Day: September 25, 2019

Special pension workshop held for BSF personnel in Jammu

8:13 pm September 25, 2019

Jammu: A special workshop for pension was organised on Wednesday by the Ministry of Personnel for the BSF personnel here. The Department of Pension and Pensioners’ Welfare (DoPPW) under Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions sent a team of officers who conducted the special workshop for the Border Security Force (BSF) on Pensioners’ Portal […]

Yellow weather warning issued for Himachal Pradesh

MeT dept issues warning for heavy rains in Himachal

8:12 pm September 25, 2019

Shimla: The meteorological department on Wednesday issued a warning for heavy rains on Friday and Saturday in Himachal Pradesh, even as light to moderate rainfall occurred at a few places in the state. A ‘yellow’ warning for heavy rainfall in plains and low and middle hills of the state on September 27-28 has been issued, […]

Journalist killed as Afghan election campaign season ends

8:01 pm September 25, 2019

Kandahar: An Afghan journalist wounded by a roadside bomb as he headed home from work has died, officials said Wednesday, as candidates standing in this weekend’s presidential election campaigned for the last time. Abdul Hamid Hotaki, a news presenter for a local radio station in Kandahar, was caught by a blast near a campaign office for Afghan […]

NGT slams MoEF for delay in issuing notification to ban RO purifiers

7:00 pm September 25, 2019

New Delhi: The National Green Tribunal has rapped the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) for the delay in issuing a notification to ban RO purifiers where total dissolved solids (TDS) in water are below 500 milligrams per litre. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel said the plea of the ministry […]

Andaman & Nicobar Islands COVID-19 tally rises to 2,399

Andaman, Nicobar Islands may not be inhabitable in future due to rise in sea level: IPCC author

6:58 pm September 25, 2019

New Delhi: Islands like Andaman and Nicobar might not be inhabitable in a few years due to rise in sea level and increase in climatic events like cyclones, said one of the key authors of a global report on climate change on Wednesday. The Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate […]