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In a first, govt frames guidelines for creches in JK

In a first, govt frames guidelines for creches in JK

'Govt proposed to extend Creche facility for the children up to 6 years'

Mahwish Mushtaq Khan Srinagar: After years of delay, the J&K Government has finally come up with regulations for the preparatory schools (Creches) in J&K. The guidelines will surely help to manage these toddler preparatory schools in a much better way, officials said. The regulations were framed in line with the guidelines issued by the Ministry […]

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Feat: Bandipora youth writes Quran by hand on a 500-metre scroll

Feat: Bandipora youth writes Quran by hand on a 500-metre scroll

Srinagar: A 26-year-old youth from the remote Bandipora district here has hand-written the Holy Quran on a 500-metre-long paper scroll — a calligraphic feat achieved through painstaking work over three months. Mustafa-Ibn-Jameel, a resident of Tulail area of the frontier Gurez in the north Kashmir district, embarked on the project last year. “It took me […]

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Monkeypox now qualifies as global emergency: WHO

Monkeypox now qualifies as global emergency: WHO

Geneva: The World Health Organisation said the expanding monkeypox outbreak in more than 70 countries is an extraordinary situation that now qualifies as a global emergency, a declaration Saturday that could spur further investment in treating the once-rare disease and worsen the scramble for scarce vaccines. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus made the decision to […]

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Pandemic: Centre asks all depts to organise free Covid vaccination camps

Pandemic: Centre asks all depts to organise free Covid vaccination camps

New Delhi: The Centre has asked all its departments to organise Covid vaccination camps at the workplaces for providing free precaution doses of the vaccine to the eligible employees and their family members. In an order, the Personnel Ministry asked all the departments to enumerate the number of eligible employees and their family members to […]

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Six months after second dose- AstraZeneca, Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines offer high protection: Study

Six months after second dose- AstraZeneca, Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines offer high protection: Study

London: Two doses of Pfizer and AstraZeneca vaccines provide high protection against severe COVID-19 up to six months after the second shot, according to a study published in The BMJ. The team led by researchers at the University of Bristol, UK, analysed the National Health Service (NHS) health record data on over seven million adults, […]

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Antibodies from hen eggs may be used to treat COVID-19: Study

Antibodies from hen eggs may be used to treat COVID-19: Study

Los Angeles: Antibodies harvested from hen eggs may be used to treat COVID-19 patients or as a preventive measure for people exposed to the viral disease, according to a study. Researchers at the University of California, Davis in the US have been able to produce antibodies to the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein in hen eggs. Spike […]

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We need to be prepared for new COVID-19 waves: WHO Official

We need to be prepared for new COVID-19 waves: WHO Official

United Nations/Geneva: Be prepared for fresh COVID-19 waves, WHO chief scientist Soumya Swaminathan has warned, amid the onset of new variants that are more transmissible, immune evasive and growing concerns about greater hospitalisations. There is mounting evidence that suggests that Omicron subvariants BA.4 and BA.5 are infecting people who have been vaccinated. We need to […]

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Heat wave conditions: Govt issues guidelines to all Govt, Pvt Institutions in Kashmir

Heat wave conditions: Govt issues guidelines to all Govt, Pvt Institutions in Kashmir

Srinagar: Authorities on Thursday issued guidelines and do’s and don’ts to all the government and private educational institutions of Kashmir Division to contest the ill-effects of the heat wave. According to the guidelines all government and private schools have been asked to combat the ill-effects of the heat wave. The guidelines come at a time […]

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Concern – India ranks low at 135th globally for gender parity: WEF

Concern – India ranks low at 135th globally for gender parity: WEF

New Delhi: India was on Wednesday ranked low at 135th place in terms of gender parity, despite an improvement of five places since last year on better performance in areas of economic participation and opportunity. Iceland retained its place as the world’s most gender-equal country, followed by Finland, Norway, New Zealand and Sweden, as per […]

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New COVID-19 Omicron sub-variant BA.2.75 detected in India: WHO

New COVID-19 Omicron sub-variant BA.2.75 detected in India: WHO

United Nations/Geneva: A new sub-lineage BA.2.75 of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus has been detected in countries like India and the World Health Organisation is following this, Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said. On COVID-19, globally reported cases have increased nearly 30 per cent over the past two weeks. Four out of six of the […]

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