Month: February 2022

COVID-19 UPDATE

DELHI, FEBRUARY 22: 175.83 cr vaccine doses have been administered so far under Nationwide Vaccination Drive India’s Active caseload currently stands at 1,81,075 Active cases stand at 0.42% Recovery Rate currently at 98.38% 34,226 recoveries in the last 24 hours increases Total Recoveries to 4,21,58,510 13,405 new cases recorded […]

Apps, website and social media accounts linked to banned organization Sikhs for justice blocked

DELHI, FEBRUARY 22: The Ministry of Information & Broadcasting has ordered blocking of apps, website, andsocial media accounts of foreign-based “Punjab Politics TV” having close links withSikhs For Justice (SFJ), an organization that has been declared unlawful undertheUnlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967. Relying on intelligence inputs that thechannel […]

Biological E. COVID shot gets India emergency approval for 12-18 age group

BENGALURU, Feb 21 – Indian vaccine maker Biological E. Ltd said on Monday its COVID-19 vaccine received an emergency use approval in the country for use in children aged 12 to 18. The company’s shot, called Corbevax, is the third vaccine approved for use in children aged 12 […]

Bulletin on Novel CoronaVirus (COVID-19)

JK reports 104 new positive cases, 445971 recovered, 2,13,74,402 Covid doses administered so far 1.22% bed occupancy across J&K SRINAGAR, FEBRUARY 21: The Government today informed that 104 new positive cases of novel Coronavirus (COVID-19), 85 from Jammu division and 19 from Kashmir division, have been reported today, […]

Power shutdown

JAMMU, FEBRUARY 21: Superintending Engineer (Distribution) JPDCL, O&M Circle Kathua has informed that the power supply to Industrial Logate, PHR Station, Barwal, Uttari, Kumari Kathera and adjoining areas shall remain affected on February 22 and 24 from 9 am to 2 pm.

Tribal Affairs Department to saturate aadhaar cards, golden health cards and bank accounts in tribal areas: CS

JAMMU, FEBRUARY 21: The Chief Secretary, Dr. Arun Kumar Mehta today chaired a meeting to review the functioning of the Tribal Affairs Department. The Administrative Secretary, Tribal Affairs Department, Director Tribal Affairs Department, and concerned officers of the Department participated in the meeting. The Chief Secretary was apprised […]

CS reviews UT capex of Forest department and calls for ramping up plantation in both forest and non forest areas

JAMMU, FEBRUARY 21: The Chief Secretary, Dr Arun Kumar Mehta today urged the forest department to replenish the denuded forest cover, increase plantation outside forest areas and repair the neglected water bodies using both traditional ecological knowledge and modern practices in convergence with the MGNREGA to kickstart a […]

Closing arguments begin in Ahmaud Arbery U.S. hate-crimes trial

BRUNSWICK, Ga., Feb 21 – The three white men convicted of murdering Ahmaud Arbery acted out of racial animosity when they chased down the young Black man as they saw him jogging through their Georgia community, a federal prosecutor told jurors at the defendants’ hate-crimes trial on Monday. […]

50 years after Nixon visit, US-China ties as fraught as ever

BEIJING — At the height of the Cold War, U.S. President Richard Nixon flew into communist China’s center of power for a visit that, over time, would transform U.S.-China relations and China’s position in the world in ways that were unimaginable at the time. The relationship between China and the […]

Finance Minister Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman interacts with leaders of financial & capital markets

Mumbai, 21 February 2022 Union Minister for Finance & Corporate Affairs Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman interacted with the leaders of the financial & capital markets in Mumbai today. She asked the industry leaders to explore ways to further strengthen the sector. In her opening remarks, the Finance Minister expressed […]

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