Srinagar: The lockdown on the streets has led to increased activity in the kitchen. With all family members together at home, and with all day to spare, and with all restaurants and food delivery closed, cooking has become a necessity, and necessity is the mother of invention. Recipes on the internet, especially on YouTube, have […]
Srinagar: Bank branches in south Kashmir are becoming hotspots of gatherings and people hardly maintain any distance while standing in queues. Though police and municipal authorities are trying to ensure distancing between people, but once they look away, the people restore to their positions, cramming into every inch of space available. There have been several […]
Srinagar: Panzoo village in Anantnag district is fighting Covid-19 in a rather distinctive way. A volunteer “taskforce” has ensured masks for everyone in the village, and sanitisation drives are carried out on daily basis. Volunteer taskforce have provided local chemists with PPE who are at high risk in their village, besides they have also provided […]
Srinagar: How difficult it is to detect the novel coronavirus can be seen from the example of the first Covid-19 patient from Anantnag district. The tests results of this patient came positive on Thursday, more than a week after he was sent home from a quarantine facility where he stayed seven days, and almost 20 days […]
Essential supplies are reaching Kashmir through the tireless efforts of BRO staff and local labourers
Srinagar: As much as the doctors and nurses battling Covid-19, labourers and staff of the Border Roads Organisation (BRO) are working tirelessly to maintain and repair the Jawahar Tunnel to ensure that essential supplies reach Kashmir valley. The Jawahar Tunnel regularly requires maintenance as it has grown old and can hardly bear the heavy traffic […]
Srinagar: After Shab-e-Mehraj, the festivities of Shab-e-Baraat were also not held at Hazratbal shrine in Srinagar on Wednesday evening due to the Covid-19 pandemic. It was only for the second time in history that the shrine had seen no celebrations on Shab-e-Baraat. Last month, the Shab-e-Mehraj had not been held at Hazratbal as no gatherings […]
Srinagar: 21-year-old Sadiya (name changed) is suffering from insomnia for the last few days. She has never experienced this in her entire life. But she is not alone in experiencing such new and sudden disorders; Covid-19 has caused insomnia, anxiety, depression and other psychological disorders across the whole world. Sadiya, too, feels anxious and depressed. […]
Srinagar: 21-year-old Sadiya (name changed) is suffering from insomnia for the last few days. She has never experienced this in her entire life. But she is not alone in experiencing such new and sudden disorders; Covid-19 has caused insomnia, anxiety, depression and other psychological disorders across the whole world. Sadiya, too, feels anxious and depressed. […]
Srinagar: The Srinagar district administration had on Friday asked people to place home-delivery orders from designated departmental stores, but the stores are either not answering calls or demanding a minimum order value for home delivery. Several complaints have been received from across Srinagar with people saying their calls are not being answered. Besides, they say, […]
Srinagar: In the haste of stocking up in every way possible amid the lockdown, people are preferring to buy raw flour and biscuits in bulk rather than traditional breads that are popular in Kashmir valley but which don’t have much shelf life. Sales of biscuits and raw flour have gone up in the past few […]