Srinagar: Besides resulting in large scale deaths, Covid pandemic has spurred mental health issues among adolescents in Kashmir. A study conducted by four doctors of Government Medical College Srinagar aimed at assessing prevalence of depression and anxiety and its determinants among school-going adolescents in the Valley has found 16 percent children depressed and 20 percent […]
SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir government’s prompt response and multi pronged strategies towards tackling the global pandemic, COVID-19, has not only been able to flatten the epidemic curve swiftly but strengthened emergency health services manifold to meet impending health challenges more proficiently. Although a stupendous task, the UT administration with the dint of its professional manpower […]
SRINAGAR: Nine Covid cases were reported in Kashmir on Saturday while zero cases were detected in Jammu, an official bulletin said. It said that eight more COVID-19 patients from Kashmir division have recovered and been discharged from various hospitals. On COVID vaccination, the bulletin informs that 15,911 doses of COVID vaccine have been administered in […]
Srinagar: Zero Covid cases were reported in Jammu and Kashmir on Monday, an official bulletin said. It said that no fresh positive case of Covid was reported from any district of Jammu and Kashmir, taking the total positive cases to 453889. Moreover, 13 more COVID-19 patients have recovered and been discharged from various hospitals including […]
Mumbai: The first case of XE, a more transmissible COVID-19 variant, was detected in Mumbai on Wednesday, a civic health official said. A woman who arrived from South Africa in February was found to have this Omicron sub-variant, officials of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said, adding that she was asymptomatic and recovered from the […]
Mumbai: pacer Josh Hazlewood hasn’t yet joined the Royal Challengers Bangalore team bubble for IPL-15 and is unlikely to be available for at least another week. Hazlewood, who was a part of the Australian squad during the Pakistan series, will be joining the franchise in next couple of days and will undergo a mandatory three-day […]
SHANGHAI: Shanghai on Sunday ordered its 26 million residents to undergo two more rounds of tests for COVID-19 as public anger grows over how authorities in China’s most populous city are tackling a record coronavirus surge. Residents should self-test on Sunday using antigen kits and report any positive results, Shanghai government officials told a news […]
Srinagar: The seven day ‘Spring Theatre Festival’ (Edition-2) concluded on Saturday at Tagore Hall here. The festival was organised by Actors’ Creative Theatre (ACT) in collaboration with J&K Academy of Art, Culture and Languages (JKAACL) and supported by J&K Tourism Development Corporation (JKTDC). It was inaugurated on the occasion of World Theatre Day. Four plays […]
Mumbai: Kolkata Knight Riders are expected to continue with their risk-taking approach despite mixed returns when they take on Punjab Kings in the Indian Premier League here on Friday. KKR head into Friday’s game at the back of a three-wicket loss against RCB though managed to make the game close after a below-par total. Punjab […]
Beijing: China began its most extensive lockdown in two years Monday to conduct mass testing and control a growing outbreak in Shanghai as questions are raised about the economic toll of the nation’s zero-COVID strategy. China’s financial capital and largest city with 26 million people, Shanghai had managed its smaller, past outbreaks with limited lockdowns […]