Ramban district achieves 100% vaccination in 45 and above age category

RAMBAN: Deputy Commissioner, Ramban, Mussarat Islam today said that Ramban district has achieved 100 percent Covid vaccination in the age group of 45 and above category. Speaking to the media at the weekly press briefing on Covid situation and containment measures, he said over 11250 tests were conducted in the last week across the district, […]

Covid positivity rate dips to 0.29% in Kishtwar

KISHTWAR: Deputy Commissioner (DC) Kishtwar, Ashok Sharma today said that the Covid positivity rate in district has declined to 0.29%, even as he appealed the people to continue to follow Covid appropriate behavior and take vaccine to prevent fresh surge. Speaking to the media at the weekly press briefing on the current COVID care scenario […]

COVID-19: India records 41,649 fresh cases, 593 more fatalities

COVID-19: India records 41,649 fresh cases, 593 more fatalities

New Delhi: With a single-day rise of 41,649 new cases, India’s COVID-19 tally climbed to 3,16,13,993 on Saturday, while the death toll due to the viral disease shot up to 4,23,810 with 593 more people succumbing to it, the Union health ministry said The number of active coronavirus cases in the country registered an increase […]

India set to take over as President of UN Security Council for month of August

India set to take over as President of UN Security Council for month of August

United Nations: India will take over the Presidency of the UN Security Council on August 1 and is set to host signature events in three major areas of maritime security, peacekeeping and counterterrorism during the month. “It is a singular honour for us to be presiding over the Security Council the same month when we […]

US, Russia, China, and Pakistan to discuss Afghan crisis in Doha next month

US, Russia, China, and Pakistan to discuss Afghan crisis in Doha next month

DOHA: Representatives of the “Troika plus” comprising the US, Russia, China, and Pakistan have planned to hold a meeting in Doha next month, to discuss the war-torn situation of Afghanistan. The primary goals of the Afghan settlement at the moment are to achieve a cease-fire, resume inclusive intra-Afghan dialogue, and form an interim coalition government […]

COVID-19 linked with long-term cognitive impairment, researchers say

COVID-19 linked with long-term cognitive impairment, researchers say

Washington: COVID-19 is associated with persistent cognitive deficits, including the acceleration of Alzheimer’s disease symptoms, researchers have found. In addition to the respiratory and gastrointestinal symptoms that accompany COVID-19, many people with the virus experience short- and long-term neuropsychiatric symptoms, including loss of smell and taste, and cognitive and attention deficits, known as “brain fog.” […]

Fear grows, every passing hour, for fate of 19 missing in Kishtwar

Fear grows, every passing hour, for fate of 19 missing in Kishtwar

IAF choppers unable to make sorties due to weather since morning Srinagar: Hope is dwindling for the rescue of 19 persons who have been missing since Wednesday morning after a cloudburst washed away an entire village in Chenab Valley region of Jammu and Kashmir, leaving 7 people dead and 17 others injured. More than 60 […]

Body of woman fished out from Chenab, search on for husband, two sons

Body of woman fished out from Chenab, search on for husband, two sons

Jammu: The body of a 38-year-old woman was fished out from Chenab in Udhampur district on Friday, five days after she along with her husband and two sons drowned in the fast flowing river following a road accident on the Jammu-Srinagar national highway, officials said. Asha Devi, a resident of Paloura area of Jammu, was […]

Help victims of cloudbursts: HC judges

Help victims of cloudbursts: HC judges

SRINAGAR: Responding swiftly to the reports of cloud bursts in some districts of UTs of J&K and Ladakh, Executive Chairman, J&K Legal Services Authority, Justice Ali Mohammad Magrey and Justice Dhiraj Singh Thakur, Executive Chairman, Ladakh Legal Services Authority today ordered constitution of Core Groups by the DLSAs of Kishtwar, Bandipora and Kargil respectively under […]

J&K reports 137 new cases, one fatality

J&K reports 137 new cases, one fatality

Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir recorded 137 fresh COVID-19 cases on Friday, taking its infection tally to 3,21,344, while the death toll rose to 4,378 as one fatality was reported in a span of 24 hours, officials said. Fifty-eight cases were reported from Jammu division and 79 from Kashmir division of the union territory, they said. […]