Fighting coronavirus: Srinagar admin goes into ‘shutdown’ mode
Srinagar: The Srinagar district administration on Tuesday announced a slew of additional measures, including plans of televised classes for students, to ensure that there is no outbreak of coronavirus in the city and the Valley. District Magistrate Srinagar Shahid Iqbal Chaudhary issued a three-page order listing various dos and don’ts for people for curbing the […]
Anti-viral drug Favipiravir proving effective in coronavirus patients: Chinese official
Beijing: China, which is battling the novel coronavirus for the past three months, has completed the clinical research of Favipiravir – an antiviral drug that has shown good clinical efficacy against COVID-19, a top Chinese official said on Tuesday. Favipiravir, the influenza drug which was approved for clinical use in Japan in 2014, has shown […]
Not only Coronavirus, but economic devastation stares at our face: Rahul
New Delhi: Asserting that an “economic tsunami” was coming, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday said India should be preparing itself not just to fight the coronavirus but also for the economic devastation that would affect crores of people. Gandhi also attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the economic situation in the country, saying the […]
Iran warns virus could kill ‘millions’ in Islamic Republic
Tehran: Iran issued its most dire warning yet on Tuesday about the outbreak of the new coronavirus ravaging the country, suggesting “millions” could die in the Islamic Republic if the public keeps travelling and ignoring health guidance. A state television journalist who also is a medical doctor gave the warning only hours after hard-line Shiite […]
JK gets over Rs 1 lakh crore as budget for FY’21
New Delhi: The Centre on Tuesday presented a Rs 1-lakh crore Budget for Jammu and Kashmir for 2020-21, and said the “highest ever” allocations reflect its commitment to make the Union Territory “a model of development”. The government also presented a separate expenditure plan of Rs 55,317.81 crore for the last five months of the […]
79 ‘terror’ incidents in JK since abrogation of Article 370
New Delhi: A total of 79 terrorist incidents have taken place in Jammu and Kashmir ever since the central government abrogated Article 370, which gave special status to the erstwhile state, Lok Sabha was informed on Tuesday. However, Union Minister of State for Home G Kishan Reddy said, no major terror attack took place in […]
Pakistan shells forward villages in Poonch
Jammu: The Pakistan army for the third consecutive day targeted forward posts and villages in Jammu and Kashmir with firing from small arms and mortar shelling on Tuesday, a defence spokesman said. The firing and shelling from across the border in Poonch district’s Mankote and Mendhar sectors along the Line of Control (LoC) started at […]
Pakistan shells forward villages in Poonch
Jammu: The Pakistan army for the third consecutive day targeted forward posts and villages in Jammu and Kashmir with firing from small arms and mortar shelling on Tuesday, a defence spokesman said. The firing and shelling from across the border in Poonch district’s Mankote and Mendhar sectors along the Line of Control (LoC) started at […]