Industry calls for stimulus, graded exit from lockdown
NEW DELHI : Indian industry called upon the government to allow a graded opening of business operations along with a stimulus package to get the economy back on track with the nationwide lockdown slated to end on 3 May. The curbs are unlikely to be lifted completely, with many parts still labelled covid red zones, but […]
Covid-19: Centre designates all metros as red zones for lockdown post-May 3
NEW DELHI : The Union health ministry has designated all major metropolitan cities—Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, Hyderabad, Bengaluru and Ahmedabad—as red zones after the lockdown ends on May 3, and asked states and local bodies to demarcate containment areas and buffer zones for strict monitoring of movement. In a letter to chief secretaries of all states […]
Real Kashmir Coach David Robertson, Family Can Return To Scotland Soon
Real Kashmir FC head coach David Robertson and his family’s wait to return to Scotland after being stuck in Srinagar due to the national lockdown is likely to end soon as they have been contacted by the British High Commission and told to be on standby. The club’s co-owner Sandeep Chattoo told PTI on Thursday […]
Home isolation for Covid-19 patients with mild symptoms a way ahead: DAK
Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) Thursday wellcomed the ICMR guidelines where in they have changed the admission policy for Covid-19 cases and have allowed home isolation for mild and presymptomatic cases. According to statement issued to KNS, President DAK, Dr Suhail Naik said as per the global evidence 80 per cent of COVID cases are mild […]
Can’t locate UNSC listed terrorists in Pak, Imran Khan govt tells UNSC panel
The decision by Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan’s government to delete nearly 4,000 names from its terror watch list was part of a well-orchestrated effort to scrub its terror record clean not just at home, but also at the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), people familiar with the developments told Hindustan Times. Islamabad has told a […]
Russian PM Mikhail Mishustin Tests Positive For COVID-19
Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin said on Thursday that he has tested positive for coronavirus. Mishustin was made the Prime Minister in January this year and he has been actively involved in the country’s battle against the Covid-19 pandemic. Russian TV showed Mishustin telling President Vladimir Putin of his diagnosis, the BBC reported. In the video […]
‘It Came Out Of China, Could Have Been Stopped’: Prez Donald Trump On Coronavirus
The novel coronavirus, that has killed over 230,000 people globally so far and has shattered economies, emerged from a virology lab in the Wuhan city of China, US President Donald Trump claimed Thursday with a high degree of confidence. “Yes, I have. Yes, I have,” Trump told reporters at the East Room of the White […]
COVID-19 Emergency Powers Shouldn’t Be Weaponised to Suppress Dissent: UN Human Rights Chief
New Delhi: United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michele Bachelet cautioned governments against violating basic human rights granted to people under the guise of adopting emergency powers to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. In a statement earlier this week, Bachelet said that emergency powers should not be weaponised by governments to “quash dissent, control the population, […]
JK Govt winds up vigilance commission
Srinagar, Apr 30 (KNO): The Jammu and Kashmir government on Thursday issued a formal order announcing the winding up of Jammu and Kashmir Vigilance Commission that was constituted under the Jammu and Kashmir State Vigilance Commission Act 2011. The General Administration department of Jammu and Kashmir issued a formal order for winding up of Jammu […]
DANGEROUS SITUATION
Despite lockdown and severe restrictions, COVID-19 crisis is far from over. The virus can recur according to scientists, no vaccine is still available for cure and the spread of the virus in only growing. Showing the concern about the dangers of coronavirus, WHO chief recently said, “ The coronavirus pandemic is “far from over” and […]