Bandipora: District administration Bandipora launched E-pass service on Thursday to mitigate the suffering of patients and stranded persons of the district in view of the lockdown situation due to Corona Virus pandemic. Deputy Commissioner Bandipora Shahbaz Ahmad Mirza said any patient/stranded person/Employee in need of restriction pass can apply online on www.bandipore.nic.in where the link […]
Jammu: A ceasefire violation took place in Poonch and Rajouri districts of Jammu region on Thursday but there was no report of any loss of life or property. Officials told news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), that on April 16 morning Pakistani army initiated unprovoked ceasefire violation along LoC in Qasba and Kirni Sectors in district […]
New Delhi: The union health ministry has identified 170 districts across the country as Covid-19 hotspots. Here is the full list of these hotspots. Andhra Pradesh: Kurnool, Guntur, Nellore, Prakasam, Krishna, YSR, West Godavari, Chittoor, Vishakhapatnam, East Godavari, and Anantapur. Bihar: Gaya, Begusarai, Munger, Siwan Chandigarh: Chandigarh Chhattisgarh: Raipur, Korba Delhi: North West, South Delhi, […]
New Delhi: The Union Government has allowed motor and health insurance policy holders to defer payment of their renewal premium falling due during the period of the lockdown that has now been extended till May 3. The finance ministry in a revised notification has now allowed third party motor insurance premium dues falling during the […]
Beijing: China on Thursday dispatched 6,50,000 coronavirus medical kits to India to help fight the COVID-19 pandemic, Indian Ambassador to Beijing Vikram Misri said. Over two million test kits being procured from China will be sent to India in the next 15 days, he told PTI here. “#IndiaFightsCoronavirus A total of 650,000 kits, including Rapid […]
United States: A Covid-19 vaccine may be the only thing that can bring back “normalcy,” UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Wednesday, hoping for just that before the end of the year. “A safe and effective vaccine may be the only tool that can return the world to a sense of ‘normalcy,’ saving millions of lives […]
New Delhi: Union information & broadcasting (I&B) ministry secretary Ravi Mittal has written to his counterparts in other ministries and requested them to pay up the amount owed to media houses (for ads), citing the financial pressure they are in on account of the ongoing lockdown. Various Union government ministries owe at least Rs 400 […]
SI’s Family Allege Lack Of Facilities At Quarantine Facility Srinagar: Police have quarantined a number of personnel posted in JIC Kupwara after the son of a police officer tested positive for the novel coronavirus on Wednesday. The Sub-Inspector’s son was among 22 persons’ who tested positive for the disease, taking the J&K’s COVID-19 tally to […]
Moscow: UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said, after US President Donald Trump’s statement on the suspension of funding for the World Health Organization (WHO), that it was not the right time now to do so. Trump said Tuesday evening that he had instructed his administration to stop US funding for the WHO, which he accused […]
Standard Chartered Plc is the first major global bank to tell employees not to use Zoom Video Communications Inc during the coronavirus pandemic due to cybersecurity concerns, according to a memo seen by Reuters. The message, sent by Chief Executive Officer Bill Winters to managers last week, also warned against using Alphabet Inc’s Google Hangouts […]
Sibgat Fatima “To dehumanize another human being is not merely to declare that someone is not human” (Isabel Wilkerson) Caste also known as Kram in Kashmiri language, an endogamous and a hereditary group limited to persons of the same rank, occupation, and economic position as described by the society. During Ancient Kashmir, the inhabitants were […]