They are in a water lockdown. There is only the blue sea to look out to for 30,000 Indian seafarers, who are stuck in their ships at ports in the most COVID-19 affected countries like the US, UK, Italy and Spain. Those who were stranded in the high seas when the national lockdown was announced […]
Srinagar: South Asian Women in Media (SAWM) has called the charges against Kashmiri journalists by Jammu and Kashmir Police “preposterous” and condemned “such harsh steps to intimidate and harass media-persons,” when the world fights against COVID-19 pandemic. This week, the police booked two Kashmiri journalists — Masrat Zahra and Gowhar Geelani — for their posts on […]
London: The U.K. will begin human trials of a coronavirus vaccine Thursday, Health Secretary Matt Hancock said, as he argued that the government’s strategy for fighting the disease had succeeded. “In the long run, the best way to defeat coronavirus is through a vaccine,” Hancock told the government’s daily news conference. “The U.K. is at the […]
President Donald Trump has said he expects to sign an executive order Wednesday that will suspend immigration — mostly impacting Green Cards — for the next 60 days to ensure Americans hits by record layoffs caused by the coronavirus outbreak get a first shot at all available jobs. Exemptions will be over cases on humanitarian ground and […]
Social media giant Facebook has picked up a 9.99 per cent stake in Reliance Industries’ Jio Platforms at Rs 43,574 crore ($5.7 billion) making it the largest FDI for minority investment in India. Jio Platforms is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Reliance Industries Limited that works on digital apps, digital ecosystems and the mobile service. The investment by Facebook […]
Srinagar: Two more militants were killed taking toll to four after a gunfight broke out between militants and goverment forces at Melhora village of south Kashmir’s Shopian district on Tuesday. Official sources told that two more militant bodies have been found at encounter site, he further said that their identification is yet to ascertained. As per […]
An encounter broke out between government forces and militants in Melhoora village of Zainapora Sub division of South Kashmir’s Shopian district on Tuesday evening. An official told news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that on specific inputs about the presence of militants, a Cordon and Search Operation (CASO) was launched in the area by joint […]
POINT TO an alarming resource gap between the state’s anticipated receipt and committed expenditure, Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh on Tuesday demanding interim compensation to the tune of Rs 3,000 crore for the month of April on account of the COVID-19 pandemic. In a letter to Union Home Minister Amit Shah, the chief minister also asked […]
Srinagar, April 21 (KNS): Senior Congress leader and former Union Minister Saif U Din Soz on Tuesday said Like many people, I feel great anxiety in my mind that a number of Kashmiri labourers, Students, traders and patients are stranded in Himachal Pradesh and elsewhere in the country. A statement issued to KNS Soz said […]
Srinagar, Apr 21 (KNS): Authorities on Tuesday evacuated dozens of stranded students and pilgrims who were stuck in outside Jammu and Kashmir after countrywide lockdown. Official told KNS that Jammu and Kashmir administration has started to airlift dozens of students and pilgrims from several parts of Country who were stranded there from weeks due to […]