Advisor Baseer Khan reviews supply position of essential commodities, related issues
Directs to provide medicine to all cancer patients, cutting down of hazardous Russian poplar trees JAMMU, APRIL 03: Advisor to Lieutenant Governor, Baseer Ahmad Khan, who is overall in-charge of Coronavirus control efforts in Kashmir, convened a meeting here today to review the measures being put in place by various departments for prevention and control […]
COVID-19: 4 in Kashmir, 1 in Jammu test positive, total 75 in J-K
Srinagar : Five people have tested positive for the novel coronavirus in Jammu and Kashmir on Friday. With this the total number of cases in the Union Territory has sprung up-to 74. Among the new five, four are from Kashmir and one from Jammu division. “75 COVID-19 cases have been reported in Jammu and Kashmir, with […]
Six forces personnel injured in cross LoC shelling
Srinagar: Six government forces personnel were injured after Pakistani army resorted to “unprovoked firing” along the Line of Control (LoC) in Sunderbani sector of Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir. A police official told that the Pakistani troops resorted to firing of small arms and shelling with mortars in Dadal, Malla area of Sunderbani sector early […]
479 complete quarantine in Kashmir, sent back home.
479 qurantine’s sent back to home today from many hotels of Srinagar where the administration ha put them in quarantine after arriving from other states of India as today all of them were ferried to their respective districts of the Kashmir valley in state transport buses (SRTC).
Editors Guild says deeply perturbed at govt move against media, calls SC advice ‘gratuitous’
New Delhi: The Editors Guild of India Thursday said it was “deeply perturbed” over the government’s statement in Supreme Court this week, in which it blamed the media for the mass exodus of migrants from cities amid the coronavirus crisis. The Centre on Tuesday had told the Supreme Court that “fake and misleading news and social media” […]
5-minute coronavirus tests may give inaccurate re
Beijing: A Chinese drug and diagnostic firm has cautioned that the slew of new test kits that promise to detect the coronavirus in just a few minutes may not be as accurate as conventional kits, a potential setback for countries seeking to rapidly test their citizens. “Such rapid testing is not as accurate as the […]
World Bank Approves $1 billion Emergency Funds For India To Tackle Coronavirus Outbreak
The World Bank has announced that India is to receive $1 billion in emergency financing to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. The assistance will support better screening, contact tracing, and laboratory diagnostics, procurement of personal protective equipment, creation of new isolation wards, the bank said on Thursday. It is the bulk of the first package of […]
Global Coronavirus Cases Cross One Million, Death Toll Exceeds 51,000
The global coronavirus toll crossed 51,000 late on Thursday with Italy (13,915) and Spain (10,096) accounting for nearly half the fatalities, while the number of cases crossed a million, with the US having over a fifth of them, as per the Johns Hopkins University’s Coronavirus Resource Centre. As of midnight, the death toll stood at […]
India COVID-19 lockdown means no food or work for rural poor
Mumbai, India – For farm worker Manisha Uke, being able to survive is contingent on two factors – one, getting a daily wage of 100 Indian rupees ($1.3) a day and two, receiving a widow’s monthly pension of 1,000 rupees ($13.1) from the government. Since the onset of the COVID-19 outbreak in India at the beginning of March, both […]
COVID-19 pandemic is testing world’s leaders. Who’s stepping up?
In just three months, more than a million people in 180 countries have fallen sick from the viral illness, while at least 50,000 have died in a public health emergency the United Nations is calling the world’s “most challenging crisis” since World War II. In large swathes of the globe, lockdowns aimed at stemming the […]
