4 Doctors sent to quarantine in Handwara
Srinagar, April 5 (KNS): Four doctors who were monitoring and remained in contact with Covid-19 patient in north Kashmir’s Handwara have been kept in quarantine, official sources said. Sources told Kashmir News Service (KNS), a fresh Covid-19 positive case of Handwara town who was kept into quarantine centre located at ITI Handwara was monitored by […]
Police arrests 2 persons for circulating fake news on social media
Srinagar, April 5(KNS): Cyber unit of J&K police has registered an FIR for circulation of fake information on social media and arrested two persons. police said information was received through reliable sources that some miscreants with criminal intention and to create panic amongst public have circulated fake information/videos having bearing on law and order on […]
Muslim IAS-IPS officers’ Covid-19 appeal to community: Don’t give anyone reason to blame you
New Delhi: Nearly 80 serving and retired IAS, IPS and IFS officers belonging to the Islamic faith have appealed to the Muslim community to adhere to social distancing norms, and not give anyone the opportunity to accuse it of spreading Covid-19 in India. The officers’ appeal comes in the light of the Tablighi Jamaat event at […]
India bans export of hydroxychloroquine but Trump is counting on Modi for urgent supply
New Delhi: India has imposed a blanket ban on the export of the anti-malaria drug hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) that has caught the world’s attention as a possible cure to the novel coronavirus Covid-19, even as US President Donald Trump has requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi for an urgent supply of the drug. The drug has been touted as a […]
No Evidence Of Coronavirus Being Airborne Yet, Says ICMR
The Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR) on Sunday said there is no evidence as of now that Coronavirus was airborne. “We need to understand that in science whoever does experiments, there will be different opinions, but we need to take a balanced, evidence-based approach,” an ICMR official said. “For example, if it was an […]
Pak-backed terror module in Afghanistan that targeted India busted, 37 arrested
Afghan security forces have arrested 37 members of the so-called Islamic State Khorasan Province terrorist module that had targeted a Kabul gurdwara last month. The arrests were made in the last 24 hours after Afghan forces caught Aslam Farooqui, the Pakistani national who led the terror group ISKP known to have strong links with Pakistan’s ISI that carries […]
The Japanese anti-influenza drug being tested for treating COVID-19
Last week, the Japanese conglomerate Fujifilm announced the start of phase III clinical trials of Avigan, an influenza antiviral drug that is being experimented with in many countries for the treatment of novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19). As there is still no specific cure for COVID-19, medicines used for other ailments are being repurposed around the world for […]
90000 households home-delivered foodgrains since distribution was started last week in Srinagar
Distribution in progress in last 12 zones after 22 zones were covered within a week; over 70000 quintals of foodgrains distributed so far Nearly 50000 households also home-delivered LPG refills SRINAGAR, APRIL 05: Some 90 thousand households have been delivered foodgrains at their doorsteps in Srinagar since distribution of PDS ration was started last week […]
DM declares six villages red zones in Bandipora, Imposes strict restriction
BANDIPORA, APRIL 05: Six more villages were declared red zones and their surrounding villages as buffer zones, in the Bandipora district, to prevent spread of corona virus after six persons from these villages were declared COVID-19 positive, in past two days. The villages include Konan, GundQaiser, Gund-Dachina, Hakbara, Madwan and Pethkote. District Magistrate, Bandipora, Shahbaz […]
Bulletin on Novel Corona Virus (COVID-19)
14 new positive cases reported today, 33503 persons under observation JAMMU, APRIL 05: The Government Sunday informed that 14 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 106. According to the daily Media Bulletin on […]
