441 people brought out of Delhi mosque are symptomatic, says Kejriwal
Over 6 lakh migrants have been accommodated in 61,000 relief camps, the health ministry said in a press briefing Tuesday, adding that routine health services such as immunisation should not be suspended. When asked to reveal list of hotspots, Lav Aggarwal, joint secretary, Health Ministry, said the situation at present is very dynamic and a […]
Release detainees, restore 4G internet in J&K: Amnesty International
Srinagar Amnesty International India on Tuesday urged the government of India to immediately restore high-speed 4G internet services and release all detainees in Jammu and Kashmir in view of Coronavirus. Amnesty International India in a statement said that as Jammu and Kashmir enters the next phase of lockdown this time due to COVID-19, the Government […]
Corona Outbreak Afflicted By Communal Virus? Blaming Tablighi Jamaat Could Be Misdirected
“The Markaz mayhem explodes,” read the breaking news ticker of an English news channel on Tuesday morning after at least seven deaths — six in Telangana and one in Jammu and Kashmir — linked with a religious congregation in Delhi’s Nizamuddin area sent the national media into overdrive. The religious gathering was organised by Tablighi […]
Authorities sanitizing two red zone villages of Kulgam
By Javaid Malik Kulgam: Health and Municipal Committee authorities on Tuesday sanitizing two red zone villages of Kulgam district known as Ramnagri and Sedow. They sprayed disinfectants in these two villages. The district authorities have asked people not to hide their travel details and come forward to save other villagers. Earlier Kulgam Police arrested 20 […]
SC to Centre: Arrange bhajan, namaz to prevent panic among migrants
SC to Centre: Arrange bhajan, namaz to prevent panic among migrants New Delhi, March 31 The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Centre to rope in community leaders of various faiths to conduct ”bhajan-kirtan” and ”namaz” to check panic among migrant workers in shelter homes amid the coronavirus outbreak. Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, representing the […]
COVID-19: 78 people walk home after completing quarantine in Srinagar hotel
Srinagar: At least 78 people who had returned from Leh and were put under quarantine were allowed to go home after completing the quarantine period. Additional Deputy Commissioner (ADC) Srinagar Syed Haneef Balkhi , who is also quarantine in-Charge that 78 people who belonged to various parts of Kashmir like Kupwara, Baramulla, Anantnag, Pulwama and a […]
District hospital Anantnag lacks hygiene
By Javeed Malik Anantnag Amid COVID-19 threat, hospitals in South Kashmir lack hygiene especially district hospital of Anantnag. Patient care is already very poor, when this reporter accompanied a patient to the hospital, the condition of washrooms is very poor. The wards of the hospital also need lot of efforts from the administration keep them […]
Internet Curbs in Kashmir Hamper Coronavirus Fight
Health ministry on Monday invited doctors in Kashmir to an online training session on managing ventilators – critical equipment for patients with COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus. Most, however, were unable to attend because of long-running curbs on the Internet that have prevented those living in Kashmir from accessing information about the […]
How Tablighi Jamaat emerged as the ‘largest known’ Covid-19 source in South Asia
New Delhi: Tablighi Jamaat, a non-political global Sunni Islamic evangelical movement of Indian origin, has emerged as the “largest known viral vector” of the novel coronavirus in South Asia. Its religious congregations are said to be the source of hundreds of positive cases of the disease in the region. In India, the Ministry of Home Affairs […]
Trump flags tougher coronavirus curbs for US
The United States may toughen movement restrictions to curb the spread of coronavirus, with the country now reporting twice the number of cases as China where the outbreak began late last year. The US has nearly 163,500 confirmed cases, the highest number in the world. More than 3,000 people in the US have now died […]
