5 Srinagar residents among the dead, including SMC’s frontline worker Srinagar: A five-year-old boy was among nine Covid-19 patients who died in Kashmir on Wednesday, taking the total number of infected people who have died in J&K to 276. The boy was from Bandipora, admitted a month ago in hospital with burn injuries. An official […]
Srinagar: Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS) Soura has installed sophisticated machinery for conducting plasmapheresis for COVID-19 patients. “This is an outstanding development. With these sophisticated machines, we would be now able to conduct plasmapheresis for COVID-19 patients with precision,” Director SKIMS and Ex-Officio Secretary to Government, Dr AG Ahangar said. He said that SKIMS […]
Washington: US Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar announced on Wednesday that the US has signed a contract with Pfizer for delivery in December of the first 100 million doses of a COVID-19 vaccine the pharmaceutical company is working to develop. The US could buy another 500 million doses under the agreement, Azar said. […]
Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir administration has imposed a six-day complete lockdown across Kashmir Valley, except for Bandipora district, officials said on Wednesday. The decision comes into effect on Wednesday evening and will be reviewed after six days, they said. Agriculture, horticulture and construction activities will continue in accordance with disaster management guidelines. The movement […]
Shopian: Delay in Covid-19 test reports is putting expecting mothers to great discomfort in Shopian district. Many expecting mothers have been put under isolation despite their samples for Covid-19 tests having been taken many days ago. Family members of Saleema Bano (name changed) said that she was reported Covid-19 positive on 6 July and was […]
Srinagar: Renovation work on the historic Sultanate-period monument Madeen Sahab in old Srinagar has stopped due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The monument was all set to see a blossom of blue flowers on its roof after many years. The archaeological department had refurbished its roof by laying a new layer of soil and planting blue […]
New Delhi: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday complimented the Indian Air Force (IAF) for its rapid deployment of assets at forward locations in response to the border row with China in eastern Ladakh, saying its Balakot strike and the current combat readiness have sent a strong message to “adversaries”. In an address to the […]
Washington: Describing the Chinese military’s activities in the region as “destabilising”, US Secretary of Defence Mark Esper on Tuesday said America was “very closely” monitoring the situation between India and China along the Line of Actual Control. Esper made the remarks during his interaction with London-based think-tank International Institute for Strategic Studies amid China’s renewed […]
Anantnag: A former government-backed Ikhwani (member of Ikhwan militia) was shot at and killed by unidentified assailants near his home here in Furreh village of Kulgam district on Wednesday. The slain has been identified as 58-year-old Abdul Rashid Dar, son of Ghulam Hassan Dar, of Furreh village. “He was a former Ikhwani,” a police source […]
Srinagar: The government on Wednesday ordered transfer of six officers in the interest of administration. As per an order, Shrikant Balasaheb Suse (IAS), Sub Divisional Magistrate, has been transferred and posted as Additional Deputy Commissioner in the office of Divisional Commissioner Kashmir. Syed Naseer Ahmad, KAS, Sub-Divisional Magistrate, Pattan, holding additional charge of Sub-Registrar, Pattan, […]