Day: August 1, 2022

India confirms Asia’s first monkeypox death

KOCHI, India, Aug 1 – India confirmed its first monkeypox death on Monday, a young man in the southern state of Kerala, in what is only the fourth known fatality from the disease in the current outbreak. Last week, Spain reported two monkeypox-related deaths and Brazil its first. […]

GLOBAL ECONOMY Factories squeezed by higher prices, weak demand

WASHINGTON/LONDON, Aug 1 – Factories across the United States, Europe and Asia struggled for momentum in July as flagging global demand and China’s strict COVID-19 restrictions slowed production, surveys showed on Monday, likely adding to fears of economies sliding into recession. A series of purchasing managers’ indexes (PMIs) […]

Aqsa Gulzar clinches Bronze Medal in the World Pencak Silat Championship 2022- Malaysia

Secretary YSS & Secretary Sports Council laud efforts of team India SRINAGAR, AUGUST 01: The Indian Pencak Silat team comprising of 36 players both men and women, including eight players from J&K remained among the top ten at the World level by clinching seven bronze medals in the […]

Bulletin on Novel Corona Virus (COVID-19)

JK reports 397 fresh positive cases, 455840 recovered SRINAGAR, AUGUST 01:The Government today informed that 397 fresh positive cases of novel Corona virus (COVID-19)have been reported today; 122 from Jammu division and 275 from Kashmir division, thus taking the total number of positive cases to 465163. Also, 01 […]

Delegation of All J&K Pasmanda Tabkajat Federation call on Lt Governor

SRINAGAR, AUGUST 01: Delegations of All J&K Pasmanda Tabkajat Federation, Dalit Janjagrat Mission and Innovator from NIT Srinagar today called on Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha here at Raj Bhavan. The Delegation of All J&K Pasmanda Tabkajat Federation led by Sh Mohammad Maqbool Sheikh submitted a memorandum of demands […]

Real GDP growth in 2021-22 stands at 8.7 per cent, 1.5 per cent higher than the real GDP of 2019-20

Central Government reduced Central Excise duty on petrol and diesel to boost consumption and keep inflation low AUGUST 1, 2022 As per provisional estimates released by National Statistical Office (NSO), Indian economy in 2021-22 has fully recovered the pre-pandemic real GDP level of 2019-20. This was stated by […]

Pelosi starts Asian tour with speculation over Taiwan visit

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi held talks with officials in Singapore on Monday at the start of her Asian tour, as questions swirled over a possible stop in Taiwan that has fueled tension with Beijing. While there have been no official announcements, local media in […]

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