LADAKH AT CUSP
Union Territory of Ladakh is at the cusp of being positive and prosperous as very soon, authorities are going to declare it as coronavirus free zone. Most of the patients who tested positive for COVID-19 have recovered and have been discharged from Sonam Nurbo Memorial Hospital of Leh. According to the local authorities of the […]
Budgam cop posted in Srinagar tests positive for COVID-19, seniors to be quarantined
Srinagar : A policeman from Central Kashmir’s Budgam district tested positive for Covid-19 on Thursday. Chief Medical Officer Dr Nazir Ahmed told that the man from Rathsuna Budgam was found positive after coming in contact with Tableegi Jamat. “He is posted at India Reserve Police (IRP) 3rd Battalion at Bemina Srinagar. Though he didn’t attend […]
Qatar: Nepali workers expelled for ‘illegal, illicit activity’
Amnesty International has accused Qatar of detaining dozens of migrant workers and expelling them last month after telling them they were being taken to be tested for the new coronavirus. Qatar’s government denied the allegations, saying the repatriated migrant workers had been found to be “engaged in illegal and illicit activity” uncovered during inspections carried out to halt […]
COVID-19 Lockdown: Over 100 Million Face Food Insecurity If PDS Is Not Universalised
Meerut: Tek Narayan and Shyam Kishore Singh are migrant labourers who were employed at a construction site earning Rs 300 a day. Since the lockdown was announced, they have been stranded at the site, which is located on the outskirts of Meerut. Their homes are over 1,200 kilometres away in Latehar, one of the most backward districts of […]
China Dispatches 6.5 Lakh Medical Kits To India To Fight Coronavirus
China on Thursday dispatched 650,000 coronavirus medical kits to India to help fight the COVID-19 pandemic, Indian Ambassador to Beijing Vikram Misri said. Over two million test kits being procured from China will be sent to India in the next 15 days, he said. “India Fights Coronavirus. A total of 650,000 kits, including Rapid Antibody […]
Amartya Sen, Raghuram Rajan, Abhijit Banerjee write: A long haul, spend wisely, but don’t skimp on the truly needy
We in India worry a lot about the possible mis-steps that can happen in the implementation of large-scale transfers; the money (or the food ) may end up in the wrong hands, some intermediary may get rich at the expense of the taxpayer. In some ways, this is a welcome shift from the see-no-evil optimism […]
No changes made by JKBOSE in syllabi, course of Urdu subject for class XII
After making changes in the syllabi and courses besides revising the textbooks of classes VI to X, the J&K Board of School Education (JKBOSE) has made no changes in syllabi and course study of in Urdu subject for class XII for the academic session 2020-21 of Summer Zone (Jammu Province). Sources said after the school […]
Srinagar mayor says municipal workers beaten by police
Srinagar mayor Junaid Mattu on Wednesday alleged that Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) workers “are being beaten black and blue repeatedly” by the Jammu and Kashmir Police, prompting the force to launch an enquiry into the matter. Saying that the SMC has been at the forefront of Srinagar’s battle against COVID-19, Mattu tweeted, “After MULTIPLE instances of […]
Government issues SOPs for 90 red zones
As the coronavirus is spreading in Jammu and Kashmir, the government has issued standard operating procedures for the 90 red zones in the Union Territory — 72 in the Valley and 18 in the Jammu division. 100% lockdown The red zone will see a 100 per cent lockdown and will be completely sealed for any […]
Covid-19 is deadlier than the world thinks it to be. It will start Cold War 2.0
The Iron Curtain 2.0 is likely to descend again on the world grappling with the coronavirus pandemic. One of the leading protagonists is the same as the last time, the United States of America. The other, once again, a communist country, China. The Covid-19 outbreak is going to serve as a casus belli for Cold […]