UK adds Pakistan, Bangladesh to travel ban list
London: Pakistan and Bangladesh are among four additional countries added to the “red list” of nations from where travel to and from England is banned to control the spread of coronavirus. The ban announced on Friday will come into effect from April 9 and also cover the Philippines and Kenya in response to concerns about […]
Volte Face: Pakistan’s textile industry voices disappointment over failed deal
Karachi: Pakistan’s struggling textile industry has voiced its disappointment after the Imran Khan government rejected a proposal to import cotton from India, the world’s biggest producer, saying it is the need of the hour to avoid a massive slump in the country’s exports. The federal Cabinet headed by Prime Minister Khan on Thursday rejected the […]
Vaccination holds the key
Covid-19 is again cornering people. Be it Maharashtra, Karnataka, MP, Gujrat, West Bengal or our very own Jammu and Kashmir, the cases are witnessing a surge. During the first week of April last year Jammu and Kashmir recorded below hundred cases per day and at that time a strict lockdown was in place to contain […]
Post vaccination, mask and social distancing are still needed
Abrar Yousuf Mir On 16 January 2021 world’s biggest vaccination programme against SARS-coV-2 started in all states of India in which healthcare and other frontline workers were immunized. Now phase third began and almost 60 million doses have been administered so far, mostly frontline workers and people above the age of 60. The new covid […]
Letter to the Editor
Rate cuts rollback The Union Government’s move to withdraw its decision to cut the interest rates on small savings by 40-110 basis points from April-June 2021, is a step in the right direction. The rollback came within one day. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has tweeted that the interest rates on small savings schemes of the […]
Maintaining healthy weight can avoid knee replacement
Dr Sanjay Aggarwala Incidences of Joint replacement surgeries have seen an upsurge in the past five years. India is currently facing an epidemic of knee ailments epidemic. According to a recent study, more than 15 crores Indians suffer from knee related problems like loss of cartilage, ACL tear and various types of age related degenerative […]
