Srinagar: Three shopkeepers including a butcher and two provisional store owners tested positive for Covid in Pampore Tehsil in Pulwama on Sunday. An official said that two provisional shopkeepers from Ladhoo village of Pampore and the third person, a resident of Shar Shaali village, who runs a butcher shop at Ladhoo, tested positive for COVID […]
KARACHI: Pakistan captain Azhar Ali believes that his team can defeat England in their own backyard in the upcoming three-match Test series if the batting unit clicks to post 300-plus totals. The first Test begins at Lord’s on July 30, and the team leaves for the tour with 20 players and 11 support staff, even […]
PULWAMA: District Authorities Pulwama today ordered partial de-notification of various red zones in the district. In this regard District Magistrate Pulwama Dr. Raghav Langer today announced that these villages were earlier declared as containment zones after COVID -19 positive cases were reported from these areas, while the entire primary and secondary contacts of positive patients […]
JAMMU: On Saturday 21 domestic flights with 2,424 passengers on board , arrived at Jammu and Srinagar Airports. A total of 834 passengers aboard 8 regular commercial flights arrived at the Jammu Airport while 13 domestic flights with about 1590 passengers on board landed at Srinagar Airport today. After arrival, all the passengers were tested […]
BARAMULLA: Divisional Commissioner Kashmir Pandurang K Pole today conducted an extensive tour of district Baramulla to have first hand appraisal of various developmental activities undertaken by different agencies across the district. During the visit he inspected facilities put in place at COVID-19 hospital established in Sub-district Hospital Sopore and took stock of various measures taken […]
Ramanathapuram: Over 30 personnel attached to Naval Air Station INS Parundu have tested positive for coronavirus, district officials said on Thursday, but the forward operating base was ‘operational’, Defence sources in Chennai said. While the district authorities put the number of infected at 33, Defence sources said ‘some’ of the sailors, mostly who had arrived […]
JAMMU: The Chief Secretary, B V R Subrahmanyam while taking stock of efforts toward mitigating COVID-19 threat, directed Deputy Commissioners to adopt liberal release policy at administrative quarantine centres. He said that if the quarantined persons test negative, as per existing Standard Operating Procedure, they can be sent to ‘home quarantine’ immediately. The Chief Secretary […]
Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir administration on Wednesday ordered another inquiry into the recent death of two attendants participating in the funeral of a COVID-19 patient here and also the death of a person in a quarantine centre in Kathua district. The latest inquiry has been ordered close on the heels of submission of a […]
Riyadh: Saudi Arabia will allow around 1,000 pilgrims residing in the kingdom to perform the hajj this year, a minister said Tuesday, after it announced the ritual would be scaled back due to coronavirus. “The number of pilgrims will be around 1,000, maybe less, maybe a little more,” Hajj Minister Mohammad Benten told reporters. “The […]
NEW DELHI: An estimated 120 million children living in South Asian countries, including India, could slip into poverty within the next six months due to the COVID-19 crisis, taking the total number of such kids in the region to 360 million, according to a new UNICEF report. The report — Lives Upended – How COVID-19 […]