Over 3,000 MSMEs in J-K stare at closure, unable to pay wages
Micro Small & Medium Enterprises (MSME) unit holders are on verge of bankruptcy and face closure amidst continued shutdown from March 22 to contain coronavirus pandemic in Jammu and Kashmir. There are about 3,000 MSME and other units in Jammu, Kathua, Samba and Udhampur industrial areas giving direct and indirect employment to thousands of people […]
Recently released political leaders decry lack of facilities in quarantine centers
Srinagar,Apr 15 (KNS): Several political leaders on Wednesday alleged that authorities after their release have kept them in those quaratine centres having no basic medical and logistic facilities. According to Kashmir News Service (KNS), severa political leaders who were released from Ambardkernagar UP jail days back alleged that they had been kept under quarantine where […]
Apple iPhone SE (2nd Gen) launched: India prices start at Rs 42,500
The much-awaited Apple iPhone SE (2nd Gen), or the iPhone 9, what ever you might want to call it, has finally been launched. With the smartphone market bearing one of the heaviest brunts of the Covid-19 pandemic, Apple is counting on the ‘cheaper’ iPhone SE (2nd Gen) to rake in some favours. Price and availability […]
Certain technology services, IT hardware manufacturing allowed from April 20: Here are details
The Home Ministry guidelines issued on Wednesday allow certain commercial and private establishments to continue operations after April 20. These include IT and IT-enabled services with up to 50 per cent strength, data and call centres for government activities, Gram Panchayat level Common Service Centers (CSCs), and e-commerce companies. The manufacturing of IT hardware has also been […]
Shoaib Akhtar Hits Back At Sunil Gavaskar, Says Nothing Is Impossible
Former Pakistan fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar responded to Sunil Gavaskar after the former India skipper said that it was more likely to snow in Lahore than a bilateral series to take place between India and Pakistan any time soon. Akhtar pointed out in a tweet that there was indeed snowfall in Lahore last year. “Well […]
Coronavirus: Trump’s WHO de-funding ‘as dangerous as it sounds’
US President Donald Trump has been heavily criticised for halting funding for the World Health Organization (WHO) amid the global coronavirus pandemic. Philanthropist Bill Gates, a major funder of the WHO, said it was “as dangerous as it sounds”. President Trump said on Tuesday that the body had “failed in its basic duty” in its […]
Has Spain flattened the coronavirus curve and what comes next?
Granada, Spain – For weeks, Spain has held the grim title of suffering the second-highest coronavirus death toll in Europe, trailing only Italy. Displays of courage and resilience by beleaguered health workers, images of ice rinks used as emergency morgues, reports of bodies left abandoned in old people’s homes and of hospital staff resorting to rubbish bags and raincoats in […]
LIFELINE OF LADAKH
Union Territory of Ladakh has only one lifeline in the shape of Srinagar-Leh national highway as the Manali-Leh road often gets disrupted. Recently after four months of winter disruption, authorities decided to open this highway amid lockdown due to coronavirus threat. UT administration of Ladakh on Friday after taking feedback from the ground decided to […]
Div Com reviews Darbar Move arrangements
Directs SMC to install De-Contamination tunnels at Secretariat, Raj Bhavan, High Court, AG office SRINAGAR, APRIL 15: Divisional Commissioner, Kashmir Pandurang K Pole, today chairing a high level meeting to review arrangements being put in place for ensuing Darbar Move. In view of current COVID-19 Pandemic, threadbare discussion were held regarding sensitization, thermal screening, fumigation […]
Continue implementing lockdown restrictions strictly till May 3: Cabinet Secretary to Chief Secretaries
Asks States/UTs to follow revised guidelines, ensure close monitoring of containment zones JAMMU, APRIL 15: Government of India has asked all States and Union Territories to continue implementing lockdown restrictions strictly for the extended period till May 3, 2020 as announced by the Prime Minister as an effort to contain the spread of COVID-19 in […]