Service providers to be trained before opening outlets in Srinagar: Admin
SRINAGAR, MAY 15: The Srinagar district administration Friday launched a two-week-long training programme for service providers to sensitise them about precautions that need following for personal safety, production and distribution of food items, products and service delivery. Deputy commissioner Dr Shahid Iqbal Choudhary launched the first module of the training programme designed for more than […]
Rohit Kansal, M Raju transferred
JAMMU, MAY 15: As per a Government order issued by the General Administration Department today, Rohit Kansal, Principal Secretary to the Government, Planning, Development and Monitoring Department, is transferred and posted as Principal Secretary to the Government, Power Development Department. He shall hold the charge of Administrative Secretary, Information Department, Managing Director, J&K Power Development […]
Oxford University’s COVID-19 vaccine test on monkeys shows promise
London, May 15 (PTI) The UK’s biggest COVID-19 vaccine project, currently being tested by the University of Oxford, has shown some promising results in a small study with monkeys. Researchers involved with the ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 trials said the vaccine had shown signs of priming the rhesus macaque monkeys’ immune systems to fend off the deadly […]
Greater relaxations in lockdown 4.0; States, UTs to be empowered to take decisions on curbs
New Delhi, May 15 (PTI) Greater relaxations and flexibility will be seen in the lockdown 4.0, which will begin on Monday, with gradual reopening of the railways and domestic airlines while powers will be given to States and UTs to define their hotspots, officials said on Friday. Schools, colleges, malls and cinema halls will not […]
30 more test positive as JK’s covid-19 tally crosses 1000-mark
Srinagar, May 15: Thirty persons have tested positive for the novel coronavirus in Jammu and Kashmir in last 24 hours, officials sources said on Friday. With these cases, the Jammu and Kashmir’s overall tally has surpassed 1000-mark. Dr G N Yatoo, Nodal Officer coronavirus control measures at SKIMS Soura said that eight samples which were […]
Authorities order FIR against medico, his brother for skipping quarantine
Poonch, May 15: Authorities on Friday asked police to file FIR against a doctor and his brother who fled from Administrative Quarantine where they were put after their travelling back from outside the J&K yesterday. Sources said that early Friday morning, the doctor, a Medical officer in Medhar, and his brother, left the quarantine without […]
Govt evacuates 4 9218 JK residents through Lakhanpur
JAMMU, MAY 15: The government, fulfilling its commitment towards providing succor to J&K residents stranded outside UT due to COVID-19 lockdown, has evacuated 49218 people through Lakhanpur besides bringing back home 7264 persons through special trains at Jammu and Udhampur till May 15. According to a detailed break up about the figures, Rajdhani from Delhi […]
COVID19: Bandipora fights back, figures at the bottom of positive patients list
BANDIPORA, MAY 15: Bandipora once being a hotspot for the novel Coronavirus cases is effectively fighting back and skipped from number one position to No 8 within a month. Thanks to the coordinated efforts by the district administration, Health Department and the field functionaries. Bandipora district was the first district to cross 100 figure mark […]
China defends its company building dam in PaK
Beijing, May 15 (PTI) China on Friday defended its state-run company taking up the contract to build the Diamer-Bhasha dam in Gilgit-Baltistan in Pakistan-administered Kashmir (PaK) despite objection from India, saying that it is part of a “win-win” bilateral cooperation to promote the wellbeing of the local population. On Wednesday, Pakistan government signed a whopping […]
Mobile phones potential carrier of coronavirus, hospitals should restrict their use: Docs
New Delhi, May 15 (PTI) A group of doctors from the AIIMS, Raipur has recommended restrictions on use of mobile phones in healthcare institutions amid the COVID-19 pandemic, warning that such devices can be a potential carrier of the virus and lead to infection among healthcare workers. In a commentary published in the BMJ Global […]
