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| Death rates low despite rise in Covid cases due to vaccination: Centre | | | | Agencies
New Delhi, July 22 : The COVID-19 case trajectory in some states is witnessing an upward trend since May but hospitalisation and death rates are low which can be attributed to immunisation efforts across India, the Lok Sabha was told Friday.
Such “waxing and waning course of infection trajectory are not unusual for pandemics due to novel pathogens”, said Union Minister of State for Health Bharati Pravin Pawar in reply to whether the government has conducted any study to find out the reasons for such a rise in cases.
A number of factors, including unexposed and immunocompromised population, change in virus characteristics and waning immunity, tend to contribute to such phenomenon, she said.
“The current surge is associated with a lower rate of hospitalisation and deaths, which may be attributed to considerable efforts made towards COVID-19 immunization across the country,” Pawar said in her written reply.
As of July 19, 2022, a total of 200.34 crore COVID-19 vaccine doses have been administered to beneficiaries above 12 years of age. To reach out to the unvaccinated ... | |
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| H&ME gets administrative control of 2 Nursing colleges in Jammu and Srinagar | | |  Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, July 22: The Administrative Council (AC) which met here under the chairmanship of the Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha, today approved the transfer of administrative control of two B.Sc Nursing Colleges of Jammu and Srinagar to the Health and Medical Education Department.
Rajeev Rai Bhatnagar, Advisor to the Lieutenant Governor, Dr. Arun Kumar Mehta, Chief Secretary, J&K and Nitishwar Kumar, Principal Secretary to the Lieutenant Governor attended the meeting.
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| | | | AC approves JK Banning of Unregulated Deposit Schemes Rules, 2022 | | | | Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, July 22: The Administrative Council (AC) which met here under the chairmanship of the Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha, today approved the Jammu and Kashmir Banning of Unregulated Deposit Schemes Rules, 2022 under the Banning of Unregulated Deposit Schemes Act, 2019. The Act provides a comprehensive mechanism to ban the unregulated deposits and to protect the interests of depositors.
Rajeev Rai Bhatnagar, Advisor to the Lieutenant Governor, Dr. Arun Kumar Mehta, Chief Secretary, J&K and Nitishwar Kumar, Principal Secretary to the Lieutenant Governor attended the meeting.
The Banning of Unregulated Deposit Schemes Act, 2019 puts a ban on the promotion, opera... | |
| | | | Top cop’s fake social media handle takes police by surprise | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, July 22: The fake social media handle of a senior official of the Jammu and Kashmir Police posted in south Kashmir has taken the JKP by surprise.
Sources said the fake Twitter handle in the name of a senior police official posted in Shopian district has been found active for around a month and posts regularly.
Sources said the Twitter handle has been “found to be posting tweets which a commoner can mistake as being from the original Twitter handle.”
Given the fact that Shopian has been on the radar of the security agencies for quite a long time, a nefarious design into creation of the account is not being ruled out.
An official told the Early Times on the c... | |
| | | | 20 yrs on, in-charge Senior Assistant sits at same place | | | | Rajesh Tandon
Early Times Report
POONCH, July 22: For the past 20 years or so a Senior Assistant in this district has been working at the same place.
A Safaiwala, who has taken special promotions and now working as in-charge senior assistant in CHC Surankote is posted there for more than 20 years.
People from different areas of Surankote approached the Deputy Commissioner against his high-handedness. The DC directed the CMO to reshuffle him.
Despite CMO Poonch issuing a transfer order vide CMO/P/1445-49 on 13-7-2022 the employee neither left the post nor joined his original place of posting at PHC Chandak under medical block Mandi.
The other Safaiwalas have raised questions on pr... | |
| | | | Hideout busted in Doda; arms, explosive material recovered | | | | Early Times Report
Bhaderwah, July 22: Security forces on Friday busted a hideout and recovered arms and explosive material in Jammu and Kashmir’s Doda district, police said.
On specific information, the J and K Police and the Army’s Rashtriya Rifles launched a joint operation in Khasodi Chansar forest of Gandoh area and busted an old hideout of terrorists, a statement issued by police said.
One Under Barrel Grenade Launcher (UBGL), one UBGL grenade, one RPG shell, 25 electronic detonators and two UBGL accessories were recovered from the hideout in a rusted condition, it said.
A case was registered at Gandoh police station in this connection and investigation taken up, police said.
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| | | | Amarnath Yatra suspended from Jammu due to inclement weather | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, July 22: The Amarnath Yatra on Friday has been suspended from Jammu due to due inclement weather and bad condition on Jammu-Srinagar national highway, officials said.
No fresh batch was allowed to proceed from Jammu to the base camps of the 3,880-metre-high cave shrine in south Kashmir Himalayas, they said.
The highway was reopened for one-way traffic on Thursday night after its closure due to landslides and shooting stones triggered by heavy rain at several places in Ramban district, officials said.
“The yatra has been suspended from Jammu for onward journey to Amarnath in view of the bad condition of highway and inclement weather conditions,” a yatra manage... | |
| | | | Right time for elections; BJP waits for ECI decision | | |  Early Times Report
Jammu, July 22: Amid the announcement of the Election Commission to India (ECI) to publish the final electoral rolls of Jammu and Kashmir on October 31, the BJP said that it is the right time to hold maiden assembly elections in the Union Territory.
The visit of the party’s national spokesperson and Minister of Industries of Bihar, Shahnawaz Hussain to Srinagar is a clear indication that BJP has started preparations for the assembly elections.
Shahnawaz Hussain addressed... | |
| | | | Election Commission issues certificate of election to President-elect Droupadi Murmu | | | | Agencies
New Delhi, July 22: The Election Commission today issued a ‘certificate of election’ to NDA nominee Droupadi Murmu who has emerged victorious in the presidential poll.
The certificate is issued after the returning officer hands over the result to the poll panel. “CEC Shri Rajiv Kumar & EC Shri Anup Chandra Pandey jointly signed the ‘Certification of the Election of Shrimati Droupadi Murmu as the next President of India’ after ECI received the Return of Election & a Declaration of Result of election from the Returning Officer,” the poll panel tweeted.
The certificate will now be sent to the Union Home Secretary, who will read it out at the oath-taking ceremony of the 15th Presi... | |
| | | | 1,456 seats remained vacant from NEET-PG 2021: Govt | | | | Agencies
New Delhi, July 22: As many as 1,456 seats for the NEET-PG 2021 remained vacant despite five rounds of counselling including a special round, the government told Lok Sabha Friday.
The vacant seats in respect of deemed universities were reverted to respective universities, Minister of State for Health Bharati Pravin Pawar said in a written reply.
Pawar was responding to a question on whether the seats had remained vacant even after exhausting all the permissible rounds of counselling.
The Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) of Directorate General of Health Services in the Ministry of Health has been entrusted by the Supreme Court to conduct counselling.
“The MCC conducted fiv... | |
| | | | Hoist tricolor between Aug 13-15: PM Modi urges people | | | | Agencies
New Delhi, July 22: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday appealed to people to strengthen the ‘Har Ghar Tiranga’ movement by hoisting or displaying the national flag in their homes between August 13-14. In a series of tweets, he said this movement will deepen our connect with the tricolour and noted that it was on July 22 in 1947 that the national flag was adopted. “Today, we recall the monumental courage and efforts of all those who dreamt of a flag for free India when we were fighting colonial rule. We reiterate our commitment to fulfil their vision and build the India of their dreams,” he said.
He added, “This year, when we are marking Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav, let us stre... | |
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