Srinagar: Lieutenant Governor administration has spent over Rs 795 crore on the `PMJAY SEHAT’ cashless health insurance scheme in Jammu and Kashmir. Data accessed by The Kashmir Monitor revealed that over 641342 patients have received free treatment in the empanelled hospitals. The government has spent over Rs 795 crore on the scheme so far. State […]
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NATO meets on Tuesday to drum up much-needed support for Ukraine. Foreign ministers from countries in the western military alliance will gather in Romania to discuss how they can assist Ukraine after Russian strikes on its power networks ahead of winter. But the meet-up location — Bucharest — is hugely significant given Russia’s war in […]
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DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES — An Iranian general on Monday acknowledged that more than 300 people have been killed in the unrest surrounding nationwide protests, giving the first official word on casualties in two months. That estimate is considerably lower than the toll reported by Human Rights Activists in Iran, a U.S.-based group that has […]
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The mobile phone footage is shaky, but undeniable. A slender teenager sits in the harsh fluorescent glare of a police station in the Paris suburbs. Towering above him is a municipal police officer in a dark blue uniform, his bulky frame accentuated by a bulletproof vest.The officer taunts and intimidates the boy, grabs him by […]
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Police in southern India on Tuesday ramped up security around Vizhinjam port being built by billionaire Gautam Adani’s group after scores of people were injured during clashes with protesters from a fishing community over the weekend. Construction at the mega $900-million port project on the southern tip of India has been halted for more than […]
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Iran has for the first time reported that more than 300 people have died in over two months of protests sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini in morality police custody. The Islamic republic has deployed state security forces against what it labels “riots” that broke out after the 22-year-olf Kurdish-Iranian died on September 16, […]
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People in China who attended weekend protests against Covid restrictions say they have been contacted by police, as authorities begin clamping down. Several people in Beijing said police had called demanding information about their whereabouts. It is unclear how police might have discovered their identities. On Tuesday officials renewed a promise to speed up efforts […]
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Ramallah, Palestinian Territories: Israeli troops shot dead three Palestinians in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, Palestinian officials said, before a suspected car-ramming attacker was killed after seriously wounding a woman, Israeli medics and the army said. The army confirmed its troops had fired on protestors who allegedly attacked soldiers in two separate West Bank […]
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Police used water cannon and teargas after coming under attack from football supporters who brought havoc to the centre of Brussels on Sunday following Morocco’s shock 2-0 World Cup win over Belgium in Qatar. Dozens of fans smashed shop windows, threw fireworks and torched vehicles. Police said that 11 people had been arrested with one […]
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French President Emmanuel Macron heads to Washington Tuesday to discuss a slew of issues with US counterpart Joe Biden, ranging from aligning policy on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine to easing trade spats. Macron, in a rare honour the first French leader to be invited for two US state visits, can look forward to another 21-gun […]
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