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 […]
Srinagar: The district administration Srinagar has barred all religious gatherings on the occasion of the upcoming Shab-e-Barat in view of the COVID-19 pandemic. The twitter handle of Srinagar district administration read on Tuesday that District Development Commissioner, Shahid Iqbal Choudhry had issued an order prohibiting “all sorts of religious congregation and public movement on the […]
Beijing: China and Russia are closing their land border and river port near Vladivostok following the discovery of 59 confirmed cases of the new coronavirus among Chinese citizens returning home via the crossing. Beginning Tuesday, all Chinese citizens who arrive in the border region aboard Russian domestic flights will be forced to undergo a 14-day […]
Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir School Education Department has decided to mass promote students of classes 1 to 9 of Jammu division and class 11 in both the divisions in view of the prevailing COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown. An order issued issued Tuesday by Deputy Secretary School Education Department, Sachin Jamwal has directed concerned authorities […]
New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said on Tuesday that India must help all countries in their fight against coronavirus but lifesaving medicines should be made available to Indians first. “Friendship isn’t about retaliation. India must help all nations in their hour of need but lifesaving medicines should be made available to Indians in ample […]
New Delhi: India has decided to export anti-malarial drug hydroxychloroquine to several countries including those in the neighbourhood on a case-by-case basis in sync with its commitment to the international community to fight the coronavirus pandemic, officials said on Tuesday. Hydroxychloroquine is an old and inexpensive drug used to treat malaria. Last month, India banned […]
Washington: President Donald Trump has warned India that the US may retaliate if it did not export anti-malarial drug Hydroxychloroquine despite his personal request, saying he would be surprised in case of a negative outcome as New Delhi has good relations with Washington. Hydroxychloroquine, an old and inexpensive drug used to treat malaria, is seen […]
London: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who was in hospital due to persistent coronavirus symptoms, has been shifted to the intensive care unit after his coronavirus symptoms “worsened”, Downing Street has said. Johnson, 55, asked UK foreign secretary Dominic Raab to deputise for him as he was moved on Monday to the Intensive Care Unit […]
Umer Maqbool Srinagar: Amid outbreak of deadly coronavirus, J&K government on Monday revoked the Public Safety Act (PSA) detention orders of 18 persons lodged in different jails of Jammu and Kashmir. Highly placed sources disclosed to Kashmir News Observer that government has revoked detention orders of 18 persons languishing in three jails of […]