NEW DELHI – The coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic continued to worsen in India as the trajectory maintained an upward trend. On Sunday, the nation added 403,738 to its tally as the national capital Delhi and other metro cities continue to report fresh infections, according to the Union ministry of health family welfare’s daily bulletin. It is […]
JERUSALEM – Clashes erupted between Palestinian protesters and Israeli police outside the Old City of Jerusalem on Saturday as tens of thousands of Muslim worshippers prayed at the nearby Al-Aqsa Mosque on Islam’s holy night of Laylat al-Qadr. Palestinian youth threw stones, lit fires and tore down police barricades in the streets leading to the […]
NEW DELHI – The Indian Medical Association (IMA) on Saturday said that the Union health ministry should “wake up” and respond to mitigate the growing challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic. The doctors’ body in a statement also alleged that the ministry has not taken appropriate action to deal with second COVID-19 wave. “IMA demands the […]
KABUL – Multiple blasts at a school in the Afghan capital Kabul on Saturday killed at least 40 people and wounded dozens more, mostly female students, officials said. A senior interior ministry official told Reuters on condition of anonymity that most of the casualties were students coming out of the Sayed ul Shuhada school. Footage […]
PULWAMA – In Southern Kashmir’s Pulwama district, the repeated appeals from local authorities to the people to follow the Covid-19 guidelines with a view to check the surging cases have fallen on deaf ears. People continue to organise gatherings and attend functions in large numbers violating the Covid protocols and putting lives at stake. In […]
NEW DELHI – The Union health ministry on Saturday revised the national policy for admission of COVID patients to various categories of COVID facilities. “This patient-centric measure aims to ensure prompt, effective and comprehensive treatment of patients suffering from COVID-19,” the Centre said in a statement. The official statement stated that as per the Union […]
NEW DELHI – The Drugs Controller General of India has approved an anti-COVID oral drug, developed by DRDO, for emergency use as adjunct therapy in moderate to severe coronavirus patients, the defence ministry said on Saturday. It said clinical trials of the drug 2-deoxy-D-glucose (2-DG) showed that it helps in faster recovery of hospitalised patients […]
SRINAGAR – Though the authorities have recently declared the presence of mutated strain of Covid-19 in Kashmir division, the official data reveals that the swabs that were collected for the test belong to November- December last year. As per the official data the swabs in which mutation was found was collected in Nov-Dec last year. […]
KOLKATA – Launching a fresh attack on the BJP-led Central government, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee demanded a universal vaccine programme for all and asserted that Rs 30,000 crore for vaccination is nothing for the Central government. “Rs 30,000 crore is nothing for the Central government… There should be a universal vaccine program for […]
SRINAGAR – In more ways than one, my posting to Kashmir in 2001 changed my life. Back then, I was at the tail end of my two-year tenure in command of a Company. I had been in military service for 17 years and was naturally looking forward to being considered for a promotion as Lieutenant […]