Low cost air connectivity
The Jammu-Srinagar national highway is giving all sorts of troubles to the commuters especially during winters. This winter the highway has witnessed numerous closures for days together making it difficult for people to travel. After the road caved in at Kela Morh in Ramban the highway is still being not fully used for traffic and […]
Change is inevitable, but difficult
Abid Hussain Rather The avouchment acclaimed by motivational personalities that their speeches, books or videos can bring changes in your life might be true but the zealousness and propulsion in their acclamation are exaggerations rather than truth. Substantially, the reality is that such things are not often possible in our life. Naturally, it is human […]
Letter to the Editor
Reopening of screens It is welcome to note that the Union Government has issued a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) on preventive measures to curb the spread of COVID-19 for cinema halls and theatres. The SOP clarifies that all COVID-related safety standards must be continued inside the premises. The General Guidelines specify that respiratory etiquettes must […]
Public healthcare under MCD in peril
Dr Vinay Aggarwal Too many Cooks spoil the Broth. This saying aptly fits Delhi’s healthcare system. It is highly heterogeneous with multiple stake holders. Though Health is a state subject, Delhi’s healthcare is provided by Central government, State government, ESI, Railways, NDMC, MCD, Cantonment board, Delhi Univ. etc from the government sector alone. Besides these […]
Covid-19: Only for the poor
Fahid Fayaz Darangay Antonio Guterres, UN Secretary General rightly said, ‘COVID-19 has been likened to an x-ray, revealing fractures in the fragile skeleton of the societies we have built. It is exposing fallacies and falsehoods everywhere: The lie that free markets can deliver healthcare for all; The fiction that unpaid care work is not work; […]
ADC Budgam bereaved, KV team offers condolences
BUDGAM, FEB 01: Hajara Begum, the Mother in Law of Additional Deputy Commissioner Budgam Dr. Nasir Ahmad passed away after a brief illness on Saturday. The deceased was laid to rest at her ancestral graveyard at Naripora Shopian. Meanwhile, the District Information Centre, Budgam and ‘Kashmir Vision’ team has expressed heartfelt condolences to the bereaved […]
44 fresh covid-19 cases in JK, no death reported
Srinagar, Feb 1: Jammu and Kashmir reported 44 fresh covid-19 cases, including 11 travelers, even as no death due to the virus was reported in the last 24 hours, officials said on Monday. They said that eight among the cases are from Jammu Division and 36 from Kashmir Valley, taking the total case tally to […]
NRIs will soon be able to float one person cos
New Delhi, Feb 1 (PTI) Seeking to further improve the ease of doing business, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday said NRIs will be allowed to set up one person companies, definition of small companies will be revised and various provisions of the Limited Liability Partnership (LLP) Act will be decriminalised. The proposed relaxations to […]
Highlights of Budget 2021-22
New Delhi, Feb 1 (PTI) Following are the highlights of the 2021-22 Budget presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in Parliament on Monday: Fiscal position and health outlay: * Spending on healthcare hiked by 137 pc to over Rs 2.23 lakh crore * Rs 35,000 cr outlay for COVID vaccine in fiscal beginning April 1 […]
Election process to elect DDC chairpersons to be completed by Feb 20
Srinagar, Feb 01: Setting the stage for holding elections for offices of chairpersons of district development councils in Jammu & Kashmir, the State Election Commission Monday overruled all the objections filed against the draft reservation for these posts, stating that all of them were devoid of merit. In an order, the SEC found that none […]