Kashmiri Pandit Employees Approach CAT Challenging Order Prohibiting Transfer From Valley
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Kashmiri Pandit Employees Approach CAT Challenging Order Prohibiting Transfer From Valley

Protesting Kashmiri Pandit employees have approached the Central Administrative Tribunal against a Jammu and Kashmir administration order stating those granted employment under the prime minister’s special package cannot be transferred. The move to approach the CAT’s Srinagar bench comes days after Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha announced that the striking employees would not…

Manpreet Singh Mani conducted Review Meeting for Bharat Jodo in Srinagar
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Manpreet Singh Mani conducted Review Meeting for Bharat Jodo in Srinagar

  A review meeting was held for Bharat Jodo Yatra on Tuesday at Congress Bhawan in Srinagar under the leadership All India Joint Secretary Indian Youth Congress Manpreet Singh Mani . Chairperson Legal Cell Zarine Ali was also present . The youth Congress leaders deliberated upon the preparations for the yatra which will enter J&K…

DHSK conducts mock drills for Covid-19 readiness
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DHSK conducts mock drills for Covid-19 readiness

Hospitals and health centers today conducted mock drills across Kashmir to for Covid management and preparedness in view of the fourth covid wave alarm. The drills were conducted in all district hospitals and health centers following the directions of Director Health Services Kashmir Dr Muhstaq Ahmad Rather The director said the drills will focus on…

All taps, assets, pipelines laid under JJM in Ladakh to be mapped on GIS platform

All taps, assets, pipelines laid under JJM in Ladakh to be mapped on GIS platform

  Comm/Secy reviews implementation of JJM during winter months Jal Jeevan Mission Ladakh is improving the quality of life by providing clean tap water in the harsh winter months to the people of Ladakh. The Commissioner/Secretary, PHE, Ajeet Kumar Sahu chaired a meeting to review the implementation of the Jal Jeevan Mission in the Union…

DC Srinagar Chairs NCORD meeting to combat Drug menace
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DC Srinagar Chairs NCORD meeting to combat Drug menace

52 drug peddlers booked under PITs-PSA/PSA, 162 FIRs registered against Narco smugglers, over 269 arrested during current year Digital Interface being activated for faceless Consent by Victims for Tele-counselling/Rehabilitation: DC Srinagar Drug peddlers will not be allowed to spoil youth, shall face severe punishment under the Law: DC Srinagar To review the different steps taken…

Netanyahu’s minister says Israeli doctors could refuse to treat gay patients on religious grounds

Netanyahu’s minister says Israeli doctors could refuse to treat gay patients on religious grounds

Israeli Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu’s incoming minister has suggested that Israeli doctors should be allowed to refuse treatment to LGBTQ patients on religious grounds. The remark made by Israeli Knesset member Orit Strock has heightened fears that the new government poses an unprecedented threat to gay rights. The Israeli president, Isaac Herzog, has weighed in…

GMC Srinagar performs first bone marrow stem cell transplant

GMC Srinagar performs first bone marrow stem cell transplant

Government Medical College Srinagar and its associated SMHS hospital has successfully performed its first and milestone Autologous Bone Marrow Stem Cell Transplant on in a case of high risk multiple myeloma. A spokesperson said the patient was admitted in Medical Unit-III of the Postgraduate Department of Medicine and the whole procedure was conducted by the…

Angamuthu appointed as member of J&K’s apex committee to frame comprehensive agricultural policy
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Angamuthu appointed as member of J&K’s apex committee to frame comprehensive agricultural policy

Jammu and Kashmir government has appointed Dr M.Angamuthu as a member of the Union Territory Level Apex Committee for recommending a suitable policy regime for promotion of export oriented agricultural commodities from the Union territory. In an order by general administration department, the government ordered that Dr. M. Angamuthu, IAS, Chairman, APEDA, New Delhi shall…

Bharat Biotech’s Nasal Covid Vaccine To Be Priced At Rs 800 For Private And Rs 325 For Govt Hospitals
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Bharat Biotech’s Nasal Covid Vaccine To Be Priced At Rs 800 For Private And Rs 325 For Govt Hospitals

The Centre on Tuesday approved the cost of Bharat Biotech’s nasal COVID-19 vaccine iNCOVACC, which will be used as a booster dose for those above 18 years, at Rs 800 for private hospitals and Rs 325 for the government ones. The vaccine iNCOVACC® will be rolled out in the fourth week of January. The Union…

Dense fog at many places as intense cold prevails in Punjab, Haryana

Dense fog at many places as intense cold prevails in Punjab, Haryana

Fog shrouded many parts of Punjab and Haryana where intense cold weather conditions continued on Tuesday. In Haryana, Narnaul shivered at one degree Celsius, four degrees below normal, according to a report of the Meteorological Department here. Among other places in the state, Ambala’s minimum was 7.5 degrees Celsius while Karnal’s low was 5.5 degrees…