Coronavirus: How South Korea is teaching empty classrooms
The school bell was chiming as I walked into Miss Ha’s English class. It was a cheery melody to mark the start of a new day, the beginning of a new school year. But there were no students to heed its call. Instead, alone in an empty classroom, Miss Ha called out names into her […]
Surfing: Coronavirus lockdown advice leaves room for confusion
In one surf-loving nation, Australia, some beaches are closed but others remain packed. So is it ok to surf during the Covid-19 crisis? Gary Nunn reports from Sydney. Mark Stockdale surfs every day of his life. But not today. “Ironically, it was too crowded,” he tells the BBC. He lives near surfing hotspot Bells Beach, […]
Europe could fall, Italy warns as EU tries again for rescue deal
The European Union faces an existential threat if it cannot come together to combat the coronavirus crisis, Italy said on Thursday as the divided bloc sought to salvage talks on a rescue package to aid battered economies. A deal has so far proved elusive amid fraught discussions between the more fiscally conservative north and the indebted south, which has been hit […]
Future is scary’: Poor hit hardest by India coronavirus lockdown
With his rickshaw sitting idle outside his one-room shack, Sailesh Kumar is one of the hundreds of millions of poor Indians hit the hardest by the world’s biggest coronavirus lockdown. His family of six are stuck in their slum home outside New Delhi earning nothing and waiting desperately for money promised by the […]
SpiceJet operates first cargo flight to bring back medical equipment from Singapore
New Delhi: SpiceJet said it will operate its first cargo flight to Singapore from Chennai on Thursday to bring back critical medical equipment and other supplies to deal with the COVID-19 outbreak in India. The budget carrier said it will operate a second freighter flight on Friday carrying medical supplies from Singapore to Bengaluru. “SpiceJet has […]
COVID-19: PSA detainee among 84 people’s sample taken at Rainawari hospital
Srinagar: Over eighty-four samples of patients suffering from COVID-19 like symptoms were collected today at JLNM Hospital, Srinagar; one among them was of a youth detained under Public Safety Act in Central Jail, Srinagar. Speaking to The Kashmir Walla, a senior official at the hospital said that over eighty-four samples lodged in different quarantine centres were collected […]
Bulletin on Novel Corona Virus (COVID-19)
184 tested positive till date, 43798 persons under observation JAMMU, APRIL 09: The Government Thursday informed that till date 184 persons have tested positive for COVID-19 out of which 174 are active positive, six have recovered and four have died. According to the daily Media Bulletin on Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19), out of 184 positive cases, […]
Kashmir Hospital Returns 6 Ventilators To NGO Due To Lack of Space, Beds, Staff
At a time when hospitals around the world require ventilators, the Government Medical College, Srinagar returned six such machines, donated by an NGO. The cost of 6 ventilators is around Rs 39 lakh. “We require ventilators very much but before ventilators, we need space, specific beds for ventilators, anaesthetics, nurses,” says a government official requesting […]
Strict restrictions form tomorrow, will ensure no leakage from Red Zones: DC Srinagar
Srinagar, April 9 (KNS): Deputy Commissioner Srinagar Dr Shahid Iqbal Choudhary said 800 to 900 people who had hidden their travel history were traced “They traced through control room due to crowd sourcing of information and were quarantined or put under isolation,” DC Srinagar said in a joint presser along with SSP Srinagar Dr Haseeb […]
2020 could see worst global economic fallout since Great Depression: IMF
Following the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, which has claimed thousands of lives around the world, International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva Thursday said that due to the pandemic, the year 2020 could see the worst global economic fallout since the Great Depression in the 1930s with over 170 countries likely to experience negative per […]