5 new cases of Covid 19 reported in J&K
975 contacts traced: Kansal COVID 19 Awareness and Monitoring Committees shall be set up at Panchayat and Block levels Masks, immune building materials also to be part of new strategy JAMMU, APRIL 03: Principal Secretary Planning, Information and Government Spokesperson, Rohit Kansal informed that with the addition of 5 new cases today the number of […]
DC Kulgam reviews arrangement, urges people to stay home to stay safe
KULGAM, APRIL 03: The Deputy Commissioner, Kulgam Showkat Aijaz Bhat, today chaired a meeting of officers to review arrangements put in place to contain the spread of Corona virus in the district. The meeting was attended by ADDC, ADC, JD-Planning, ACR, CMO, MS District Hospital and other concerned. During the meeting the DC reviewed various […]
Advisor Baseer Khan reviews supply position of essential commodities, related issues
Directs to provide medicine to all cancer patients, cutting down of hazardous Russian poplar trees JAMMU, APRIL 03: Advisor to Lieutenant Governor, Baseer Ahmad Khan, who is overall in-charge of Coronavirus control efforts in Kashmir, convened a meeting here today to review the measures being put in place by various departments for prevention and control […]
With 5 more COVID positive cases toll reaches to 75 in J&K
75 COVID19 cases have been reported in Jammu & Kashmir, with 5 cases being reported today out of which 70 are active. Four of the new cases are from Kashmir while one came into light in Jammu. This was stated by Rohit Kansal, Principal Secretary (Planning) Jammu and Kashmir during live press conference.
479 complete quarantine in Kashmir, sent back home.
479 qurantine’s sent back to home today from many hotels of Srinagar where the administration had put them in quarantine after arriving from other states of India as today all of them were ferried to their respective districts of the Kashmir valley in state transport buses (SRTC).
India isn’t alone, 2 billion informal workers around the world are badly hit by Covid-19
Locking down India for 21 days may slow the spread of the new coronavirus, but it’s quickening the misery of the hundreds of millions of people who work in the country’s informal economy. By some accounts, these workers make up nearly 90% of India’s labor force, from self-employed trash collectors to stay-at-home garment embroiderers. Job security is minimal and the safety […]
Kabul Gurdwara Attack: Bringing Back Sikhs Could Damage Indo-Afghan Ties
The March 25 killing of pilgrims inside a Kabul Gurdwara has led to the demand of bringing back the Sikh community to India from Afghanistan. But experts feel Delhi should desist from adding a “pull-factor” to the existing “push-factor” at this juncture as it would only demoralise the Afghan government and further polarise the fractious […]
Coronavirus: India’s bailout may not be enough to save economy
Mohammad Alam is one of thousands of workers standing in a food queue in India’s capital, Delhi. The factory where he worked shut down after Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a 21-day lockdown to stop the spread of coronavirus. A daily-wage labourer, he has no other source of income, so he has been forced to […]
Cautious optimism as Italy shows initial signs of crisis slowing
Turin, Italy – Initial signs of a slowdown in Italy’s coronavirus epidemic, the world’s deadliest, have started appearing across the country in recent days, say officials, providing a beacon of cautious hope to other Western nations where authorities are implementing similar containment strategies – but where the infection rate is still growing fast. Following a national lockdown that […]
Coronavirus: How world reached a million cases in 93 days
At exactly 12pm IST on December 31, a 280-word report from news agency AFP made its way to newsrooms around the world. Citing local media, the report said a mystery virus was causing “viral pneumonia of unknown origin” in the city of Wuhan, where 27 people had been infected till then. The story drew little […]