SRINAGAR (KIMS) – The Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) on Thursday urged administration to ensure that reopening criteria are met before lifting lockdown in Kashmir. “The decision to ease out restriction should be determined by the criteria,” said DAK President and influenza expert Dr Nisar ul Hassan. Dr Hassan said the first and foremost criterion for […]
ANANTNAG – Police have booked six persons including two brothers under Unlawful Prevention Activities Act and Arms Act in Kokarnag area of South Kashmir’s Anantnag district. Police sources told news agency Kashmir News Trust that police in Kokarnag recovered a hand grenade and 14 live rounds from two persons identified as Javid Ahmed Bhat (30) […]
SRINAGAR – Clashes erupted in Anchar area of Kashmir capital Srinagar on Thursday morning after the City police Chief along with other police officers visited the area to inspect the implementation of Covid related SOPs and imposition of Corona curfew to combat the second wave of Covid-19. Police sources told that police officials including SSP […]
BUDGAM – Another family from Central Kashmir’s Budgam district has alleged that they lost their 45 days old baby after immunization at Primary Health Centre Soibugh. Pertinently, yesterday 45-days-old baby Ziyan Ahmed Mir died after vaccinated at the same Health Centre at Soibugh area of Budgam. Family had said that after immunization, baby developed some […]
SRINAGAR – The body of 17-year-old teenager who slipped into the Jhelum river in Srinagar was recovered on Thursday at Noorbagh area of Srinagar. A police official told that a youth identified as Momin Ahmad Dar, son of Ghulam Ahmad Dar, 11th standard student from Rampora Veer Chattabal, slipped into Jhelum river when he was […]
NEW DELHI – Delhi’s Sir Ganga Ram Hospital (SGRH) has come across a first-of-its-kind case of white fungus which causes multiple perforations “throughout the intestine” in a COVID-19 patient, doctors said on Thursday. “White fungus (Candida) causing multifocal perforations in the food pipe, small bowel and large bowel in COVID-19 infection has not been reported […]
NEW DELHI – India’s COVID-19 infection tally climbed to 2,73,69,093 as 2,11,298 more people tested positive for the disease in a day, while the country’s recovery went up to 90 per cent, according to the Union Health Ministry on Thursday. The death toll due to the disease rose to 3,15,235 with 3,847 fresh fatalities being […]
NEW DELHI – Social networking giant Facebook on Wednesday said it will now allow users on its platform as well as those on Instagram to hide their public ‘like’ counts. This is part of the company’s efforts to give people control over their experience, a statement said. “We tested hiding like counts to see if […]
BENGALURU – Google is committed to complying with India’s revised IT rules that came into effect Wednesday, Chief Executive Officer Sundar Pichai said on Thursday. “It’s obviously early days and our local teams are very engaged. You know we comply with local laws and we will approach it with the same framework,” Pichai said in […]
NEW DELHI – Responding to WhatsApp’s petition in the Delhi High Court, the Centre on Wednesday said it respects the citizens’ right to privacy and that it has no intention to violate it when seeking the origin of a particular message. “Such requirements are only in case when a particular message is required for prevention, […]