Provide successful business models for SHGs to emulate: Dr Sehrish

Asks the officers to create marketing strategy as well SRINAGAR: Mission Director, Jammu & Kashmir Rural Livelihoods Mission (RLM), Dr Syed Sehrish Asgar, today held a review meeting to review the progress of the mission in district Pulwama and Shopian. The meeting was attended by Sajid Yahya Naqash, Additional Mission Director- Kashmir, District Programme Manager, […]

Charge only Rs 400 for RT-PCR test, orders Govt to private labs

Charge only Rs 400 for RT-PCR test, orders Govt to private labs

SRINAGAR:: The government directed private laboratories not to charge more than Rs 400 for RT-PCR Test for COVID-19 in Jammu and Kashmir. An order issued by the Department of Health and Medical Education said that in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2 of the Epidemic Diseases Act, 1897 (3 of 1897) and in […]

LG directs for three-tier patient care in hospitals

LG directs for three-tier patient care in hospitals

ANANTNAG: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Tuesday called for institutionalising three-tier patient care within hospitals by categorising nurses in three modes. “First category of nursing staff for registration and counseling of patients, second for timely medicines & injections, and third group for hourly monitoring of oxygen inflow to patients as per the requirement. This will […]

Govt issues fresh guidelines for online classes

Govt issues fresh guidelines for online classes

Pre-primary, primary classes not to exceed 90 mins a day Srinagar: The government on Tuesday said that the virtual classes for pre-primary and primary classes shall not exceed the time limit of 30 minutes and 90 minutes a day. According to the new guidelines for the pre-primary students, the school education department has set the […]

Advisor Farooq Khan reviews Covid mitigation efforts, inspects District Hospital Kulgam

Advisor Farooq Khan reviews Covid mitigation efforts, inspects District Hospital Kulgam

KULGAM: Advisor to Lieutenant Governor, Farooq Ahmad Khan, today had a comprehensive review of Covid mitigation measures being implemented by the district administration in Kulgam. Advisor visited the District Hospital Kulgam and inspected the patient care facilities being extended there to Covid and Non Covid patients. He exhorted upon the hospital management to put in […]

LG visits GMC Anantnag, interacts with faculty

LG visits GMC Anantnag, interacts with faculty

Anantnag: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Tuesday visited Government Medical College Anantnag where he got first hand detailed information about the various activities regarding patient care especially the management of Covid-19 patients. The president, MFF, Dr Nazir Ah Wani welcomed the Lieutenant Governor and expressed his gratitude for the visit to lift the morale of […]

DC Ramban reviews functioning of Panchayat level Centres at DDMA meeting

RAMBAN: Deputy Commissioner, Ramban, Mussarat Islam, today chaired a meeting of the District Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) to review functioning of Panchayat level Covid Care Centres (CCC) and Covid-19 containment measures in general. Additional Deputy Commissioner, Harbans Lal; Assistant Commissioner Revenue, Dhirendra Sharma; Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Mohammad Farid Bhat; Dy. SP, Rajinder Singh Chib […]

10 power Receiving Stations to be completed next month: KPDCL

SRINAGAR: The Managing Director, KPDCL, Dr Basharat Qayoom today chaired a review meeting in the Conference Hall of KPDCL & took a detailed review of Projects under various Central Sponsored Schemes viz R-APDRP, IPDS, PMDP, DDUGJY in Kashmir Valley. The meeting was attended by Chief Engineer Distribution Er. Ajaz Ahmad Dar, Chief Engineer Projects Er. […]