‘Ensure round the clock electricity to quarantine centres, during Ramadhan’ JAMMU, APRIL 17: Advisor to Lieutenant Governor Baseer Ahmad Khan today directed speedy implementation of various Centrally Sponsored Schemes (CSS) meant for augmentation of power infrastructure including increasing transmission capacity so that uninterrupted power supply is provided to people at the earliest. The Advisor was […]
Order in line with MHA’s revised lockdown guidelines which exclude areas notified as COVID-19 containment zones from exemptions after April 20 and as per SOP the J&K SEC has laid down for these zones SRINAGAR, APRIL 17: In view of the prevailing health situation because of outbreak of COVID-19 the District Magistrate Srinagar Dr Shahid […]
Srinagar: A patient of COVID-19 has died at Jehlum Valley Hospital, Sher-i-Kashmir Institutue of Medical Science, in Srinagar on Friday. Now, the death toll in Jammu and Kashmir has reached to five; among them, four have died in Kashmir, while one in Udhampur. Medical Superintendent, JVC SKIMS, Bemina, Dr. Shafia Deval, told that a COVID-19 patient, […]
Following the central government’s decision to extend the nationwide lockdown till May 3, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Shaktikanta Das on Friday announced a string of relief measures for the stressed banking and financial sector. Das announced a cut in the reverse repo rate by 25 basis points (bps) to 3.75 per cent. […]
Nuh (Haryana): Mufti Zahid Hussain Qasmi Sadar, the headmaster of the nearly 100-year-old Bada Madrassa in Nuh, Haryana, where the Tablighi Jamaat has a deep presence, is seated with a group of associates. Dressed in a white kurta-pyjama and wearing a skullcap and red keffiyeh, the 45-year-old is animatedly discussing a media report about the Jamaat’s alleged violation […]
Smokers are 14 times more likely to contract coronavirus compared with those who do not, the head of a Turkish anti-addiction group told Anadolu Agency. Professor Mucahit Ozturk, president of anti-addiction group Turkish Green Crescent, on Thursday urged those who smoke to quit to protect themselves from the contagion. “Using tobacco and tobacco products increases […]
The 170 districts identified as coronavirus disease (Covid-19) hot spots across the country are home to about 37% of India’s population, with Tamil Nadu accounting for the most “red zones” – 22 of its 37 districts – among the states, according to the government’s data. On Wednesday, the Union health ministry declared 170 districts in […]
The United States has provided nearly USD5.9 million in health assistance to India to slow the spread of COVID-19, the State Department said Thursday. The amount is being used to help India hinder the spread of the disease by providing care for the affected, disseminating essential public health messages to communities and strengthen case-finding and […]
The world is scrambling to find a vaccine against the Coronavirus which has brought normal life to a standstill for over two months now. According to the Vaccine Centre at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, there are 78 anti-COVID-19 vaccines under various stages of development across the world, including six by Indian […]
Srinagar: Two militant were killed in an encounter which broke out between militants and goverment forces in Dairoo, Keegam of south Kashmir’s Shopian district on Friday. As per the sources two militant have been killed, however there identification couldnt be ascertained yet. Earlier Official sources told that a a joint team of Police, Army’s 44RR and […]