News Topic:COVID-19

PM Modi announces 21-day nationwide lockdown

SRINAGAR — Prime Minister Narendra Modi has announced a 21-day lockdown beginning midnight amid the swelling number of coronavirus cases in India.“The entire country...

COVID-19: Civil Society Pulwama appeals people to follow guidelines

PULWAMA — Civil Society Pulwama has appealed the people in the district to follow strictly the guidelines issued by the government and health experts...

COVID-19: As 3 more test positive, total 7 in J&K

SRINAGAR — Three more persons from Valley were tested positive on Tuesday and with this, the number of COVID-19 patients in Jammu and Kashmir...

Tally four as one more tests positive for COVID-19 in Kashmir

SRINAGAR — One more person, a 22-year-old, has tested positive in Kashmir for coronavirus, taking the number of COVID-19 patients to seven in Jammu...

Srinagar’s first COVID-19 patient successfully treated: DC Srinagar

SRINAGAR — District Development Commissioner Srinagar, Shahid Iqbal Choudhary said that the first COVID-19 positive patient has been treated 'successfully'.He tweeted, on his personal...

Chorus for 4G Internet restoration grows in Kashmir

SRINAGAR — The chorus for the restoration of high-speed 4G Internet services on mobile phones in Jammu and Kashmir has grown in the wake...

No fresh positive case of COVID-19 at SKIMS

SRINAGAR — Medical Superintendent, SKIMS Soura, Dr Farooq Jan said only one patient of coronavirus is admitted at the hospital so far."We have only...

COVID-19: Offer prayers at home, AeA Jamia Masjid Srinagar appeals

SRINAGAR — In the light of Islamic teachings and as is a precedent in Islamic history during such times, Anjuman Auqaf Jamia Masjid appeals...

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Properties damaged as cloudburst hits Chhatroo area in Kishtwar

Damage was reported to two houses and two shops after a cloudburst triggered flash flood-like conditions in the Chhatroo area of Kishtwar district.

₹3.11 Crore Embezzlement: Crime Branch chargesheets two in Baramulla bank fraud

The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) Kashmir of the Crime Branch, Jammu and Kashmir, has filed a chargesheet in a decade-old bank fraud case.

31 Amarnath pilgrims injured as bus plunges into gorge in Ganderbal

Thirty-one Amarnath Yatra pilgrims were injured after a bus carrying them overturned and rolled into a gorge at the S-Mode stretch in central Kashmir's Ganderbal.

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India’s E20 Ethanol Mandate: Progress, Pitfalls and Public Backlash

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When a Black Hole Whispers to the World’s Thinnest Material

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