Herd immunity? It’s not going to happen
Shabir A. Madhi Any notion that COVID-19 was going to last for just a few months was very much misplaced in 2020. Especially after it was recognised that the SARS-CoV-2 virus was largely spread through the airborne route, all indications were that it would cause repeat bouts of waves. This is what happened in the […]
Pandemic shadow: Quality of life of street-connected kids needs to change
Vijay Garg The multiple and complex challenges we face today because of the Covid-19 pandemic have fallen hard on children who live, work, or play in the streets and are known as street-connected children. For them, it is often impossible to follow the basic guidelines to “stay at home” and “wash your hands”. It is […]
Humble diversions of yore!
Desh Bir Today’s children would never believe that some sixty years ago, we, as children, had such poor playthings as glass balls, Gilli Danda, home-spun hockey sticks made out of branches with natural sharp round bends at the bottom, circular peelings from a truck tyre to serve as rubber rings to be pushed on the […]
Online Mobile Banking and the risks involved
Rayees Ahmad Kumar Throughout the world, we are living more and more of our lives online every day. At the same time, we are conducting much of our online activity on our mobile devices. Banking is certainly following this trend. More than half of all web traffic now comes from mobile devices, and traffic to […]
DDC Srinagar conducts extensive tour of hilly areas
Listens to public grievances
SRINAGAR: As part of Public outreach Program, the District Development Commissioner (DDC) Srinagar, Mohammad Aijaz Asad Wednesday undertook an extensive tour of various remote/hilly areas of Srinagar district including Sangri and Chak basti in Khonmoh Block to bring administration to door steps of people for on spot resolution of public issues. He also inspected ongoing […]
The doomsday: Destruction of innocent humanity
M Ahmad “If I had foreseen Hiroshima and Nagasaki, I would have torn up my formula in 1905.”……………..Albert Einstein On August 6, 1945, the American B-29 bomber Enola Gay, dropped an atomic bomb nicknamed “Little Boy”, weighed 10,800 pounds, on the Japanese city of Hiroshima, and three days later, on August 9, it dropped another […]
12 employees of Agriculture department suspended at Ganderbal
GANDERBAL: For ensuring the punctuality of employees and improvement in the work culture at all levels, Director, Agriculture Kashmir Chowdhary Mohammad Iqbal along with Deputy Director Planning M. Younis Chowdhary conducted a surprise visit to Ganderbal District on Wednesday and found many Employees of Sub Division Kangan un- authorized absent from their legitimate duties. Director […]
