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Indian Army gears up for harsh winter along border with China
To ensure that all logistic supports are provided in real time, Indian Air Force and Indian Army carried out a joint airlift exercise, 'Op Hercules' on November 15. It aimed to strengthen the logistics supply in the Northern sector and to augment winter stocking in the operational areas.
117 terrorists recruited by terror groups in J&K in 2021
These terrorists were hired by the terror organisations active in J&K, they added. The officials in the force said that a total of 48 battalions of the CRPF have been deployed in Jammu and Kashmir so far. Out of that, 22 battalions have been deployed exclusively for Srinagar while 22 for the rest of Kashmir.
Delhi reports 44 new Covid cases; no death
No death, however, has been reported in the last two days in Delhi. The city's death toll stands at 25,095 while the death rate stands at 1.74 per cent. The Covid infection rate in the national capital has come down to 0.07 per cent. The active cases in the city stand at 346, as per the latest health bulletin.
Covid: Fully jabbed surpasses partially ones for 1st time
The country has in total administered 1,13,68,79,685 vaccines as per 7 a.m. provisional reports, with the administration of 67,82,042 vaccine doses in the last 24 hours. It has been achieved through 1,16,73,459 sessions out of which, 75,57,24,081 doses were administered as first dose and 38,11,55,604 doses were administered as second dose.
Doctors at Delhi's makeshift Covid care facility unpaid for 4 months
Junior Resident Doctor Manu Garg said, "This Covid facility under GTB hospital started in March 2021. For the last four months, we are not getting our salaries. The accounts department always says 'ask the consultants'. They say the file has not been passed by the Health Ministry."
Shashi Tharoor, Kapil Sibal come to Vir Das's defence, but Abhishek Singhvi slams comedian
Thiruvananthapuram MP and noted writer Shashi Tharoor also took to Twitter to say: "A stand-up comedian who knows the real meaning of the term 'stand up' is not physical but moral -- @thevirdas spoke for millions in this 6-minute take on the Two Indias he hails from & stands up for."
Big cars, bureaucratic inertia, blaming farmers: SC seeks clear steps to curb air pollution
A bench headed by Chief Justice N.V. Ramana and comprising Justices D.Y. Chandrachud and Surya Kant, after hearing submissions of counsel of the Delhi government and Central government, said it needs clear answers on steps to curb air pollution in the capital, which has become a yearly phenomenon for the past several years.
Lakhimpur Kheri case: Supreme Court appoints Former judge to ensure impartial probe
"We appoint Rakesh Kumar Jain (retired judge of Punjab and Haryana High Court) to ensure absolute impartiality in the investigation of the case," a bench headed by Chief Justice N.V. Ramana said. The Supreme Court also said that the SIT will continue to investigate the case and ordered the Uttar Pradesh government to include three senior IPS officers, including a female officer Padmaja Chauhan, present IG of Uttar Pradesh In the SIT. The SIT will be supervised by Justice Jain. The top court said it will list the matter after the charge sheet is filed in the case.
Covid-19 Update: India records 10,197 new cases, 301 deaths on Tuesday
The new fatalities have taken the total covid death toll to 4,64,153. India's recovery rate stands at 98.28 per cent, the highest since March 2020. In addition to this, the recovery of 12,134 patients in the last 24 hours has increased the cumulative tally of recovered to 3,38,73,890.
Srinagar's minimum temperature dips to minus 1.5 on Wednesday, coldest night of this season
The mercury level also dropped in the other parts of the valley as Pahalgam had the minimum temperature of minus 4.7 while Gulmarg recorded minus 2.0, the report revealed. Leh town of Ladakh recorded minus 10.7 and Kargil had minus 8.1, it added.
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