Srinagar: Doctors at SKIMS hospital Beimina on Tuesday staged a protest saying they were not being provided personal protective equipment (PPE), which includes clothing, helmets, goggles, or other garments or equipment designed to protect the wearer’s body from injury or infection. Reports reaching GNS said that scores of doctors and medical staff posted at SKIMS […]
SRINAGAR: A body of newspaper distributors on Tuesday said that they will not circulate newspapers from Wednesday after the demand dwindled due to fear of newspapers being the carriers of the COVID-19 virus. A member who attended the meeting told Kashmir Reader that of 187 news agencies only 10 were taking the papers, while at […]
Srinagar: Amnesty International India on Tuesday urged the Government of India to immediately restore high-speed 4G internet services and release all detainees in Jammu and Kashmir in view of the threat of Covid-19. Amnesty International India in a statement said that as Jammu and Kashmir enters the next phase of lockdown, the Government of India […]
KALEEM GEELANI SRINAGAR: Many villages located in areas which do not come under any municipality’s jurisdiction have been left out of sterilisation measures even as the risk of Covid-19 increases every day in Kashmir. The residents of these left-out villages have taken upon themselves the responsibility of sterilisation and sanitation in their areas. Not only […]
Srinagar: The J&K High Court on Tuesday directed the Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India, to look into the evacuation of persons who are stranded abroad and need to return to India. The court said, “We would expect that these issues would be addressed on priority by the Ministry of External Affairs and appropriate […]
Srinagar: People in Srinagar are facing many hardships as they are not able to find even essential items like vegetables and milk in the market. Markets across the valley are shut and public transport is banned. Only pharmacies and groceries are allowed to open, but many of them have run out of stock. Muzaffar Ahmad, […]
JAMMU: The government has set up a 24×7 Control Room at Lakhanpur for hassle free movement of trucks carrying essential supplies to Jammu and Kashmir. The centre at Lakhanpur will ensure that the waiting time of truck is minimised and trucks are cleared within 30 half an hour of reporting, said a government spokesperson. It […]
Srinagar: Amid the prevailing COVID-19 pandemic, the National Testing Agency on Tuesday, tentatively scheduled the JEE Mains Examination 2020 in the last week of May. An official communiqué issued by Director General NTA, Dr Vineet Joshi said that the exact dates for the test would be notified after assessing the situation arising from COVID-19 pandemic […]
Geneva: The world economy will go into recession this year with a predicted loss of trillions of dollars of global income due to the coronavirus pandemic, spelling serious trouble for developing countries with the likely exception of India and China, according to a latest UN trade report. With two-thirds of the world’s population living in […]
Residents distressed, buy bottled water from shops
PAMPORE: Water crisis for the last three years in Khranchoo village in south Kashmir’s Pampore has outraged residents who say that they have raised this issue with local authorities, but no action was taken to address their woes. Residents told Kashmir Reader that they are supplied water from a reservoir located in Deva Mohalla. “The […]