Over 154 Cr students hit by schools, colleges closure: UNSECO
New Delhi: Over 154 crore students are severely impacted by closure of educational institutions across the world amid the COVID-19 outbreak due to which girls will be the worst hit as it will lead to increased drop-out rates and further entrench gender gaps in education, UNESCO said. Stefania Giannini, UNESCO’s Assistant Director-General for Education, told […]
Police uses ‘eye-in-the-sky’ to enforce lockdown in Jammu
Jammu: As a drone hovers over an area in Jammu and Kashmir, people walking in the narrow lanes run inside their houses, while those standing outside a ration shop quickly queue up keeping adequate distance between each other. After August 5 last year, when the special status of J-K was scrapped and the state was […]
Contact tracing: Authorities ask people treated by COVID positive medico to report back
Baramulla: Authorities in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district have asked the patient’s to report back to hospital authorities after a junior doctor tested positive for COVID-19 on Tuesday. Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Baramulla on Wednesday issued a circular asking the patients to report back to hospital authorities after a doctor who attended the patients tested positive. […]
Lightning strike kills man in Poonch
Jammu: A 62-year-old man was killed after being struck by lightning in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said on Wednesday. Hussain Mohammad was grazing his sheeps and goats in the periphery of his village in Balnoi area near the Line of Control (LoC) when he was hit by lightning on Tuesday evening, they […]
Pak sending corona positive patients to Kashmir: DGP
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir police chief Dilbagh Singh on Wednesday said that some serious information has come to fore that Covid-19 positive patients are being sent from across LoC into Kashmir to spread the deadly virus. He expressed concern over the development and advocated “strict precautions” for foiling the move. Talking to reporters at Manigam […]
Four militants killed in Shopian gunfight
Conducting burial in presence of magistrate: IGP
Srinagar: Four militants were killed in a gunfight with government forces at Melhora village of south Kashmir’s Shopian district. Reports said that a joint team of army’s 55 RR, police and CRPF laid a siege at Melhora village late Tuesday evening. A police officer said the operation was launched following inputs about the presence of […]
Fighting COVID-19: DAK calls for mass screening of healthcare workers
Srinagar: Raising concern about transmission of coronavirus in Kashmir hospitals following a doctor testing positive for the virus, Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) on Wednesday called for mass screening of healthcare workers for the novel virus. “That would ensure the safety of patients,” said DAK President, Dr Nisar ul Hassan who is also Associate Professor of […]
Missing teenage girl found dead in Doda
Jammu: An 18-year-old girl who went missing in December last year was found dead in the Chenab river in Doda district, Officials said. Decomposed body of Anshu Devi, a resident of Jodhpur village, was fished out from the river in Doda town on Tuesday, they said. The girl had gone missing from her house on […]
Coronavirus: Front line warrior among 12 test positive
5 Districts with 80% cases identified as Hotspots
Srinagar/Jammu: A doctor was among the twelve people who tested positive for the novel coronavirus in Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday. Sources said that 41-year junior doctor posted at GMC Baramulla tested positive for the pathogen four days after he developed symptoms such as fever etc. He attended general patients and authorities are now trying […]
COVID-19 death toll rises to 603 in India
Positive cases surge to 18,985
New Delhi: The death toll due to COVID-19 rose to 603 and the number of cases climbed to 18,985 in the country on Tuesday, registering an increase of 44 deaths and 1,329 cases since Monday evening, according to the Union health ministry. The number of active COVID-19 cases stood at 15,122 while 3,259 people have […]
