India better positioned in fight against Covid-19 but no space for complacency, says Health Minister
India is better positioned in the fight against COVID-19 compared to other countries but there is no space for complacency, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said on Tuesday as the death toll due to coronavirus infection rose to 7,466 and the cases mounted to 2,66,598 in the country. While India is the 5th worst-hit COVID nation, Maharashtra […]
Lt Governor condemns killing of Sarpanch
Jammu, June 09 (KNS): Lieutenant Governor, Shri Girish Chandra Murmu has expressed deep pain and anguish at the killing of Ajay Pandita Bharti, Sarpanch in Anantnag Kashmir. Calling it a cowardly act, the Lt Governor condemned the killing and said that those behind the killing are the enemies of humanity. The attack on any public […]
‘Focus must lie on slowing spread of coronavirus’: VK Paul
VK Paul, chairman, Empowered Group I ( medical equipment and management plan to tackle the coronavirus outbreak), and also member (health), Niti Ayog, talked to Rhythma Kaul about the next phase of the pandemic in India Is India dealing with large-scale community transmission? The evidence that we have with us currently says that the situation […]
‘Dragon in the room’: Opposition’s swipe at Centre over Ladakh standoff
The Opposition parties are attacking the government over the border standoff with China. Leading the charge is Congress leader Rahul Gandhi who has accused the government of hiding the truth. “Everyone knows the reality of the borders, but the thought is good to keep one’s heart happy,” he said in a tweet in Hindi, improvising […]
Archer tells victims to speak out against social inequality
LONDON: England fast bowler Jofra Archer has urged victims of racial abuse to speak out following the death of an unarmed black man in police custody in the United States. Video footage showed a white police officer kneeling on the neck of George Floyd, 46, for nearly nine minutes before he died on May 25, […]
Iran says it will execute informant who led CIA to Soleimani
An Iranian citizen who provided information to United States and Israeli intelligence services on the whereabouts of Iran’s slain Revolutionary Guards commander Qassem Soleimani will be executed soon, Iran’s judiciary said on Tuesday. On January 3, a US drone strike in Iraq killed Soleimani, leader of the Revolutionary Guards’ Quds Force. Washington blamed Soleimani for masterminding […]
Another Covid-19 death reported in Valley, Second since morning
Srinagar, June 09 (KNS) ; Kashmir Valley on Tuesday reported second death due to coronavirus as a 70-year-old covid-19 patient from Panzath village in Qazigund area of south Kashmir died at GMC Anantnag, taking the overall death toll in J&K to 48. Sources told KNS that an elderly man South Kashmir district died in south […]
WFO Trust felicitates 120 Corona Warriors across J&K
Jammu June 07 (KNS): The Work For Others (WFO), an organised working for social upliftment with focus on efforts like blood donation, aid to poor families in marriages of their children, have felicitated 120 Corona Warriors across Jammu and Kashmir. In a statement issued Kashmir News Service (KNS) here by the representatives, it has been […]
Mian Qayoom’s son-in-law, Javed Wani, appointed HC judge
Srinagar: After a gap of seven years, the President of India on Tuesday ordered appointment of a Kashmiri Muslim lawyer, Javed Iqbal Wani, as judge of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court. The notification in this regard was issued by union ministry of Law and Justice today, reported a local news agency, Kashmir News Observer (KNO). […]
Asymptomatic spread of coronavirus is ‘very rare’, WHO says
A World Health Organization (WHO) official said late on Monday that people with the Sars-Cov-2 may not be infectious if they are ‘asymptomatic’, a significant new claim about the understanding of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) that experts around the world said could be premature. WHO official epidemiologist Maria Van Kerkhove made the statement at a […]
