FIGHT BACK OF LADAKH
Union Territory of Ladakh has a good news to share while dealing with COVID-19 virus as they have only now three cases left to declare the region infection free. Efforts of local people, NGO’s and administration have been so sincere and massive that Ladakh could be a new model for all other regions of country […]
Man found dead in Sopore village
Sopore,April 16 (KNS):An elderly man was found dead in north Sopore village of Baramulla district on Thursday. According to reports the local residents of the area spotted the body near Pohru river in seelu Sopore and informed the police. A police officer confirmed to KNS and said the body has been recovered under mysterious conditions. […]
High Court grants govt 2 weeks to consider NC leader’s release
Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir High Court today granted the administration two more weeks to file a response to the petition, challenging detention orders under Public Safety Act of Ali Muhammad Sagar, General Secretary of National Conference. A single bench of Justice Sindhu Sharma granted two weeks time on seeking of the same by Senior Additional […]
Dozens of laborers from Kulgam, Shopain want government intervention to comeback
By: Javaid Malik Kulgam Few hundred laborers who migrate during the winter months to Himachal Pradesh, recently protested in Kangra district and other areas of HP as they are without food and money. Now these laborers from Shopain and Kulgam have uploaded videos and appeals to UT administration of J&K to arrange for their transportation […]
Bangladesh rescues hundreds of Rohingya adrift at sea; 24 dead
At least 24 Rohingya died at sea after their boat failed to reach Malaysia, the coastguard in Bangladesh said on Thursday after rescuring 396 Rohingya people from the vessel which had been adrift for weeks after failing to reach Malaysia. “They were at sea for about two months and were starving,” an official from the […]
Coronavirus: Australia’s economy faces unprecedented setbacks
The “miracle economy” that avoided recession during the 2007-2008 financial crisis, avoided the worst of the 1997 Asian financial crisis as well as the lancing of the dot.com bubble is in deep trouble. The Black Summer fires were adding to an escalating economic malaise but the coronavirus has inflicted a jolting collapse. In one week […]
Srinagar-Leh highway remains shut for second straight day, essential commodity vechicles allowed on Srinagar-Jammu highway
Srinagar/April,16: The Srinagar-Leh highway, connecting Ladakh with Kashmir valley, remained shut on Thursday for the second straight day due to slippery road conditions after fresh snowfall on Wednesday this week. Only essential commodity vehicles were allowed on the highway last week after remaining shut for five months due to accumulation of several feet of snow.Meanwhile, […]
Azithromycin, paracetamol, other APIs see upto 190% price jump as China resumes production
New Delhi: With China, the world’s leading manufacturer of raw materials for drugs, resuming production after a four-month Covid-19 lockdown, the prices of active pharmaceutical ingredients or APIs of four top-selling drugs have shot up sharply. According to data ThePrint collated from Indian pharma companies, antibiotics azithromycin and ornidazole, anti-inflammatory drug nimesulide and antipyretic drug paracetamol […]
Luck Has Favoured PM Modi So Far In His Covid-19 Battle. But How Long Will His Luck Hold ?
Consider the situation facing government leaders in a score of major countries from China, Japan and South Korea through West Asia and Europe to the UK and the US. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is, perhaps, the luckiest of them all. Relatively speaking, the impact of the novel coronavirus pandemic and the pressures it has given […]
Amid lockdown, Korel village without electricity
By: Javaid Malik Kulgam Villagers of Korel of D.H Pora Kulgam have appealed executive engineer and other official of PDD to set right their damaged transformer as they are without electric supply from the past 10 days. Villagers told this reporter that they approached the ground staff of the PDD in the village and they […]
