News Topic:COVID-19
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China develops nanomaterial to combat coronavirus: Report
BEIJING — A team of Chinese scientists has reportedly developed a novel way to combat the new coronavirus that causes the COVID-19 disease which...
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Kashmir
No soldier has tested positive for COVID-19: Indian Army
SRINAGAR — The Indian Army on Sunday strongly refuted the news reports that a Territorial Army soldier was tested positive, stating that the news...
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Kashmir
COVID-19: Many villages declared as red zones in Pulwama
PULWAMA — Invoking prohibitory orders under Section 144 of the CrPC, Disaster Management Act and The Epidemic Disease Act, District Magistrate Pulwama said there would...
J&K
Concealing travel history is criminal: Government
SRINAGAR — The Jammu and Kashmir government on Sunday said that concealing travel history is a crime, saying that those hiding travel history are...
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Breaking News
COVID-19: Tangmarg man’s death possible case of community spread
SRINAGAR — As the second COVID-19 death in Kashmir valley had no history of travel or contact, Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) on Sunday said...
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Kashmir
Employees to donate day’s salary to relief fund: EJCC
SRINAGAR — Employees Joint Consultative Committee (EJCC) – an amalgam of various employees’ association of J&K – has decided to donate one-day salary towards...
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India
SpiceJet pilot tests positive for COVID-19
NEW DELHI — SpiceJet said on Sunday that one of its pilots who did not fly any international flight in March has tested positive for the...
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Kashmir
Administration creates local COVID-19 Fund in Pulwama
PULWAMA — Amidst the reeling coronavirus pandemic and the unprecedented situation created by it, district administration Pulwama is making unrelenting efforts in creating quarantines...
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Latest news
J&K power tariff hiked 6.83%, opposition slams broken free-electricity promise
JERC has approved a 6.83% power tariff hike for J&K effective September 1 and introduced Time-of-Day billing; opposition leaders and traders have criticized the move
Chhari Mubarak begins journey to Amarnath Cave from Srinagar
The holy Chhari Mubarak has begun its annual journey from Srinagar toward the Amarnath Cave Shrine, with installation set for August 28 and Visarjan on August 30.
NIA searches 10 locations in J&K cross-border terror conspiracy probe
NIA conducted searches at 10 locations across five J&K districts in an investigation into a cross-border terror conspiracy involving Pakistan-based handlers and local OGWs.
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Locals pool funds to send Jharkhand labourer home after mother’s death
Residents of Kadipora area in Anantnag district pooled money and arranged transportation for a labourer from Jharkhand after learning that his mother had died back home.