JKAP welcomes amendment to domicile order; pledges to continue its struggle Extends gratitude to people, NSA, HM
Srinagar, April 4 (KNS): Jammu Kashmir Apni Party (JKAP) President Syed Mohammad Altaf Bukhari on Saturday welcomed the government of India’s move for amending the new domicile order and reserving all Groups of jobs both in non-Gazetted and Gazetted services for the residents of J&K. He, however, pledged to continue JKAP efforts to get this law […]
Indian Railways asks zones to plan phase-wise restoration of services
Indian Railways has got back to the drawing board to prepare a plan for phased resumption of its passenger services post lockdown, even as the government is yet to take a final call on the matter. As the Railway Board awaits instructions from the government on this, it has asked its zonal railways to prepare […]
COVID-19: 3 MORE TESTS POSITIVE JK TALLY REACHES 78
The government spokesman, Rohit Kansal, tweeted that three more positive cases were reported today from Narsoo, Udhampur. “All contacts of a positive patient from Udhampur with travel history abroad,” he added. This takes the total tally of positive cases to 78.
COVID19: Hope flickers as six more COVID19 patients recover at CD hospital
Srinagar, Apr 4: Doctors’ efforts in Kashmir are bearing fruit as six more COVID-19 positive patients have tested negative and are on way to recovery. Sharing the good news, Dr Naveed Nazir Shah, HoD Chest Diseases hospital Srinagar, said all the six will be discharged after one more sample of theirs is tested to ensure […]
Fresh firing started at D.H Pora Encounter site,4 militants killed so far.
Four militants have been killed so far at Damhal Hanjipora in Kulgam District of South Kashmir, while as 3 bodies of killed militants have been rrcovered from the site. Operation is underway as apprehensions of more militants are believed to be trapped. More details to follow.
Indonesia reports Southeast Asia’s highest coronavirus fatalities
Jakarta, Indonesia – Indonesia reported its first two coronavirus cases on March 2, and has tallied 1,986 confirmed cases and 181 deaths as of April 3, making it the country with the most coronavirus deaths and the highest fatality rate in Southeast Asia. Indonesia’s death rate stood at 9.1 percent compared to 5.2 worldwide as of […]
Army Scientists’ Study Says COVID Cases Could Dive, But There’s a Catch
A new model of the COVID-19 pandemic by researchers at the Armed Forces Medical College (AFMC), Pune, and INHS Asvini, India’s oldest naval hospital, in Mumbai, has concluded that if India is able to isolate and successfully quarantine at least 50% of all people infected by the new coronavirus today, the case growth rate would […]
Coronavirus: China mourns Covid-19 victims with three-minute silence
China has mourned the victims of the coronavirus outbreak by observing a three-minute silence, bringing the nation to a halt. A day of remembrance was declared in China on Saturday to honour the more than 3,300 people who died of Covid-19. At 10:00 local time (03:00 GMT), people stood still nationwide for three minutes in […]
Coronavirus can spread through just breathing, talking: Scientists
The coronavirus disease (Covid-19) can spread through just breathing and talking, said a high-level US scientific panel on Wednesday, suggesting that the virus that causes the disease is airborne and is spreading more easily and sustainably between people than previously believed. The scientists said the virus can be stay suspended in air in the ultrafine […]
Centre Overturns J&K Job Rules In 2 Days After Fierce Backlash
New Delhi: After a unified backlash from all political parties in Jammu and Kashmir including the BJP’s local unit, the centre has changed rules involving government jobs in the union territory. All jobs will now be reserved for domiciles who have lived in the union territory for 15 years, the amendment said late Friday in […]