Bulletin on Novel Corona Virus (Covid-19)
06 new cases reported today, 15001 persons under observation JAMMU, MARCH 31: The Government Tuesday informed that 06 new positive cases of novel Coronavirus (COVID-19), all from Kashmir division and contacts of previous positive cases, have been reported today thus taking the total number of positive cases in Jammu and Kashmir to 55. According to […]
Covid-19: Of 1,800 people in Delhi’s Nizamuddin, most were from Tamil Nadu
More than half of the 1,800 people who participated in the Tablighi Jamaat congregation in Delhi’s Nizamuddin came from two states – Tamil Nadu and Assam – officials have said. The Jamaat’s headquarters in Nizamuddin area has emerged as one of the biggest coronavirus disease hotspots in India with 24 people testing positive and nearly 200 others […]
Release detainees, restore 4G internet in J&K: Amnesty International
Srinagar Amnesty International India on Tuesday urged the government of India to immediately restore high-speed 4G internet services and release all detainees in Jammu and Kashmir in view of Coronavirus. Amnesty International India in a statement said that as Jammu and Kashmir enters the next phase of lockdown this time due to COVID-19, the Government […]
SC to Centre: Arrange bhajan, namaz to prevent panic among migrants
SC to Centre: Arrange bhajan, namaz to prevent panic among migrants New Delhi, March 31 The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Centre to rope in community leaders of various faiths to conduct ”bhajan-kirtan” and ”namaz” to check panic among migrant workers in shelter homes amid the coronavirus outbreak. Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, representing the […]
COVID-19: 78 people walk home after completing quarantine in Srinagar hotel
Srinagar: At least 78 people who had returned from Leh and were put under quarantine were allowed to go home after completing the quarantine period. Additional Deputy Commissioner (ADC) Srinagar Syed Haneef Balkhi , who is also quarantine in-Charge that 78 people who belonged to various parts of Kashmir like Kupwara, Baramulla, Anantnag, Pulwama and a […]
How the novel coronavirus is mutating, and if you should be concerned
Bengaluru/New Delhi: As the coronavirus outbreak continues to spread across the world, the cyberspace has been abuzz with claims that the Covid-19 strain in India is a less virulent mutation than the one travelling abroad. BJP leader and Rajya Sabha MP Subramanian Swamy and gastroenterologist D. Nageshwar Reddy are among those who have made such claims. While […]
Buying time with Covid- 19 lockdown won’t work. India’s healthcare can’t scale up in 21 days
Is the coronavirus lockdown justified? One school of thought holds that any societal cost is worth paying to save a life. This seems sensible at first, but we do not honor this dictum in normal times, either in India or globally. We tolerate people dying for lack of resources, often on a mass scale, in […]
Coronavirus: Indian government’s MyGov app has some myth-busters for you
Not only the tech giants like Google, Apple and Facebook that are trying their best to provide users with authentic information on COVID-19 virus (coronavirus) but the government is also making efforts to deliver facts to residents. The Indian government’s MyGov app is doing its bit in fighting fake news and misinformation on coronavirus by […]
Coronavirus: Three More Test Positive, Total Cases 55
Srinagar Three more patients have tested positive for the Coronavirus in Kashmir taking the total number of positive cases in Jammu and Kashmir to 55, the official spokesman said. Taking to social networking site Twitter, government spokesman Rohit Kansal wrote: “ UPDATE : 6 new positive cases confirmed in Kashmir Division. All contacts of previous […]
COVID-19: Ten year old among 3 positive, J-K tally rises to 52
Srinagar: The number of COVID-19 patients in Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday crossed 50 mark as three more persons have been confirmed to have contracted the dreaded disease, all of them from Kashmir and include a ten-year-old boy, who had hugged a man who later tested positive for coronavirus. Official sources told that the boy, a […]