Coronavirus

Variant spreading in India more contagious: WHO top scientist

Geneva, May 10 (KMS): The World Health Organization’s chief scientist has said that a Covid-19 variant spreading in India is more contagious and it is feared it could be dodging some vaccine protections, contributing to the country’s explosive outbreak. Soumya Swaminathan warned that “the epidemiological features that we see in …

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Jail Worries

SAIMA BHAT Srinagar, May 10 (KMS): Famous among separatists (word used for Hurriyat leaders by Indian media) for his “flawless” oration, Muhammad Ashraf Khan, Sehrai, 77, languishing under Jammu and Kashmir Public Safety Act (PSA) in Udhampur jail, is dead. On May 4, when Mujahid Ashraf Khan, his son, received …

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India’s COVID situation heartbreaking: US Vice President

Washington, May 10 (KMS): The US Vice President, Kamala Harris, has deplored the deteriorating COVID-19 situation in India, terming it heartbreaking. Kamala Harris said this in her pre-recorded message played at a diaspora event hosted by the State Department’s Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs (SCA). “The surge of …

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Every 5th person infected in IIOJK

Srinagar, May 10 (KMS): In Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir, in a worrying development, data from Srinagar based testing laboratories show that from the COVID-19 tests being conducted every 5th person is found infected with SARS-CoV2 in the territory. In the beginning of this year every 70th person was …

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APHC condemns Modi regime for imposing restrictions in IIOJK

Srinagar, May 08 (KMS): In Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir, the All Parties Hurriyat Conference has strongly condemned the Indian authorities for imposing illegal and illogical restrictions to prevent people from offering the religious rituals of their beloved leader, Muhammad Ashraf Sehrai. Muhammad Ashraf Sehrai died in the custody …

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