PSUs to begin mining by 20th July in 10 blocks SRINAGAR, JULY 8: The Chief Secretary, B V R Subrahmanyam while chairing a meeting to take stock of issues being faced in mining of construction material, called for synergy and coordination between various stakeholders including Geology & Mining Department, State Environment Authority, Pollution Control Board, […]
Jammu and Kashmir Apni Party (JKAP) senior leader and former tourism minister Mohammad Dilawar Mir on Wednesday urged the J&K government to defer formulation and issuance of new guidelines regulating the tourism trade for houseboats in Kashmir till the COVID lockdown is over. In a statement issued to KNS , Mir said that the new guidelines […]
Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) on Wednesday said that people are not following precautionary measures and health advisories in view of COVID-19 pandemic despite rise in coronavirus deaths and positive cases in J&K. President DAK, Dr Suhail Naik said people in Kashmir region have stopped taking the precautionary measures seriously which may be disastrous. “After restrictions […]
Jammu and Kashmir IPS officer Basant Rath has been suspended for alleged instances of ‘gross misconduct and misbehaviour’ a Home Ministry order said on Wednesday. Mr. Rath had recently written a letter in which he expressed apprehension about his safety due to “certain activities” of the Jammu and Kashmir Police chief. The letter had gone viral […]
Scientists have designed a “catch and kill” air filter which they say can trap the novel coronavirus and neutralise it instantly, an invention that may reduce the spread of Covid-19 in closed spaces such as schools, hospitals and health care facilities, as well as public transit environments like airplanes. According to the study, published in […]
In the absence of a COVID-19 vaccine or drugs, the researchers from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have warned that India might record 2.87 lakh coronavirus cases per day by the end of winter 2021. The world may witness 249 million (24.9 crore) cases and 1.8 million (18 lakh) deaths by spring 2021 if there […]
Reserve players doing the job of ball boys, cleaning breaks to sanitise stumps and bails, reporters and photographers covering matches in personal protective equipment (PPE) — an unusual Test series between England and the West Indies starts on Wednesday. In the middle of the novel coronavirus pandemic, international cricket will resume at the Ageas Bowl in Southampton. The Test […]
Chairman District Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) has imposed a complete ban on swimming/bathing in Nallah Sindh and its tributaries in wake of frequent loss of precious lives in drowning incidents. According to Kashmir News Service (KNS), an order issued by District Magistrate Ganderbal who is also Chaiman DDMA, reads “In view of frequent loss of […]
Several students quarantined in old Airport Srinagar on Wednesday complained that their further investigations have not been done despite passing twelve days. They appealed administraion to ensure their Covid-19 tests so that they can walk to their respective homes. Reports reaching to Kashmir News Service (KNS) said that eight students who came from Kirgizstan (Russian) […]
Srinagar: Hours after a 65-year-old man from Baramulla district died at a hospital here, his sample for covid-19 returned positive on Wednesday, taking the fatality count due to the virus to 146 in Jammu and Kashmir A resident of Nadihal area of the north Kashmir district, the sexagenarian was admitted to Shri Maharaja Hari Singh […]