SRINAGAR – The Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) on Saturday said that official figures of Covid-19 deaths are an underestimate as many deaths due to the virus go unreported in the valley. “The actual number of people dying from Covid is higher than what is reported,” said DAK President and influenza expert Dr Nisar ul Hassan. […]
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Ghulam Nabi Azad writes to PM, suggests measures to ramp up vaccine manufacturing, health infrastructure
NEW DELHI – Former Union health minister and senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad on Saturday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, suggesting measures to increase COVID-19 vaccine manufacturing in the country, party officials said. In his letter, a copy of which has also been sent to Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan, Azad has also […]
35-year-old man from Kulgam found hanging in rented accommodation in Qazigund
SRINAGAR – A 35-year-old man from Kund belt of South Kashmir’s Kulgam district was found hanging in a rented accommodation in Upper Bazar area of Qazigund on Saturday. An official told that the man identified as Shabir Ahmad Naikoo (35) son of Sonaullah Naikoo, a resident of Waripora Kund was found hanging at Upper Bazar […]
Six Covid patients die at Pulwama Hospital
PULWAMA – Six persons including four women patients died of Covid-19 in one night in South Kashmir’s District Hospital Pulwama, said an official. The official said that all the deceased were above the age group of 60. Among these six patients, four were women suffering from co-morbidities. The official told news agency Kashmir News Trust […]
Provide Free Covid-19 Treatment To Media Persons: Director IPS New Delhi Writes To LG Sinha
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, suggesting several […]
Israeli attacks forced 10,000 Palestinians to leave homes in Gaza
ANKARA – The UN said Friday it estimates around 10,000 Palestinians have had to left homes in Gaza “due to the ongoing hostilities” amid an Israeli offensive. “They are sheltering in schools, mosques, and other places during a global COVID-19 pandemic with limited access to water, food, hygiene, and health services,” UN Office for the […]
India adds 326,098 new Covid cases, 3,890 more deaths
NEW DELHI – India on Saturday recorded 326,089 new coronavirus disease (Covid-19) cases and 3,890 more deaths, taking the caseload and the death toll to 24,372,907 and 266,207 respectively, according to the Union health ministry’s dashboard. As many as 353,299 people recovered in the last 24 hours and the total recoveries have climbed to 20,432,898 […]
Pandemic to be ‘far more deadly’ this year, WHO warns
GENEVA – World health experts issued a grim warning Friday that the second year of Covid-19 was set to be “far more deadly”, as Japan extended a state of emergency amid growing calls for the Olympics to be scrapped. “We’re on track for the second year of this pandemic to be far more deadly than […]
4 shops gutted in Tangmarg fire incident
BARAMULLA – Four shops were gutted in a fire on Tangmarg-Gulmarg road in North Kashmir’s Barmaulla district, an official said. No casualty was reported, he said. The fire broke out in one of the shops located in Tangmarg that spread to other three shops. All the four shops were guttled completely in the fire incident. […]
Covid-19 lab leak theory cannot be ruled out, say leading scientists
LONDON – The origin of the novel coronavirus is still unclear and the theory that it was caused by a laboratory leak needs to be taken seriously until there is a rigorous data-led investigation that proves it wrong, a group of leading scientists said. Covid-19, which emerged in China in late 2019, has killed 3.34 […]








