17 fresh cases were reported from Kashmir and four from Jammu. “21 new cases of Covid-19 reported in J&K today. 17 from Kashmir Division and 4 from Jammu Division. Total number of positive cases now 245,” Government spokesperson, Rohit Kansal said in a tweet.
The Indian Army’s artillery assault on terror launch pads at Dudhnial facing the Keran sector across the Line of Control (LoC) on April 10 killed eight terrorists and 15 Pakistan Army soldiers, two people in the security establishment told Hindustan Times. It was a message to Pakistan, one of them said, that nothing goes unpunished. […]
It’s unlikely that Jair Bolsonaro knew how well-timed his letter to Narendra Modi was when he used the Ramayana legend of Lord Hanuman bringing the Sanjivani Booti to save Lakshman’s life, while seeking hydroxychloroquine and paracetamol from India. It will be something if his staff has such a pucca Hanuman bhakt that he would also ensure the letter would […]
It’s August and 38C outside a greenhouse on a fruit farm in suburban Nanjing, China. Inside the farmhouse, customers sample organic grapes and peaches. Ms. Wang, who owns the farm, carefully lifts the cover off a large bin of earthworms. She is raising thousands of them to produce organic fertilizer for her farm. Wang is […]
A comic strip is making rounds on the internet showing how famous tragedies of William Shakespeare would have ended differently if characters had “stayed home”. In the now-viral comic strip, famous tragedy dramas, including King Lear, Hamlet, Antony & Cleopatra, goes through interesting plot twists as many lead characters can be seen following social distancing norms. Take […]
My mother is a sparrow. Humble, small. Muted of colour and quick to dart away for cover at attention. She fades into the underbrush with a flit of a wing, a whisper of a rustle … then nothing, leaving in her wake just a feeling of warmth at catching in action something so typically below […]
Former Pakistan pacer Shoaib Akhtar believes an India vs Pakistan encounter will help raise money at a time when the world was locked down owing to the coronavirus pandemic. This response came after former India captain Kapil Dev said India has enough money and that, they do not need to play Pakistan to generate funds. […]
The World Bank on Sunday said migrant workers returning home could become vectors carrying the coronavirus to unaffected states and villages and that preliminary findings indicated in India many outmigration areas are likely to have COVID-19 cases. In its biannual regional report, the World Bank said South Asia is one of the highest population density […]
Jammu, April 11 In all, 17 more persons tested positive for the Covid in J&K on Saturday, taking the total number to 224. According to an official handout issued by the government, of the total positive cases, 12 are in Kashmir and five in Jammu province, including a woman, who gave birth to a baby […]
ixty-five prisoners, including 22 who were arrested under Public Safety Act (PSA), were released to decongest jails across Jammu and Kashmir in the wake of COVID-19 pandemic. The information was given by the director general of prisons in a written report submitted to the division bench of Jammu and Kashmir High Court here. The bench, […]