Leh authorities issue SOP for quarantining migrants in private facilities

Leh: Authorities in Leh district of Ladakh on Wednesday issued an order regarding the standard operating procedure (SOP) for quarantining migrants in private facilities on payment basis. The order was issued by Leh District Magistrate Sachin Kumar Vaishya to streamline and effectively operationalise the SOP to be followed by large numbers of residents stranded in […]

9 hospitals approved to join WHO’s Solidarity Trial to find treatment for COVID-19

New Delhi: Nine hospitals have so far been approved to conduct randomised controlled clinical trials under the WHO’s ‘Solidarity Trial’ to find an effective treatment for the novel coronavirus disease, apex medical research body ICMR said on Wednesday. Four treatment protocols Remdesivir, a combination of Lopinavir and Ritonavir, Hydroxychloroquine, and Lopinavir and Ritonavir with Interferon […]

Coronavirus pandemic ‘litmus test’ for multilateralism, says Qureshi

Islamabad: Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said on Wednesday that the coronavirus pandemic was a “litmus test” for multilateralism and expressed confidence that the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) was well equipped to tackle the crisis. Speaking at an extraordinary virtual meeting of the SCO Foreign Ministers, Qureshi said that the pandemic posed a challenge […]

Collective action needed to deal with terrorism: India at SCO

New Delhi: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Wednesday strongly pitched for “collective action” by the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) in dealing with the overwhelming threat of terrorism. Jaishankar made the remarks at a video conference of foreign ministers of member countries of the SCO, a China-dominated influential bloc focusing on political and security-related issues. […]

8 samples from DPL Anantnag among 37 test positive in J&K

Srinagar: 37 samples on Wednesday returned positive for the novel coronavirus in Jammu and Kashmir, eight of them from District Police Lines Anantnag, official sources said. Nodal officer for coronavirus control at SKIMS, Dr G H Yatoo, told GNS that out of 1726 samples tested at viral diagnostic lab of the tertiary care hospital, 13 […]

Search operation launched in Kathua following suspected movement

Jammu: Security forces have launched a search operation following information about movement of suspected persons in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district, officials said on Wednesday. On receiving the information that some people saw movement of suspected persons in the Sandroon forests belts of Bani tehsil, police and the army launched a cordon and search operation […]

Covid-19: Jammu records second death

75-Year-Old Man’s Sample Return Positive Day After Death At Home  

Srinagar: A 75-year-old man from Jammu on Wednesday became 11th victim of the novel coronavirus in Jammu and Kashmir, official sources said. They said that septuagenarian died at his residence at Preet Nagar Digiana. However, the family took him to GMC Jammu where doctors declared him brought dead on arrival and decided to take his samples […]

Political parties in J&K condemn killing of civilian by CRPF firing

Srinagar:  Political parties in Kashmir on Wednesday condemned the killing of a civilian by CRPF personnel in Budgam district and called for an impartial enquiry to punish the guilty. Peer Mehraj ud din was killed when CRPF personnel opened fire on his vehicle which jumped a security checkpoint in Budgam district on Srinagar-Gulmarg highway. He […]

Video of cops ‘vandalising’ shops in Kashmir’s Budgam goes viral on social media

Srinagar: A video purportedly showing policemen damaging shops and houses of people in a village in Jammu and Kashmir’s Budgam district after a deputy superintendent of police got injured in clashes there last week has gone viral on social media. In the little over two-minute video, the policemen are seen vandalising and ransacking the shops […]