Confirmed cases in India climb to 3,577, death toll at 83

Confirmed cases in India climb to 3,577, death toll at 83

The total number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the country climbed to 3,577 and the death toll rose to 83 on Sunday after 505 new infections were reported in the past 24 hours, according to the Union Health Ministry. The active COVID-19 cases stand at 3,219, while 274 people were either cured or discharged and one had […]

165 more persons discharged after completing two-week quarantine period in Srinagar

165 more persons discharged after completing two-week quarantine period in Srinagar

1578 persons discharged so far after successfully completing their quarantine SRINAGAR, APRIL 05: One hundred and sixty-five (165) more persons who were shifted into administrative quarantine upon their return to Srinagar two weeks ago were discharged Sunday after successfully completing their 14-day quarantine period. All these persons having returned back in Srinagar two weeks ago […]

Bulletin on Novel Corona Virus (COVID-19)

Bulletin on Novel Corona Virus (COVID-19)

14 new positive cases reported today, 33503 persons under observation JAMMU, APRIL 05: The Government Sunday informed that 14 new positive cases of novel Coronavirus (COVID-19), all from Kashmir division, have been reported today thus taking the total number of positive cases in Jammu and Kashmir to 106. According to the daily Media Bulletin on […]

Cabinet Secretary asks States/UTs to prepare containment plan to fight Covid-19

Cabinet Secretary asks States/UTs to prepare containment plan to fight Covid-19

Orientation-cum-Training Session on Containment Strategy for DCs held through video conference JAMMU, APRIL 05: Cabinet Secretary, Rajiv Gauba today asked all States and Union Territories to formulate containment plan as a part of their strategy to deal with spread of coronavirus and its effective implementation on ground to avoid reaching stage of community transmission. Cabinet […]

Kupwara gunfight: Two army personnel succumb to injuries, death toll 8

Kupwara gunfight: Two army personnel succumb to injuries, death toll 8

Srinagar: Two army personnel who were critically injured in a gunfight in Kupwara woods have succumbed to injuries, taking the death toll to 8. Earlier, five militants and an army personnel were killed in the gunfight in Rungdori Behak area of Jumgund in Keran sector. “Despite prevailing inclement weather conditions, casualties have been evacuated. Unfortunately, […]

How coffee became a modern necessity

How coffee became a modern necessity

Coffee is so ubiquitous that it’s easy to forget how unusual it is. Its defining, namesake ingredient, caffeine, is not only the world’s most popular mind-altering drug—used regularly by perhaps 90% of the planet—but also, as Michael Pollan has noted, the only one we routinely serve to children. This nearly universal acceptance is all the […]

Mehbooba Mufti and others’ 8-months detention unjustified: Abdullah

Mehbooba Mufti and others’ 8-months detention unjustified: Abdullah

Srinagar: Former chief minister Omar Abdullah on Sunday called the detention of political leaders as “immoral and unjustified.” The Vice-President of National Conference, Abdullah, who was released last month after over 7-month detention, took to micro-blogging site to remind that “in all the Covid-19 news let’s not lose sight of the fact that today” former chief minister […]