Plant to recycle 1-ltr milk cartons set up at army base
Jammu: To increase recycling of empty one-litre milk cartons, a specialised compacting plant has been set up for the army in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district, and according to officials, this will help tackle an annual waste of 12 lakh packs. The cartons cannot be recycled at normal paper waste plants and hence, specialised compacting […]
Wear masks inside homes as well: Govt
Says unnecessary panic causing more harm than good
New Delhi: As India grappled with a raging second wave of the coronavirus pandemic, the government on Monday said it is time people started wearing masks inside their homes as well even as it sought to allay fears saying unnecessary panic is causing more harm than good. It also pitched for accelerating the pace of […]
China offers 1 million COVID-19 vaccines to Pak
Islamabad: Pakistan has received another batch of one million doses of coronavirus vaccine from China to help it stem the spread of COVID-19 that has infected over 800,000 people and claimed more than 17,100 lives in the country. Three planes of the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) airlifted from China the consignment of one million Chinese-developed […]
Haj Houses to be utilised as COVID-19 care centres: Naqvi
New Delhi: The Minority Affairs Ministry has decided to give Haj Houses to the respective state government for utilisation as temporary care centres for COVID-19 patients. “It has been decided to give Haj Houses in different states of the country to the state governments to utilise them as temporary Corona Care Centre ,” Minority Affairs […]
COVID-19 surge: Restrictions in place across JK to curb spread
Srinagar: Normal life came to a standstill across Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday as policemen strictly enforced curfew to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in the Union Territory, officials said. Jammu and Kashmir Lt Governor Manoj Sinha had announced a 34-hour curfew from 8 pm on Saturday till 6 am Monday amid a surge in […]
