New Delhi: India reported more than 66 lakh coronavirus cases in April, making it the worst month of the pandemic, and the total number of new cases recorded during the month is equivalent to what was earlier witnessed in over six months, showing the enormity of the second wave of COVID-19. With a record number […]
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir on Friday reported 3532 fresh COVID-19 cases taking the overall tally to 176083 Among the cases reported today, 2360were reported in Kashmir while Jammu division reported 1172 infections. Reader correspondentkashmirreader.com
New Delhi: Terming the second wave of COVID-19 as a national crisis , the Supreme Court on Friday warned authorities, from the Centre down to police chiefs, against silencing people and their pleas for help on the presumption that they are raising false grievances on the internet. The top court made clear that any attempt to […]
Brussels: Pfizer and BioNTech have submitted a request for European Union drug regulators to extend the approval of the companies’ coronavirus vaccine to include children ages 12 to 15, a move that could offer younger and less at-risk populations in Europe access to the shots for the first time. In a statement on Friday, the two […]
Jammu:The government sanctioned experience/loyalty Bonus in favour of the contractual staff hired under National Health Mission (NHM) for the financial year 2020-21. According to an order issued in this regard by Mission Director, NHM, J&K, as per news agency Global News Service (GNS), sanction has been accorded for 10 per cent experience/loyalty […]
Patna:Bihar Chief Secretary Arun Kumar Singh died of COVID on Friday in a private hospital here. Singh who had tested positive recently was undergoing treatment at Paras hospital where he died Friday, hospital director Dr Ahmad Abdul Hai told PTI. He was appointed as the Chief Secretary after retirement of his predecessor Deepak Kumar on February […]
Srinagar:Amid a shortage of COVID-19 vaccine doses, the Jammu and Kashmir administration on Friday said the third phase of the inoculation drive that will cover people in the 18-45 age group will not begin from May 1 in the union territory. The new date will be announced once vaccine supply is established, it said. […]
New Delhi:The government has placed orders for import of 4.5 lakh vials of antiviral drug Remdesivir with the first consignment of 75,000 vials expected to reach Indian shores on Friday, Chemicals and Fertilisers Ministry said in a statement. The government has started importing the vital drug from other countries to ease its shortage in the […]
Srinagar: Strict restrictions have been imposed in Srinagar and ten other districts of Jammu and Kashmir on Friday in order to prevent the deadly virus from spreading further. The government had decided to impose Corona Curfew in 11 districts of J&K from Thursday evening till Monday morning while lockdown will be imposed rest of […]
Washington: The Pentagon is preparing for possible Taliban attacks on US and coalition forces as they withdraw from Afghanistan, a prospect that complicates the outlook for winding down America’s longest war. May 1 was the date all US and other foreign forces were to have departed Afghanistan under a February 2020 deal between the […]