Critical drugs supply must not be disrupted, EU envoy says as India bans & resumes exports
New Delhi: After India partially lifted the ban on the export of hydroxychloroquine and paracetamol, drugs that are in high demand to fight Covid-19, the European Union has said it believes global supply chains and distribution networks of such critical drugs and other items should not get disrupted. EU’s Ambassador to India Ugo Astuto, told ThePrint: “The demand […]
Rajbagh Corporator appeals LG Murmu to release Dy Mayor
Srinagar, April 09 (KNS):SMC corporator Shaheen Bhat Thursday appealed Lieutenant Governor Girish Chander Murmu to release Deputy Mayor Sheikh Imran and other detained corporators in wake of current situation. According to Kashmir News Service (KNS), Shaheen, a Corporator from Rajbagh area appealed LG Murmu to allow Deputy Mayor SMC Sheikh Imran and others to walk […]
ICMR Revises COVID-19 Testing Strategy. Here’s How India Will Test Patients Now
The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) on Thursday updated its testing strategy for the Novel Coronavirus as the number of infected people continues to rise in the country. There has been widespread criticism of India over the number of tests conducted per million people, an abysmally low figure. The revised strategy includes testing of […]
Jailed Kashmiri separatist Yasin Malik ‘being denied fair trial’
Srinagar, Indian-administered Kashmir – Imprisoned in New Delhi and slapped with a series of cases, including reopening of 30 years old murder charges, a top Kashmiri separatist leader is being denied a fair trial, his family and rights activists have alleged. Yasin Malik, one of Indian-administered Kashmir’s prominent pro-independence leaders, is the chief of Jammu and Kashmir Liberation […]
Coronavirus widespread among Saudi royal family: Report
Dozens of members of the ruling Saudi royal family, as many as 150, have been infected with coronavirus in recent weeks, a news report said. Saudi Prince Faisal bin Bandar bin Abdulaziz Al Saud – the governor of the capital Riyadh who is in his 70s – is in intensive care after contracting the virus, according […]
UK doctor who urged PM to provide protective gear dies of virus
London, United Kingdom – A British doctor who warned United Kingdom Prime Minister Boris Johnson that health workers on the front line did not have enough personal protection equipment (PPE) has died of COVID-19. Abdul Mabud Chowdhury, a 53-year-old consultant in the urology department at Queen Elizabeth hospital in Romford, worked for the NHS for more […]
‘Thoughtless classification’ of Covid-19 data fuelling Islamophobia: Delhi minorities panel
New Delhi: The Delhi Minorities Commission Thursday asked the Arvind Kejriwal government to drop any mention of religious undertones in its daily health bulletins on the coronavirus pandemic. In a letter to the director and secretary of the Delhi health department, DMC Chairman Dr Zafarul-Islam Khan said: “Your bulletins of coronavirus victims are showing a separate […]
Countries are returning masks imported from China: Here’s why
At a time when countries around the world are facing a severe shortage of personal protective equipment (PPE) and coronavirus testing kits, Finland has become the latest country to publicly blame China for selling masks that don’t meet its requirements. On Wednesday, Finland discovered that the first shipment of 2 million surgical masks and 230,000 respirator masks […]
BPL families to get 3 months ration free in Kashmir
Srinagar, April 09: In a major relief the government of Jammu and Kashmir, Below Poverty Line (BPL) and Antyodaya Anna Yojana (AAY) cardholders will get free ration in J&K from for next three months in wake of Covid-19 lockdown.. A senior official at Food, Civil Supplies and Consumers Affairs (FCS&CA) department, told JKNS that free […]
Coronavirus: Why India cannot afford to lift its lockdown
Will India extend its rigorous 21-day lockdown to slow the spread of coronavirus beyond its end date next week? By all accounts, yes. On 24 March, India shut its $2.9 trillion economy, closing its businesses and issuing strict stay-at-home orders to more than a billion people. Air, road and rail transport systems were suspended. Now, […]
