NEW DELHI – India saw a record 4,187 fatalities due to COVID-19 in a single day, taking the country’s death toll to 2,38,270, while 4,01,078 new infections were reported in a day, pushing the tally to 2,18,92,676, according to the Union health ministry data updated on Saturday. Registering a steady increase, the active cases have […]
NEW DELHI – The panel counsel for the Election Commission in the Supreme Court, Advocate Mohit D. Ram, stepped down Thursday citing incompatibility of values with the poll body. Ram, who has held the post since 2013, wrote a letter to the Director of the Law Commission conveying his decision. “It was an honour to […]
JERUSALEM – Israeli police attacked Muslim worshippers late on Friday inside the Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem’s Old City. Some 53 Palestinians were injured in the clashes inside the Haram al-Sharif area, the Palestinian Red Crescent said in a statement. Israeli police attempted to disperse worshippers inside the Haram al-Sharif via stun grenade and […]
TEHRAN – Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Friday called Israel “not a country, but a terrorist base” during a speech on Al-Quds Day, an annual show of solidarity with the Palestinians. Thousands massed for rallies across several Muslim-majority countries including Iraq, Yemen and Pakistan for the day, seen in Israel as an expression […]
SRINAGAR – Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) on Friday said lactating mothers who are positive for Covid-19 infection can breastfeed their babies. “Breastfeeding in newborns of mothers with Covid is totally safe,” said DAK President and influenza expert Dr Nisar ul Hassan. “There is no evidence that the virus can spread through mother’s milk,” he said. […]
SRINAGAR – A government school teacher in south Kashmir’s Kulgam district has become an inspiration to people as he is at the forefront of providing meals to Covid-19 patients lodged in various hospitals and quarantine centres in the district. Manzoor Laway, posted at Government Primary School, Galwanpora in Kulgam reaches out to the people in […]
SRINAGAR – Three including a civilian were injured in a grenade attack in Nawab Bazar area of Srinagar city on Friday. News agency KNT reported that a grenade was hurled on CRPF 36 BN at Nawab Bazar Srinagar by unknown persons, leaving three including a civilian injured. The injured persons have been identified as Constable […]
NEW DELHI – The Supreme Court Friday asked respective state governments to release prisoners from jails in view of the prevailing COVID-19 pandemic, which it termed as “alarming”, NDTV reported. “The Covid situation is alarming and we have to decongest the prisons,” the NDTV report quoted Chief Justice NV Ramana as observing adding that orders […]
NEW DELHI – India captain Virat Kohli and his wife, actor Anushka Sharma, have donated INR 2 crore (US$ 270,000 approx.) towards a fundraising campaign to aid India’s Covid-19 relief. “Things have been very tough for India, as we fight the pandemic, and it really pains us to see our country suffer like this,” Kohli […]
ISLAMABAD – Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday left for Saudi Arabia for a three-day visit to discuss bilateral relations between the countries. According to Dawn, it is expected that Khan’s visit will serve to improve “strained” relations between Pakistan and Saudi Arabia that were shaken in the recent past due to several reasons. […]