While WHO has given the mantra for fighting COVID-19 as only to go for tests, tests and tests, but JK administration has a new mantra to fight it, that is lockdown, lockdown and lockdown. They have declared red zones, have sealed exit and entry points without going for testing and it has resulted in some […]
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir recorded eighth death due to COVID-19 afetr a septuagenarian woman from Rainawari, Srinagar, died at a hospital on Tuesday. With underlying ailments, the woman had tested positive for the coronavirus on Monday. Medical Superintendent, Chest Disease hospital, Dalgate, Dr. Saleem Tak told that the elderly woman was suffering from various ailments. “She […]
The NITI Aayog building in the National Capital has been sealed for 48 hours after a director-level officer tested positive for coronavirus, a senior official said on Tuesday. “A director-level officer working at NITI Bhawan has been tested positive for COVID-19. Today at 9 am, he got his report, and then he informed authorities,” Alok […]
Beijing: China’s top scientists said the novel coronavirus will not be eradicated, joining a growing consensus around the world that the pathogen will likely return in waves like the flu. It is unlikely for the new virus to disappear the way its close cousin the SARS virus did 17 years ago, as it infects some people […]
India’s carefully cultivated Gulf policy has been at risk of unraveling over the past fortnight, with the Organisation of Islamic Conference, the Kuwaiti government, a UAE royal princess, and the Arab intelligentsia decrying hate speeches by Indian nationals accusing the Tablighi Jamaat of deliberately exacerbating the coronavirus pandemic as well as a crude tweet by a BJP MP on […]
The death toll due to COVID-19 rose to 934 and the number of cases climbed to 29,435 in the country on Tuesday, according to the Union Health Ministry. The number of active COVID-19 cases stood at 21,632, while 6,868 people have recovered and one patient has migrated, the ministry said. The total number of cases […]
Most states on Monday indicated at the videoconference with Prime Minister Narendra Modi that they wanted the lockdown to continue in some form post-May 3, while adding that they would follow the Centre’s lead on the matter. West Bengal accused the Centre of sending mixed signals with the relaxation of some curbs, while Bihar, Jharkhand and Odisha, facing the prospect […]
Srinagar: Two sisters from Shopian were killed due to flash floods triggered by heavy rains in Chotipora area of Shopian district on Monday evening. This is second such incident today as two minor sisters died in a similar incident in Budgam district of central Kashmir earlier Reports reaching here said that the two sisters who were […]
Srinagar, April 27 : Only one “militant associate”, and not four militants as claimed by the government forces earlier, was killed at Guddar in the Devsar area of the south Kashmir district. The slain, Aqib Mushtaq Lone who had completed engineering recently from a college in Chandigarh, is a son of a police officer posted […]
On Friday, when the Dutch Football Association voided its season, there was speculation that it might set the template for other European leagues to follow. Close on its heels, however, news came from England that the Premier League is considering a mid-June return. Maybe, the Premier League has a little too much money riding on it to make […]