NEW DELHI – Indian Institute of Management – Ahmedabad professor Chinmay Tumbe on Sunday said India failed to prepare for the second COVID-19 wave due to the complacency of the government and society, and failure to keep track of the different strains of the virus. Tumbe, who recently authored the book titled ‘The Age of […]
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Kashmir University postpones all offline exams till May 2
SRINAGAR – The University of Kashmir has postponed all its offline PG and UG examinations till May 2, 2021 in view of the prevailing COVID-19 situation even as it decided that the main campus shall continue to remain closed upto and including Wednesday (April 28, 2021). The decisions to this effect were taken after detailed […]
Why VC CUK is adamant to go ahead with exams amid surge in Covid-19 cases?
SRINAGAR – At a time when the surge in Covid-19 cases has shaken every sphere of life, exams being postponed, schools and colleges being shut and Corona Curfew started being enforced, the Central University of Kashmir (CUK) has decided to go ahead with the exams much to the discomfiture of students whose repeated appeals to […]
Amid Covid-19 surge Kashmir University keeps exam scheduled offline, students in distress
SRINAGAR – Amid Covid upsurge hundreds of students of UG 5th semester batch 2017/2018 have been perturbed as Kashmir University keeps their Skill Enhancement Course (SEC) paper scheduled tomorrow in offline mode. The university authorities however have earlier postponed the SEC paper of backlog batch-2016 which was scheduled on 24th April. News Agency Kashmir Dot […]
Fake currency seized from man in Anantnag, arrested
SRINAGAR – Anantnag police on Sunday arrested a man identified as Vikar Dar, a resident of Batengoo village in Anantnag district in South Kashmir and seized fake Indian currency notes amounting over Rs. 11,000 from his procession. News Agency Kashmir News Trust reported that the arrest and recovery of fake currency in the denomination of […]
Masjid Committees must keep oxygen cylinders ready to help serious Covid patients: Grand Mufti Nasir-ul-Islam
SRINAGAR – Kashmir’s Grand Mufti Nasir-ul-Islam Sunday said that every masjid committee must keep oxygen cylinders ready to help the serious Covid patients while as every masjid should be fumigated in a phased manner. “Oxygen cylinders should be kept in ready mode in every locality to meet any exigency or the patient who needs it,” […]
Seven Covid-19 patients died in Srinagar, toll 2,133
SRINAGAR – Seven more COVID-19 patients died on Sunday morning in Srinagar, taking the total number of Coronavirus deaths in Jammu and Kashmir to 2,133. Quoting an official news agency Kashmir News Observer reported that seven persons who died today include 86-year-old female from Alamgari Bazar, 80-year-old male from Mehjoor Nagar, 70-year-old man from Harwan, […]
Kejriwal Govt extends lockdown in Delhi by one week
NEW DELHI – Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Sunday the ongoing lockdown in the national capital has been extended by another week and will continue to till May 3 to curb the spread of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19). Speaking to media, chief minister Arvind Kejriwal said, ”We had imposed a 6-day lockdown in […]
India reports nearly 3.5 lakh new Covid-19 cases, 2.7k deaths
NEW DELHI – As many as 3,49,691 more people tested positive for Covid-19 in the last 24 hours, taking the cumulative caseload to 1,69,60,172, the Union health ministry said on Sunday morning. India is currently recording the most number of new infections in the world. The country has seen over three lakh cases for five days […]
Twitter censors tweets critical of India’s COVID response at Indian Government’s request
Srinagar: The Indian government requested Twitter take down dozens of tweets critical of the country’s pandemic response, which has drawn global attention as case numbers and deaths continue surging to record levels. Twitter on Saturday said it took down dozens of tweets in India that were critical of the Indian government’s recent pandemic response, as […]