470 more test positive, caseload rises to 18390 Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir reported nine more deaths due to Covid-19 on Monday taking the total number of deaths in the region to 321. The latest Covid-19 victims include six Srinagar residents including a 64-year-old man from Rangreth, a 70-year-old man of Basant Bagh, a 60-year-old man […]
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court Monday directed the University Grants Commission (UGC) to respond to the petitions which have challenged the July 6 directive to all the universities and colleges to conduct final year examinations by September 30 amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Several issues have been raised in the petitions, including plight of lakhs of […]
Washington: The world’s biggest COVID-19 vaccine study got underway Monday with the first of 30,000 planned volunteers helping to test shots created by the U.S. government — one of several candidates in the final stretch of the global vaccine race. There’s still no guarantee that the experimental vaccine, developed by the National Institutes of Health […]
PAMPORE: A ninth Covid-19 patient from Pampore died on Monday at SMHS Hospital in Srinagar. The 85-year-old resident of Samboora passed away in the morning. The deceased was admitted to SMHS Hospital a few days ago. He was laid to rest in his ancestral graveyard after a funeral held according to guidelines laid down by […]
BUDGAM: The Primary Health Centre (PHC) in Aripathan village of Beerwah tehsil (Budgam district) has been temporarily closed by officials after an employee tested positive for Covid-19, Block Medical Officer (BMO) Beerwah, Dr Javeed Ahmad, told Kashmir Reader. “The health centre has been closed since July 25 (Saturday) as a precautionary measure against the spread […]
JAMMU: In a significant decision with regard to management of COVID-19 patients and in line with the earlier decision of reserving four tertiary hospitals in Srinagar as referral centres, the three tertiary hospitals in Jammu city shall now also be only referral hospitals for COVID-19 admissions. This was decided in a meeting chaired by the […]
Srinagar: Upset over downgrading of Jammu and Kashmir to the status of a Union Territory following abrogation of Article 370, former chief minister Omar Abdullah on Monday said he will not contest assembly elections till full statehood is restored. However, Omar, a former union minister in the Atal Bihari Vajpayee government, made it clear he […]
Anantnag: The father of a slain militant has gone missing here in Tral area of south Kashmir and is believed to have joined the Jaish-e-Muhammad (JeM) militant outfit, local and police sources in Tral said on Monday. If that is true, 48-year-old Abdul Hameed Chopan will be the oldest among the cadre of militants here […]
Srinagar: A small businessman by profession, Parvaiz Ahmad (name changed) feels both sad and upset when his son asks if they will sacrifice an animal this Eid ul Azha. Parvaiz Ahmad considers sacrificing as paramount in Islam, and has been sacrificing an animal on every Eid for several years. This year, though, the Covid pandemic […]
Anantnag: Apart from being the worst affected district in terms of number of Covid-19 cases, Srinagar district has also the slowest recovery rate of patients among the ten districts of Kashmir valley. Anantnag district in south Kashmir has the highest recovery rate. Baramulla district in north Kashmir has the highest death rate, while Pulwama in […]