India plans to import Covid-19 test kits, medical devices from US, says Ambassador Sandhu
New Delhi: The Narendra Modi government will import Covid-19 test kits and other medical devices from the United Stated even as American firms have expressed their intent to sell these products to India, according to Indian Ambassador to the US Taranjit Singh Sandhu. According to the ambassador, Prime Minister Modi and US President Donald Trump had […]
Five injured in leopard attack in Handwara
Handwara, April 29 (KNS): At least five persons were injured today in an attack by a leopard which entered a residential area in Pohrupeth area of Langate in Handwara . According to the eyewitnesses the leopard spotted in the area. Officials of the Police and Wildlife department have reached the spot and efforts to catch […]
US President Trump, White House unfollow Modi on Twitter
Srinagar: President of United States Donald Trump and the official Twitter handle of the President of the United States of America – The White House – has unfollowed Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the social media platform. Only a few days ago, the White House handle had started following Twitter handles related to India, which […]
Govt Must Protect Salaries, Wages Of Workers: P Chidambaram
Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Wednesday urged the government to announce a scheme to protect the salaries and wages of 12 crore people as employers are facing financial crunch in the wake of the COVID-19-induced lockdown. He also called upon the government to announce a financial package for the MSME sector, as proposed by […]
Govt estimates show Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata could see big spike in Covid cases by 15 May
New Delhi: The districts of Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Kolkata and all of Delhi could see a massive jump in Covid-19 cases by 15 May, according to estimates by the central government. The Union health ministry made a comprehensive list of the number of projected cases in major city-districts, and also the estimated date by which these districts […]
Bring back stranded people of Kupwara
Srinagar April 29, (KNS): The District Congress Committee (DCC) Kupwara on Wednesday urged the UT Administration to bring back stranded people of Kupwara In a statement issued to KSN DCC (Kupwara) President Haji Farooq Mir has emphasized the UT Administration to bring back stranded Labourers, Patients and students belong to District Kupwara, who are facing […]
‘Loss to the world of cinema, theatre’: PM Modi mourns Irrfan Khan’s death
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday condoled the death of Bollywood actor Irrfan Khan, who died in a Mumbai hospital earlier in the day, saying he will be remembered for his “versatile performances”. Irrfan Khan died at Kokilaben Hospital in Mumbai, where he was admitted for treatment of a colon infection on Tuesday. “Irrfan Khan’s demise is […]
Planet Is Slowly Slipping Out Of Our Hands, It Is Time To Debunk The Growth Model
Delhi has a clear sky now, so does London. The pollution levels have gone down in several cities across the world. The wildlife movement has increased in the Similipal sanctuary in Odisha. Reason: the sharp reduction in human activities. The deadly virus has nailed down the principal destroyer of nature – the human being! With […]
India’s tourism needs life support, liquidity to survive Covid crisis: MakeMyTrip founder
The word ‘unprecedented’ has been used so often to describe the impact of the coronavirus pandemic that its sharp urgency seems to have been dulled. For the tourism industry — which is built on the ability to help people be out and about — it is a cataclysmic event, and for the next many quarters we are going to be locked in a […]
Virus may keep coming back every year: Experts
China’s top scientists on Tuesday said that Sars-Cov-2, the virus that causes the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), cannot be stopped and will continue to cause seasonal infections like the flu. The seasonal flu kills between 300,000 and 650,000 people around the world every year, according to World Health Organization (WHO) estimates. “This is very likely to be an […]
