Over 14.19 crore COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in India
New Delhi, Apr 26 (PTI) The cumulative number of COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in the country has crossed 14.19 crore as part of the world’s largest vaccination drive, which completed 100 days on April 25, the Union Health Ministry said on Monday. Cumulatively, 14,19,11,223 vaccine doses have been administered through 20,44,954 sessions, according to the […]
Weather conditions improve in Kashmir
Srinagar, Apr 26: While weather is expected to “mainly dry” till May 3, the minimum temperatures have started to increase gradually across Kashmir Valley, officials said on Sunday. A meteorological department official said that Srinagar recorded a low of 7.6°C against 4.8°C on the previous night. The temperature was 1.7°C below normal for this time […]
Pak FM Qureshi says willing to talk if India revisits its August 5, 2019 decision on JK
ISLAMABAD, Apr 26: Pakistan foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Sunday said that Pakistan would be happy to talk out differences and resolve outstanding issues through dialogue if India was willing to revisit the unilateral decisions it took on Aug 5, 2019, regarding the status of Jammu and Kashmir. Citing Anadolu Agency of Turkey, Dawn […]
COVID-19: India logs record 3.52 lakh new cases, 2,812 fatalities
New Delhi, Apr 26 (PTI) With 3,52,991 people testing positive for coronavirus infection in a day, the highest so far, India’s total tally of COVID-19 cases has climbed to 1,73,13,163 while active cases have crossed the 28-lakh mark, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Monday. The death toll increased to 1,95,123 with […]
Polling begins for seventh phase of West Bengal assembly elections
Kolkata, Apr 26 (PTI) Polling began at 7 am on Monday for 34 seats in the seventh phase of the assembly elections in West Bengal, amid tight security and a rampaging second wave of COVID-19. Long queues were seen outside most polling booths where voting is underway adhering to Covid protocols. Over 86 lakh voters […]
Covid tally breaks all previous records in JK, 2381 fresh cases, 21 deaths reported
Srinagar, Apr 25: A record 2381 people have tested positive for novel coronavirus and 21 persons succumbed to the virus in the Jammu and Kashmir as per the government’s latest daily figure for last 24 hours on Sunday. Previous, the highest daily count was recorded on April 21 when 2204 people had tested positive for […]
82 killed in Baghdad hospital fire: Iraq Interior Ministry
Baghdad, Apr 25 (AP) Iraq’s Interior Ministry said Sunday that 82 people died and 110 were injured in a catastrophic fire that broke out in the intensive care unit of a Baghdad hospital tending to severe coronavirus patients. Negligence on the part of hospital authorities has been blamed for the Saturday night fire, which initial […]
Omar Abdullah takes to Twitter to amplify SOS messages from COVID patients
Srinagar, Apr 25 (PTI) Amid an unprecedented surge in coronavirus cases, former chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir Omar Abdullah, who is popular on Twitter with 3.2 million followers, on Sunday started amplifying distress and SOS messages from COVID patients and their relatives from across the country. Omar, who tested positive for COVID days after […]
Recurrence of COVID in March could be due to lack of antibodies in seropositive people: CSIR survey
New Delhi, Apr 25 (PTI) The recurrence of coronavirus outbreak in March could have been due to lack of “meaningful antibodies” in seropositive people after a peak in September last year, suggests a survey by the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR). The CSIR conducted a sero-survey on 10,427 people comprising the staff members […]
KU postpones all offline exams till May 2, Main Campus to remain shut till Wednesday
Srinagar, Apr 25: The University of Kashmir has postponed all its offline PG and UG examinations till May 2, 2021 in view of the prevailing circumstances, even as it decided that the main campus shall continue to remain closed upto and including Wednesday (April 28, 2021). The decisions to this effect were taken after detailed deliberations over […]
