1,00,636 new COVID-19 cases, 2427 deaths
New Delhi, June 7: India on Monday reported 1,00,636 new COVID-19 cases, 12% less than yesterday, officials said. They said that during the past 24 hours 2,427 deaths were also reported across the country.
25.51 lakh Covid tests conducted in last two months across JK: Official
Jammu, Jun 7 (PTI) Jammu and Kashmir conducted 25.51 lakh Covid tests in the past two months with an average of 42,000 tests done per day, officials said. They said around 3,400 tests per million population per day have been conducted in the Union territory (UT). “The Union territory has conducted 25,51,157 tests in the […]
US lawmakers and governors push for more Covid vaccines to India
Washington, Jun 7 (PTI) Several lawmakers and governors have urged the Biden administration to ensure India receives Covid vaccines and medical aid, saying the crisis in the country is “devastating” and that the US has a responsibility to help its close allies fight the pandemic. India on Sunday reported 1,14,460 new coronavirus infections, the lowest […]
Two trains collide in Pakistan; 30 killed, 50 injured
Karachi, Jun 7 (PTI) Two trains collided in Pakistan’s southern Sindh Province on Monday, killing at least 30 people and injuring 50 others, according to officials. Sir Syed Express, headed from Lahore to Karachi, collided with the Millat Express after it derailed on the way to Sargodha from Karachi, Dawn news reported. The major accident, […]
JK reports 1440 new Covid-19 cases, 23 deaths
Srinagar, June 6: Jammu and Kashmir recorded further decline in the number of daily covid-19 cases with 1440 infections, lowest single-day tally in 52 days, in last 24 hours even as 23 people succumbed to the virus during the time, officials said on Sunday. They said 338 cases were confirmed from Jammu Division and 1102 […]
Several injured in mysterious blast at Tral bus stand: Officials
Tral, June 06: At least seven persons were injured in a mysterious blast in Tral bus stand in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Sunday afternoon, officials said here. They said that seven persons were injured in the mysterious blast and they were rushed to SDH Tral for treatment. Meanwhile, health officials at SDH Tral said […]
China authorises CoronaVac COVID-19 vaccine for children above 3 yrs
Beijing, Jun 6 (PTI) China has authorised the emergency use of CoronaVac, a COVID-19 vaccine manufactured by Chinese firm Sinovac, for children aged between 3 and 17 years, Sinovac Chairman Yin Weidong said. “But when the vaccine will be put into (emergency) use, and starting from what age in the group has yet to be […]
Parra was an asset of Pak-based terror groups: Police chargesheet
Srinagar/New Delhi, June 6 (PTI) Senior PDP leader Waheed-ur-Rehman Parra, a close aide of former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti, was an asset for Pakistan-based terror groups and his 13 years’ journey from 2007 as a journalist and politician was a “saga of subterfuge, deceit and double dealing”, alleges a police chargesheet against […]
Afghan official: 11 killed in roadside bombing in north
Kabul, Jun 6 (AP) A minivan carrying civilian passengers in northwest Afghanistan was hit by a roadside bomb, leaving at least 11 passengers dead, including three children, an Afghan official said Sunday. The minivan fell into a valley with the shock of the explosion Saturday, said Badghis provincial Gov Hesamuddin Shams, adding that rescuers were […]
Leopard attack that cut short five-year-old’s life, marred a birthday
Srinagar, Jun 6 (PTI) Five-year-old Mir Adda chose a ‘Barbie dress’, wore a crown and was excitedly calling for family to cut her brother’s birthday cake, minutes before a leopard took her away from the lawn of her house in the city’s outskirts, in a tragic case underlining human-animal conflict because of rapid forest destruction. […]