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 […]
Shashi Tharoor: Modi govt wasted money on faulty Chinese Covid tests ignoring Indian options
The growing storm over the time and money wasted by the Narendra Modi government in procuring rapid antibody testing kits for coronavirus from China, which have now demonstrated a mere 5 per cent accuracy rate, points to serious failures of policy and decision-making on the part of the government and its favoured medical agency, the Indian Council […]
How use of Chinese rapid testing Covid-19 kits created panic in a Kashmir village
Srinagar: Chinese rapid testing kits, distributed by the central government to various states/union territories to detect coronavirus, became a major source of panic at a village in Srinagar earlier this week. On Tuesday, a man in his 30s from Chandhara village of Pampore tehsil in Pulwama district tested “weak positive” for Covid-19 after his samples were examined using […]
Covid-19 lockdown: Govt allows shops to reopen. Here’s what will open and what won’t
All neighbourhood shops in residential areas, except those inside malls, have now been allowed to open during the lockdown but with certain conditions by the government. In a late-night order on Friday, the Union ministry of home affairs said the new instructions will not apply to hotspots or containment zones in the country. The Delhi government […]
Mumbai: Cong leaders move HC against Arnab Goswami, Republic TV
Congress leader and member of Maharashtra Legislative Council Bhai Jagtap and state Youth Congress vice-president Suraj Singh Thakur on Friday moved the Bombay High Court against Republic TV management and its editor-in-chief Arnab Goswami seeking direction to lodge FIR and initiate investigation against them. The plea contested Goswami’s remarks on a TV show related to the Palghar lynching […]
Lockdown impact: Stuck in India, US visa holders worry about jobs, families
Every time she is on a FaceTime video call with her daughter Aarya, Priyanka Reddy breaks down invariably. She cannot hold her tears back when all that the four-year-old wants to know is when would her mother return home. As she is uncertain of her return, the daughter complains of the food prepared by the […]
