America continues to wage an all-out war to defeat the “horrible” coronavirus, President Donald Trump has said, as the US reported over 5,000 deaths and more than 200,000 infections, the highest in the world, due to the fast-spreading COVID-19 pandemic. According to Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center, the number of Americans to have been infected […]
The lockdown of the first Covid-19 pandemic epicentre Wuhan city and the highest emergency response put in place in the rest of China delayed the spread of the outbreak and reduced case numbers by hundreds of thousands by February 19, a new study published this week said. Drawing inferences from statistical and mathematical analyses of […]
The coronavirus pandemic may have emerged in China, but the country now has fewer cases than the US, Italy and Spain. The Chinese government has used tools such as phone tracking to control the outbreak. Other countries are starting to look at similar technological solutions. But how does China’s controversial surveillance system work and can […]
It has been a week since India began the world’s biggest lockdown to stop the spread of coronavirus. The country has around 1,600 infections so far, but scientists fear the number could be much higher because of low testing rates. Health workers in New Delhi are trying to track down at least 2,000 people who stayed at the […]
SRINAGAR: The floor beneath the feet of one of the Kashmiri quarantined at Jaisalmer slipped away when the health authorities at the facility declared nine people positive for Coronavirus including three Kashmiris. The facility, officially called wellness facility created under Operation Namaste, is an armed forces infrastructure where most of the people flown from Iran stand […]
New Delhi: Amid the ongoing nationwide lockdown to combat COVID-19, the Indian Air Force on Wednesday said it has transported around 25 tonnes of essential medical supplies from Delhi, Surat, Chandigarh to Manipur, Nagaland and the Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh. The medical supplies include personal protective equipment (PPE), hand sanitiser, surgical gloves, […]
“Epidemic” is an old word, but “pandemic” is rather new. I learned this while reading an interview with my colleague, Gautam Menon, Professor of Physics and Biology at Ashoka. He pointed out that while an epidemic spans a particular geographic location, a pandemic is global, spanning multiple regions around the world. The WHO introduced the […]
Last month the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council announced a hike on mobile phone taxes from 12% to 18%. Due to this revision, phones were to get more expensive in the country. Smartphone brands like Apple, Xiaomi, Samsung, Poco and Realme have now taken the hike into consideration and have started announcing the new […]
Nearly 2000 contacts of positive cases have been identified J&K steps up testing process J&K’s testing rate second only to Kerala, will be further boosted 4 lakh masks, 1.60 lakh sanitizers ordered, stock position normal JAMMU, APRIL 01: Principal Secretary Planning, Information and Government Spokesperson, Rohit Kansal today informed that as of today there are […]
DODA, APRIL 01: Agriculture Department Doda extended its support to the district administration by contributing in ongoing noble cause which is feeding hundreds of peoples who are quarantined at different locations in Doda. Proper arrangements have also been made for needy ones especially labourers who are stuck in Doda due to ongoing lock down across […]