Polling begins for final phase of Bengal elections
Kolkata, Apr 29 (PTI) Polling began at 7 am on Thursday for 35 seats in the eighth phase of the assembly elections in West Bengal amid the rampaging second wave of COVID-19. Long queues were seen outside most polling booths since early morning, raising concern over the spread of the infection even as the Election […]
Lockdown is again a reality
The administration has once again announced measures including a complete lockdown to ensure that the covid surge witnesses some decline. On Wednesday the admin announced a complete lockdown for five days across 11 districts as the number of fresh cases and fatalities failed to show some decline over the past few days now. Jammu and […]
The second wave and Govt’s failure to contain it
Vijay Garg A survey by the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research has revealed four key points that may help to understand the dire state of the Covid-19 in the country, perhaps to curb the ever-increasing corona or find a way to help. One, the second outbreak of the corona virus in March this year […]
Letter to the Editor
Promote online yoga programmes The Morarji Desai National Institute of Yoga has offered online yoga training programmes is a step in the right direction. The programmes conducted under the Ministry of Ayush, which are health-promoting and anxiety-relieving, provide useful support to the common people to balance their daily lives in the changed scenario. In addition […]
COVID-19 and people with disabilities
M Ahmad The World Health Organisation (WHO) declared the outbreak of coronavirus disease, COVID-19, to be a pandemic due to the speed and scale of transmission. It is a global public health emergency affecting millions of people around the world. Most people with disabilities are not inherently at higher risk for becoming infected with or […]
Creation of the Universe and Evolution in Islam
Mir Jamid Afzal The descriptions of creation in the Qur’an are not intended as dry historical accounts but rather to engage the reader in contemplating the lessons to be learned from it. The act of creation, therefore, is frequently described as a way of drawing the reader into thinking about the order of all things […]
The changing dress styles
K S S Pillai Had Rip Van Winkle woken up from his twenty-year sleep now in Kerala, he would have been so baffled by the attire of people moving around him that he would have gone for another swig of the mysterious drink and slipped back to his second stint of stupor. While nature has […]
KU postpones all offline exams till May 15, all hostels to remain closed
Srinagar, Apr 28: The University of Kashmir Wednesday decided to postpone all its offline examinations, including UG and PG examinations, till May 15, 2021 in view of the ongoing pandemic situation. The varsity also decided to close its hostels till May 15, 2021 in the interest of safety of the hostel boarders. The decisions were […]
Covid-19: JK reports 30 deaths, 3023 fresh cases
Srinagar, Apr 28: Jammu and Kashmir reported 3023 covid-19 fresh cases even as 30 more people succumbed to the virus in the last 24 hours, the highest ever fatalities count reported in a single day so far, officials said on Wednesday. Among the fresh cases, they said, 989 were from Jammu Division and 2034 from […]
Serum cuts vaccine price for states to Rs 300/dose
New Delhi, Apr 28 (PTI) Serum Institute of India (SII) — the maker of the most used COVID-19 vaccine in the country — on Wednesday announced a cut in price of the jab it plans to sell to states to Rs 300 per dose from the earlier Rs 400. This follows widespread criticism of its […]