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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
The Health Ministry on Tuesday said plasma therapy is currently at an experimental stage and there is no evidence yet to support that it can be used as treatment for COVID-19. Addressing a press briefing, Health Ministry Joint Secretary Lav Agarwal said currently there are no approved therapies for COVID-19 and there is not enough […]
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 […]
Sachin Tendulkar taking guard and Glenn McGrath at the top of his mark used to be a dream setting for any Indian cricket fan in the late 90s and early 2000s. World’s premier fast bowler against one of the greatest batsmen of the game – the McGrath vs Tendulkar contest was enough to draw the […]
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 […]