United Nations: The UN chief on Tuesday lauded the “tremendous work” of the World Health Organisation, even as US President Donald Trump accused the global health body of being “China centric” and criticised its handling of the coronavirus pandemic. “For the Secretary General, it is clear that WHO under the leadership of Dr Tedros (Adhanom […]
Washington: President Donald Trump has threatened to put a “very powerful” hold on US’ funding to the World Health Organization, accusing the UN agency of being “very China centric” and criticising it for having “missed the call” in its response to the coronavirus pandemic. Trump slammed the global health agency for its early guidance aimed […]
United Nations: The UN human rights body has urged nations to release individuals detained without sufficient legal basis, including political prisoners, as the world body stressed the need to take a very close look at incarcerations and reduce overcrowding in prisons to prevent catastrophic rates of COVID-19 infection. Rupert Colville, spokesperson for the UN High […]
Srinagar: The University of Kashmir has decided to extend its logistic support to the Health Department of Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir in its fight against COVID-19. A statement issued by the varsity spokesperson said that a team comprising of officials from National Health Mission and Health Department UT of J&K on Monday had […]
Bandipora: District magistrate Bandipora has issued an order banning the movement of Public fully in two Villages of North Kashmir’s District Bandipora. The move comes after two more Coronavirus cases were detected positive in these areas. An order issued by District Magistrate Bandipora on Tuesday in this regard reads that “no movement of any individual […]
Srinagar: Fifteen new COVID-19 cases were detected in J&K on Tuesday taking the total tally to 125 in the Union territory. The new cases comprise 9 in Kashmir and 6 in Jammu, Government Spokesperson Rohit Kansal tweeted this evening. He said that 118 of the cases were active comprising 94 in Kashmir and 24 and […]
Srinagar: A CRPF trooper was killed in a militant attack in Bijbehara area of south Kashmiri’s Anantnag district on Tuesday. Reports reaching GNS said that the suspected militants fired upon the CRPF party at Goriwan, Bijbehara. In this incident, one CRPF man namely Shiv Lal received critical injuries. “The injured was rushed to SDH Bijbehara […]
Srinagar: The last date for submission of online application forms for admission to post graduate, Five Year Integrated, Integrated M. Phil-PhD, B. Voc, Three Year Integrated and PG Diploma programmes offered by the Central University of Kashmir (CUK), and other programmes offered by fellow universities, through CUCET-2020 has been extended till April, 25. For further […]
SRINAGAR: All entries and exits leading into and out of Eidgah and Lal Bazar areas of Srinagar were Tuesday sealed. The sealing of the areas comes in the wake of their declaration as containment zones after several cases of COVID-19 affected persons were reported from there. District Magistrate Srinagar Dr Shahid Iqbal Choudhary who issued […]
Srinagar: The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) along with South Asia Media Solidarity Network (SAMSN) has launched a campaign to bring to light the severe impact on journalists of the ban on high-speed mobile internet (4G) in J&K and has urged the government of India to lift the restrictions. “The world needs to know the severe impact […]