Beating Coronavirus: Pak to reopen schools, colleges in phased manner from Sep 15
Islamabad: Schools and colleges in Pakistan will reopen from September 15 in a phased manner, the government announced on Monday amid decline in the daily cases of the coronavirus. The decision was taken at the inter-provincial education ministers’ conference (IPEMC), chaired by Minister for Education and Professional Training Shafqat Mahmood. Addressing a press conference after […]
Covid-19: Presence of antibodies may not guarantee protection: Scientists
New Delhi: The presence of antibodies indicates previous exposure to the SARS-CoV-2 virus but may not always translate into protection against the disease, say scientists, citing imponderables such as what kind of antibodies, how many and how long they last. As worries over India’s COVID-19 spike mount the country added 90,062 cases on Monday to […]
Visa consultancy firm owner among three booked for cheating
Jammu: Three persons, including a Mohali-based visa consultancy firm owner, were booked by the crime branch for allegedly cheating a couple from Jammu and Kashmir of over Rs 4.50 lakh on the pretext of sending them to Canada on a work visa, officials said. The Jammu crime branch registered a criminal case against Aditya, the […]
Man killed after SUV plunges into gorge in Ramban
Banihal/Jammu: A 22-year-old man was killed on Monday when a private passenger vehicle skidded off the road and plunged into a 500-feet deep gorge in Ramban district of Jammu division, police said. Kuldeep Singh, a resident of Bagna village, allegedly took away the SUV of Farooq Ahmad who had parked it on a link road […]
Over 90,000 COVID-19 cases recorded in India in single day
New Delhi: India’s COVID-19 tally of cases went past 41 lakh with a record 90,632 people being infected in a day, while 31,80,865 people have recuperated so far pushing the national recovery rate to 77.32 per cent on Sunday, according to the Union Health Ministry data. The total coronavirus cases mounted to 41,13,811, while the […]
