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COVID-19: Ration stocks rapidly drying up in Pulwama

SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir government’s announcement, to provide two months advance ration to the consumers as a relief measure amid coronavirus threat, is...

COVID-19: Five more test positive in Kashmir, toll 38 in J&K

SRINAGAR — The Jammu and Kashmir Government on Sunday said that five more cases have been tested positive for novel coronavirus, taking the total...

COVID-19: 87 contacts of positive patient quarantined in Pulwama

PULWAMA — South Kashmir's Pulwama youth tested positive for COVID-19 infection has contacted 87 people and all these persons have been quarantined, official sources...

COVID-19: Rapid rise in cases due to aggressive testing, CS says

JAMMU — As the number of cases being tested positive across J&K rose to 33 today, Chief Secretary, B V R Subrahmanyam today appealed...

COVID-19: Second death in Kashmir as Tangmarg man dies

SRINAGAR — The Kashmir valley recorded second fatality due to the novel coronavirus as a 52-year-old man hailing from Tangmarg area of north Kashmir’s...

COVID-19: Process of releasing prisoners begins in J&K

SRINAGAR — The government of Jammu & Kashmir has begun the process of releasing prisoners to decongest jails in the wake of outbreak of...

COVID-19: Toll 33 as 5 more cases test positive in J&K

SRINAGAR — Kashmir valley recorded highest single day jump in COVID-19 cases, with nine persons testing positive for the pathogen on Saturday. Also, three...

Doctors urged to use hydroxychloroquine for COVID-19 patients

SRINAGAR — With 21 positive cases and a death due to the novel (new) coronavirus in Kashmir valley so far, Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK)...

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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.