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COVID-19: Two villages declared red zones in Shopian

SHOPIAN — In wake of the fresh positive cases for coronavirus, the administration here on Monday declared two villages in Shopian district of south...

COVID-19: 4 more test positive, J&K tally now 45

SRINAGAR — The number of COVID-19 cases rose to 33 in Kashmir as four more persons have tested positive for the disease in Valley...

COVID-19: Burglars strike patient’s house in Hajin Bandipora

SRINAGAR — Burglars have allegedly decamped with cash and kind worth three lakh rupees and other valuables from the house of a COVID-19 patient...

Reports of COVID-19 lockdown extension not true: Government

SRINAGAR — The government has rejected news reports that claimed that the COVID-19 lockdown will be extended in the country. As of now, India...

COVID-19: Three new positive cases in Jammu, tally 41 in J&K

SRINAGAR — Three new positive cases of COVID-19 have surfaced in Jammu Division of the Jammu and Kashmir UT.With these three new cases, the...

Kashmir’s first COVID-19 patient tests negative at SKIMS

SRINAGAR — The Srinagar woman, who became first coronavirus case in Kashmir on March 18 tested negative on Sunday at Sher-e-Kashmir Institute of Medical...

Project Jazba to fight COVID-19 in Pulwama

PULWAMA — In order to fortify the efforts of government, Pulwama administration has started an initiative called “Project Jazbaa” for volunteers who are willing...

COVID-19: Grammy award winning US singer dies

WASHINGTON — Joe Diffie, a Grammy award-winning country music singer who had several chart-topping hits in the 1990s, has died of coronavirus. He was...

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Properties damaged as cloudburst hits Chhatroo area in Kishtwar

Damage was reported to two houses and two shops after a cloudburst triggered flash flood-like conditions in the Chhatroo area of Kishtwar district.

₹3.11 Crore Embezzlement: Crime Branch chargesheets two in Baramulla bank fraud

The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) Kashmir of the Crime Branch, Jammu and Kashmir, has filed a chargesheet in a decade-old bank fraud case.

31 Amarnath pilgrims injured as bus plunges into gorge in Ganderbal

Thirty-one Amarnath Yatra pilgrims were injured after a bus carrying them overturned and rolled into a gorge at the S-Mode stretch in central Kashmir's Ganderbal.

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India’s E20 Ethanol Mandate: Progress, Pitfalls and Public Backlash

India’s ambitious push toward a 20% ethanol-blended fuel, known as E20, is facing significant backlash from vehicle owners and environmentalists.

When a Black Hole Whispers to the World’s Thinnest Material

A black hole and a sheet of graphene seem to belong to completely different worlds. Yet modern physics has taught us a lesson: nature is often more connected than it appears.