US coronavirus death toll approaches milestone of 500,000
Washington: The US stood Sunday at the brink of a once-unthinkable tally: 500,000 people lost to the coronavirus. A year into the pandemic, the running total of lives lost was about 498,000 roughly the population of Kansas City, Missouri, and just shy of the size of Atlanta. The figure compiled by Johns Hopkins University surpasses […]
WHO-led COVAX scheme: India’s vaccine capacity will generate 1.1 billion doses: FS
New Delhi: India has so far supplied about 230 lakh doses of vaccines against COVID-19 to friends and partners across the world and the country’s vaccine capacity will generate another 1.1 billion doses for the WHO-led COVAX scheme that distributes them to developing countries, Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla said on Monday. In his address […]
Networking to achieve success
Kashmir’s economy is unique in nature. It can survive the vagaries of external pressures as it is largely dependent on the regions local production which includes agricultural produce and the handicrafts sector. However, the two sectors have been ignored and have not been able to take shape in the form of co-operatives so that the […]
Perceptions of a pro-Modi Indian-American
Asad Mirza Indian-origin American citizens now comprise the second-largest immigrant group in the USA. Over the years with increasing political influence and playing an active role in the US internal politics, this group also tends to be actively involved in the politics of the country of their origin. Since the turn of the twenty-first century […]
Healthy lifestyle is the way towards heart healthy life
Dr. Balbir Singh Apart from family history, the poor lifestyle choices that one makes has been the leading cause of cardiac ailments among the younger generation in India. With changing lifestyle and poor socio-economic factors, there is a rapid increase in the number of patients living with ischemic heart disease. Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS) or […]
Letter to the Editor
Conserve nature It is welcome to note that the Himachal Pradesh Government is involving school students in planting saplings and ensuring their survival to build awareness. The Forest Department has set up the ‘Vidyarthi Van Mitra Yojna’ under which Eco clubs have been set up in the schools to identify open or degraded forest areas […]
