Month: January 2022

Rohit Kansal launches Kisan Call Centre at SKUAST-J

JAMMU, DECEMBER 31: Principal Secretary, Higher Education Department, Rohit Kansal today inaugurated the first ever Kisan Call Centre at Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences & Technology Jammu(SKUAST-J) with toll free no 1800-180-7196. Prof JP Sharma, Vice Chancellor SKUAST-Jammu was present on the occasion. Talking about this ambitious plan […]

Bulletin on Novel Corona Virus (COVID-19)

JK reports 123 new positive cases, 335425 recovered, 1,85,67,399Covid doses administered so far SRINAGAR, DECEMBER 31: The Government today informed that 123 new positive cases of novel Corona virus (COVID-19), 58 from Jammu division and 65 from Kashmir division, have been reported today, thus taking the total number […]

PM approves ex gratia from PMNRF for the victims of stampede at Mata Vaishno Devi Bhawan

DELHI, JANUARY 1: The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has approved an ex-gratia from the Prime Minister’s National Relief Fund (PMNRF) for the victims of stampede at Mata Vaishno Devi Bhawan. The Prime Minister’s office tweeted; “An ex-gratia of Rs. 2 lakh each from PMNRF would be given […]

PM releases 10th instalment of PM-KISAN

More than Rs 20,000 crore to more than 10 crore beneficiary farmer families transferred PM also releases equity grant of more than Rs. 14 crore to about 351 FPOs; to benefit more than 1.24 lakhs farmers “FPOs are playing a stellar role in giving a collective shape to […]

Hindu religious leader held for insulting Gandhi in India

NEW DELHI — Indian police on Thursday arrested a Hindu religious leader for allegedly making a derogatory speech against India’s independence leader Mohandas Gandhi and praising his assassin. Mahatma Gandhi was shot dead by a Hindu extremist during a prayer meeting in the Indian capital in 1948, because […]

12 dead in crowd surge at popular Hindu shrine in Kashmir

SRINAGAR, India — A crowd surge at a popular Hindu shrine in Indian-controlled Kashmir killed at least 12 people and injured 15 others on New Year’s Day, officials said. Initial reports suggested an altercation between a group of devotees led to the crush early Saturday at the Mata […]

Requiem praise for South Africa’s Archbishop Desmond Tutu

CAPE TOWN, South Africa — Anglican Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu was remembered at his funeral Saturday for his Nobel Peace Prize-earning role in ending South Africa’s apartheid regime of racial oppression and for championing the rights of LGBTQ people. “When we were in the dark, he brought light,” […]

Violence against women insults God, pope says in New Year’s message

VATICAN CITY, Jan 1 – Pope Francis used his New Year’s message on Saturday to issue a clarion call for an end to violence against women, saying it was insulting to God. Francis, 85, celebrated a Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica on the day the Roman Catholic Church […]

India’s daily COVID-19 cases rise by 22,775

KOLKATA, India, Jan 1 – India on Saturday reported 22,775 new COVID-19 infections over the past 24 hours, health ministry data shows, adding to concerns for authorities around the country about the rising number of cases. The data indicates that thickly populated metros, such as the national capital […]

North Korea’s Kim talks food not nukes for 2022

SEOUL, Jan 1 – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un capped off his 10th year in power with a speech that made more mention of tractor factories and school uniforms than nuclear weapons or the United States, according to summaries by state media on Saturday. North Korea’s main […]

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