Month: December 2020

Sisodia’s residence attacked by BJP goons: AAP

New Delhi, Dec 10:  The AAP on Thursday claimed that the house of Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia was “attacked by BJP goons”. The Delhi BJP, however, refuted the allegations, saying their protest was peaceful. The BJP workers earlier staged a protest near Sisodia’s residence over an […]

Farmers’ protest: Delhi Traffic Police informs commuters about closed routes

New Delhi, Dec 10: Amid the continuing deadlock between farmers and the Centre over the new agri laws, the Delhi Traffic Police on Thursday took to Twitter to inform commuters about routes closed for traffic in view of thousands of protesters camping at the city’s borders. The police also […]

J-K DDC polls: Over 43 per cent votes polled till 1 pm

Jammu, Dec 10:  The fifth phase of the District Development Council (DDC) elections recorded 43.27 per cent voter turnout till 1 pm across different constituencies spread over 20 districts of Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday, officials said. Bandipora district of north Kashmir recorded the highest of 49.78 per […]

India’s COVID-19 tally rises to 97.64 lakh with 31,521 fresh cases

New Delhi, Dec 10:  India’s COVID-19 caseload climbed to 97,67,371 with 31,521 fresh infections, while the total number of recoveries surged to 92.53 lakh, pushing the national recovery rate to 94.74 per cent, according to the Union health ministry data updated on Thursday. The death toll rose to […]

Dr. Sehrish, DIPR employees condole demise of Jagdish Singh

JAMMU, DECEMBER 09- Director Information and Public Relations, Dr. Syed Sehrish Asgar, today condoled sudden demise of Jagdish Singh, an employee of Joint Directorate Information (JDI) Jammu who passed away today morning. In this connection, a condolence meet was chaired by Dr Sehrish in the Media Complex DIPR […]

37 DDC constituencies to go for Polls in 5th Phase tomorrow: SEC Sharma

JAMMU, DECEMBER 09: A total of 37 District Development Council (DDC) constituencies will witness polling in the fifth phase of ongoing polls besides the voting shall be conducted in 58 vacant Sarpanch and 218 vacant Panch seats on December 10, 2020. Addressing a press conference here, State Election […]

UN: Ethiopia’s conflict has ‘appalling impact on civilians’

NAIROBI, Kenya — Ethiopia’s situation is “spiraling out of control with appalling impact on civilians” and urgently needs outside monitoring, the United Nations human rights chief warned Wednesday, but Ethiopia is rejecting calls for independent investigations into the deadly fighting in its Tigray region, saying it “doesn’t need […]

India experts find traces of lead, nickel in patients’ blood

NEW DELHI — Indian health officials have found traces of nickel and lead in a few blood samples taken from hundreds of patients who have been hospitalized by a mysterious illness in a southern state, officials said. The Andhra Pradesh state government said in a statement Tuesday night […]

UK probing if allergic reactions linked to Pfizer vaccine

LONDON — British regulators warned Wednesday that people who have a history of serious allergic reactions shouldn’t receive the new Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine as they investigate two adverse reactions that occurred on the first day of the country’s mass vaccination program. The U.K.’s Medical and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency […]

Pakistani film explores social media’s role in anger over blasphemy

ISLAMABAD – The creator of an animated film on blasphemy in Pakistan is hoping it will prompt discussion on tolerance at a time that rights advocates say hate speech on social media is increasingly triggering violence. The short film “Swipe” is about a boy obsessed with a hypothetical […]

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