London: UK health officials said the Delta variant of COVID-19 continues as the dominant strain of coronavirus and marked a sharp increase in the UK with 54,268 more cases logged on Friday, which marks a 32 per cent increase over the previous week. Public Health England (PHE) said its weekly analysis shows the continued rise […]
New Delhi: The World Health Organization (WHO) is likely to take a decision on including Bharat Biotech’s COVID-19 vaccine Covaxin in the emergency use list (EUL) within four to six weeks, Soumya Swaminathan, the global health body’s chief scientist has said. Speaking at a webinar organised by the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) on […]
MOSCOW: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Friday said that people who are tested before and after international travel is a good enough basis but some countries have now introduced the issue of vaccination, stressing on the need to reach some understanding. Jaishankar, addressing a joint press interaction following a meeting with his Russian counterpart […]
KABUL: The Taliban claimed to be in control of 85 percent of Afghanistan as authorities Saturday prepared to retake a key border crossing seized by the insurgents in a sweeping offensive launched as US troops pull out of the war-torn nation. Hours after President Joe Biden issued a staunch defence of the US withdrawal on […]
Population is main criterion, says Chief Election Commissioner SRINAGAR: At the end of their meetings with stakeholders in Jammu and Kashmir, members of the J&K Delimitation Commission on Friday said that the commission will act in a fair and transparent manner on redrawing electoral constituencies in the region. Talking to reporters, Chief Election Commissioner of […]
Anantnag: An unknown number of militants managed to escape the cordon of government forces after a brief exchange of fire late Thursday night here in Kulgam district. The operation was the second faceoff between militants and government forces in Kulgam and the third in south Kashmir region in less than 24 hours. Four militants of […]
Srinagar: Security forces on Friday arrested a Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) militant from Bandipora district, a police spokesperson said. On specific input regarding movement of militants in Hajin town, a joint check point was established by police, army and the CRPF in Gundjahangeer area of Hajin, the spokesperson said. During checking, one person behaving in a very […]
Srinagar: Only one Covid patient of Srinagar lost his life while 261 fresh Covid cases were detected in the last 24 hours, the official daily bulletin reported on Friday. Of the new cases, 146 were reported in Kashmir Division and 115 in Jammu Division, the bulletin said. Srinagar reported the maximum number of fresh cases, […]
Shopian: The second wave of Covid-19 has almost gone out of Shopian, with only 10 active cases in the district now, though on Friday two more cases were reported. The last Covid related death in the district was reported a month ago, a senior health official said. Since then, all the patients have recovered except […]
Srinagar: Authorities in Kashmir have ordered resumption of routine healthcare services, including OPD and surgeries, in the health institutions across the valley in view of the decline in COVID-19 cases, officials said on Friday. The officials said the Directorate of Health Services, Kashmir issued an order to resume the services in view of the decline […]