FCS&CA Kashmir appeals public not to pay extra for rice, flour
Srinagar April 15, (KNS):The Department of Food Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs (FCS&CA) Kashmir today appealed consumers not to pay anything extra for the items bought from Ration Ghats or Fair Price shops. According to FCS&CA, the price of Rice under NFSA is Rs 3/Kg for AAY and PHH categories and Rs 15/kg for NPHH […]
NC parliamentarians demand immediate evacuation of stranded students, laborers and others
Srinagar, 15 April (KNS): Jammu and Kashmir National Conference Members of Parliament Dr Farooq Abdullah, Mohammad Akbar Lone and Hasnain Masoodi have in a joint statement sought immediate intervention of the Prime Minister in much delayed evacuation and return of laborers, traders and students stranded in Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, West Bengal, Rajasthan and […]
India uses Saarc Covid Fund for HCQ tablets to neighbours. Afghanistan next
India has decided to send 5 lakh tablets of hydroxychloroquine to Afghanistan from the Saarc Covid-19 Emergency Fund set up at Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s suggestion last month. The fund was created with an initial corpus of $10 million from India; other Saarc members had also pitched in. A top government official told Hindustan Times that the […]
Covid-19: India to facilitate return of 180 stranded Pakistani nationals
The Indian government is facilitating the repatriation of 180 Pakistani citizens stranded in the country because of the Covid-19 lockdown, with 41 of them set to return via the Wagah-Attari border crossing on Thursday. People familiar with developments, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the Pakistan high commission in New Delhi had informed Indian authorities […]
Aggressive contact tracing, enhanced testing, GPS tracking: How Srinagar is fighting to keep COVID-19 at bay
On Monday, Jammu and Kashmir’s Srinagar was included in a list of 16 districts to share best practices in an effort to contain the spread of COVID-19, with representatives of 700 districts of the country. The key factors that distinguish Srinagar in dealing with the pandemic, include early response, aggressive contact tracing and use of information technology […]
Medical Team, Police Escorting Suspected Covid-19 Patient Attacked In UP’s Moradabad
A team of health workers and police was attacked in Moradabad on Wednesday when they went to escort a suspected coronavirus patient and his family. The incident in which police and health workers were injured took place in Nawabpura area of Moradabad. The ambulance and four other vehicles were also damaged in the stone-pelting. According […]
170 Districts In India Coronavirus Hotspots, 207 At Risk: Health Ministry
The Union Health Ministry has identified 170 districts as COVID-19 hotspots and 207 districts as potential hotspots, officials said on Wednesday, reiterating that there has been no community transmission of the disease in the country so far. Addressing the daily briefing to provide updates on coronavirus situation in the country, Joint Secretary in the Ministry […]
China failed to warn public of coronavirus threat for days: AP
In the six days after top Chinese officials secretly determined they were probably facing a pandemic from the new coronavirus, the city of Wuhan hosted a mass banquet for tens of thousands of people and millions began their annual trip home for the Lunar New Year celebrations. President Xi Jinping warned the public on January […]
World reacts to Trump withdrawing WHO funding
US President Donald Trump has instructed his administration to temporarily halt funding to the World Health Organization (WHO) over its handling of the coronavirus pandemic. Trump said the WHO “failed in its basic duty and it must be held accountable”. He said it promoted China’s “disinformation” about the virus that likely led to a wider […]
MORE RED ZONES
Administration in UT of Jammu and Kashmir has decided to isolate many localities by declaring them as red zones as more COVID-19 positive cases have surfaced. Amid all this gloom, there is a silver lining also, as four COVID-19 positive patients including a 10 year old boy were discharged from SKIMS as they recovered […]
