HC Directs DC Kupwara to ensure better healthcare for residents
Srinagar, Apr 30 (KNS): The Jammu and Kashmir High Court on Wednesday asked the authorities in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district to ensure medical facilities to all, particularly to border residents who are subjected to hardships amid this pandemic for want of medical facilities. The High Court has directed deputy commissioner Kupwara to ensure that a […]
COVID-19: 20 patients recover, discharged from Srinagar hospital
Srinagar: Twenty people, who were hospitalized after testing positive for COVID-19 last month, were discharged from JLNM Rainawari Hospital after testing negative for the infection today. Those who were discharged after recovering from this lethal infection hail from different parts of Kashmir, though majority of them are from Srinagar. Nodal Officer for COVID-19 at JLNM Rainawari […]
COVID-19: 33 more test positive; J-K tally surpasses 600 mark
Srinagar: Thirty-three people tested positive for COVID-9 in Kashmir, pushing the overall tally of COVID-19 patients past 600-mark. Official sources told that among them, 13 were confirmed at Viral Diagnostic Lab of SKIMS, Srinagar, and include 11 from Baramulla and one each from Budgam and Shopian districts. Twenty among them were confirmed at the COVID-19 testing […]
JKPCC President writes to LG
Srinagar April 30 (KNS): Amid ongoing Covid 19 lockdown, The Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress (JKPCC) President has written a letter to Lt. Governor J&K, suggesting various measures that are required to be taken under the current depressing situation. Apart from other things, the JKPCC President G.A. Mir has drawn the attention of G.C. Murmu […]
No anti-rabies vaccination in Kunzar health centers, people aghast
Srinagar, Apr 30 (KNS): The residents of Kunzar locality in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Thursday expressed strong resentment over the non-availability of anti-rabies vaccine in PHC Kunzar. Talking to Kashmir News Service (KNS), residents said that a teenage of Panditpora Payeen area was bitten by a stray dog after which his family rushed him […]
“You are terrorists”: Stranded Kashmiris in Jaipur beaten up by police
Srinagar: Amidst the nationwide lockdown to contain the COVID-19, Kashmiris stranded in Jaipur, Rajasthan, were allegedly beaten up and harassed by the police when they were out “to buy basic essentials”. Speaking to The Kashmir Walla, Altaf Dar, a resident of Bandipora, north Kashmir, who has been working as a caterer in Hassanpora, Jaipur, claims that he […]
Zoom, Google Meet classes ‘next to impossible’ as J&K students struggle with 2G speed
Srinagar, New Delhi: Schools and colleges, among the worst affected by the lockdown to contain Covid-19, are now increasingly resorting to online classes to salvage their academic sessions. But that has proved a problem for educational institutions in Kashmir where an internet blackout was only recently lifted. In the first week of March, the Jammu and […]
10 villages declared Red Zones after two postive 19 cases surface in Pulwama
Pulwama, April 29 (KNS): As two new positive cases of COVID-19 surfaced in the Pulwama district ; District Authorities today declared Rohmoo, Gussoand Frasipora villages of Tehsil Rajpora and Reshipora Chirat, Monviji, Banderpora Chirat, Wandakpora, Kakapora Town of Tehsil Kakapora as Red Zones and Goripora from Awantipora Tehsil as buffer zones . The precautionary measures […]
Nearly Half Of Global Workforce At Risk Of Losing Livelihoods Due To COVID-19: ILO
Almost 1.6 billion workers in the informal economy, nearly half of the global workforce, face an immediate danger of losing their livelihoods due to the continued sharp decline in working hours because of the COVID-19 outbreak, the International Labour Organization has said. More than 430 million enterprises in hard-hit sectors such as retail and manufacturing […]
Nations must promote ‘Green Recovery’ from virus, IMF chief says
With the world economy reeling from the fallout from the Covid-19 pandemic, nations must do all they can to promote a recovery that also fights against the climate-change crisis, International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said. “Taking measures now to fight the climate crisis is not just a ‘nice-to-have,’ it is a ‘must-have’ if we are […]