Daily Archives: August 22, 2020
JKSACS launches sensitization prog for Religious Leaders on COVID-19
SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir AIDS Control Society has formally launched an IEC campaign on the directions of Atal Dulloo, Financial Commissioner, Health...
COVID claims 13 more lives in J&K, toll 619
SRINAGAR: Thirteen more patients who were tested positive for COVID-19, died in Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday, thus taking the toll of deaths...
65-year-old in Bihar becomes ‘mom’ 8 times in 14 months
PATNA: In what seems to be a major scam in Bihar, a 65-year-old woman has given birth to eight baby girls in...
Rajiv Kumar is new Election Commissioner
NEW DELHI: President Ram Nath Kovind on Friday appointed Rajiv Kumar, a retired IAS officer, as the new Election Commissioner.
Record single-day spike of 69,874 cases pushes India’s Covid toll to 29.75 lakh
NEW DELHI: With a record spike of 69,874 infections in a day, India's Covid-19 tally increased to 29,75,701, while the recoveries rose...
ISIS operative held in Delhi, IEDs seized
NEW DELHI: Delhi Police has arrested an alleged ISIS operative and seized IEDs from central Delhi's Ridge Road area, a senior officer...
Covid pandemic could be over within 2 years: WHO
GENEVA: Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO), said the ongoing global coronavirus pandemic could be over within two...
BSF shoots 5 intruders near Indo-Pak border in Punjab’s Tarn Taran
AMRITSAR: The Border Security Force shot dead five intruders along the India-Pakistan International Border in Punjab early on Saturday, a senior BSF...