Restrictions eased in eight districts showing improvement in COVID-19 situation
Jammu, Jun 13 (PTI) The Jammu and Kashmir administration on Sunday announced further easing of restrictions in eight districts showing significant improvement in the COVID-19 situation. The decision to grant relaxations in Shopian, Kulgam, Ganderbal and Bandipora in Kashmir division and Poonch, Reasi, Ramban and Doda in Jammu division was taken at a meeting which […]
Day after electrocution, PDD daily wager from Kulgam succumbs
Kulgam, Jun 13: A daily wager employee of Power Development Department (PDD), who was electrocuted on Saturday afternoon in Chawalgam area of south Kashmir’s Kulgam, succumbed to his injuries at SMHS Srinagar on Sunday, an official said. He said that the PDD daily wager Sartaj Ahmad Sheikh, son of Ghulam Mohi-ud-Din Sheikh of Hanand, Chawalgam […]
India reports 80,834 cases, lowest since April
New Delhi, June 13: India reported 80,834 new cases of coronavirus in the last 24 hours, its lowest rise in daily cases since April 1, officials said. Tamil Nadu contributed more than 15,000 new cases, while Kerala had close to 14,000. The country’s active caseload declined to 10.26 lakh. Over 3,300 deaths were reported on […]
Student bodies to send petition to president over UGC’s blended mode of education
New Delhi, June 13 (PTI) Various student bodies have expressed their opposition to the University Grants Commission’s (UGC) blended mode of education through an online petition, which will be submitted to President Ram Nath Kovind. The All India Forum to Save Public Education, an umbrella organisation comprising student representatives from various outfits like Students’ Federation […]
WHO chief says vaccine need outstrips G7 pledges
Falmouth, Jun 13 (AP) The head of the World Health Organisation has welcomed the vaccine-sharing announcements coming out of the Group of Seven summit but says we need more, and we need them faster. The challenge, I said to the G-7 leaders, was that to truly end the pandemic, our goal must be to vaccinate […]
13 killed in hospital attack in opposition-held Syria town
Beirut, Jun 13 (AP) Missiles have hit a hospital in a northern Syrian town controlled by Turkey-backed fighters, killing at least 13 people, including two medical staff, and putting the facility out of service, activists and an aid group said. It was not immediately clear who was behind the shelling, which came from areas where […]
Students face uncertain future amid pandemic
Vijay GarG Earlier this month, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the cancellation of key school-leaving examinations. The examinations – popularly called boards – are crucial for students hoping to secure admission in some of India’s most prestigious public universities. The cancellation came as a huge relief to many who were anxious about writing exams […]
The stage of sacrifice
Aadil Hussain After you migrated, he crawled shimmering to see The ruins of your abode, tunneling the two mothers Who were still there, wretched, with their eyes bloodshot? Fixed at the two ends, he said, across the tunnel, one- Whom you owed your birth- was bravely consoling the other, “Had I a hundred like him, […]
Aharbal: A mesmerizing destination
Mushtaq Ahmad Bhat Aharbal, is a beautiful natural health resort located in western part of south Kashmir in district Kulgam in the mountainous chain of pir panjal range. It is about 28kms away from district headquarter Kulgam. The place is bestowed with natural landscape and enthralling beauty. Amid lush green forests and the echoes of […]
