Chinese factories are beginning to buzz again while rest of the world comes to a halt
Beijing/Shanghai: While much of the world’s output is grinding to a halt because of the coronavirus, China is slowly emerging from its shutdowns by restarting production at factories and resuming some flights. A recovery in the world’s second-largest economy provides some relief for global manufacturers in the months ahead as the outbreak continues to wreak havoc […]
LG approves series of support measures for poor and needy
Rs. 1000 assistance for 3.5 lakh workers, 2 installments of pensions for over 7.7 lakh pensioners 1.7 lakh new pension cases to be covered, Pending bills to be entertained in 2020-21 too JAMMU, MARCH 25: The Lt Governor Sh. G. C. Murmu approved a series of proposals to provide support to the needy and destitute […]
Strict restrictions ordered across Srinagar up to April 15
Only designated essential services officials to be allowed to move on production of movement passes: DM SRINAGAR, MARCH 25: In the wake of the surfacing of two more coronavirus positive cases in the district the District Magistrate Srinagar Dr Shahid Iqbal Choudhary has ordered imposition of very strict restrictions in the district. The order issued […]
What scientists know (so far) about how Covid-19 spreads
There is not yet an ironclad scientific consensus on exactly how the coronavirus that causes Covid-19 is spreading, but experts are getting a pretty good sense of it. That understanding needs to be central to our strategy of combatting the virus with minimal collateral damage. This isn’t about over-reaction or under-reaction, but mis-reaction. For example, […]
Flipkart to resume e-commerce sales of essential products
Walmart Inc’s Flipkart will resume e-commerce services for essential products after receiving federal and state government assurances on the safety of its delivery staff and a hassle-free supply chain. Bengaluru-based Flipkart halted all shopping on its website and mobile app early on Wednesday, only hours after Prime Minister Narendra Modi ordered a 21-day nationwide lockdown […]
Boko Haram militants kill nearly 100 Chadian soldiers in attack
Boko Haram militants killed nearly 100 Chadian soldiers and wounded dozens more in what President Idriss Deby described as the deadliest attack ever on the country’s military. The soldiers were ambushed on Monday in the island village of Boma in the swampy Lake Chad zone in the west of the country, where the armies of […]
Coronavirus lockdown: Centre postpones NPR, first phase of Census exercise
A day after PM Modi announced 21-day nationwide lockdown, Home Ministry postponed NPR and Census exercises. (Express photo by Ganesh Shirsekhar) The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Wednesday said that the updating of the National Population Register (NPR) and the first phase of the Census 2021 have been postponed due to the 21-day lockdown announced by Prime […]
Coronavirus: Over 400 complaints about persons hiding travel histories received at control room in Srinagar
Over 200 verified so far; 150 with recent international travel histories traced and shifted into quarantine SRINAGAR, MARCH 25: The Srinagar control room established for coordinating elaborate measures put in place in the district in efforts to contain spread of the coronavirus infection has received complaints about over 400 persons who have returned from outside […]
Bulletin on Novel Corona Virus (Covid-19)
11 positive cases with 01 recovery, 5124 persons under observation in JK JAMMU, MARCH 25: The Government today informed that 5124 travellers and persons in contact with suspected cases have been put under surveillance and, so far, 11 cases tested positive (10 active positive and 01 recovered) in Jammu and Kashmir. According to the daily Media Bulletin on […]
CS reviews UT preparedness to deal with COVID-19 for lockdown period
JAMMU, MARCH 25: The Chief Secretary BVR Subrahmanyam today convened a high level meeting to review the preparedness and measures put in place in the wake of nationwide lockdown for containment of COVID-19 Epidemic as announced by the Prime Minister on 24th March. Financial Commissioner, Finance Department, Financial Commissioner, Health and Medical Education Department, Director […]
