Coronavirus And The Great Depression of 2020: How Mental Demons Are Adding To Life’s Miseries
There’s no escaping that noise, it’s always there, in or around your head, like low radio chatter, or a mosquito. It’s the background sound of a pandemic…it’s not unlike a silence, or a headache on the horizon that you try to forget but can’t. It presses in between the work con-calls in the mornings and […]
COVID-19: 17 more test positive in J-K, tally rises to 224
Srinagar: Seventeen more people have been tested positive for the novel coronavirus in Jammu and Kashmir; among them five are from Jammu division, while twelve are from Kashmir. The tally of the Union Territory has risen to 224. The government’s spokesperson, Rohit Kansal, confirmed that seveteen more cases have been detected. “5 are from Jammu division […]
Pakistani army shells forward posts, villages along LoC in J-K’s Poonch
Jammu, April 11 The Pakistani army on Saturday resorted to intense mortar shelling on forward posts and villages along the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said. The latest ceasefire violation by Pakistan in Kirni sector comes barely 12 hours of intense firing and shelling in nearby Balakote and […]
Coronavirus: Inside India’s busiest Covid-19 hospital
In early March, 40-year-old Ravi Dosi, a chest specialist in India, saw a baffling surge in patients with respiratory problems at outpatient clinics. “There was almost a 50% jump in patients with upper respiratory issues and sore throat. They were not responding to antibiotics. Testing was still low and we didn’t really know what was […]
PM Narendra Modi speaks to CMs on extending COVID-19 lockdown
As India grapples with the coronavirus pandemic with nearly 7,500 cases, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday held a video-conference with chief ministers of all states and Union Territories to discuss the next course of action and decide whether the 21-day nationwide lockdown, which is to end on April 14, should be extended. PM Modi, and other ministers, were seen […]
On Covid-19 lockdown, PM Modi to strike a balance between saving lives and livelihood
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hear out all the Chief Ministers on their views and suggestions on whether to lift or extend the lockdown, but his decision will be communicated directly to people closer to April 14. On April 9 and 10, PM Modi had six hours of presentations made by his principal advisors and empowered groups […]
Covid-19 Positive Migrant Worker From Assam Allegedly Commits Suicide In Maharashtra
A 30-year-old migrant worker from Assam, who had tested positive for coronavirus on Friday and was undergoing treatment at a government hospital in Akola city of Maharashtra, died after allegedly slitting his throat early on Saturday, officials said. The victim, a migrant labourer from Nagaon district of Assam, had been admitted to the isolation ward […]
Jammu And Kashmir Govt ‘Halts’ Darbar Move For The First Time In 148 Years
The Jammu and Kashmir government on Friday ordered the formal opening of the annual Darbar Move offices in summer capital Srinagar on May 4 but said the employees shall work on “as is where is” basis. This is for the first time in 148 years that the Jammu and Kashmir government has ‘halted’ the traditional […]
Kulgam encounter: Search begins as militants believed to have fled
Pika LMG gun, IED material recovered from encounter spot’ Kulgam, Apr 11 (KNO): After brief exchange of fire, no contact has been established with the militants in Nandimarg area of Damhal Hanjipora in Kulgam district and it is believed that militants have managed to give a slip to forces, leaving behind a Pika LMG […]
Bright spot on day of record jump in Delhi: A hotspot is ‘virus-free’
On a day the capital recorded 183 new COVID-19 cases — the highest single-day jump so far — the Delhi government declared East Delhi’s Dilshad Garden “coronavirus-free”, saying no new cases have been reported in the area for the past 10 days. Dilshad Garden had been identified as one of 10 hotspots in the country last month. […]