Day: November 28, 2020

Lt Governor releases Panchayat Newsletter “Parivartan”- a first ever publication in five official languages of J&K

JAMMU, NOVEMBER 28: Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha on Friday released Panchayat Newsletter “Parivartan”- a first ever publication in five official languages of J&K here at Raj Bhavan. The Lt Governor appreciated the initiative of the Department of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj for coming out with a publication […]

Around 52% voter turnout recorded in first phase of DDC polls in J&K

JAMMU, NOVEMBER 28: State Election Commissioner K.K Sharma, while addressing a press conference, informed that the first phase of District Development Council elections has been conducted successfully in UT of J&K that recorded 51.76% polling. Polling has been by-and-large peaceful in 43 constituencies of DDC that went to […]

Iran’s supreme leader vows revenge over slain scientist

TEHRAN, Iran — Iran’s supreme leader on Saturday called for the “definitive punishment” of those behind the killing of a scientist linked to Tehran’s disbanded military nuclear program, a slaying the Islamic Republic has blamed on Israel. Israel, long suspected of killing Iranian scientists a decade ago amid […]

AP FACT CHECK: Trump distorts military role in vaccines

WASHINGTON — From the get-go, President Donald Trump has miscast or exaggerated the military’s role in his administration’s crash program to accelerate the development, production and eventual distribution of COVID-19 vaccines. The military theme originated in the May 15 announcement of the creation of Operation Warp Speed. Speaking […]

Iran’s leader promises retaliation for nuclear scientist’s killing

DUBAI – Iran’s supreme leader promised on Saturday to retaliate for the killing of the Islamic Republic’s top nuclear scientist, raising the threat of a new confrontation with the West and Israel in the remaining weeks of Donald Trump’s presidency. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei pledged to continue the work […]

Thousands of protesting farmers and police face-off at New Delhi border

NEW DELHI – India deployed hundreds of police and paramilitary forces at a New Delhi border on Saturday as thousands of farmers from neighbouring states blocked major roads into the capital, in protest against recent agricultural deregulation. A day after clashes ended with an agreement that the farmers […]

CSIR-CCMB’s Dry Swab direct RT-PCR method for Coronavirus detection receives ICMR approval

It can scale up testing by two to three-fold immediately with no additional resources DELHI, NOVEMBER 28: The simple and fast method of Dry Swab-Direct RT-PCR, developed by CSIRs constituent lab Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) Hyderabad for scaling up of SARS-CoV-2 detection has now been […]

PM visits Serum Institute of India, Pune

DELHI, NOVEMBER 28: The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi visited Serum Institute of India, Pune and interacted with the team at the Institute. They shared details about their progress so far on how they plan to further ramp up vaccine manufacturing. In a tweet, the Prime Minister said, […]

J-K Administrative Council approves policy to improve telecom, internet connectivity in UT

Jammu, Nov 28: The Jammu and Kashmir Administrative Council headed by Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Saturday approved the J&K Communication and Connectivity Infrastructure Policy (JKCCIP) to improve telecom and internet connectivity to fulfil objectives under the National Broadband Mission, an official spokesperson said here. The approval was granted […]

Chirag downplays BJP fielding Sushil Modi for seat won by Ram Vilas Paswan

Patna, Nov 28: Cold-shouldered by the BJP in the by-election to a Rajya Sabha seat in Bihar, LJP president Chirag Paswan said on Saturday that it belonged to the saffron party and it was free to take a decision about whom to field. The seat had fallen vacant following […]

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