No Shramik Special Trains for Jammu and Kashmir complains Masoodi
Srinagar, May 12 (KNS): National Conference MP from Anantnag, Hasnain Masoodi has expressed dismay over the failure of Ministry of Railways and J&K administration to announce any shramik special non-stop train for the residents of Jammu and Kashmir stranded in Kolkata, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Cochin and other cities. According to statement issued to KNS, Masoodi has […]
Money for nothing, pumpkins for free
BULANDSHAHR/NEW DELHI : When Surendra Panwar speaks, his words are steeped in politeness. For instance, when asked whether it was his farm, Panwar’s response was, “Yes, but it belongs to you as well”. That said, on 1 May, when this reporter spoke to him at a lush green pumpkin field in Prangarh, a village in Uttar […]
“I am afraid, I may have Coronavirus”: CRPF officer commits suicide in Kashmir
Srinagar: A Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) sub-inspector on Tuesday shot himself with his service rifle in Mattan area of South Kashmir’s Anantnag district. Identified as Fatah Singh, son of Eidan Singh, a resident of Jaisalmer in Rajasthan, he had left behind a suicide note that read: “I am afraid, I may have corona.” Officials told […]
Glenmark starts clinical trials for potential Covid-19 drug in India
Glenmark Pharmaceuticals said on Tuesday it has initiated clinical trials in India of antiviral drug favipiravir, seen as a potential treatment for the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), for which it received approval from the country’s drug regulator in April. Mumbai-based Glenmark said in a BSE filing the approval made it the first pharmaceutical company in India […]
Many Indian H-1B visa card holders stuck in US after losing jobs
WASHINGTON : Several Indians in the US, either on the H-1B work visa or Green Card having children who are American citizens by birth, are being prevented from travelling to India aboard the special repatriation flights being run by Air India amidst the coronavirus-linked global travel restrictions. According to the regulations issued by the Indian government last […]
With 87 COVID-19 Deaths In Last 24 Hours, Fatalities In India Reach 2,293, Cases Near 71,000
India registered another 87 deaths in the last 24 hours, taking the total fatalities due to the novel coronavirus to 2,293, Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) said on Tuesday. The country recorded another 3,604 COVID-19 cases during the same period which took the total number to 70756. The MoHFW said that of […]
Sensex slips nearly 400 points in opening deals, Nifty below 9,200 mark on Asian cues
The benchmark equity indices on the BSE and National Stock Exchange (NSE) opened over 1 per cent lower on Tuesday taking cues from their broader Asian peers which slipped on growing worries about a second wave of coronavirus infections after the Chinese city where the pandemic originated reported its first new cases since its lockdown was lifted. At 9:15 […]
Explained: How will the pandemic play out? Some possible scenarios, from research
FOR THE last several months, the key questions on everybody’s mind have included how long the Covid-19 pandemic will run, and whether the disease will resurface season by season. Two new studies, first reported in The New York Times, project various shapes the Covid-19 curve can take. One study, published in Science, projects that winter outbreaks will probably […]
MHA asks railways to run at least 100 special trains a day to ensure migrants return home
The Home Ministry on Monday asked the Railways to start running at least 100 special trains per day for the next few weeks to ensure the return of migrant workers to their native places, an official said. Addressing a press conference, Home Ministry Joint Secretary Punya Salila Srivastava said the ministry held a meeting with […]
How the Riyaz Naikoo encounter unfolded, as his Beighpora village watched in ‘surprise’
Beighpora: When security forces landed at Beighpora village — where Hizbul Mujahideen’s top commander Riyaz Naikoo lived — around 10 pm on 4 May, local residents thought it was just another “routine” operation. “We thought it was a routine check as the Army had been coming and checking our village at least two to three times a month,” […]