Don’t pay heed to unverified reports on social media: Dir SKIMS

Don’t pay heed to unverified reports on social media: Dir SKIMS

SRINAGAR, MARCH 29: Director, Shere-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS), Soura, Dr AG Ahanger today appealed to people not to pay heed to unverified reports attributed to him on the social media regarding the spread of Coronavirus in Jammu and Kashmir A message, which is being circulated on social networking sites attributing Director SKIMS to […]

PM Modi sets up 10 empowered groups as quick response teams to tackle coronavirus outbreak

PM Modi sets up 10 empowered groups as quick response teams to tackle coronavirus outbreak

New Delhi: Ramping up government efforts to tackle the Covid-19 outbreak, Prime Minister Narendra Modi Sunday constituted 10 empowered groups, to be headed by secretaries, for planning and ensuring quick implementation of decisions taken to check the spread of coronavirus, ThePrint has learnt. Covid-19 cases have spiked in India over the last few days to cross […]

IIT, AIIMS alumni join hands to create robot to ‘sanitise cities against coronavirus’

IIT, AIIMS alumni join hands to create robot to ‘sanitise cities against coronavirus’

Debayan Saha and Shashi Ranjan, alumnus of IIT Kharagpur and AIIMS respectively, along with Sashi Ranjan who is a biomedical scientist from NUS, Singapore claim to have created a robot that can sanitise cities and stop the spread of the coronavirus. Their device ‘Airlens Minus Corona’, they say, can successfully tackle the coronavirus. It operates on […]

Coronavirus: Five More Test Positive, Total Cases 38

Coronavirus: Five More Test Positive, Total Cases 38

Srinagar In a sudden spurt in coronavirus cases in Kashmir, five more COVID-19 positive cases were reported in the Valley on Sunday. This takes the total number of coronavirus disease (COVID1-9) cases in the entire J&K to 38. “5 more positives cases confirmed in Kashmir -2 from Srinagar, 2 Budgam, 1 Baramulla,” tweeted government spokesman […]

Explained: Can alternative medicine work against the coronavirus?

Explained: Can alternative medicine work against the coronavirus?

There have been multiple advisories from the AYUSH Ministry on COVID-19. Its long list of recommendations include Unani concoctions Sharbat Unnab and Tiryaq Arba, and the homeopathic medicine Arsenicum Album 30 for post-exposure prophylaxis for doctors and caregivers. In the absence of a scientifically proven cure or preventive for novel coronavirus infection, should one use alternative medicine […]

Coronavirus: Trump backs away from New York quarantine

Coronavirus: Trump backs away from New York quarantine

US President Donald Trump has said quarantining New York “will not be necessary”, after the state’s governor said doing so would be “preposterous”. Mr Trump said the latest decision was taken on the recommendation of the White House Coronavirus Task Force. The president had earlier said he might impose a quarantine on New York, and […]

Coronavirus: Kashmir records second death

Coronavirus: Kashmir records second death

Srinagar The Kashmir Valley recorded the second fatality due to the novel coronavirus as a 52-year-old man hailing from Tangmarg area of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district died on Sunday wee hours. Reports said that a man died at Chest Disease hospital Dalgate, Srinagar at around 4:00 am. A doctor told news agency GNS that the […]

Could the Swedish lifestyle help fight coronavirus?

Could the Swedish lifestyle help fight coronavirus?

W While people around the world are climbing the walls due to coronavirus lockdowns and social distancing, 21-year-old Swede Cajsa Wiking is unfazed by the prospect of spending time alone in her one-bedroom apartment in Uppsala. “We are pretty good at staying home and aren’t very social compared to other cultures…so that makes it easier […]

Testing in J&K highest in country-nearly 10 % of surveillance cases being tested

Testing in J&K highest in country-nearly 10 % of surveillance cases being tested

Govt appeals people to Self report travel history Admin monitoring situation proactively; 11 exclusively COVID hospitals earmarked, 35000 quarantine facility created across UT: Kansal JAMMU, MARCH 28: Principal Secretary, Planning, Development & Monitoring Department, Mr Rohit Kansal, who is also the J&K Govt Spokesperson, today said that the administration is closely monitoring and reviewing the situation and […]