Beijing: China on Tuesday successfully launched two satellites to test the space-based Internet of Things (IoT) communications technology. The satellites, Xingyun-2 01 and 02, were launched by a Kuaizhou-1A (KZ-1A) carrier rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in northwest China. They have successfully entered their planned orbit, state-run Xinhua news agency reported. Press Trust […]
Washington: President Donald Trump insisted Monday his administration has “met the moment” and “prevailed” on coronavirus testing, even as the White House itself became a potent symbol of the risk facing Americans everywhere by belatedly ordering everyone who enters the West Wing to wear a mask. Trump addressed a Rose Garden audience filled with mask-wearing […]
New Delhi: The death toll due to COVID-19 rose to 2,293 and the number of cases climbed to 70,756 in the country on Tuesday, registering an increase of 87 fatalities and 3,604 cases in the last 24 hours since Monday 8 am, according to the Union health ministry. The number of active COVID-19 cases in […]
Srinagar: Global News Service (GNS) and daily Kashmir Glory founder Tanveer-ul-Ahad passed away on Monday night. He breathed his last after a brief illness at SMHS Hospital. A young and promising journalist, Tanveer started his career working with news gathering agency PBI run by Helpline Group. A resident of Kupwara district, he founded his own […]
New Delhi: In a clear indication that ongoing lockdown may not end completely but curbs will be further eased, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said he was of the firm view that the measures needed in the first three phases of lockdown were not needed “in the fourth”, and asked the states to come up with […]
Srinagar: Mobile internet services are being restored by tonight in most parts of Kashmir Valley, official sources said on Monday. A senior police officer said that the 2G internet services would be restored in “most places” by 10 p.m. Meanwhile, restrictions across Kashmir Valley continued on Monday even as mobile 2G internet and short messaging […]
Srinagar: Principal Secretary, Education and Transport Department, Dr Asgar Hassan Samoon on Monday urged the private schools to defer the fee collection from the students during COVID-19 pandemic. He said that government has taken various measures to help students to continue their study during COVID-19 pandemic. Samoon said education is also being provided to students […]
Anantnag: Six more COVID–19 patients have recovered in Anantnag and they were sent to home quarantine on Monday after their tests were found negative for the disease. On Sunday, six recovered patients were sent to home quarantine taking the total recoveries to 12, Deputy Commissioner Anantnag, Bashir Ahmad Dar said. He asked them to strictly […]
SRINAGAR: Migrant workers and labourers belonging to other states and presently stranded in Kashmir have been asked to avoid visiting hospitals for COVID screening in connection with their travel to their home states. Divisional Commissioner Kashmir in a statement said that the labourers shall be informed beforehand about when and where they have to undergo […]
United Nations, May 11 International tourism could decline by 60-80 per cent in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, resulting in the revenue loss of USD 910 billion to USD 1.2 trillion and placing millions of livelihoods at risk, the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) has said. The global international agency said that the pandemic has […]