Pfizer, Oxford vaccines reduce severe COVID-19 in elderly: Study
London: The Pfizer and Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccines for COVID-19 are highly effective in reducing severe coronavirus infection among people aged 70 years and above, according to a study. The research, posted as a pre-print and yet to be peer-reviewed, estimated the effect of both the COVID-19 vaccines on laboratory confirmed symptomatic disease in individuals aged 70 […]
Farooq Abdullah gets first dose of COVID-19 vaccine
Srinagar: National Conference president Farooq Abdullah, who is Lok Sabha member from Srinagar, on Tuesday got his first dose of COVID-19 vaccine at a hospital here, officials said. Abdullah, 85, was given the first dose of the vaccine at the Sher-e-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Soura, the officials said. Omar Abdullah, son of the NC […]
ABPM-JAY: KP applicants slam offline registration process
Jammu: Five months after they registered for the much-publicised Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (ABPM-JAY), most of the 65,000 Kashmiri Pandit applicants have not received their health cards yet, which they have blamed on the “offline registration process” followed by the . The scheme was launched in Jammu and Kashmir by Prime Minister […]
Charge sheet filed against couple in land fraud case
Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir Police’s Crime Branch on Tuesday filed a charge sheet against a man and his wife who allegedly duped a woman of Rs 18 lakh on the pretext of selling a piece of land to her here, an official said. The charge sheet was filed against Rajan Bakshi and his wife […]
Ladakh will be a model union territory: BJP Leader
Jammu: The focused developmental approach of the Union government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi will soon transform Ladakh into a model union territory, BJP general secretary (organisation) Ashok Kaul said on Tuesday. Addressing a meeting of office bearers of the BJP in Leh district’s Nubra valley, Kaul asked them to augment the efforts of […]