Day: May 25, 2021

Covid Care training for SDRF personnel beings in Jammu

7:44 pm May 25, 2021

Jammu: A two-day training course for 100 State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) personnel ahead of their deployment for Covid duties commenced here on Tuesday, officials said. DGP, Commandant General, Home Guard, Civil Defence and SDRF, V K Singh inaugurated the training programme at Battalion headquarters, 2nd SDRF at Gandhi Nagar, the officials said. They said […]

Sensex, Nifty end flat amid profit-booking

7:41 pm May 25, 2021

Mumbai: Equity benchmarks Sensex and Nifty ended on a flat note after range-bound trade on Tuesday as investors booked profits at higher levels following the market’s sharp recovery over the past few sessions. The 30-share BSE Sensex settled 14.37 points or 0.03 per cent lower at 50,637.53, while the broader NSE Nifty advanced 10.75 points […]

Woman shot dead by husband in UP’s Muzaffarnagar

7:39 pm May 25, 2021

Muzaffarnagar (UP): A 38-year-old woman was shot dead by her husband over a land dispute in a village here on Tuesday, police said. The incident took place in Baseda village under the Purkazi police station area, they said, adding the victim was identified as Doli. A case under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code […]

US security assistance to Pakistan remains suspended: Pentagon

11:58 am May 25, 2021

Washington/Islamabad: US President Joe Biden has continued his predecessor Donald Trump’s policy on suspending security assistance to Pakistan and there is no clarity if the administration will change its stance in the future, the Pentagon has said. Former US president Trump suspended all security assistance to Pakistan in January 2018, arguing that he was not […]

Factory boss defiant as sanctions bite in China’s Xinjiang

11:55 am May 25, 2021

Aksu (China): A backlash against reports of forced labor and other abuses of the largely Muslim Uyghur ethnic group in Xinjiang is taking a toll on China’s cotton industry, but it’s unclear if the pressure will compel the government or companies to change their ways. Li Qiang, general manager of the Huafu Fashion yarn factory […]