Year three of pandemic
The Covid-19 pandemic is now entering its third year and going by the trends the deadly disease has displayed it seems that the threat cannot be overlooked or underestimated. As for the past two years the pandemic has done its damage as the official global death toll from COVID-19 is on the verge of eclipsing […]
Quranic Perspective on Haya (modesty)
Haroon Rashid “O children of Adam! We have indeed sent down to you clothing to cover your shame, as well as clothing for beauty. But clothing that guards (against evil) ,that is the best. These are among the signs of Allah for those who think and take caution”. (Al Araf 7:26). And those who preserve […]
Renouncing its enmity
Asad Mirza Indications to the change in the Saudi view towards Iran and Israel came last week. In an interview given by the Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman (MbS) to SPA, the Saudi state news agency, and quoted by several international magazines, he is reported to have expressed desire to mend ties with […]
Inflation and the elders
K S S Pillai The other day my grandson showed me half a dozen foolscap spiral-bound notebooks of 160 pages, each costing ₹100. I was shocked and about to comment but refrained in time. If his father had no problem dishing out an amount equal to more than my aggregate monthly salary as a university […]
JK reports 25 fresh covid-19 cases
Srinagar, Mar 7: Jammu and Kashmir reported 25 fresh Covid-19 cases even as there was no death due to the virus during the past 24 hours, officials said Monday. They said 20 of the fresh cases were reported from Jammu Division and 5 Kashmir Division, taking the overall tally to 453270. Giving district wise details, […]
Nadda arrives in Jammu, to visit Mata Vaishnodevi shrine
Jammu, Mar 7 (PTI) BJP national president J P Nadda on Monday arrived in Jammu and Kashmir to a rousing welcome, his first visit to the region after the abrogation of Article 370 and its bifurcation into two Union territories in August 2019. He will pay obeisance at the cave shrine of Mata Vaishnodevi in […]
Seven fresh COVID-19 cases reported in Ladakh
Leh, March 7 (PTI) Ladakh reported seven fresh COVID-19 cases, taking the overall caseload in the Union Territory to 28,119, while the active cases declined to 119, officials said on Monday. The fresh cases were reported from Leh district, they said The union territory has so far recorded 228 Covid-related deaths with 168 in Leh […]
Man feared dead after slipping into river in Langate Kupwara
Srinagar, Mar 7: A 35-year-old man was feared dead after falling into a river near Dand Kadal Bridge in Langate area in North Kashmir’s Kupwara district. Reports said that a man identified as Mohammad Amin Bhat son of Ghulam Mohid-u-din Bhat of Batapora Langate slipped and fell into Nallah this morning. Subsequently locals from the […]
OPD services to resume at Bone & Joint hospital today: MS
Srinagar, Mar 7: Authorities at Bone and Joint Hospital Barzulla Srinagar have decided to resume Out Patient Department (OPD) from today. Medical Superintendent of Bone and Joint hospital, Dr. Mian Suhail said that the administration has decided to resume OPD services from today. He said that as of now they can’t admit patients here but […]
Fresh snowfall, rains in Kashmir, MeT forecasts cloudy weather till Mar 13
Srinagar, Mar 7: As upper reaches received fresh snowfall and rains lashed plains at most places of Kashmir Valley, the weatherman on Monday forecast partly cloudy weather from March 8 to 13 in Jammu and Kashmir. A meteorological department official here said that reports of snowfall were received from upper reaches including Gurez, Zojila and […]