West Indies will miss Bravo, Hetmyer in England Tests: Holding
LONDON: Pace great Michael Holding believes West Indies will particularly miss batsmen Darren Bravo and Shimron Hetmyer on their tour of England after they, along with all-rounder Keemo Paul, opted out of the series because of Covid-19 fears. The three-Test series is scheduled to be played in July behind closed doors at ‘bio-secure’ venues of […]
Pakistan, US review Afghan peace process
ISLAMABAD: Reviewing the progress in the Afghan reconciliation process, Pakistan and the United States on Sunday agreed to continue working towards “mutually agreed goals” defined in the landmark peace deal between the US and Taliban in Doha in February. The resolve to continue working together for bringing peace to the war-torn neighbouring country was made […]
Biggest Single-day Jump Of 9983 Covid-19 Cases In India, Total Infections Reach 2.56 Lakh
Srinagar, June 08 (KNS): India registered a record single-day spike for the sixth consecutive day on Monday, with 9,983 new infections taking the country’s tally to 2,56,611, according to the Union Health Ministry. India’s death toll due to COVID-19 rose to 7,135 with a record increase of 206 deaths in the 24 hours till Monday […]
CRPF trooper dies of Covid-19 in SKIMS
Srinagar, June 08: A CRPF trooper posted in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district died on Monday after his swab samples turned out to be positive. Sources told KNS that the trooper was admitted in Shere-e-Kashmir Institute of Medical Science (SKIMS) Soura few days back where paramedical personnel took his swab sample for Covid-19 investigation. They said […]
Restrictions To Continue In Srinagar Till Further Orders: Admin
Srinagar- The Srinagar administration has said that restrictions on public movement and non-essential activities as per the last order issued on 31st May will continue to remain enforced till further orders. It has asked the general public to ensure strict adherence to the order which prohibits all non-essential movement and activities in the district, an official […]
Delhi prepares for long haul: Military, diplomatic engagements to continue
Signalling it was prepared for the long haul in its dealings with Beijing over the faceoff along the Line of Actual Control in eastern Ladakh, New Delhi Sunday said “the two sides will continue the military and diplomatic engagements to resolve the situation and to ensure peace and tranquility in the border areas”. In first remarks […]
Community Capacity Building initiative for COVID-19 containment in Srinagar
DC urges socio-religious organisations to play active role in educating masses about preventions and precautions Srinagar, June 07 (KNS): Continuing its Community Capacity Building initiative aimed at sensitisation about COVID-19 prevention the Srinagar district administration organised a series of conferences at Shalteng, Bemina, Panthachowk and Eidgah Tehsils. Hundreds of clerics and heads of religious institutions […]
JK reports 620 new positive cases, 1216 recovered so far
Srinagar, June 07 (KNS): The Government on Sunday informed that 620 new positive cases of novel Coronavirus (COVID-19), 37 from Jammu division and 583 from Kashmir division, have been reported today thus taking the total number of positive cases in Jammu and Kashmir to 4087. Also, 02 COVID-19 death have been reported from Kashmir division. […]
Coronavirus (Covid-19) vaccine latest update: Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine production begins; US says 2 billion doses ‘ready to go’
With the search for a Covid-19 vaccine becoming nothing less than the holy grail for scientists, enormous attention and funding have been focused on developing and mass-producing an injection. The rapid spread of SARS-nCov-2 has led experts to declare that it would continue to spread if a vaccine cannot be found. In latest developments, British […]
COVID-19: Govt evacuates 1,13,971 stranded JK residents; 77,887 via Lakhanpur, 36,084 through special trains
Srinagar, June 07 (KNS): The Jammu and Kashmir Government has evacuated about 1,13,971 JK residents, stranded in other parts of the country due to COVID lockdown, via Lakhanpur and through special trains and buses till date amid strict observance of all necessary guidelines and Standard Operating Procedures. As per the official data received in this […]