PM Modi to address Mann Ki Baat shortly, focus likely on Covid-19 situation
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address his monthly radio programme Mann Ki Baat at 11 am on Sunday as the country continues to be in a lockdown to curb the spread of coronavirus pandemic. He is expected to inform the people about the progress in the fight against Covid-19 disease and his views on the […]
3 models for online college exams: all with web cam
UNIVERSITIES and colleges across the country are likely to be presented with three models next week for holding their semester-end (or year-end) examinations online. They can administer a subjective-type written assessment, a multiple-choice test or a case study/project-based evaluation — all under the watchful eyes of web cameras. The three models for online assessment are […]
40 fresh coronavirus cases in Kashmir, six dead
On a day when J&K recorded the highest the single day spike of COVID-19 cases after 40 new cases were reported from Kashmir, the UT also recorded sixth COVID-19-related deaths, after a 72-year-old man from North Kashmir, died in a Srinagar hospital on Saturday. The total number of COVID-19 deaths in J&K has now reached to six, […]
BMO Langate clarifies, cancels epidemiological sheet dated April 24
Srinagar, April 25 (KNS): Block Medical Officer (BMO) Langate on Saturday clarified that the contacts shared by Covid-19 patient as per epedimiological sheet uploded earlier does not match and hence stand cancelled According to Kashmir News Service (KNS), in a corrigendum note stated, “The epedimiological sheet uploaded on 24 April, 2020 does not correspond to […]
J&K Civil Secretariat Employees Union facilitate shifting of move employees to summer capital
Srinagar, Apr 25 (KNS): J&K Civil Secretariat Employees Union on Saturday took initiative to facilitate the return of Secretariat employees from winter capital Jammu to summer capital Srinagar. Talking to Kashmir News Service (KNS), President J&K Civil Secretariat Employees Union Rouf Ahmad greeted people of J&K on eve of Ramadhan. He said we have taken […]
Bulletin on Novel Corona Virus (COVID-19)
40 new positive cases reported today, 112 recover in JK JAMMU, APRIL 25: The Government Saturday informed that 40 new positive cases of novel Coronavirus (COVID-19), (all from Kashmir division, have been reported today thus taking the total number of positive cases in Jammu and Kashmir to 494. According to the daily Media Bulletin on […]
Lt. Governor extends greetings on Ramzan-ul-Mubarak
JAMMU, APRIL 25: Lt. Governor Girish Chandra Murmu has greeted the people on the commencement of the holy month of Ramzan and hoped that this auspicious period would be a harbinger of peace, amity, brotherhood, progress, and prosperity in J&K. In a message, the Lt. Governor said that the holy month of Ramzan is a […]
COVID-19: 17 patients, including a non-local, discharged from hospitals
Srinagar: Seventeen people, who were hospitalized after testing positive for COVID-19 last month, were discharged from three different hospitals in Kashmir today after testing negative for the infection. Among these 17 people, one is a non-local from Kerala, who was tested positive after coming in contact with a Tableegi Jamat member. Nodal Officer for COVID-19 at […]
Don’t pin hopes on summer, social distancing still best Covid ‘vaccine’, says Harsh Vardhan
New Delhi: There isn’t strong enough evidence that indicates that the high temperatures in summer could help limit the spread of coronavirus, said Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan Friday, adding that countries with hot weather have reported Covid-19 cases too. “Some people hope that outbreaks of the new coronavirus will wane as temperature rises, but pandemics often don’t […]
Two militants, an ‘associate’ killed in Awantipora gunfight
Two militants and a ‘militant associate’ were killed in an encounter with the security forces in Goripora area of Awantipora in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Saturday, police said. Quoting Inspector General of Police, Kashmir, Vijay Kumar, news agency GNS reported that two militants and a militant associate were killed in the gunfight. The identity […]
