Covid-19: Even a single vaccine dose cuts infection rate, says UK Study

London: A single dose of either the Oxford/AstraZeneca or Pfizer/BioNTech vaccines, currently being administered in the UK, cut the rate of coronavirus infections by around 65 per cent, according to a new UK study on Friday. A combination of two studies by the University of Oxford and the Office of National Statistics (ONS), which are […]
Pak govt warns citizens to follow covid SOP’s
Threatens another lockdown in case violations not stopped
Islamabad: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday urged the people of Pakistan to strictly follow the COVID-19 guidelines, warning that another nationwide lockdown will be imposed if the spiralling coronavirus crisis continues to worsen. Addressing the nation after chairing a meeting of the National Coordination Committee, the highest national forum to tackle the pandemic, Khan […]
Corona crisis

It is for the second day running that India witnessed more than three lakh positive cases across the length and breadth of the country. The death toll for the day too has been at a record high of 2,263 which has worsened the situation. Going by the official figures the country has crossed 1,62,63,695 case […]
Dua: A weapon of the believer

Sufaya Yousf It was narrated from Abu Hurayrah (Radiallhu Anhu) that the Messenger of Allah said: “(The Dua) of any one of you will be answered so long as he is not hasty in seeking a response and does not say, ‘I prayed but I have not had a response’. Dua is a supplication, communication […]
Social Media is compulsive
Noorain Jeelani An addiction is a desire when a body or mind needs to do something that is hard to control or stop rather its irresistible or uncontrollable behaviour that leads to adverse effects. It would not be wrong to say that we are becoming slaves to technology. Nowadays remaining in deep touch with social […]
Letter to the Editor
Review vaccination policy The leaders of the opposition parties are alleging that the Central Government has not learned any lesson from the past and its COVID vaccine policy is arbitrary and discriminatory. Congress President Sonia Gandhi has claimed that the policy implies that the government has abdicated its responsibility for a free vaccination to all. […]
Covid-19: The Second Wave
Fidhat Fayaz Drangay As of now 16.3 million people in India have been reported positive for the novel Corona Virus. Among these infected people 13.6 million recovered and 187 thousand people lost the battle with the novel Corona Virus. In Jammu And Kashmir 1 lakh 54 thousand people have been reported positive for the novel […]
Aripal residents demand JK Bank ATM

Tral: Residents of Tehsil Aripal in Tral have expressed dismay over the non availability of Automated Teller Machine (ATM) facility in the area. The residents said despite widening the network of bank branches in the Valley and also in south Kashmir, the J&K Bank have not installed any ATM in the Tehsil. Customers of the […]