Make special arrangements to bring stranded J&K students back home: Tarigami
Srinagar, April 26 (KNS): While expressing serious concern over the plight of J&K students stranded in different parts of the country and outside India due to COVID19 lockdown, CPI (M) leader Mohammad Yousuf Tarigami Saturday urged the administration to make special arrangements to bring them back to their homes, the way other states are doing. […]
After 6 months, Fresh vegetables, essentials dispatched to Gurez Valley
Bandipora, ApriL 26 (KNS): After a gap of about six months, district administration Bandipora Sunday dispatched a cavalcade of 24 trucks carrying essential commodities to Gurez valley. The road remained closed for several months owing to heavy snowfall in the valley.Though the roads was thrown open last week, the entry and exit from the Gurez […]
376 Stranded Kashmiri Students Leave Kota For Their Homes In Buses
Srinagar: At least 400 Stranded Kashmiri students left Rajasthan’s Kota for Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday morning in government-run road transport cooperation buses. The Jammu and Kashmir government initiated the move after several parents and organisations expressed their concern over their kids remaining stuck in Kota, known as a hub of coaching centres, ever since […]
This South Delhi kitchen turns out 70,000 meals a day for lockdown-hit homeless & migrants
New Delhi: At the end of a narrow, winding road in Delhi’s Fatehpur Beri stands a lone godown. Correction: It was a godown, but now functions as a public food shelter run by the People’s Welfare Society that has been operational since 29 March to feed homeless people and migrant workers across South Delhi during the Covid-19 lockdown. […]
Mumbai, Pune set for lockdown till May 15
The Maharashtra government is likely to extend the second phase of the lockdown until May 15 in coronavirus hotspots Mumbai and Pune, officials indicated. On Saturday, Maharashtra recorded the biggest single-day spike in confirmed cases reported – 811 – taking the state total to 7,682. Of this, 5,049 cases have been reported from Mumbai – the highest […]
Indian envoy in UAE “appalled” after mortal remains of 3 deceased nationals sent back
Indian Ambassador to the UAE Pavan Kapoor has expressed shock over the mortal remains of three Indians being sent back to Abu Dhabi after they were flown to their families in India, according to a media report on Saturday. The deceased were not coronavirus cases but were returned by the authorities in New Delhi, the […]
Spain to allow outdoor exercise as kids prepare for taste of freedom
Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez announced an easing of lockdown restrictions on Saturday, as children prepared to go outside for the first time in six weeks and figures confirmed a daily coronavirus death toll running well below the peak seen early this month. In a televised address Sanchez said Spaniards will be allowed out to exercise alone […]
BCCI bailout plan: Play more matches with India
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), the richest body in world cricket, has come up with a plan to help countries facing losses due to the cancellation of cricket worldwide — although the idea is contingent on games resuming. According to BCCI officials who do not wish to be named, the board […]
India crosses 26,000 Covid-19 cases with biggest one-day spike
India’s tally of confirmed coronavirus disease (Covid-19) cases shot past the 26,000-mark on Saturday with the biggest single-day spike in infections, driven largely by Maharashtra and Gujarat where the outbreak has been growing at a much faster pace recently even as the rest of the country shows some improvement. According to HT’s analysis of daily […]
COVID-19: WHO Warns Countries Against Issuing ‘Risk-free Certificates’ To Ease Lockdown
Governments should not issue so-called “immunity passports” or “risk-free certificates” as a way of easing lockdowns, the World Health Organization (WHO) said. The WHO’s guidance is based on evidence from researchers all around the world. But it could well change as we rapidly learn more about this virus, the BBC reported. There isn’t currently any […]