Lockdown in 75 coronavirus-hit districts; no trains, Metros, interstate buses till March 31
Authorities on Sunday said 75 districts affected by the novel coronavirus will be locked down and no trains, Metros and interstate buses will operate till March 31 as the number of Covid-19 cases soared to 370, in the biggest jump the country has seen so far. Bihar and Maharashtra reported two more Covid-19 linked […]
Maoists kill 17 security personnel in Chhattisgarh in bloodiest hit since 2017
In one of the biggest setbacks for security forces in Chhattisgarh, Maoists killed 17 troopers in an encounter in Sukma, police said Sunday. Police have found the bodies of the 17 jawans of state police in Minpa jungles of Sukma where a fierce encounter took place on Saturday. Chhattisgarh police had said on Saturday that […]
Coronavirus: Govt declares holiday in all offices on March 24
Srinagar Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday declared March 24 as a holiday in all government offices in view of the ongoing efforts to control the Coronavirus pandemic. Taking to social networking site Twitter, government spokesman Rohit Kansal wrote: “Ongoing #COVID pandemic; Govt declares holiday in all offices on Tuesday March 24..Monday March 23 and Wednesday […]
Petrol bomb hurled near Shaheen Bagh protest site
A petrol bomb was hurled by an unidentified person near the protest site at Shaheen Bagh on Sunday where women have been on a sit-in for over three months against the newly amended citizenship act, police said. No injuries have been reported. The incident took place at around 9.30 am, they said. A police […]
PM Modi highlights efforts to promote Janta Curfew, tags two folk singers on Twitter
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is highlighting the contribution made by various people in spreading awareness about the Janta Curfew. The self-imposed curfew, announced by the Prime Minister in his address to the nation, is being observed from 7 am to 9 pm today. “Everyone is contributing in Janta Curfew in his/her own way. Folk singer Malini […]
Ladakh under virus lockdown as 13 test positive
SRINAGAR: Three more persons tested positive for Covid-19 in the Union Territory of Ladakh on Saturday afternoon. With this, the total number of cases in Ladakh has now jumped to 13 so far. Reports said that two dozen people on Saturday were taken to quarantine isolation as a precautionary measure as they had come in contact […]
Curfew-like curbs in Kashmir over virus scare
SRINAGAR: Srinagar city, the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir Union Territory, has been under a virtual curfew since Thursday as an old woman from the Khanyar locality of downtown Srinagar, who returned on 16 March from Saudi Arabia after performing Umrah, tested positive for coronavirus. On Friday afternoon, doctors and officials in Srinagar said that […]
J&K takes on Covid-19 on a war footing
SRINAGAR: A senior officer in J&K administration has told this newspaper that efforts are on to make preparations to combat Covid-19. “We suspended the nodal officer in the health department for dereliction of duties,” he said, adding that the government was trying its best to procure testing kits and other equipment, including ventilators, to combat the […]
Some coronavirus patients may need quarantine longer than 2 weeks: Study
Some coronavirus (Covid-19) patients might need a quarantine period longer than the currently mandated two weeks to become completely un-contagious, a new study has suggested. The study, detailed in a paper in Cambridge University’s Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology journal considered 175 cases between January 20 and February 12 to reach the conclusion. The cases […]
Do Saudi Arabia, Russia Target US Shale Industry?
London: Since 2016, as the informal leader of the 13-strong non-OPEC group, Russia has been instrumental in the pricing of oil as Saudi Arabia, leading producer in the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries. Now, both find themselves at odds as to how to respond to the global economic crisis caused by the fall in petroleum demand […]
