Young employee from Kupwara who died yesterday tested positive for Covid-19

Young employee from Kupwara who died yesterday tested positive for Covid-19

Kupwara, June 2, KNT: The young government employee from North Kashmir’s Kupwara district who died yesterday at SMHS Hospital Srinagar was declared positive for Covid-19 infection today.  Pertinently, panic had gripped in Warnu Lolab area of North Kashmir’s Kupwara district yesterday, after a 25 year old government employee died at SMHS Hospital Srinagar on Monday. […]

Delimitation Commission

Delimitation Commission

National Conference is caught in a very tricky situation as the speaker has nominated all the five MP’s of UT of Jammu and Kashmir as its members. Farooq Abdullah recently said that his party has not taken any decision whether to be part of the delimitation commission or not. LS Speaker Om Birla on Thursday […]

Rupee slips 6 paise to 75.60 against US dollar in early trade

Rupee slips 6 paise to 75.60 against US dollar in early trade

The rupee depreciated 6 paise to 75.60 against the US dollar in opening trade on Tuesday as strengthening American currency and sustained rise in crude oil prices weighed on investor sentiment even as domestic equities opened on a positive note. Forex traders said, while firm start of the equity market and foreign fund inflows supported […]

New Study Shows How Hydroxychloroquine May Cause Heartbeat Disturbances

New Study Shows How Hydroxychloroquine May Cause Heartbeat Disturbances

Researchers have used an optical mapping system to demonstrate how the malaria drug hydroxychloroquine, which has been promoted as a potential treatment for COVID-19, creates serious disturbances in the electrical signals that govern heartbeat. According to the scientists, including those from Georgia Institute of Technology in the US, the findings shed light on how the […]

Tral gunfight: Two militants killed, operation over

Tral gunfight: Two militants killed, operation over

Srinagar : Two militants were killed in a gunfight with forces at Saimoh in Tral belt of South Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Tuesday morning. A police official told a local  news agency—that two militants were killed in the gunfight which broke out this morning . The operation began after a joint team of Awantipora Police, […]

PCB offices to resume work from tomorrow

PCB offices to resume work from tomorrow

KARACHI: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) headquarters in Lahore will resume its functioning from Wednesday, June 3, it was learnt on Monday. “It will be a partial resumption with limited staff at the headquarters to look into day to day affairs, pending jobs and priorities”, a board official told this correspondent. “Only the headquarters will […]

Facebook in turmoil over refusal to police Trump’s posts

Facebook in turmoil over refusal to police Trump’s posts

SAN FRANCISCO: The clash between Twitter and Donald Trump has thrust rival Facebook into turmoil, with employees rebelling against CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s refusal to sanction false or inflammatory posts by the US president. “Mark is wrong, and I will endeavour in the loudest possible way to change his mind,” Ryan Freitas, the design director of […]