Brick kilns in Jammu asked to operate
Jammu: Brick kilns will resume operations in Jammu as Lt Governor G C Murmu gave orders of easing out lockdown restrictions in the division, except in areas declared as red zones’, amid the coronavirus pandemic. The move came a day after the administration constituted a committee for resumption of commercial and industrial activities in a […]
Double Whammy: Coranavirus, shelling makes lives miserable for border residents
Poonch: With the threat of coronavirus looming large and intense shelling by Pakistan, villagers living along the Line of Control (LoC) and International Border (IB) in Jammu and Kashmir are stuck between the devil and the deep sea. For the last month, Pakistan has targeted villages and army posts along the LoC and IB in […]
Two injured in shelling by Pak Army in Rajouri
Jammu: Two members of a family, including a 10-year-old girl, were injured in overnight shelling by the Pakistan Army along the Line of Control in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Wednesday. A mortar shell from across the border hit the house of Nazir Hussain at village Lamibari in Rajdhani area of […]
Death toll due to COVID-19 rises to 392 in India
Cases climb to 11,933: Health Ministry
New Delhi: The death toll due to the novel coronavirus rose to 392 with 39 fatalities reported since Tuesday evening, while the number of cases saw a jump of 1,118 to go up to 11,933 cases on Wednesday, according to the Union Health Ministry. The number of active COVID-19 cases stood at 10,197, while as […]
Two million coronavirus cases recorded globally
Paris: More than two million cases of the new coronavirus have been officially registered around the world, half of them in Europe, according to a tally compiled by AFP at 1000 GMT Wednesday based on official sources. At least 2,000,576 infections, including 126,871 deaths, have been recorded. Europe is the hardest hit continent, with 1,010,858 […]
Pak’s coronavirus tally nears 6,000
Islamabad: The number of coronavirus cases in Pakistan approached 6,000 after 272 new infections were reported, the health ministry said on Wednesday as Prime Minister Imran Khan extended the ongoing lockdown until the end of this month to fight the pandemic. The number of coronavirus patients in the country rose to 5,988, with 272 new […]
Containment zones sealed to ensure strict lockdown
Srinagar: Authorities in Kashmir have sealed off the containment zones to ensure strict adherence to the standard operating procedure to contain the spread of coronavirus even as the lockdown in the Valley entered the 28th day on Wednesday, officials said. The restrictions on the movement and assembly of people in Kashmir continued on Wednesday, they […]
Corona-scare: On-off social distancing may be needed until 2022, says Harvard study
Washington: Scientists assume that Covid-19 will become seasonal, like closely related coronaviruses that cause the common cold, with higher transmission rates in colder months. A one-time lockdown won’t halt the novel coronavirus and repeated periods of social distancing may be required into 2022 to prevent hospitals from being overwhelmed, Harvard scientists who modelled the pandemic’s […]
Man travels through ‘red zone’ to reach home, booked
Jammu: A man reaching his home in Samba district near here from Ambala in Haryana while passing through various COVID-19 hotspots has been booked for hiding his travel history and endangering lives of others, said officials on Wednesday. The Samba police lodged an FIR against the man, a resident of Mangu Chack locality in Rajpura […]
After FB, Google launches ‘journalism relief fund’
Washington: Google said Wednesday it will launch an emergency fund to help local news outlets struggling to maintain operations in the face of the coronavirus pandemic. The internet giant gave no specific figure for its fund, but said it would offer grants ranging from the “low thousands of dollars” for the smallest operations to “low […]
