55 more persons discharged after completing quarantine in Srinagar

55 more persons discharged after completing quarantine in Srinagar

1985 persons discharged so far after successfully completing their quarantine SRINAGAR, APRIL 29: Fifty-five (55) more persons in all who were shifted into administrative quarantine in Srinagar were discharged this past week after successfully completing their quarantine periods. Concerned supervising officers oversaw their discharge and transportation to their respective homes. The persons like all others […]

Stock of insulin, cardiac drugs dips ‘below normal’ levels as India panic buys in lockdown

Stock of insulin, cardiac drugs dips ‘below normal’ levels as India panic buys in lockdown

New Delhi: The stock of cardiac and anti-diabetic medicines, including insulin, is at “below normal” levels in the country, the drug availability watchdog National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) has informed the Narendra Modi government. The NPPA informed the health ministry’s Central Drug Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO), which controls quality and production of drugs and vaccines in India, […]

320 stranded laborers of Kulgam arrives home

320 stranded laborers of Kulgam arrives home

Kulgam, Apr 29 (KNS): Around 320 stranded Kashmiri laborers of south Kashmir’s Kulgam district were brought from Himachal Pradesh on Wednesday and have been kept in home quarantine, officials said. According to Kashmir News Service (KNS), around 320 laborers who were stuck in Himachal Pradesh after countrywide lockdown was enforced, were evacuated and brought to […]

Prepared To Conduct Class 10, 12 Board Exams At First Possibility, Evaluation To Begin: Govt

Prepared To Conduct Class 10, 12 Board Exams At First Possibility, Evaluation To Begin: Govt

The HRD Ministry is prepared to conduct the pending board examinations for classes 10 and 12 for 29 crucial subjects at the first possibility, officials said. The ministry has also directed states to start the evaluation process for the exams already conducted and facilitate the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) in evaluation of answer […]

IGC Lassipora a potential epicentre for COVID-19

IGC Lassipora a potential epicentre for COVID-19

Pulwama, April 29 (KNS): Amid Lockdown and surfacing of a positive case having travel movement and two days stay in a CA store in IGC Lassipora ,people of District are apprehensive and frightened of Industrial Growth Centre turning into an epicentre of Corona Virus infection. While Speaking to this news agency ,scores of people belonging […]

JNU to teach ‘leadership lessons from Ramayana’

JNU to teach ‘leadership lessons from Ramayana’

The Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) will soon hold online classes on ‘Leadership Lessons from Ramayana’ aiming to teach how to deal with the coronavirus pandemic by drawing lessons from the epic. These sessions will be conducted through a webinar by the varsity’s School of Sanskrit and Indic Studies and School of Language, Literature and Cultural Studies faculty members. The registration […]

Oxygen therapy or ventilators? Indian doctors rethink best option for critical Covid cases

Oxygen therapy or ventilators? Indian doctors rethink best option for critical Covid cases

New Delhi: Ventilators have emerged as the last resort to save lives across the world even as the global Covid-19 toll has crossed 2 lakh. India too is racing to secure enough ventilators to sustain the outbreak with thousands of procurement orders already on its way and domestic production in full swing. But critical care experts believe […]

India slams USCIRF report claiming it targets minorities

India slams USCIRF report claiming it targets minorities

The government rejected on Tuesday a recommendation by the US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) that the Trump administration add India to a list of countries seen as systematic and egregious violators and sanction Indian government agencies and officials responsible for it. The USCIRF cited the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, which fast-tracks Indian citizenship for […]