Coronavirus: Trump’s WHO de-funding ‘as dangerous as it sounds’
US President Donald Trump has been heavily criticised for halting funding for the World Health Organization (WHO) amid the global coronavirus pandemic. Philanthropist Bill Gates, a major funder of the WHO, said it was “as dangerous as it sounds”. President Trump said on Tuesday that the body had “failed in its basic duty” in its […]
Has Spain flattened the coronavirus curve and what comes next?
Granada, Spain – For weeks, Spain has held the grim title of suffering the second-highest coronavirus death toll in Europe, trailing only Italy. Displays of courage and resilience by beleaguered health workers, images of ice rinks used as emergency morgues, reports of bodies left abandoned in old people’s homes and of hospital staff resorting to rubbish bags and raincoats in […]
LIFELINE OF LADAKH
Union Territory of Ladakh has only one lifeline in the shape of Srinagar-Leh national highway as the Manali-Leh road often gets disrupted. Recently after four months of winter disruption, authorities decided to open this highway amid lockdown due to coronavirus threat. UT administration of Ladakh on Friday after taking feedback from the ground decided to […]
Div Com reviews Darbar Move arrangements
Directs SMC to install De-Contamination tunnels at Secretariat, Raj Bhavan, High Court, AG office SRINAGAR, APRIL 15: Divisional Commissioner, Kashmir Pandurang K Pole, today chairing a high level meeting to review arrangements being put in place for ensuing Darbar Move. In view of current COVID-19 Pandemic, threadbare discussion were held regarding sensitization, thermal screening, fumigation […]
Continue implementing lockdown restrictions strictly till May 3: Cabinet Secretary to Chief Secretaries
Asks States/UTs to follow revised guidelines, ensure close monitoring of containment zones JAMMU, APRIL 15: Government of India has asked all States and Union Territories to continue implementing lockdown restrictions strictly for the extended period till May 3, 2020 as announced by the Prime Minister as an effort to contain the spread of COVID-19 in […]
NHPC donates masks, PPE kits to district administration Kishtwar
KISHTWAR, APRIL 15: In order to combat the spread of COVID-19, NHPC Dulhasti Power Project today donated 3000 pieces of triple layer single use masks, 110 pieces of N95 masks, 2000 pairs of gloves and 70 sets of Personal Protection Equipments (PPE ) to the Additional District Development Commissioner Mohd Hanief Malik for further distribution […]
22 More Test Positive For COVID-19 In J&K
Srinagar, April 15 (GNS): Jammu and Kashmir reported 22 new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday, eighteen of them in Kashmir and four in Jammu. The total number of COVID-19 patients in the J&K now nears 300-mark. Officials sources told GNS that fifteen of these were confirmed in SKIMS, three in CD hospital lab and four […]
Body of non local labourer found in south Kashmir
Srinagar: Police on Wednesday recovered the body of a 33-year-old non-local laborer from a village in Mir Bazar area of Qazigund in south Kashmir’s Kulgam district. Officials said that on Tuesday, locals spotted a body lying in a rented room in Gassipora village and informed the concerned Police Station. A police officer said that soon after […]
J&K’s 77 ‘red zones’ under increased Covid-19 surveillance, real-time tracking on
Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir administration has heightened surveillance in 77 areas of the union territory designated as Covid-19 red zones, through interviews of residents and digital surveillance technologies. Red zones are areas with high number of cases and thus require greater containment and monitoring of the people’s physical movement and health. According to a government […]
New Study Points To Stray Dogs As Possible Origin Of Coronavirus
As scientists across the world scramble to identify the source of the novel coronavirus, a new study points to stray dogs as possible intermediary hosts of Covid-19. The study was conducted by Professor Xuhua Xia, a full-time Professor of Biology at the University of Ottawa, Ontario, and has published two books in bioinformatics and molecular […]