J&K witnessed the first Covid-19 death since Feb 15. From zero death and 418 cases on January 5, the third wave of Covid peaked on January 25 with 14 fatalities and 6,570 infections. SRINAGAR โ Jammu and Kashmir reported 100 fresh Covid-19 cases one death from the Jammu division in the last 24 hours, officials…
From zero death and 418 cases on January 5, the third wave of Covid peaked on January 25 with 14 fatalities and 6,570 infections. The UT witnessed 146 deaths and 94,135 cases in January. SRINAGAR โ For the first time in 40 days, Jammu and Kashmir witnessed no death related to Covid on Monday, while…
J&K witnessed a huge spike of 4651 new covid positive cases and 3 deaths on Tuesday. SRINAGAR โ Jammu and Kashmir Tuesday witnessed a massive spike of 4,651 covid positive cases and three deaths. The death toll in J&K has reached 4,575 while the addition of 4,651 fresh positive cases has pushed the tally of…
After redefining rhythm and routine, a waning second wave has now restored some old order, including the mosque camaraderie. In this piece, the author talks about one such comradeship curbed by the coronavirus. When I became a captive of the red zone, that old mosque mate of my grandfatherโs age felt like a castaway company.ย …
Theyโre involved in the community cause when even blood relations arenโt coming forward for the final farewell of their loved ones. The call came when Bashir Ahmad was battling a bug in home isolation. But more than his own wellbeing, he was getting restless for his ailing elder admitted in the Covid-designated hospital at the…
The critical cash meant for the treatment of the terminal disease is coming to the rescue of the needy in the Covid crisis. Tech-savvy Sajid Sofi sensed it quite early that coming events would soon cast their shadow in his serene hometown on the banks of Mansbal Lake in the Ganderbal district. It was early…
โI was so anxious that I started crying,โ Naseem recalls her hospital visit a fortnight later. โI wasnโt worried about myself, but for my baby.โ Just when Naseem had lost the track of cases and concern, she felt those startling signs making one a fitting case of Covid. The symptoms surfaced when a barrage of…
Two boats of two eras saved lives in Kashmir caught in two pestilence periods. But between Now and Then, the vale is struggling to come out of the Shakespearean curse: โA plague on both your houses.โย The change was sudden and shocking. The man who till yesterday would plead the case of his community had…
As young are increasingly falling to the second viral wave in Kashmir, the health infrastructure of the region directly controlled by Delhi has once again made it a desperate situation for the lockdown-laden people. A telling image made much noise on social media lately when efforts were being made to stockpile oxygen in the valley.…
Kashmirโs community concern and crisis management is once again becoming a silver lining amid the gloom created by the second Covid wave. As pyre-lit crematoriums are running short of spaces and JCBs digging โmass gravesโ in cemeteries, a Kashmiri trader is firefighting for life amid Delhiโs deadly wave. Mushtaq Khan is mobilising welfare support for…