Online mode of education poses threat to students’ physical, mental health
Educators are struggling to teach themselves software such as Google Classroom, Zoom, Apple Clips, Quizlet, and iMovie
Shahid Amin The covid-19 has shattered our daily routine, business, financial market and even the education system of the globe. This pandemic has severely affected the Indian academic fraternity. Academic fraternity is under an inexorable mental strain, which raises incidence and occurrence of tension, troubling and depression, owing to scrupulous steps of exclusion and closing […]
80 travelers among 156 fresh Covid-19 cases reported, JK tally rises to 4730
Srinagar, June 12: Jammu and Kashmir on Friday reported 156 cases of covid-19, taking the overall tally 4730. Sources said that among the fresh cases 80 are travelers and remaining 76 locals. Also with the fresh cases, Baramulla and Srinagar have crossed 500-mark. Earlier Kulgam district crossed the mark and have 570 cases presently. The […]
J&K Bank lowers interest rates on loans
Srinagar, Jun 11: J&K Bank has lowered its marginal cost of funds-based lending rate (MCLR) by 0.05 percent for various tenors. Taken during the ongoing pandemic, the move to pass on the benefit of reducing cost of funds to the borrowers, is very much in line with the regulator’s directions. The bank after reviewing the […]
J&K sports infra among the best in the country: Lt Governor
Jammu, June 12: Lieutenant Governor, Girish Chandra Murmu today chaired 57th General Body cum 133rd Standing Committee meeting of J&K Sports Council here at the Raj Bhavan. Farooq Khan, Advisor to the Lieutenant Governor; BVR Subrahmanyam, Chief Secretary; Arun Kumar Mehta, Financial Commissioner Financial Commissioner, Finance Department; Bipul Pathak, Principal Secretary to Lieutenant Governor; Sarmad […]
People’s movement from 9 pm-5 am prohibited; buses, trucks can ply on highways: MHA
New Delhi, Jun 12 (PTI) Movement of people will remain prohibited across the country from 9 pm to 5 am during the ongoing ‘Unlock 1’, but there are no restrictions on plying of buses with passengers and goods trucks on highways, the Centre said on Friday. In a communication to all states, Union Home Secretary […]
Bomb explodes in Kabul mosque, at least four dead
Kabul, Jun 12 (AP) A bomb exploded Friday inside a mosque in western Kabul, killing at least four people, including the prayer leader, and wounding eight, an Afghan government official said. Interior Ministry spokesman Tariq Arian said the bomb had been placed inside the mosque but had no additional details. Police cordoned off the area […]
LoC flare-up: Woman killed in Uri, two civilians also injured
Uri, June 12: A 40-year-old woman was killed in alleged shelling by Pakistan along the Line of Control in Uri sector of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Friday, officials said. “One woman identified as Akhter Begum wife of Zahoor Ahmad Chaci of Batgran village was killed due to shelling,” SDPO Uri, Junaid Wali said. Several […]
Admin orders partial opening of shops in Srinagar from tomorrow
Srinagar, June 12: The district administration Srinagar on Friday ordered the opening of all but some shops in the capital city on alternative days in a week from Saturday. As per an order issued by the deputy commissioner Srinagar Dr. Shahid Iqbal Chodhary, shops dealing with readymade garments, cloths, cosmetics, footwear, electronics, and electric material, […]
Woman injured in cross LoC shelling at Uri, people flee to safer places
Uri, June 12: India and Pakistan armies on Friday exchanged heavy gunfire across the Line of Control (LoC) in Uri sector of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district, officials said reports said. They said there was heavy gunfire and exchange of mortar shells in Hajipeer sector along the LoC. Several shells landed in Nambla, Saidpora,Thajal, Silikote and […]
Covid-19 can lead to extreme poverty conditions globally
New York, Jun 12 (PTI) Global poverty could rise to over one billion people due to the COVID-19 pandemic and more than half of the 395 million additional extreme poor would be located in South Asia, which would be the hardest-hit region in the world, according to a new report. Researchers from King’s College London […]