Experts Explain: The case for using hydroxychloroquine to treat Covid-19
The usefulness of hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) in Covid-19 has been controversial, without clarity or clear evidence one way or the other, until very recently. A study on more than 2,500 patients in six units under the Henry Ford Hospitals group in Detroit, Michigan, USA, peer-reviewed, accepted and ready for publication in the International Journal of Infectious Diseases, has found good […]
Fire engulfs tourist reception centre in south Kashmir’s Anantnag
Srinagar: A Tourist Reception Centre (TRC) at Chiniwoder village of Srigufwara in South Kashmir’s Anantnag district went up in flames mysteriously on Tuesday after police registered a case and started investigations. A local news gathering news agency Kashmir News Observer (KNO) quoting an unnamed official reported that a TRC at village Chiniwoder in Srigufwara went […]
LIMITED YATRA
In the wake of growing LoC firing incidents, the central government has decided to deploy additional troops not only due to the escalation in situation but also for holding limited Amarnath yatra this season. Recently after the UT administration of Jammu and Kashmir submitted a comprehensive proposal for the deployment of troops for the security […]
Desperate Afghans have found a ‘new treatment’ for coronavirus – opium
Mumbai: In a remote Afghan village, Lal Mohammad says he is beating the coronavirus by consuming opium after the drug helped his relatives recover. The 48-year-old taxi driver bought 250 grams of the drug four weeks ago from a Taliban-backed farmer who grows opium poppies once year in Qarchi Gak, an arid, war-beaten village in the […]
Rajasthan Political Crisis: MLAs Meet Again, Sachin Pilot Turns Down ‘Second Chance’
Rajasthan Deputy Chief Minister Sachin Pilot has skipped the second Congress Legislature Party meeting even after the senior party leader Randeep Surjewala invited him to “come and resolve the issues” that have erupted after the conflict between him and Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot escalated. The meeting is being held at a hotel on the Delhi highway where […]
Culturally deceived by India, Lord Ram was prince in Nepal: PM K P Oli
Nepal’s Prime Minister K P Oli on Monday claimed that India has “distorted facts” to appropriate Lord Ram by creating his kingdom at Ayodhya in Uttar Pradesh’s Faizabad, and that Ram actually came from a place in present-day Nepal. Speaking at an event on the occasion of the 206th birth anniversary of Nepal poet Bhanubhakta […]
Covid-19 claims another life, J&K toll mounts to 191
A 65-year-old covid-19 patient from Shopian district died at a hospital here on Tuesday, taking the fatality count due to the pathogen to 191 in Jammu and Kashmir. Confirming the death, Dr Shifa Deva, Medical Superintendent SKIMS Bemina, one of the exclusive facilities for the management of the covid-19 patients, told GNS that the sexagenarian […]
Rahul Gandhi: Hate-filled narrative spread by TV channels, will share thoughts on current affairs from tomorrow
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi Monday said he will launch a video series to address the country on issues confronting it. “I want to make our current affairs, history and crisis clear and accessible for those interested in the truth,” Gandhi tweeted, saying he will begin from Tuesday. “Today a large part of the Indian news […]
ICDS supervisors without salary for Five months
Supervisors working under social welfare department’s integrated child development scheme (ICDS) Monday complained that they were without salaries for the last five months and the authorities were unmoved. President ICDS supervisors, Aabida War told Kashmir News Service (KNS) that their salary has been withheld from last five months. “We are made to suffer on daily […]
Div Com tours Jammu city, assesses development requirements at busy chowks
Divisional Commissioner, Sanjeev Verma today conducted a tour of Jammu City and took stock of up gradation, development works required for development of the ever-busy Jammu Airport to Bikram Chowk road. He was accompanied by District Development Commissioner Jammu, Sushma Chauhan, Commissioner JMC, Avny Lawasa, Engineers of PWD, PDD and other concerned officers. During the […]
