Day: April 23, 2021

GCET Jammu hosts mega Technical event in collaboration with IIT Kharagpur

JAMMU, APRIL 23: To abreast the engineering students of UT of J&K with the latest trends in the field of Engineering and Technology and to encourage them to come up with innovative ideas to set up their own Start-Ups and become entrepreneurs, Government College for Engineering and Technology […]

Div Com chairs AEMC meet at Airforce Station Jammu

JAMMU, APRIL 23: Divisional Commissioner Jammu, Dr. Raghav Langer today chaired a meeting of Airfield Environment Management Committee at Air Force Station Jammu to discuss environmental concerns related to flight safety of Jammu Airbase. The meeting was attended by various heads of departments of Jammu Administration which included […]

J&K tightens COVID control measures

Plans the roll out of vaccination for an additional 65 lakh people in 18-45 age group 36 oxygen generation plants to come up in J&K JAMMU, APRIL 23: The Chief Secretary, B V R Subrahmanyam while chairing a high-level meeting to review the public health response to COVID-19 […]

Bulletin on Novel Corona Virus (COVID-19)

JK reports1937 new positive cases,137240 recovered so far JAMMU, April 23-The Government on Friday informed that 1937 new positive cases of novel Corona virus (COVID-19),846from Jammu division and 1091from Kashmir division, have been reported today, thus taking the total number of positive cases in Jammu and Kashmir to […]

SpaceX launches 3rd crew with recycled rocket and capsule

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — SpaceX launched four astronauts into orbit Friday using a recycled rocket and capsule, the third crew flight in less than a year for Elon Musk’s rapidly expanding company. The astronauts from the U.S., Japan and France should reach the International Space Station early Saturday […]

Putin foe Navalny to end prison hunger strike on 24th day

MOSCOW — Imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny said Friday he is ending his hunger strike after getting medical attention and being warned by his doctors that continuing it would put his life at risk. In an Instagram post on the 24th day of his hunger strike, Navalny said […]

Indian hospitals plead for oxygen, country sets virus record

NEW DELHI — India put oxygen tankers on special express trains as major hospitals in New Delhi begged on social media on Friday for more supplies to save COVID-19 patients who are struggling to breathe. More than a dozen people died when an oxygen-fed fire ripped through a […]

Why India is facing an oxygen crisis as COVID cases mount

By air, by train and by road, India is scrambling to move large quantities of medical oxygen to hospitals in its capital New Delhi and other areas hit hard by a record surge of COVID-19. read more ARE HOSPITALS RUNNING OUT OF OXYGEN? The main problem is that medical […]

India a ‘devastating reminder’ of damage COVID can wreak, says WHO chief

People are dying across the world because they are not being vaccinated against COVID-19, they are not being tested and not being treated, World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Friday. He said he was concerned about the growing caseload in India. “The situation in India […]

Indian rupee’s fortunes depend on RBI’s intent to prevent further weakness – economists

The Indian rupee’s near-term fortunes may directly be influenced by the Reserve Bank of India’s intent on preventing any further depreciation in the currency as the surge in COVID-19 cases hits jobs and growth, economists and traders said. The rupee has already lost 2.6% against the dollar so […]

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