DC Kulgam inspects Covid Care centers/ Quarantine centers, takes stock of arrangements

Visits various vaccination centers, 66663 persons vaccinated in district KULGAM: The Deputy Commissioner, (DC) Kulgam, Dr. Bilal Mohi-Ud-Din Bhat today visited various covid care centers/ quarantine centers established in the district to take stock of arrangements being put in place there. The DC visited Quarantine Centres established at EKLAVYA Residential hostel Tangmarg, ITI College K.B.Pora […]

Eight members of Indian boxing squad test positive for COVID-19, quarantined in Istanbul

NEW DELHI: Eight members of an Indian boxing squad, including three pugilists, tested positive for COVID-19 during a competition trip to Turkey and have been quarantined in Istanbul. Commonwealth Games silver-medallist Gaurav Solanki (57kg), Prayag Chouhan (75kg) and Brijesh Yadav (81kg) tested positive for the virus a week back, leading to them being quarantined following […]

WHO team in Wuhan departs quarantine for COVID origins study

Wuhan: A World Health Organisation team has emerged from quarantine in the Chinese city of Wuhan to start field work in a fact-finding mission on the origins of the virus that caused the COVID-19 pandemic. The researchers, who were required to complete 14 days in quarantine after arriving in China, could be seen leaving their […]

‘Lack of funds’ to pay caterers who supplied food to quarantine centers in Anantnag

‘Lack of funds’ to pay caterers who supplied food to quarantine centers in Anantnag

Anantnag: The payments of five caterers who supplied food to people put in administrative quarantine here in Anantnag are held up for more than 3 months now, with the administration citing lack of funds. The quarantine centers were set up in schools, colleges, hotels and other places soon after the coronavirus reached Kashmir. Travellers and […]

Sydney could be Indian cricket team’s port of entry for quarantine and training: Report

SYDNEY: Sydney and Canberra are emerging as potential venues to host India’s limited-over series against Australia during the upcoming tour starting next month. The Indian team was initially supposed to land in Brisbane but apparently Queensland state health authorities won’t allow the visitors to train during the mandatory 14-day quarantine period. According to a report […]