view news desk JAMMU, SEPTEMBER 18: The Government on Friday informed that 1330 new positive cases of novel Corona virus (COVID-19), 672 from Jammu division and 658 from Kashmir division, have been reported today thus taking the total number of positive cases in Jammu and Kashmir to […]

Naib Tehsildars to issue Domicile Certificates to PRC holders

open view news desk SRINAGAR, SEPTEMBER 18: The government is authorizing Naib Tehsildars to issue Domicile Certificates to PRC holders and their family members. The decision was announced by Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha at a meeting while reviewing the working of Revenue department and the Auqaf. Advisors to […]

Pope seeks to ‘liberate’ Virgin Mary from the Mafia

ROME — Pope Francis is giving his blessing to a new Vatican think tank that is seeking to prevent the Mafia and organized crime groups from exploiting the image of the Virgin Mary for their own illicit ends. The Vatican’s Pontifical Marian Academy launched the think tank Friday […]

Van Morrison targets virus restrictions in 3 new songs

LONDON — Van Morrison has never been one to hold back over the years. Why start now? The 75-year-old singer-songwriter is certainly not holding back on what he thinks of the lockdown restrictions put in place by governments around the world in response to the coronavirus. Morrison, whose […]

US bans WeChat, TikTok citing privacy, national security

WASHINGTON — The U.S. will ban the downloads of the Chinese apps TikTok and WeChat on Sunday, with a total ban on the use of the latter, citing national security and data privacy concerns. A total ban on the use of TikTok will follow on Nov. 12, but […]

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