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Srinagar: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has announced a substantial reduction in customs duty during the Budget 2024 presentation. The reduction is set to notably decrease the prices of critical items such as cancer drugs and mobile phones across the market. Under the new measures, three crucial cancer drugs—Trastuzumab deruxtecan, Osimertinib, and Durvalumab—will now be exempt […]

Srinagar: A team of health officials, on the directions Dr. Mushtaq Ahmad Rather, Director Health Services Kashmir, visited the affected village of Trail, Block Sallar, Anantnag, following reports of a gastroenteritis outbreak on July 19.. The team, comprising Dr. Samina Gul, SSO, IDSP, Dr. Afshan Abdullah, State Epidemiologist, IDSP, and the District Rapid Response Team,

Srinagar: The University of Kashmir announced on Thursday that its main and satellite campuses will observe a summer break from July 25 to August 3. The Joint Director of Academic Affairs at KU said that all teaching departments and satellite campuses would observe summer vacations from July 25, 2024, to August 3, 2024. The order

Srinagar: Two army soldiers were injured after a exchange of fire between militants security forces took place in Machhedi area of Kathua district on Monday. Officials told GNS that an army party came under fire in Machadi area from militants which was retaliated triggering off a gunfight. During firefight two army troopers received bullets wounds,

Srinagar: Thousands of fish have been discovered dead in the Tsoont Koel stream near the Barbar Shah area of Srinagar, with officials citing lack of oxygen and pollution as the cause. An official told the news agency Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that the primary cause is the depletion of oxygen in the water bodies. “This