Coronavirus: Kashmir records second death
Srinagar The Kashmir Valley recorded the second fatality due to the novel coronavirus as a 52-year-old man hailing from Tangmarg area of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district died on Sunday wee hours. Reports said that a man died at Chest Disease hospital Dalgate, Srinagar at around 4:00 am. A doctor told news agency GNS that the […]
Coronavirus: Why are deaths rising so quickly in Spain?
Granada, Spain – Every night in Spain since the coronavirus state of alert was decreed on March 14, citizens take a moment to applaud the country’s beleaguered medical workers. But this hopeful image does little to dim the pain of the pandemic; Spain’s daily death toll reached a harrowing new high of 769 on Friday, bringing the total number of […]
Tata Trusts commits Rs 500 cr for Covid-19 crisis as positive cases rise in India
New Delhi: With the number of Covid-19 cases on the rise in India and its rapid spread across most of the states, Tata Trusts Saturday pledged Rs 500 crore for the vulnerable and the needy by way of providing medical devices and other facilities. “In this exceptionally difficult period, I believe that urgent emergency resources need to be deployed to cope with […]
Multiple Landslides Block Jammu-Srinagar National Highway, Hundreds Of Trucks Stranded
Jammu: The Jammu-Srinagar National Highway was blocked at over a dozen places by landslides triggered by heavy rains in Ramban district, leaving hundreds of trucks carrying essential commodities to Kashmir stranded, officials said today. The men and machinery are on the job and efforts are on to make the 270-km-long highway, the only all-weather road […]
Case Count In India Mounts To 918; Five More Test Positive In J&K
The number of COVID-19 cases climbed to 873 in India on Saturday as the country entered the third day of a national lockdown, according to the Union Health Ministry. The Health Ministry has confirmed 19 deaths due to the deadly virus till Saturday. Later in the day, Kerala reported its first death, taking the countrywide […]
Syria, UAE leaders discuss coronavirus, a thaw in relations
Syria’s President and one of the United Arab Emirates’ most powerful leaders spoke on the phone on Friday, signalling a major thaw in Damascus’ troubled relations with Arab countries, which had mostly boycotted President Bashar Assad and backed his opposition. The official Emirati news agency said Assad and Abu Dhabi’s Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin […]
Trying times
COVID-19 threat is looming large on entire Kashmir valley and more positive cases of infected persons are coming to the fore. These are trying times for all of us and we should collectively try to come out of -this huge challenge. COVID-19 is spreading in Srinagar city due to the negligence of some persons who […]
COVID-19: 5 more test positive; J-K tally rises to 33
Srinagar: Five more have been tested positive in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir. The government spokesperson Rohit Kansal confirmed the news via Twitter. Hardly do I finish my press briefing -28 cases-that I get more unpleasant news -5 new positive cases- 2 in Srinagar, 3 in Jammu- all contacts of previously positive ones […]
Free ration distribution among poor families, migrant labourers begins in Ganderbal
GANDERBAL, MARCH 28: In view of lockdown to mitigate the risk of COVID-19 outbreak, the process of free ration distribution among poor families of the district Ganderbal and the seasonal labourers, who have come from different parts of country started here today. The Deputy Commissioner, Shafqat Iqbal distributed free ration kits to various poor, needy, […]
COVID-19: Lt Governor calls for doubling the efforts to contain spread of the virus
Identify labour & slum pockets and reach out to them with essential commodities: Lt Governor to officers Appeals to the religious leaders to stop congregations JAMMU, MARCH 28: Lieutenant Governor, Girish Chandra Murmu today asked the officers engaged in Corona prevention efforts to double the efforts for containing the spread of the deadly virus. He […]