New Delhi: The Narendra Modi government has decided to stick to schedule and start the 2020-21 academic session for schools from the first week of April through online classes. If the Covid-19 lockdown is lifted by mid-April, the government is also looking at conducting the remaining Class 10 and Class 12 board exams in the first week of May. Amit […]
The city of Wuhan, which was subjected to the most aggressive quarantine in China after the coronavirus first emerged there late last year, is slowly returning to normal with the lockdown imposed at the end of January expected to be completely lifted on April 8. At its peak, some 56 million people in the city […]
As the coronavirus pandemic continues to evolve, infecting millions worldwide, a team of scientists has discovered that Covid-19 could have spread among humans for years or even decades before now. According to findings published in the journal Nature Medicine, the virus could have possibly been transmitted from animals to humans much before it was first detected in Wuhan province of […]
Srinagar The Jammu and Kashmir administration on Monday revoked the Public Safety Act (PSA) against 14 persons who were detained in August of last year, ahead of the scrapping of special status for J&K. All of these 14 individuals have now been released from Central Jail, reported India Today. The Home Department decided to revoke the […]
Srinagar: Four more people tested positive for the novel coronavirus in Kashmir on Monday taking the overall tally to 45 in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir . Government Spokesman Rohit Kansal tweeted, “Four more cases detected positive in Kasmir. 2 each from Shopian and Srinagar. All contacts of previous positive cases. Contact tracing working […]
Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal has written a strongly-worded letter to Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on the exodus of tens of thousands of migrant workers from the national capital Delhi over the weekend that forced the Centre to ask bordering states to seal their borders and look after the migrants. The missive was sent after […]
A lady from Khanyar area of Srinagar, who was first positive case of Coronavirus with a travel history of Saudi Arabia has tested negative for Coronavirus. Speaking to The Kashmir Walla, Dr. G. H. Yatoo Nodal officer for Coronavirus at Sher-e-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Soura, said that the 67-year-old woman has tested negative for the […]
In the midst of a rising chorus demanding China be named for the Coronavirus pandemic running through the length and breadth of the globe, the Beijing leadership has begun an earnest attempt to rebrand its image. The recent Chinese outreach programme involves donating medical supplies and doctors to different countries who are in the thick […]
Three new positive cases of COVID-19 have been reported in Jammu. Kashmir division has not reported any new cases. As per the government spokesman, Rohit Kansal, “In Jammu division, 3 new positive positive cases.” The total number of positive cases from Jammu and Kashmir is now 41. Two people have died in Kashmir due to […]
Sydney: Oil slumped to a 17-year low as coronavirus lockdowns cascaded through the world’s largest economies, leaving the market overwhelmed by cratering demand and a ballooning surplus of crude. Futures in London fell as much as 7.6% to the lowest since November 2002, while New York crude briefly dipped below $20 a barrel. Physical oil markets […]