Month: May 2021

District admin focusing on development activities, besides implementation of Covid protocols: Anshul Garg

Positivity rate drops to 6.3% in Jammu district JAMMU, MAY 28: Deputy Commissioner Jammu Anshul Garg today said that development activities are the prime focus of District Administration along with implementing Covid-19 protocols and restrictions in the district. He was briefing the media persons regarding the Covid situation […]

Lt Governor inaugurates DRDO’s 500-bedded Covid Hospital, dedicates the facility to Jammu

I am grateful to Prime Minister, Home Minister & Defence Minister for extending all possible assistance to J&K: LG Facility having 125 ICU beds, equipped with 24 hours oxygen facility would significantly ramp up healthcare infra to deal with Covid-19 pandemic: LG Effective and rapid response system devised […]

NCPCR Asks States/UTS to Upload Data of Children Who Have Lost Both or Either of The Parent To Covid-19

DELHI, MAY 29: The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR), in furtherance to its function as a monitoring authority under section 109 of the Juvenile Justice Act, 2015 and in view of the growing problem related to children affected by COVID-19, has devised an online tracking portal “Bal […]

Ex-premier’s graft case a test of justice in oil-rich Kuwait

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Where is Sheikh Jaber? Kuwait was abuzz with the question as citizens on social media demanded to know the whereabouts of their 79-year-old former prime minister. He’d been ordered detained pending trial in an unprecedented move last month over the alleged embezzlement of […]

Belarus airline chief decries airspace restrictions by EU states

The head of Belarusian national airline Belavia on Saturday condemned as “despicable” the decision by numerous EU countries to impose airspace restrictions on the carrier following the forced landing of a passenger jet in Minsk. Most of Belarus’s neighbours and many other European nations have banned Belavia flights […]

Remains of 215 children found at former indigenous school site in Canada

The remains of 215 children, some as young as three years old, were found at the site of a former residential school for indigenous children, a discovery Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau described as heartbreaking on Friday. The children were students at the Kamloops Indian Residential School in […]

Mir Bazar Grid Station to be upgraded

JAMMU, MAY 29: The Administrative Council (AC) which met under the chairmanship of the Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha, approved the proposal of Power Development Department to augment the capacity of 220/132 KV Mir Bazar grid station from 320 MVA to 475 MVA at an estimated cost of Rs. […]

AC approves creation of IT posts for High Court

The Administrative Council (AC) which met under the chairmanship of the Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha, approved the proposal of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Department to create 19 posts for computer section of the High Court.

Saksham to provide special pension and scholarship to COVID victims’ families

J&K becomes first UT to provide relief to COVID affected JAMMU, MAY 29: The Administrative Council (AC), which met here under the chairmanship of Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha, approved the grant of financial relief through the Special Assistance Scheme for COVID Moralities (SASCM/Saksham) to the families of COVID […]

India’s Active Caseload slides down to 22,28,724; decrease by 1,14,428 in last 24 hours

At 1.73 Lakh Cases, Daily New Cases are lowest in last 45 days Less than 2 lakh Daily New Cases since last two days Daily Recoveries continue to outnumber the Daily New Cases for 16th consecutive day Recovery Rate further increases to 90.80% Daily Positivity Rate at 8.36%; […]

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