SRINAGAR: Even after the death of three persons due to Covid-19 in Kashmir, there is still a deficit in adherence to the Government of India’s guidelines for handling of bodies of Covid-19 patients. This was once again revealed on Tuesday when the body of a 52-year-old Bandipora man, who died of the disease at SMHS […]
SRINAGAR: The looming fear of Covid-19 has made habitual mutton eaters give up on the pleasure, a behavioural change resisted by Kashmiris even in the most troubled times in the past. According to Mehraj-ud-Din, general secretary of All Kashmir Wholesale Mutton Dealers Association, the supply of mutton to markets has been zero since the Covid […]
SRINAGAR: In Srinagar’s Eidgah neighbourhood, 22-year-old innovator Waseem Nadaf has been tirelessly working on developing frugal, efficient, and quick solutions to the crisis of Covid-19. In less than a month, he has come with two ideas – a disinfectant machine, and masks that remain usable for a long time – ideas that he has submitted […]
SRINAGAR: The government has not provided food to hundreds of migrant labourers who have been picked up from their rented accommodations and lodged at degree college Sopore. Shahid Ahmad, a non-local labourer, told Kashmir Reader that since they were brought to the college on Friday morning, no eatables have been provided to them. All the […]
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SRINAGAR: A collaboration between Kashmir-based researchers and businessmen, joined by a Kashmiri management expert from Zhejiang University China, on Friday launched an innovative ideas challenge for developing fast methods of preventing and testing the COVID-19 virus. According to the flyer, the idea is to develop quick innovative solutions to address the challenge of COVID-19, and […]
SRINAGAR: The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), a global body for press freedom, has launched an online petition for the immediate release of incarcerated Kashmiri journalist Aasif Sultan. Aasif Sultan is imprisoned in Central Jail Srinagar since August 2018 despite repeated calls for his release from human rights groups, international journalist bodies, and Kashmiri journalists. […]
SRINAGAR: Two days ago, Covid-19 positive patients at Chest Diseases (CD) Hospital in Srinagar were up in arms against the hospital authorities for lack of basic facilities such as washrooms and proper food. But the grievances were swiftly addressed, drawing appreciation from patients. Mudasir, a Covid-19 positive patient who was full of complaints against the […]
SRINAGAR: In a week’s time since the first Covid-19 patient was detected in Kashmir, the J&K government has only managed to test less than 1 percent of the population. Doctors say they are not sure who are the primary carriers of the virus in Jammu & Kashmir and who the contacts of the primary carriers. […]
SRINAGAR: Days after doctors were accused of negligence in the case of a Covid-19 patient who died of the infection on Thursday, another patient on Monday accused doctors of the same. According to the patient, Mudasir Ali Hajam, who is admitted at the Chest Diseases (CD) hospital in Srinagar, the doctors there had put him […]
SRINAGAR: The Government of India (GoI) on Thursday called for rationalised use of protection gear kits used by health workers fighting the virus. The guidelines issued by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare say that Personal Protective Equipment which include goggles, face-shield, mask, gloves, coverall/gowns (with or without aprons), head cover and shoe cover, […]