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| Mobile companies penalized for violating radiation criteria | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, July 29: Out of a total of 6,63,411 mobile towers in the country, 9818 towers have been erected in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir.
Like other parts of the country, mobile towers erected in J&K violated radiation-related criteria and a penalty was imposed on some mobile companies.
Replying to a question of Neeraj Dangi in the Rajya Sabha, Minister of State for Communication, Devusinh Chauhan, informed Upper House of the Parliament that the present Electro Magnetic Field (EMF) radiation limits as laid down for Base Transceiver Station (BTSs) installed at various mobile towers across India.
The Minister admitted that some mobile companies have violated the set criteria and penalty has been imposed on violators for exceeding the prescribed EMF radiation.
The Minister said that one mobile tower and site was found to exceed the prescribed EMF while nine BTSs were found involved in violating criteria. A penalty worth Rs 64,19,921 was imposed on four Telecom Service Provider for violation.
The Minister further informed that the government has put ... | |
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| LG attends first-ever ‘Vishal Pashudhan Vyapar Mela’ in Hiranagar | | ‘Govt plans to establish 800 new dairy units, besides establishing 26 mobile veterinary clinics this year’ | |  Early Times Report
KATHUA, July 29: The structural changes and consolidation of different programmes for farm and non-farm population in the rural areas is nothing short of a revolution for rural J&K. The UT has also redefined the agriculture and horticulture business in the country with expanded operations and strong supply chain system, which had never happened in the last 70 years.
Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha made these remarks while attending the first-ever “Vishal Pashudhan Vyapar... | |
| | | | Admission in medical courses: 27% quota for OBCs, 10% for economically weak sections | | | |
Agencies
New Delhi, July 29: Medical and dental courses in the country will have a 27 per cent reservation for Other Backward Classes (OBCs), 10 per cent for Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) under the All India Quota Scheme for undergraduate and postgraduate programmes, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced on Thursday.
This will apply to courses like MBBS, MD, MS, BDS, MDS and diploma medical programmes from this academic year. Around 5,550 seats will be reserved in all for the communities thanks to this order.
The decision is also being seen in the context of next year's Uttar Pradesh elections where caste and communal allegiances play a big role. The BJP had demonstrated the ca... | |
| | | | Situation normal after cloudburst near Amarnath shrine | | | |
Early Times Report
Srinagar, July 29: Situation is under control on Thursday following improvement in the weather after cloudburst in the higher reaches due to which nallah near Amarnath cave shrine in south Kashmir Himalayas started flowing heavily yesterday.
The shrine was safe, official sources said adding there was no pilgrim in the area as Shri Amarnath Shrine Board (SASB) has already cancelled the pilgrimage 2021 in the wake of COVID-19.
Personnel from different agencies are now busy removing stones and mudslides from the area, where tents of security forces, Shri Amarnath Shrine Board (SASB), health department and SDRF were located near the shrine.
Weather has improved today ... | |
| | | | Kishtwar cloudburst: 19 missing persons feared dead | | |  Asif Iqbal Naik
Early Times Report
Kishtwar, July 29: Even after 48 hours since the tragedy struck the remote Honzar village of Dachhan in Kishtwar District, the fate of 19 missing persons is unknown. All of them are feared dead, seven bodies were recovered on Wednesday.
As per the details available with Early Times, the rescue operation in the cloudburst hit area resumed this morning. The rescue operation is being carried under the supervision of SSP Kishtwar Shafqat Bhat and Additional... | |
| | | | PM Modi’s twitter followers cross 7 crore mark | | | | Agencies
New Delhi, July 29: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has touched a new milestone. He is the first active politician to touch 70 million followers (7 crore) on Twitter. Earlier, the former US President Donald Trump was the most followed politician with more than 88 million followers, but his account was later suspended on the pretext of spreading misinformation.
Modi has been on Twitter for more than a decade. He had close to 1 lakh followers when he came on Twitter as the Chief Minister of Gujarat. Later, he became the prime minister of India in 2014 and since then his popularity knows no bounds on social media.
Modi has now passed Kim Kardashian to land at the number 11 spot in... | |
| | | | J&K records 181 new Covid cases | | | | Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, July 29: The Government on Thursday informed that181 new positive cases of novel Corona virus (COVID-19), 67 from Jammu division and 114 from Kashmir division, have been reported today, thus taking the total number of positive cases in Jammu and Kashmir to 321207.
Moreover, 175 more COVID-19 patients have recovered and discharged from various hospitals including 66 from Jammu Division and 109from Kashmir Division.
Besides this, 99.39 percent of population above the age of 45 years has been vaccinated across the Jammu and Kashmir.
The Bulletin also informs that No confirmed case of Mucormycosis has been reported today, thus the total number of confirmed cas... | |
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