Letter to the Editor
Laudable step to transform traditions While the land is falling short for traditional burials in the graveyards, the step by the Christian community to adopt the Hindu tradition of cremating the bodies and then burying the urns containing the ashes in some districts of Uttar Pradesh is laudable. It requires less space and also ensures […]
Save Bee and save life on the earth
Er. Prabhat Kishore “If the bees disappeared from the surface of the globe the man would only have four years of life left. No more bees, no more pollination, no more plants, no more animals, no more man.”- Albert Einstein. World Bee Day is celebrated every year on 20th May. This day is intended to […]
Indian Healthcare System in ICU?
Shashidhar Vuppala It is time to reset and reform, the current Corona crisis provides an opportunity to address inadequacies in healthcare system, and lack of safety nets for urban poor. India’s public healthcare system needs far more investment. For any nation’s development Quality Education and Health Systems plays a significant role but unfortunately all our […]
JK reports 3969 fresh covid-19 cases, 62 deaths
Srinagar, May 19: Jammu and Kashmir reported 3969 fresh covid-19 cases while 62 more people succumbed to the virus in the last 24 hours, officials said on Wednesday, officials said. They said 1375 fresh cases were confirmed from Jammu division and 2594 from Kashmir Valley, taking the overall tally to 255888. Death toll due the […]
Covid-19 death toll crosses 3300 mark in JK
Srinagar, May 19: Jammu and Kashmir reported at least 21 more covid-19 related deaths in the sine last evening, taking the death toll past 3300. Among the fresh fatalities, they said, 11 were reported at GMC Jammu, four at GMC Anantnag and remaining in other hospitals of the Valley. Among others, the officials told that […]
Earthquake of magnitude 3.2 hits Doda
Jammu, May 19 (PTI) An earthquake of magnitude 3.2 on the Richter scale hit Doda district on Wednesday afternoon, officials said. However, there were no reports of any damage, they said. The earthquake occurred at 2.34 pm and its epicentre was Doda, according to the officials.
Many families shifted to safer places in Uri after landslides hits village
Uri, May 19: At least twenty-three families have shifted to safer places in Zamborpatan village of Uri after landslide and shooting stones. Sarpanch Noor Hussain Shah of Zamoorpatan said that since last night, landslide and shooting stones from Kala Pahad Mountain created havoc in the area. “23 families have shifted to nearby households,” he said, […]
Case filed against ‘miscreants’ after video shows cows inside hospital
Jammu, May 19 (PTI) Authorities in Jammu and Kashmir’s Ramban district have registered a case against miscreants after an inquiry revealed that the cows inside a hospital were deliberately huddled inside to malign the image of the administration, officials said on Wednesday. A 20-second video purportedly of Out Patient Department of district hospital Ramban was […]
Special task force will be formed to protect children from third COVID wave: Kejriwal
New Delhi, May 19 (PTI) Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Wednesday that the Delhi government will form a special task force to protect children from the third wave of COVID-19. He said the decision was taken at a meeting with officials. “If the third wave of COVID comes, then we have to be prepared […]
Zoo attendant mauled to death by tigress
Itanagar, May 19 (PTI) A 35-year-old zoo attendant was mauled to death by a Royal Bengal tigress at the Biological Park here, an official said. Poulash Karmakar, a native of Dhekiajuli in Assam’s Lakhimpur district was killed by the tigress when he was entering her cage to clean the water pond on Tuesday, zoo curator […]
