Coronavirus update: 5482 persons under surveillance in JK, 13 test positive
Govt appeals people to stay home; lockdown violators to face legal action JAMMU, MARCH 26: The Government today informed that 5482 travellers and persons in contact with suspected cases have been enlisted for surveillance and, so far, 13 cases have tested positive in Jammu and Kashmir (11 active positive, 01 recovered, 01 death). According to […]
Ration distribution at Ration Ghats, doorsteps of Shopian consumers
SRINAGAR, MARCH 26: Under the directions of the District Magistrate, Shopian, the Assistant Director Food, arranged for ration distribution at the doorstep of the Shopian consumers. The Food and Supplies department also directed the Ghat Munshi’s to distribute ration among the population while keeping in view that no law is violated and proper social distancing guidelines […]
DC inspected District Hospital and Quarantine Home wards at GHSS Shopian.
SHOPIAN, MARCH 26: To review the preparedness of District Administration for containing corona virus, the Deputy Commissioner (DC), Shopian, Chaudhary Mohammad Yasin visited District Hospital Shopian and took stock of of various facilities there, here today. He was accompanied by the Medical Superintendent DH Shopian, BMO and other concerned. The DC directed the officials to set […]
MD JPDCL visits quarantine centers at Jammu
JAMMU, MARCH 26: Managing Director Jammu Power Distribution Corporation Limited (JPDCL), Yasha Mudgal visited various quarantine centers of district Jammu to ensure adequacy of security, logistics like food/essential commodities etc, medical surveillance and sanitation arrangements During the tour, she visited five quarantine centers including Teacher Bhawan Gandhi Nagar, Yatri Bhawan, Bhagwati Nagar, NHPC Guest House […]
Cabinet Secretary holds VC with Chief Secretaries to review supply, transportation of essential goods
JAMMU, MARCH 26: Cabinet Secretary, Rajiv Gauba today held video conference with Chief Secretaries of all States/Union Territories to review supply chain management and transportation of essential commodities and services in and out of the State/UTs during the lockdown period as announced by the Prime Minister to deal with the Coronavirus outbreak. The meeting was […]
COVID-19: Two children test positive in Srinagar
Two children, aged 7 and 8 years-old respectively, have tested positive for coronavirus disease (covid-19) in Srinagar on Thursday, officials said. Sources told Global News Service (GNS) that they had come in contact with the elderly man (COVID-19 patient) from Natipora who had arrived from Saudi Arabia recently. A senior doctor at JLNM hospital told […]
How a virus turned our world order upside down
A hallowed Bengali ideal has finally bitten the dust in the age of corona. Bilet pherot, or “England returned”, was once the adjective to which generations of Bengalis aspired. In my imagination, it conjured up black and white Bengali films where a dapper hero, preferably Uttam Kumar, would descend the steps from the aeroplane to the […]
Singing Away the Coronavirus Blues: Music in a Time of Crisis Reminds Us We Belong
With constraints on our movements and general way of life becoming more and more restricted, we are feeling a loss of control not experienced since the second world war. In being confined to our homes, we are missing our normal social support from friends and family, and our freedom to control our day-to-day lives. Residents […]
Times Group serves ThePrint legal notice for coronavirus transmission through paper report
New Delhi: The Bennett Coleman and Co. Ltd., (Times Group) has served a legal notice on ThePrint for a report that claimed transmission of Covid-19 through newspapers and currency notes was theoretically possible, although it was most unlikely. The report, titled ‘Transmission of coronavirus through newspapers, currency possible but unlikely: Experts’, was published on 23 March. It quoted […]
WHO Europe sees ‘encouraging signs’ in coronavirus spread
The World Health Organization’s European office said Thursday it saw “encouraging signs” as Italy reported a lower rate of infections of the new coronavirus, cautioning it was too soon to say whether the worst had passed. “While the situation remains very serious, we are starting to see some encouraging signs,” WHO regional director for Europe, […]