Provide free COVID-19 treatment to mediapersons: Director IPS New Delhi writes to LG Sinha
Suggests Walk-in registration, vaccination for all media persons
Srinagar: Director Institute of Perception Studies and Rate The Debate New Delhi, Dr Kota Neelima has urged the Lt Governor of Jammu and Kashmir, Manoj Sinha, to provide free Covid-19 treatment for Media persons and their immediate families in private and government hospitals. Dr Kota has written a letter to LG Sinha, a copy of […]
70-year-old woman raped in UP
Lalitpur: A 70-year-old woman was allegedly raped by a 21-year-old man in Uttar Pradesh’s Lalitpur district, police said on Saturday. The accused has been arrested, they said. The woman was allegedly raped by the youth on Wednesday night when she was sleeping. She was alone at home at the time of the incident, said Sub-Inspector […]
What are vaccine passports and why they are good for society?
London (The Conversation): As more and more people get vaccinated, some governments are relying on vaccine passports as a way of reopening society. These passports are essentially certificates that show the holder has been immunised against COVID-19, which restaurants, pubs, bars, sports venues and others can use to grant them entry. Israel currently operates a […]
India adds 3.26 lakh new cases, national COVID-19 recovery rate improves to 83.83 per cent
New Delhi: India in a day recorded 3,26,098 COVID-19 cases that took the tally to 2,43,72,907, while 3,890 new fatalities pushed the death toll to 2,66,207, according to Union health ministry data updated on Saturday. The active cases have reduced to 36,73,802 and comprise 15.07 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery […]
India’s COVID situation hugely concerning: WHO Chief
United Nations: India’s COVID-19 situation remains hugely concerning, with several states continuing to see a worrying number of cases, hospitalisations and deaths, WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Friday, warning that the pandemic’s second year will be “far more deadly” than the first for the world. Ghebreyesus added that the WHO is responding to the […]
Over Rs 11 crore fine imposed for breaking lockdown rules in Delhi so far
New Delhi: The Delhi Police has imposed fine of over Rs 11 crore against the challans issued for violation of national directives for COVID-19 management during the lockdown in the national capital to contain the spread of coronavirus, officials said on Friday. According to data shared by the police, a total of 5,174 FIRs have […]
Petrol bomb hurled at CRPF camp in Saraf Kadal, no injury reported
Srinagar: Unknown persons on Friday evening hurled a petrol bomb at the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) camp at Saraf Kadal area of Srinagar. Official sources told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that unknown persons hurled a petrol bomb at 23 BN CRPF camp in Saraf Kadal area of downtown Srinagar. However, no injury […]
J&K: Lt Governor approves relief package for tourism sector stakeholders
Srinagar: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha has approved a relief package amounting to two-crore ninety-four lac and twenty-two thousand rupees as part of the relief package for tourism sector stakeholders in wake of the COVD-19 pandemic. An order OM Number: FD-VII-20(58) 2007-08 dated May 14, 2021, to this effect, of which a copy lies with Srinagar-based […]
West Bank Palestinian death toll rises to 10
Ramallah: The number of Palestinians killed by Israel in the occupied West Bank has risen to 10. That’s according to Palestinian health officials after rising tensions signaled a new wave of violence from the Israel-Gaza confrontation. Earlier, seven were reported killed on Friday. Then the Palestinian health ministry reported the death of an eighth man, shot […]
Srinagar showing continued decrease in daily new COVID cases since 5th May: DC
'Infrastructure augmentation measures undertaken to tackle 2nd wave of Covid-19'
Srinagar: The Deputy Commissioner (DC) Srinagar, Mohammed Aijaz Asad Tuesday said that district administration is working on a war footing basis to break the chain of transmission of coronavirus infection in district Srinagar. While giving details, the DC said that from May 01, to May 14, 2021 Srinagar district recorded total 14200 Covid-19 positive cases […]
