Delay in releasing kashmiri detainees in and outside jails painful: Qayoom Wani
Srinagar, April 14 (KNS): In a press statement Former EJAC President and Civil Society leader Qayoom wani showed serious concern over the delay in releasing Kashmiri detainees when everybody is feared of Covid -19. A statement issued to KNS, Wani said that delay in their release has put their families in pain and distress . […]
Amid rising COVID-19 cases, JK Govt frames new Medical strategy
Srinagar, April 14(KNS): As the J&K is witnessing spike in positive covid19 cases with every passing day, Government has framed a new medical strategy to arrest the trend of further transmission. The 19-point medical strategy prepared in consultation with the specialists of health department and guidance of GOI emphasis on four Ts- trace, test track […]
ISM (AYUSH) distributes immunity boosters among frontline workers in Bandipora
BANDIPORA, APRIL 13: To boost the natural immunity of frontline workers who are working at high risk areas in health institutions and other departments dealing with COVID-19 preventive measures. Nodal Officer, ISM Bandipora, Dr Iftikar Gazi, said that the immune booster medicines are being distributed as per protocol issued by the Ministry of AYUSH Government […]
Kishtwar administration to set up 3 additional quarantine centres
KISHTWAR, APRIL 14: With the aim to become fully equipped and prepared to tackle any emergency that may arise due to prevailing threat of spreading corona virus and as a precautionary measure district administration will set up 3 additional quarantine centres in the district. District Development Commissioner, Rajinder Singh Tara today visited NHPC colony Shalimar, […]
How the Aarogya Setu app and other tech can be used to tackle the Covid-19 pandemic
Many countries have been attempting to supplement the work being done by health officials in tackling the COVID-19 pandemic with technology interventions. In India too, the Aarogya Setu app to track and alert those who physically come close to those who test positive for COVID-19, has aggressively been promoted by the government. Karishma Mehrotra details how the app […]
Modi govt now plans to rank ministries on how they implement direct benefit transfer scheme
New Delhi: Amid a nationwide lockdown to contain the spread of Covid-19 pandemic, the Narendra Modi government has decided to rank all Union government ministries over their performance on implementation of the Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) programme. This is the first time that ministries will be ranked by the nodal DBT Mission on their performance. In […]
Four Indian-Americans awarded 2020 Guggenheim fellowships
Four Indian-Americans have been awarded with a prestigious US fellowship for their accomplishments and “exceptional promise”. Pradeep Sharma, mechanical engineer at the University of Houston, Kavita Ramanan, professor of Applied Mathematics at Brown University, Dilip Da Cunha, architect, planner and teacher at Harvard University and Columbia University, and Mukul Sharma, professor of Earth Sciences at […]
No passenger trains till May 3, advance booking suspended till further notice
The Indian Railways has suspended all passenger trains till May 3 after Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday announced that the 21-day lockdown would be extended by another 19 days. The railways said no advance booking of train tickets will be allowed till further notice. It will fully refund fares for the cancelled services. “Resumption of train services […]
Covid-19 lockdown, extended till May 3, will become more strict for next one week, says PM Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday appreciated the discipline showed by the people of the country in making the 21-day lockdown to check the spread of coronavirus a success as he announced its extension. “In my discussions with the state governments, and various stakeholders, one thing was unanimous: That we should extend the lockdown. So, […]
R0 data shows India’s coronavirus infection rate has slowed, gives lockdown a thumbs up
Bengaluru/New Delhi: There is a glimmer of hope in India’s battle against Covid-19 from a key metric of the rate of infection of coronavirus. The metric, called the R-Naught or R-Zero – and written as R0 – estimates that the infection rate in India has fallen to 1.55 on 11 April from 1.83 on 6 April, indicating that the […]