Amendments to domicile law cosmetic: NC
Srinagar, 04 April (KNS): Jammu and Kashmir National Conference on Saturday termed the amendments to domicile law another example of central governments toying around with J&K and its people, and a move bereft of any guarantee against demographic changes here. A statement issued to KNS reads, While calling the amendments cosmetic in nature, party spokesperson […]
US evacuates stranded citizens as Pak relaxes ban on intl flights
Pakistan relaxed its ban on international flights to let a US chartered plane to land and evacuate 294 American citizens, including nine diplomats, amid the coronavirus pandemic. Pakistan had on March 21 suspended all overseas flights for two weeks to curb the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, that has infected over 2,708 people in the country. According […]
DC Bandipora directs axing of female Russian poplar trees within six days
Srinagar, April 04 (KNS): Deputy Commissioner Bandipora Shahbaz Ahmad Mirza Friday directed to axe all Russian species female poplar trees within six days as its pollen creates influenza like infections which may create unnecessary panic among the general public amid COVID-19 pandemic. DC Bandipora said in view of the situation arisen due to spread of […]
JKAP welcomes amendment to domicile order; pledges to continue its struggle Extends gratitude to people, NSA, HM
Srinagar, April 4 (KNS): Jammu Kashmir Apni Party (JKAP) President Syed Mohammad Altaf Bukhari on Saturday welcomed the government of India’s move for amending the new domicile order and reserving all Groups of jobs both in non-Gazetted and Gazetted services for the residents of J&K. He, however, pledged to continue JKAP efforts to get this law […]
Indian Railways asks zones to plan phase-wise restoration of services
Indian Railways has got back to the drawing board to prepare a plan for phased resumption of its passenger services post lockdown, even as the government is yet to take a final call on the matter. As the Railway Board awaits instructions from the government on this, it has asked its zonal railways to prepare […]
COVID-19: 3 MORE TESTS POSITIVE JK TALLY REACHES 78
The government spokesman, Rohit Kansal, tweeted that three more positive cases were reported today from Narsoo, Udhampur. “All contacts of a positive patient from Udhampur with travel history abroad,” he added. This takes the total tally of positive cases to 78.
COVID19: Hope flickers as six more COVID19 patients recover at CD hospital
Srinagar, Apr 4: Doctors’ efforts in Kashmir are bearing fruit as six more COVID-19 positive patients have tested negative and are on way to recovery. Sharing the good news, Dr Naveed Nazir Shah, HoD Chest Diseases hospital Srinagar, said all the six will be discharged after one more sample of theirs is tested to ensure […]
Fresh firing started at D.H Pora Encounter site,4 militants killed so far.
Four militants have been killed so far at Damhal Hanjipora in Kulgam District of South Kashmir, while as 3 bodies of killed militants have been rrcovered from the site. Operation is underway as apprehensions of more militants are believed to be trapped. More details to follow.
Indonesia reports Southeast Asia’s highest coronavirus fatalities
Jakarta, Indonesia – Indonesia reported its first two coronavirus cases on March 2, and has tallied 1,986 confirmed cases and 181 deaths as of April 3, making it the country with the most coronavirus deaths and the highest fatality rate in Southeast Asia. Indonesia’s death rate stood at 9.1 percent compared to 5.2 worldwide as of […]
Army Scientists’ Study Says COVID Cases Could Dive, But There’s a Catch
A new model of the COVID-19 pandemic by researchers at the Armed Forces Medical College (AFMC), Pune, and INHS Asvini, India’s oldest naval hospital, in Mumbai, has concluded that if India is able to isolate and successfully quarantine at least 50% of all people infected by the new coronavirus today, the case growth rate would […]