Month: March 2022

Pakistan PM Khan faces toughest test as no-confidence move looms

ISLAMABAD, March 20 – Pakistan’s parliament will convene on Friday to take up a no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Imran Khan, the lower house speaker’s office said on Sunday, in what is shaping up to be his toughest test since coming to power in 2018. An alliance of […]

Turkey says Russia and Ukraine nearing agreement on ‘critical’ issues

ISTANBUL, March 20 – Turkey’s foreign minister said in an interview published on Sunday that Russia and Ukraine were nearing agreement on “critical” issues and he was hopeful for a ceasefire if the two sides did not backtrack from progress achieved so far. Russian forces invaded Ukraine on […]

Ukraine war is backdrop in US push for hypersonic weapons

PORTLAND, Maine — Lagging behind Russia in developing hypersonic weapons, the U.S. Navy is rushing to field its first, with installation on a warship starting as soon as late next year. The United States is in a race with Russia and China to develop these weapons, which travel […]

Live updates: Protest snarls trucks heading to Belarus

WARSAW, Poland — Officials in Poland say that trucks headed for Belarus are backed up for 40 kilometers (25 miles) while they wait to reach the Koroszczyn border point as a group of protesters is blocking the road there. The protesters are calling for a ban on trade […]

India-Japan Summit Joint Statement Partnership for a Peaceful, Stable and Prosperous Post-COVID World

DELHI, MARCH 19: Prime Minister of Japan H.E. Mr. Kishida Fumio made an official visit to India, as his first bilateral visit, from 19 to 20 March 2022 for the 14th India-Japan Annual Summit with H.E. Shri Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India. The Prime Ministers recognized that […]

NITI Aayog to Organize 5th Edition of Women Transforming India Awards on 21 March

DELHI, MARCH 20: NITI Aayog’s Women Entrepreneurship Platform (WEP) is organizing the fifth edition of the Women Transforming India Awards (WTI) on 21 March 2022. This year, as part of the Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav to celebrate 75 years of India’s independence, the WTI Awards will be conferred […]

COVID-19 UPDATE

DELHI, MARCH 20: 181.21 cr vaccine doses have been administered so far under Nationwide Vaccination Drive India’s Active caseload currently stands at 26,240 Active cases stand at 0.06% Recovery Rate currently at 98.74% 3,196 recoveries in the last 24 hours increases Total Recoveries to 4,24,65,122 1,761 new cases […]

Russian invasion shut down 30% of Ukraine’s economy, finance minister says

LVIV, Ukraine, March 19 – The Russian invasion has forced 30% of Ukraine’s economy to stop working, Finance Minister Serhiy Marchenko said in a televised interview on Saturday. “Our tax revenues do not allow us to cover our needs, (therefore) the main revenue stream is borrowing,” Marchenko said. […]

Bulletin on Novel Corona Virus (COVID-19)

JK reports 03 new positive cases, 448666 recovered, 2,18,30,819 Covid doses administered so far SRINAGAR, MARCH 19: The Government today informed that 03 new positive cases of novel Corona virus (COVID-19), 01 from Jammu division and 02 from Kashmir division, have been reported today, thus taking the total […]

Power shutdown

JAMMU, MARCH 19: Chief Engineer (Distribution) JPDCL Jammu has informed that the power supply to Ghagwal, Jatwal, Rajpura, Sherpur, Nichla, Hiranagar City, Chakra, Hospital, Jail and adjoining areas shall remain affected on March 20 from 8 am to 1 pm. Similarly, the power supply to Marheen, Sanji Morh, […]

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