Nearly half of global workforce at risk of losing livelihoods due to COVID-19: ILO
United Nations, Apr 30 (PTI) Almost 1.6 billion workers in the informal economy, nearly half of the global workforce, face an immediate danger of losing their livelihoods due to the continued sharp decline in working hours because of the COVID-19 outbreak, the International Labour Organization has said. More than 430 million enterprises in hard-hit sectors […]
More than 21500 Tele-consulatations provided through ‘DAK-HELPDESK’, says Medico body
Srinagar, Apr 30: Mobile Application ‘DAK-HELPDESK (jkdak.in)’ launched by Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) a month back has received tremendous response from general public, the medico body said in a statement issued here. General Secretary DAK and over all incharge of the mobile application, Dr Owais H Dar in a statement issued here said that since […]
JK Bank continues to violate RBI guidelines, debits EMI’s
Srinagar, Apr 30: Bank borrowers, including small businesses, startups and individuals, who have sought EMI deferment, are finding that their accounts are getting debited. All borrowers from Jammu Kashmir Bank are complaining that RBI directions are being flouted by the bank in times of harsh lockdown period. Muhammad Iqbal from Rajbagh, who is a contractor […]
All unregulated arrivals in JK to be quarantined for 21 days: Govt
Srinagar, Apr 30: Jammu and Kashmir Government on Thursday advised all those stuck outside the state not to travel in an unorganized manner. The government warned all these arrivals of quarantine for 21 days at Lakhunpur. “UT of J&K shortly issuing detailed SoP to facilitate organised movement of labour, students,” Governments spokesman Rohit Kansal tweeted. […]
US virus toll passes 60,000 mark
Washington, Apr 30 (AP) President Donald Trump likes to talk about the most, the best, the thing that nobody has ever seen. Now he is trying to make a virtue of a lower number, arguing that the efforts of his administration have warded off a far greater death toll than otherwise would have been seen. […]
Veteran actor Rishi Kapoor dies at 67
New Delhi: Rishi Kapoor has died in a hospital in Mumbai at the age of 67. He fought a long battle with cancer. Yesterday, his brother Randhir Kapoor confirmed to news agency PTI that the actor had been taken to hospital in the morning. “He is in the hospital. He is suffering from cancer and […]
The populist moment
Current crisis consolidates populist rapport between a leader and a fictional representation of people Christophe Jaffrelot , Jean Thomas Martelli In the context of the COVID-19 crisis, political decisions are presented as instruments of warfare. Narendra Modi recently proclaimed that the executive must “work on war footing” to fight the new, invisible enemy. Because, in […]
Symptomatic, asymptomatic COVID-19 cases and our immune system
These viruses (corona) were first discovered in the 1930s when an acute respiratory infection of domesticated chickens was reported
Azad Amin Today nearly whole world is suffering from the one of the worst pandemic and due to this more than one-third of the world is under lockdown as governments urge social distancing to stymie the virus’ spread. There are still no drugs that can kill this virus or vaccines that can protect us against […]
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 the (WHO), noticed that dire estimates should […]