New Delhi: India recorded 37,148 COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, pushing its tally to 11,55,191 , while the total number of recoveries increased to 7,24,577, according to Union health ministry data on Tuesday. The death toll due to the disease rose to 28,084 with 587 fatalities reported in a day, the data updated […]
Srinagar: The Medical Faculty Association (MFA) at the Government Medical and Dental Colleges Srinagar has urged the college principals to ensure adequate security to medicos at hospitals housing COVID-19 patients. In a letter shot to Principal GMC Srinagar on Monday, President MFA, Prof Sajad Majid Qazi has requested the administration to ensure “adequate security in […]
Saudi Arabia’s Supreme Court has announced that Eid-Al-Adha’s first day will be marked on 31 July, Friday, reported Gulf News. The court said Tuesday marks the 30th of Dhu Al Qaeda, and Wednesday, 22 July, will mark the first of Dhu Al Hijja. Since the first day of Eid-Al-Adha always falls on the 10th day of […]
A mine blast has left two soldiers injured in Nowshera Sector of Rajouri district here in Jammu region. Defence sources told news agency KNT that two soldiers while on duty in Kalal area of Nowshera sector were injured when a mine went office suddenly. The injured were rushed to hospital for treatment. Sources identified the […]
On Tuesday, a lightning strike killed three persons, including a young couple, in a remote village in Poonch district of Jammu, reported a local news agency, Global News Service (GNS). Unnamed officials told GNS that last night, at around 11:30 pm, lightning struck Gumsar Dhoke in Surankote area of the Poonch district, killing three persons […]
With the fresh four COVID-19 related deaths, the fatalities touched 260 in the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. Official sources informed Kashmir Despatch that, a 70-year-old woman from Lalbazar Srinagar, a 90-year-old man from Pattan Baramulla, a 43-year-old man from Parigam Pulwama and a 50-year-old from Mirbazar Kulgam died due to COVID-19 sofar in […]
Jammu and Kashmir reported biggest single-day spike in covid-19 infections on Monday with 751 additions including 51 CRPF personnel, 16 from ACB headquarters and ten pregnant women. Among the fresh cases, 240 were reported from Jammu and 511 from Kashmir which also include three BSF men and as many policemen and seven minors including one […]
Jaipur: Rebel Congress leader Sachin Pilot Monday said efforts were afoot to malign him, and threatened legal action against the party MLA who alleged that Pilot offered him Rs 35 crore to switch to the BJP. Earlier in the day, Congress MLA Giriraj Singh Malinga alleged that Pilot offered him Rs 35 crore to switch to the BJP […]
The early-stage human trial data of a COVID-19 vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University reveals that it is safe and induces immune response, with mild side effects in some participants, which the scientists say can be treated with the commonly available pain medication paracetamol. The preliminary results of the phase I/II trial, published in […]
The vaccine candidate developed at the University of Oxford is safe and induces immune reaction, preliminary results published in medical journal The Lancet on Monday said, raising hopes for a cure for Covid-19 that has killed tens of thousands and disrupted human activity across the globe. The widely-followed trial is currently at an advanced stage, with trials […]