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Bulletin on Novel Corona Virus (Covid-19) 10 new cases reported today, 11644 persons under observation

Bulletin on Novel Corona Virus (Covid-19)  10 new cases reported today, 11644 persons under observation

10 new cases reported today, 11644 persons under observation JAMMU, MARCH 30: The Government Monday informed that 10 new positive cases of novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) have been reported today which include three from Jammu division and seven from Kashmir division thus taking the total number of positive cases in Jammu and Kashmir to 48. According […]

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COVID-19 One more cases detected positive in Kashmir tally reaches 49

COVID-19 One more cases detected positive in Kashmir tally reaches 49

Srinagar The number of COVID-19 patients in Jammu and Kashmir rose  to 49 after one more patients tested positive for the dreaded virus. Taking to social networking site Twitter, government spokesman Rohit Kansal wrote: “ 1 more cases reported positive in Kashmir

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COVID-19: Budgam man tests positive, tally reaches 46 in J-K

COVID-19: Budgam man tests positive, tally reaches 46 in J-K

Srinagar: One more person has tested positive for the novel coronavirus in Kashmir. The patient is a resident of Soibug, Budgam, and had a travel history of Odisha. He had also taken part in a religious gathering at Bemina. Dr. G H Yatoo, Nodal officer at SKIMS, Soura, confirmed the report. This case had taken the […]

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COVID-19 Lockdown: 8 Year Old Dies of Hunger as Family Struggles to Make Ends Meet

COVID-19 Lockdown: 8 Year Old Dies of Hunger as Family Struggles to Make Ends Meet

Patna/Arrah: The impact of imposing a lockdown without any preparations is beginning to show. An eight-year-old boy, a resident of Arrah’s Jawahar Tola’s slum area in Bhojpur district merely 60 km away from the capital of Bihar, allegedly starved to death due to lack of work, and subsequently food, during the current lockdown. The young boy, […]

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Covid-19 update: Turmoil caused by coronavirus likely to hit gig economy

Covid-19 update: Turmoil caused by coronavirus likely to hit gig economy

The turmoil caused by the outbreak of Covid-19 is expected to derail India’s gig economy, which was projected to touch gross sales of $455 billion by 2023 by industry group Assocham. Led by online food delivery firms Zomato and Swiggy, ride hailing companies Uber and Ola, online homestay brand Airbnb, hospitality chain Oyo and a […]

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Limited community transmission has begun in India: Health ministry document

Limited community transmission has begun in India: Health ministry document

Limited community transmission of the Covid-19 disease has begun in India, a Union health ministry document has said, admitting for the first time the country is entering that phase of the outbreak when the source of a patient’s infection cannot be traced and isolated. India has reported 1,190 cases and 29 deaths due to the Sars-Cov-2 virus, which causes the deadly […]

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Govt revokes PSA against 14 detainees, released

Govt revokes PSA against 14 detainees, released

Srinagar The Jammu and Kashmir administration on Monday revoked the Public Safety Act (PSA) against 14 persons who were detained in August of last year, ahead of the scrapping of special status for J&K. All of these 14 individuals have now been released from Central Jail, reported India Today. The Home Department decided to revoke the […]

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More coronavirus cases in Libya as fighting rages

More coronavirus cases in Libya as fighting rages

Artillery blasts shook Libya‘s capital Tripoli on Sunday as fighting raged and the nation confirmed five more cases of the coronavirus for a total of eight. The National Centre for Disease Control said the new cases were in the northwestern city of Misrata, held by the Government of National Accord (GNA), which is at war with the […]

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Panic, Fear Bigger Problem Than Coronavirus’: SC On Plea On Migrant Workers’ Exodus

The Supreme Court on Monday sought a status report from the Centre by Tuesday on the measures taken in view of the large-scale migration of labourers from cities to their native villages amid the coronavirus outbreak and the consequent lockdown across the country. The top court observed that the “migration of labourers out of panic […]

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COVID-19: Two south Kashmir residents among four test positive, total 45 in J-K

COVID-19: Two south Kashmir residents among four test positive, total 45 in J-K

Srinagar: Four more people tested positive for the novel coronavirus  in Kashmir on Monday taking the overall tally to 45 in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir . Government Spokesman Rohit Kansal tweeted, “Four more cases detected positive in Kasmir. 2 each from Shopian and Srinagar. All contacts of previous positive cases. Contact tracing working […]