(Associated Press) Most experts believe India’s official toll of more than 414,000 dead is a vast undercount, but the government has dismissed those concerns as exaggerated and misleading
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Mixing Covishield, Covaxin shots bad idea: SII’s Cyrus
New Delhi, Aug 14 (KMS): Cyrus Poonawalla, chairman of Serum Institute of India (SII), has expressed apprehension about mixing the covid-19 vaccines, Covishield and Covaxin, saying the efficacy of this approach is still to be proven. Poonawalla’s comment comes at a time the country’s drug regulator has approved a clinical …
Read More »Parliamentary panel questions Modi’s govt over curbing funds for Dalit scheme
Chandigarh, Aug 14 (KMS) : Non-allocation of funds for the scheme of special central assistance to scheduled castes sub-plan for want of utilisation certificates and annual action plan to Punjab has left the standing committee on social justice and empowerment, ministry of social justice and empowerment annoyed. Special central assistance …
Read More »Article: Twitter has locked the account of India’s largest Opposition party. What does that mean?
(Scroll.in) BJP's efforts to intimidate social media networks to toe its line have certainly worked.
Read More »Article: Kashmir in chains
Raashid Wali Janjua “At midnight on Aug 4, 2019 India turned all of Kashmir into a giant prison camp. Seven million Kashmiris were barricaded in their homes, internet connections were cut and their phones went dead.” – Arundhati Roy Kashmir remains in chains after two years of illegal annexation by …
Read More »Kashmiris celebrate Pakistan’s Independence Day with enthusiasm
Srinagar, Aug 14 (KMS): In Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJ&K), the people celebrated Pakistan’s 75th Independence Day on Saturday, with great enthusiasm, devotion and respect. The people in IIOJK raised Pakistani flags in Srinagar, Khanqah-e-Moallah and other areas to express their love for Pakistan at the stroke of …
Read More »Cows not endangered animals, AIUDF questions Assam’s new bill
Guwhati, Aug 14 (KMS): All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) has termed the passing of cow slaughter bill by the government in Assam only from the religious perspective. “According to statistics, there are 19.327 crore cows in Assam. Cows are not endangered animals. Why are laws being sought for conservation?” …
Read More »Assam Assembly passes cow protection bill
New Delhi, Aug 14 (KMS): The Assam Cattle Preservation Bill, 2021, seeking to regulate the slaughter, consumption and transportation of cattle, was passed in the Assembly. Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma had tabled the Bill in the House on July 12. “The new legislation, replacing a similar Act of 1950, …
Read More »Cow slaughter in one’s home does not invite case under NSA: Allahabad HC
New Delhi, Aug 14 (KMS): The Allahabad High Court has quashed the case of cow slaughter under National Security Act (NSA) against three men observing that slaughtering a cow inside one’s residential premises does not constitute an issue of public order. The court was hearing the habeas corpus petitions filed …
Read More »Congress lambasts BJP for tall claims of improved security situation in IIOJK
Jammu, Aug 14 (KMS): The Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress has expressed serious concern over the deteriorating security situation in various parts of Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) including incidents of selective targeting political activists and demanded that Home Ministry should wake up to the situation. Addressing a …
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