Letter to the Editor
Online disability certification It is welcome to note that the Union Ministry of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities has made it mandatory for all States to grant certificates of disability through online mode only using the Unique Disability ID (UDID) portal from June 1, 2021. The manual disability certificates have been issued by each state […]
Hope keeps us alive
Syed Mustafa Ahmad In the present age of conflict, when everything seems to be going from bad to worse, there is something which keeps everybody going and that is hope! What is hope? Hope is defined differently by different people according to situations and personalities. But the common thing in all the periods or ages […]
Preparing for NEET 2021 amidst the pandemic
Vijay Garg India is experiencing the second wave of COVID. The number of cases of COVID second wave are increasing rapidly, which again puts all aspirants under stress. Medical aspirants across the globe must be wondering how to prepare for NEET 2021 in Coronavirus (COVID-19). Since moving out of houses is being restricted candidates must […]
Covid-19: JK reports 5443 cases, 50 more deaths
Srinagar, May 7: Jammu and Kashmir recorded its highest single-day spike ever, with 5443 new coronavirus cases reported in the last 24 hours, officials said on Friday. Also, 50 people succumbed to virus during the time, 29 in Jammu and 21 in Kahsmir, taking the total fatality count to 2612 1868 of these cases were […]
Two minors killed after pillar collapsed in Tangmarg village
Srinagar, May 7: Two minor cousins were killed instantly after a pillar attached to a house collapsed in Kutpora Tangmarg area of Baramulla district on Friday afternoon. Family sources said that the duo were playing in the courtyard and in the due course a cement pillar broke and collapsed burying the two minors underneath. They […]
Militants hurl grenade on forces, 4 injured
Srinagar, May 07: Suspected militants hurled a grenade on security forces in Nawa Bazaar area of old city here on Friday. Confirming the incident a senior police officer said that two CRPF personnel, one cop and a civilians received splinter injuries after militants lobbed grenade on joint team of forces. All the injured were shifted […]
Normal life remains affected due to COVID restrictions in Kashmir
Srinagar, May 7 (PTI) Normal life remained affected in many areas in Jammu and Kashmir on the ninth day on Friday with the imposition of the lockdown in the wake of an alarming surge in coronavirus cases, officials said. Roads across the valley continued to wear a deserted look as public transport remained off the […]
Covid-19: 36 deaths reported in JK till Friday afternoon
Srinagar, May 7: Jammu and Kashmir lost 36 more people to the covid-19 since last evening, taking the fatality count due to the virus to 2598 in J&K, officials said on Friday. 268 deaths were reported so far this month alone, they said. Among the fresh fatalities, they said, nineteen deaths took place in GMC […]
Ladakh daily COVID-19 recoveries outstrip new infections
Leh, May 7 (PTI) The Union Territory of Ladakh reported more recoveries than new COVID-19 infections as 160 people were discharged from hospitals, while 98 new cases were added, according to officials on Friday. Officials said the latest cases takes the Union Territory’s overall tally of infections to 14,909, while the total number of active infections […]
COVID-19: Kashmir reports 17 more deaths
Srinagar, May 07: At least seventeen patients, who had tested positive for COVID-19, died in Kashmir division since last night, taking total fatalities count in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir to 2,579. An official told that the patients who died include 68-year-old man from Mallabagh, 65-year-old and 60-year-old man from Ellahi-Bagh, 80-year-old man […]
