COVID-19: RDD Kashmir produces, distributes 1100 face-masks per day among rural population
Deptt ropes in local entrepreneurs, SHGs for mass production of masks: Dir RDD SRINAGAR, APRIL 8: Director, Department of Rural Development (RDD), Kashmir, Qazi Sarwar on Friday informed that the RDD Kashmir is presently producing and distributing 1100 masks per-day among the rural population. He said the initiative is part of the various measures taken […]
COVID-19: 23 more test positive in J-K; tally rises to 207
Srinagar: Twenty-three more cases of the novel coronavirus have been detected in Jammu and Kashmir. The tally has risen to 207; among them 168 are from Kashmir Valley and thirty-nine are from Jammu. Talking to The Kashmir Walla, Dr. G H Yatoo, Nodal Officer for the coronavirus at Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Science, Soura, said that out of […]
Lice drug ‘possible’ solution to Covid-19: What is Ivermectin?
As scientists and doctors continue to find a way to cure coronavirus, a group of Australian researchers are discussing head lice drug Ivermectin as a possible treatment to kill the infection in less than 48 hours. A set of findings by Monash University’s Biomedicine Discovery Institute (BDI) and the Peter Doherty Institute of Infection and Immunity […]
COVID19: 4 test positive in Udhampur; cases in J&K climb to 188
Udhampur: Four people have been confirmed positive for COVID-19 in Udhampur district, taking the total number of cases in Jammu and Kashmir to 188, officials said on Friday. The four are the contacts of a 61-year-old woman who died of coronavirus on Wednesday, they said. “Ten tests were received in Udhampur. Out of these, four […]
India Slams China Over Comments On Jammu And Kashmir
New Delhi: India on Thursday rejected a reference to Jammu and Kashmir by a spokesperson of China’s permanent mission to the United Nations, asserting that the union territory “has been, is and shall continue” to be its integral part. Spokesperson in the Ministry of External Affairs Anurag Srivastava said India expects China to refrain from […]
‘Tablighi Jamaat’ Mentioned But Rajasthan Govt Says No Discrimination Against Pregnant Muslim Woman
Jaipur: The controversy over a pregnant woman allegedly being denied treatment because of her Muslim identity at a government-run hospital in Rajasthan’s Bharatpur has turned murkier with the government inquiry concluding that the allegations of discrimination could not be proved. The Bharatpur administration inquiry, that was largely restricted to questioning the Muslim family on whether the […]
How long will coronavirus lockdowns, travel bans last?
At the stroke of midnight on Wednesday, the skies above China’s Wuhan brightened as towers along both sides of the Yangtze River lit up in tribute to the health workers who helped the city of 11 million curb a deadly outbreak of the new coronavirus. Cheers of “My Wuhan is back” and “Wuhan, let’s go” […]
Covid-19 in India: Food prices surge 3 times as supply chain takes a hit
The prices of key staples, barring cereals, have surged nearly three times from a month ago because of a noticeable supply shock amid the three-week nationwide lockdown to fight the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic, according to official and market data reviewed by Hindustan Times. Three main factors are driving food prices higher, according to data […]
UN flags concern to Govt Covid group: Need to fight targeting of certain sects
Coronavirus (COVID-19): A day before the Union Health Ministry issued an advisory asking people not to label any community or area for the spread of COVID-19, the UN representative in India urged the government to fight “stigmatisation of certain sects of people”. On Tuesday, at the seventh meeting of the empowered group coordinating with the private sector, […]
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 […]