95% of Europe’s virus dead over 60 but young not immune, says UN
Geneva, Apr 2 (AP) More than 95% of those who have died of coronavirus in Europe have been over 60 but young people should not be complacent, the head of the World Health Organization’s office in Europe said Thursday. Dr Hans Kluge said age is not the only risk factor for getting a severe case […]
70 year old man from Sopore tests positive for coronavisrus
Bilal Ahmad SOPORE: A 70-year-old man from Sopore in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district tested positive for coronavirus on Thursday. An official said that the person hailing from Arampora Sopore had travelled to Saudi Arabia. “He has recently returned from Saudi Arabia and tested positive on Thursday in a Srinagar hospital where he had been admitted […]
Charity in Islam and Social Media
A Noble cause or just a show-off Dr. Arshad Ali Askari We are confronting a remarkable emergency of public understanding. Western digital partnerships and web based platforms (Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Instagram,) are at the core of this emergency. These platforms act as facilitators and multipliers of COVID-19-related deception. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the chief general of […]
Barricading communication
When the whole world if fighting coronavirus, Kashmiris are battling 2G (Eijaz Mir) The world is witnessing systemic electronic communication at the peak of development and prosperity. The electronic communication is one of the most desirable, technical and systematic form of communication through which the whole globe is connected. The information and technology has engulfed […]
SMC installs first of its disinfectant tunnel at CD Hospital
SRINAGAR, APR 02: Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) today installed and made operational first disinfectant tunnel for decontamination and sanitization at CD Hospital Dalgate here amid Coronavirus pandemic. Mayor, Junaid Azim Mattu accompanied by Deputy Mayor Parvez Qadri, Commissioner Srinagar Municipal Corporation, Gazanfar Hussain and other officials visited CD Hospital to inspect and start off the […]
Fighting corona: J&K Bank to support BCs to ensure banking services
Srinagar, Apr 2:Taking a step to ensure the safety of Business Correspondents (BCs) J&K Bank has announced certain measures to ensure continuity of the services of its 985 Business Correspondents (BCs) for providing essential banking services to its customers in the UT during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. “A lump sum of Rs 1500 shall be […]
Isolation facility for Covid-19 ‘mis-used’ by private hospital, admin lodges FIR
Pulwama, Apr 2: The authorities in Pulwama district have got an FIR lodged against the owners of a private hospital for carrying out routine functions including caesarean section despite it being acquired for isolation facilities for Covid-19 management in south Kashmir. While taking cognisance of violation of Government orders, District Magistrate Pulwama Dr Raghav Langer […]
Two held for hiding travel history in Samba
Jammu, Apr 2 (PTI) A man from UP who did not share his travel history with the authorities and a ‘moulvi’ who gave him shelter in a mosque have been apprehended in Jammu and Kashmir’s Samba district, officials said on Thursday. Acting on a tip-off, police raided the Chak Doulat mosque and held the two […]
Don’t communalise coronavirus crisis: CPI(M)
New Delhi, Apr 2 (PTI) The CPI(M) on Thursday said that the coronavirus crisis should not be communalised and slammed both the Tablighi Jamaat as well as state authorities for allowing a mass gathering during the pandemic. Six people who died in Telangana and one in Jammu and Kashmir had attended the religious congregation in […]
