Second wave affects children too, can get pneumonia: Experts

Srinagar: Relatively unaffected during the first wave of Covid-19 last year, a high number of children and adolescents are contracting the novel coronavirus during the ongoing second wave. A large number of Covid-19 cases in ages more than 10 years and also between 1-8 years are being reported in the fresh surge — though most […]

Senior KAS officer dies of COVID-19

KAS fraternity, colleagues recall his services, commitment

Jammu: A senior Kashmir Administrative Service (KAS) officer on Saturday died of COVID-19 at a hospital here, officials said, as Jammu district surpassed Srinagar to head the virus fatality chart among the 20 districts of Jammu and Kashmir. Special Secretary to Government, Finance Department, Shamim Ahmad Wani was recently admitted to Government Medical College (GMC) […]

Govt forms committee to negotiate Centaur hotel take over

Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir government Saturday constituted a five-member committee to negotiate with the Hotel Corporation of India (HCI) to take over the control of much famed hotel Cenatuar located on the banks of famous Dal Lake in Srinagar. The government has constituted a committee for settlement of matters relating to Centaur Lake View Hotel […]

Monitor health condition of patients in home isolation: Expert

Says vaccinated and healthy persons should attend to patients

SRINAGAR: As higher number of covid positive persons are in home isolation and care, their health condition should be monitored regularly and only vaccinated and healthy persons should attend to them following proper covid protocol like wearing of masks preferably N95 and using hand sanitizers etc said Dr Muzaffar Maqbool, Associate Professor, Medicine, Government Medical […]

Minor killed, three others injured in road mishap

Poonch: A 4-year-old boy died and three persons were injured when a vehicle they were travelling in skidded of the road and rolled down into a 100 metres deep gorge along Rajpura Balnai road in Mandi area of Poonch on Saturday, police sources said. They said a Xylo vehicle bearing registration no (JKO2AK-6609) fell down […]