New Delhi: The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), the country’s apex body in the field, has found that consuming the drug hydroxychloroquine reduces the chances of getting infected with Covid-19. As a result, ICMR released an advisory Friday to expand the usage of HCQ — an anti-malarial drug — as a preventive treatment against the […]
Srinagar: Charred currency worth over Rs 1 lakh meant to repair his house, sewing machines to eke out a living and all personal records – 55-year-old Bashir Ahmad Darzi has lost everything he had built. On Tuesday, when bombs hit his three storey home in downtown Srinagar, Mr Darzi’s dream to renovate home before his […]
New Delhi, May 22 (PTI) The Supreme Court Friday sought responses from the Centre and Jammu and Kashmir on a plea seeking setting up of a permanent bench of the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) to deal with service disputes of government employees in the Union Territory. A bench comprising Chief Justice S A Bobde and […]
Srinagar, May 22 (KNS): The youngest Philanthropist & upcoming Bollywood star Ayaan Khan’s were damaged today in Srinagar city, Misty Cine Films claimed. Films, Music and Entertainment banner Misty CineFilms is the leading film Production Company ,Production house for Bollywood Films and Music , Event Organizers, Shows , Corporate films ,Music albums, Magazines Cover shoots […]
In a country of over 1.15 lakh coronavirus infections, the serene and calm islands of the union territory (UT) of Lakshadweep remain an outlier with no positive cases so far. Nagaland and Sikkim are the two other Covid-free states. Health officials of the UT, whose 64,000 population is highly dependent on Kerala for their medical needs, […]
JK reports 40 new positive cases, 720 recovered so far Wearing a face cover is compulsory in public places, workplaces as a measure for social distancing JAMMU, MAY 22: The Government Friday informed that 40 new positive cases of novel Coronavirus (COVID-19), 07 from Jammu division and 33 from Kashmir division, have been reported today […]
Express gratitude towards GoI, UT Administration for J&K Domicile Law JAMMU, MAY 22: A joint delegation of members of various institutions and a delegation West Pakistan Refugees Action Committee today called on the Lieutenant Governor, Girish Chandra Murmu at the Raj Bhavan. They expressed their gratitude and thanked Government of India and J&K UT Administration […]
The rupee depreciated 34 paise to provisionally close at 75.95 against the US dollar on Friday as the Reserve Bank of India’s rate cut move failed to cheer investor sentiment. Forex traders said weak domestic equities, strengthening American currency overseas, rising coronavirus cases in the country and US-China trade tensions also weighed on the local […]
Srinagar: No prayers were offered as mosques and shrines in the valley were deserted on Jamat-ul-Vida, the last Friday of the holy fasting month Ramzan, which this year was a subdued affair in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir in view of ban on gatherings and mass prayers to curtail the spread of Coronavirus. […]
CAPE TOWN: South Africa are optimistic about hosting India for three lucrative Twenty20 Internationals in late August, but are trying to find new dates for their proposed tour to the West Indies. Cricket South Africa (CSA) has already had to postpone a limited overs series in Sri Lanka, but has earmarked the visit by India […]