ECONOMIC DEPRESSION

ECONOMIC DEPRESSION

Kashmir is reeling under economic depression as already, most of the business establishments have bad loans and some have shut their business. According to the media reports, it is now 13th running month that Kashmir valley is without any normal business as now the lockdown of Covid-19 is going on from the past five months. Business […]

Covid-19: World Nowhere Close To Herd immunity, It Requires Effective Vaccine, Says WHO

Covid-19: World Nowhere Close To Herd immunity, It Requires Effective Vaccine, Says WHO

The World Health Organization says the planet is nowhere near the amount of coronavirus immunity needed to induce herd immunity, where enough of the population would have antibodies to stop the spread. Herd immunity is typically achieved with vaccination and most scientists estimate at least 70 per cent of the population must have antibodies to […]

54% deficient rainfall in J&K this summer, says Met Dept

54% deficient rainfall in J&K this summer, says Met Dept

Day after breaking the 39-year-old record, the maximum temperature in the summer capital dropped by a few notches today due to early morning rainfall. However, the day remained sunny later and the heat wave is expected to continue in the Valley. The Meteorological Department said Jammu and Kashmir received 54 per cent deficient rainfall this […]

Mild Covid-19 cases can produce strong T cell response: Study

Mild Covid-19 cases can produce strong T cell response: Study

Mild cases of Covid-19 can trigger the immune system’s memory T cells even in the absence of detectable virus-specific antibodies, according to a study which says the response may play a significant role in preventing reinfection with the novel coronavirus. According to the research, published in the journal Cell, there is limited evidence of reinfection […]

Raju reviews progress on languishing development projects

Raju reviews progress on languishing development projects

SRINAGAR, AUGUST 18: Secretary, Jal Shakti Department, M. Raju today chaired a meeting to review the progress on various languishing projects of Jal Shakti department being funded by J&K Infrastructure Development Finance Corporation. Secretary asked all the concerned HODs as well as Nodal officers to complete the projects in a time bound besides initiating the […]

Govt puts all of the 10573 completed projects into public domain

Govt puts all of the 10573 completed projects into public domain

Designates officers to receive public grievances/feedback SRINAGAR, AUGUST 18: In a first to bring added transparency and accountability into public expenditure, the government has put all of the 10573 infrastructure projects completed during 2019-20 into public domain for registering public grievances and feedback as well. The Finance department has released a number of e-books depicting […]

Lt Governor calls for laying special focus on upgrading & improving road connectivity, especially in rural areas

Lt Governor calls for laying special focus on upgrading & improving road connectivity, especially in rural areas

Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha today took a comprehensive review of the progress achieved under Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) in a meeting held here at Raj Bhavan. Sh. BVR Subrahmanyam, Chief Secretary; Sh. Shailendra Kumar, Principal Secretary to the Government, Public Works (R&B) and other senior officers attended the meeting. Stressing on the need […]

Muzafar Beigh seeks impartial enquiry in Shopian encounter

Muzafar Beigh seeks impartial enquiry in Shopian encounter

Senior People’s Democratic Party leader Muzafar Hussain Beigh seeks impartial enquiry in the alleged killing of three Rajouri boys in Shopian. Terming the killing of these innocents Murder Most Foul, PDP leader in a statement issued to KNS said, ” according to the information received by the reliable sources collected from the aggrived families, one […]

Two young boys set up Motivation from Kashmir YouTube channel

Two young boys set up Motivation from Kashmir YouTube channel

Amid the closed schools which halted the student-teacher interaction since March,two Kashmiri students have created a YouTube channel with aiming to establish non-formal communication channel with the youth of Kashmir. Named as Motivation from Kashmir, the young students Muntazir Mehdi and Faizan Nabi set-up the channel to provide free online platform to students to interact, […]