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12 more test positive for Covid-19 in JK

Tally rises to 983, crosses 100 mark in Jammu Division

Srinagar: Twelve persons on Thursday tested positive for the novel coronavirus in Jammu and Kashmir, taking the tally of Covid-19 patients in J&K to 983. Among all the cases—882 are in Kashmir and 101 in Jammu. Also, 485 patients have recovered—57 in Jammu and 428 in Kashmir while 11 people have died, nine of them […]

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Five Indian and Pakistani firms to make drug to ‘fight coronavirus’

New Delhi: A US pharmaceutical firm has signed agreements with drug makers in South Asia to expand supply of the drug remdesivir for treating Covid-19. The agreement between Gilead and five generic pharmaceutical companies in India and Pakistan will help make the medicine for 127 countries, BBC reported. Remdesivir cut the duration of symptoms from […]

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Fighting Covid-19: The ‘mask’ man has a mission to reach out to those in need

Srinagar: Having supplied nearly 70 thousand masks, 5k PPE suits and 20k surgical gowns to various health institutions and quarantine centres during the past five weeks, the man behind the move feels that more needs to be done in the fight against the deadly coronavirus. Malik Asif ul Noor, an engineering graduate and founder member […]

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Publicize schemes for victims of domestic violence: HC

Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir High Court has directed Social Welfare Department to ensure wide publicity to schemes identified for assisting the victims of domestic violence including women, elderly persons, children and transgenders. Hearing a Public Interest Litigation on its own motion, a division bench of Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice Rajnesh Oswal also directed […]

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Panel setup to fast track recruitments in JK

JAMMU: The government has constituted a committee to accelerate recruitment to government vacancies and ensure certain principles of transparency, inclusiveness and speed are maintained in the recruitment process. As per an official order issued here today in this regard, sanction has been accorded to constitution of this Committee which will comprise of Navin K. Choudhary, […]

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Ready to open Sgr airport with 40 per cent flight operations: Officials

Ready to open Sgr airport with 40 per cent flight operations: Officials

Srinagar: The airport authorities in Srinagar Thursday said that they are ready to resume the flight operations with only 30 to 40 per cent air traffic if the Centre gives its nod. The officials said that all Standard Operating Procedure (SoPs) and Covid-19 protocol will be followed as all arrangements have been put in place. […]

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Covid-19: Div Com directs for improving sample collection, labeling

Reviews functioning of testing labs, procedures

SRINAGAR: Divisional Commissioner Kashmir Pandurang K Pole Thursday chaired a meeting to review the measures for streamlining and further improving the functioning of the Corona virus testing laboratories at SKIMS Soura, GMC Srinagar and SKIMS Medical College Bemina besides sample collection centers at District/Subdistrict hospitals in Kashmir division. During the meeting several measures were discussed […]

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DDC reviews arrangements at Quarantine Centres

Visits Red Zones, reviews essential services

SRINAGAR: Deputy Commissioner, Srinagar Shahid Iqbal Choudhary visited more than two dozen quarantine centres in Panthanchowk, Nowgam, Shalteng, South, Khanyar and North Tehsils to review the arrangements and interacted with residents arriving from different states. More than 90 hotels across the city have been taken over by the administration and designated as quarantine centres. Another […]

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Hotelier accuses Medical Superintendent of ‘arrogance, misbehavior’

Srinagar: A hotelier from Srinagar has written to Lieutenant Governor accusing a Medical Superintendent of misbehavior and arrogance. The owner of 127 room 4 Star Hotel, Saqib Shafat Shah in a communiqué to LG has stated that Medical Superintendent JVC SKIMS Bemina is ‘drunk with arrogance’ and she lacks human touch in every aspect. “JVC […]

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900 migrants return to JK from Maharashtra

Jammu: Nine hundred migrants from Jammu and Kashmir, including 400 students belonging to the Valley, were ferried home from Maharashtra by a ‘Shramik Special’ train on Thursday, officials said. However, several students from Jammu stranded in Pune alleged that the union territory administration was biased in the evacuation process. “The government has failed to evacuate […]