Controversial full body scanners to be removed from US airports
Washington, Jan 19: Those airport scanners with their all-too revealing body images will soon be going away. The Transportation Security Administration says the scanners that used a low-dose X-ray will be gone by June because the company that makes them can't fix the privacy issues. The other MoreMercury treaty adopted in Geneva by 140 countries
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Geneva, Jan 19: Delegations from some 140 countries have agreed to adopt a ground-breaking treaty limiting the use of health-hazardous mercury, the Swiss foreign ministry and the said on Saturday. The world’s first legally binding treaty on mercury, reached after a week of thorny talks, will More- Kashmir
Snowfall exposes R&B
Potholes Reappear On Valley Roads
ZAHID MAQBOOL
Srinagar, Jan 19: The recent snowfall has brought to fore the substandard material used by the Road and Buildings Department and improper techniques adopted for the construction of roads in the Valley More
- Srinagar City
Jehangir Chowk–Natipora flyover construction hits roadblock
HSHS traders accuse authorities of breach of trust in rehabilitation
SYED IMRAN ALI HAMDANI
Srinagar, Jan 19: Traders of commercial hub Hari Singh High Street (HSHS) here on Saturday accused the state government of “breach of trust” in their rehabilitation for the proposed construction of flyover More
- Jammu
TARA ACTS TOUGH
Commences inspection of schools
ATTACHMENT OF STAFF IN EDUCATION DEPARTMENT
GK NEWS NETWORK
Jammu, Jan 19: To have firsthand experience of working in government schools and as part of his initiative to detach staff in education department, Deputy Chief Minister Tara Chand, who is Minister More
- South Asia
‘All-inclusive dialogue needed to settle Kashmir issue peacefully’
NISAR AHMED THOKAR
Islamabad, Jan 19: While stressing the need for de-escalating tensions across the LoC in Jammu and Kashmir, the speakers at the All Parties Kashmir Conference (APKC) urged the international community to More
- World
Controversial full body scanners to be removed from US airports
Washington, Jan 19: Those airport scanners with their all-too revealing body images will soon be going away. The Transportation Security Administration says the scanners that used a low-dose X-ray More


