FDA expected to OK Pfizer vaccine for teens within week
Washington, May 4 (AP) The US Food and Drug Administration is expected to authorise Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine for young adults age 12 and older by next week, according to a federal official and a person familiar with the process, setting up shots for many before the beginning of the next school year. The announcement is […]
Pandemic: Retiring medicos get extension till Dec 31
Jammu, May 4 (PTI) Amid a surge in coronavirus cases, the Jammu and Kashmir government on Monday announced to extended till December 31 the services of all doctors who are due to retire on or before November 30, officials said. This announcement was made by Financial Commissioner (Health and Medical Education) Atal Dulloo late night. […]
Going slow on vaccination
Covid-19 has cornered us very badly. Be it states like Maharashtra, Karnataka, MP, Gujrat, West Bengal or our very own Jammu and Kashmir, the positive cases and deaths is keeping no count now. During the first week of April last year Jammu and Kashmir recorded below hundred cases per day and at that time a […]
Online mode: The future of education
Vijay Garg The purpose of education has always been to enlighten, mould, and stimulate young minds. And to that respect, the dynamism of a physical classroom, where the transfer of knowledge from tutor to students occurs, cannot be undermined. We have been through a year that has put us all to the test, emotionally, mentally […]
Letter to the Editor
Politics on vaccination drive The thirteen top opposition leaders have jointly called on the Narendra Modi government to launch free mass vaccinations to tackle the coronavirus pandemic across the country. The Union Government has initiated various efforts to deal with COVID 19. The Government provides free vaccinations in all state-run centers and millions of people […]
Worthiness is a true value
Syed Mustafa Ahmad God has created innumerable species for a specific purpose. Everything and everyone are good at its place. Nothing is harming one another. Among all the species, man is above all. He has been given with amazing faculties that make him extra ordinary. He has the potential to reach the pinnacles of glory […]
Shab-e-Qadr: The night of power and forgiveness
Mohammad Hussain Khan As we live today in an era of digital distractions and materialistic heedlessness, often acts of worship are squeezed into brief moments in our daily routine, which does not furnish one with a complete transformative spiritual experience. Serious worship requires not just taking a brief moment to pray, but allowing our prayers […]
Covid-19: 51 Deaths, 3733 cases reported in JK
Srinagar, May 3: Jammu and Kashmir reported 51 covid-19 deaths, the highest single day toll due to the virus since the start of pandemic last year, while as 3733 persons tested positive for the infection in the last 24 hours, officials said on Monday. They said that 1294 of the total cases are from Jammu […]
J&K to conduct oxygen demand and supply audit
JAMMU, May 03: The Chief Secretary, B V R Subrahmanyam Monday chaired the maiden meeting of the COVID Apex Management Group to review the rapidly evolving COVID-19 situation and accordingly calibrate strategies for its control and mitigation. To scientifically ascertain the medical oxygen demand in Jammu and Kashmir, the Chief Secretary directed a detailed audit […]
Parents abandon two-month old Covid-positive dead baby at Jammu hospital
Srinagar, May 03: In a shocking incident, a two-month-old baby, who tested positive for Covid-19 and died in Jammu hospital yesterday, was abandoned by none other than his own parents, who fled from the hospital without taking the body of their baby along. Sources at the Shri Maharaja Gulab Singh Hospital Jammu said that a […]