India extends world’s biggest coronavirus lockdown till May 3
India’s nationwide coronavirus lockdown, the biggest in the world, will be extended until at least May 3, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said. The three-week lockdown of the nation of 1.3 billion people, which started at midnight on March 25, was scheduled to end at midnight on Tuesday. “From the economic angle, we have paid […]
Trump is not firing top scientist Dr Anthony Fauci: White House
The White House said on Monday that President Donald Trump was not firing US infectious disease expert Dr Anthony Fauci, despite his retweet of a supporter’s #FireFauci message. “This media chatter is ridiculous – President Trump is not firing Dr Fauci,” said White House spokesman Hogan Gidley. “Dr Fauci has been and remains a trusted adviser to […]
Bring J&K residents stranded in different parts of India back: Omar to Centre
Jammu and Kashmir (J&K)’s former chief minister and National Conference (NC) leader, Omar Abdullah, on Tuesday urged the central government to bring back hundreds of local residents stranded in other parts of the country because of the ongoing nationwide lockdown and even suggested the use of the Union Territory’s nine-seater Beechcraft aircraft for the evacuation. […]
COVID-19: Jammu and Kashmir issues SOP for red zones
A day after releasing a medical strategy for mitigating the spread of coronavirus in Jammu and Kashmir, the administration Tuesday issued the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for areas classified as ‘red zones’ in the Union Territory. As per the SOP, a 100 per cent lockdown will be enforced in these red zones with “no outward/inward” movement allowed. […]
Authorities dug roads in Red Zone areas, people angry
Srinagar, April 14 (KNS): People are miffed with the Srinagar authorities for damaging the roads in the name of erecting barricades for sealing the Red Zone areas. A picture of Natipora area of Srinagar went viral on social networking sites. It shows road has been dug to erect barricades fitted with cross rods to prevent […]
Coronavirus: Kashmiris fear for safety of kin in ‘cramped’ jails
Srinagar, Indian-administered Kashmir – Bilquees Shah, 50, a doctor in Indian-administered Kashmir, starts her day early these days and works till late night as hospitals in the region battle the coronavirus pandemic. But she remains troubled and restless about her husband, Shabir Ahmad Shah, 65, a senior separatist leader, who is lodged in New Delhi’s Tihar […]
China approves two coronavirus vaccines for human trials
China has approved early-stage human tests for two experimental coronavirus vaccines as it battles to contain imported cases and prevent a second wave of COVID-19. The experimental vaccines are being developed by a Beijing-based unit of Sinovac Biotech and by the Wuhan Institute of Biological Products, an affiliate of state-owned China National Pharmaceutical Group, state news […]
‘India delayed purchase, now critically short’: Rahul Gandhi on testing kits
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi criticised the government on Tuesday for what he said was a delay on its part in the purchase of testing kits for Covid-19 and said the country is “now critically short of them”. The comments by the former Congress president came after the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) said on […]
Hundreds reached Mumbai’s Bandra railway station to go home; lathicharged
In a replay of scenes at Delhi’s border with Uttar Pradesh last month, hundreds of migrant workers gathered outside Bandra West railway station on Tuesday evening to demand that the railways run trains to take them home. The migrant workers, who defied the lockdown to reach the railway station, were eventually dispersed by the police after a […]
Elgar Parishad Case: Dalit Scholar Anand Teltumbde, Activist Gautam Navlakha Surrender Before NIA
Dalit scholar Anand Teltumbde along with activist Gautam Navlakha surrendered before the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Tuesday in connection with the Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case. Anand Teltumbde is the grandson-in-law of Dalit icon Dr B R Ambedkar, whose 129th birth anniversary is being observed on Tuesday. Teltumbde arrived at the NIA office at Cumbala Hill […]
