Medico suggests ‘6 Minute Walk’ to test fitness during Covid
Says prevention better than cure
JAMMU: Head of Medicine at Government Medical College & Hospital, Dr Vijay Kundal has said, “The age old adage ‘prevention is better than cure’ has the greatest relevance to Covid-19 infection as there is no better protection against it than to adopt Covid appropriate behaviour.” The appropriate behaviour, he explained, includes wearing a mask, frequent […]
Srinagar youth completes 950 KMs Srinagar-Delhi marathon run in 7 days
SRINAGAR: Setting a new record, a 25- year- old, Uzair Fayaz Khan of Nowhatta Srinagar completed 940 kilometres long distance between Srinagar to Delhi on foot in a recorded 7 days time. Khan, a student, pursuing B.A in Psychology at Amar Singh College had always been interested in running and taking part in marathons, since […]
Army man ends life at Srinagar Air force Station
Srinagar: An army trooper allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself at Air force station in Srinagar on Saturday. Official sources said that the trooper from Kotli Kalan area of Haryana committed suicide by hanging himself in his room at Air force station Srinagar. They said that the reason behind his taking the extreme step could […]
Girl commits suicide by jumping into Tawi river
Jammu: A 20-year-old girl on Saturday allegedly committed suicide by jumping into the Tawi river near Gujjar Nagar Bridge area of Jammu. Eyewitnesses said that the girl jumped into the river from the Gujjar Nagar Bridge. They said that locals tried to rescue her and shifted her to a nearby hospital. “However, the critically injured […]
Attendants scramble over distribution of oxygen cylinders at SMHS
Srinagar: Scuffle broke out between the attendants at Shri Maharaja Hari Singh (SMHS) hospital on Saturday when they were distributing the oxygen cylinders themselves in the absence of proper arrangements by the authorities. Sources informed that no security arrangements have been put in place for the distribution of oxygen cylinders among the attendants for their […]
J&K football coaches take part in virtual workshop
Srinagar: Football coaches from across Jammu and Kashmir took part in a virtual workshop designed to enhance their knowledge-base and skills, conducted by former India international Mehrajuddin Wadoo and ex national women’s team coach Sajid Dar. The workshop was held to give budding coaches an opportunity to interact with domain experts on different aspects of […]
KU’s NSS hosts one-day online workshop on psychosocial counselling
Srinagar: An online workshop on psychosocial counselling was held at the University of Kashmir, an official spokesman said. The day-long workshop titled “Guidance for psychosocial couselling and Covid Helper Skills’ was jointly organised by Mahatma Gandhi National Council of Rural Education (MGNCRE) and KU’s office of National Service Scheme for NSS program officers of Kashmir […]
Div Com reviews formation of District Capex, Panchayat, BDC, DDC plan
Urges employees to work in tandem with PRIs
SRINAGAR: The Divisional Commissioner (Div Com) Kashmir, Pandurang K Pole Saturday chaired a meeting to review the formation of District Capex, Panchayat, BDC and DDC plan. The meeting was attended by all District Development Commissioners (DDC), Chief Planning Officers and other concerned through video conferencing. At the outset, the Div Com stressed on the timely […]
Recovery Rate continuously increasing, Positive Rate diminishing: DC Baramulla
BARAMULLA: Briefing about the latest position of Covid-19 pandemic and the measures taken by the District Administration, the Deputy Commissioner (DC) Baramulla, Bhupinder Kumar Saturday informed that recovery rate of patients is continuously increasing whereas the positivity rate is drastically reduced from the past few days. The DC said that this became possible by the […]
