Coronavirus

Islamabad, May 25 (KMS): The Foreign Office asked 12 officials of the Indian High Commission (IHC) to quarantine, after a family member of an official tested positive for Covid-19. According to reports, the officials were asked to undergo quarantine along with their family members and drivers after an official’s spouse …

New Delhi, May 24 (KMS): India has become the third country in the world to record more than three lakh deaths due to the covid-19 pandemic. The US is the first country to record three lakh fatalities due to Covid-19 followed by the Latin American country of Brazil. India, which …

Indian variant has spread among US and 18 other countries: WSJ #ModiConcealingIndianCovidVariant Islamabad, May 24 (KMS): The Modi-led Indian government is trying, in vain, to criminalise the term ‘Indian variant’ for coronavirus, which is infecting 400,000 people and claiming more than reported 4,000 deaths every day in the country. A …

Srinagar, May 24 (KMS): In Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir, Jammu and Kashmir Civil Society Forum (JKCSF) took a dig at the Indian authorities for allowing the untested nocturnal infiltration of outsiders including labourers into territory, risking the lives of the locals from Indian variant of coronavirus, the deadliest …

Srinagar, May 23 (KMS): In Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir, the Tehreek-e-Muzahamat (TeM) has said that the Indian government is using pandemic to strengthen its colonial occupation in the territory. The TeM Chairman, Bilal Ahmed Sidiqui in a statement issued in Srinagar said that in garb of pandemic and …

New Delhi, May 22 (KMS): India recorded over 4,000 deaths and more than 257,000 COVID-related infections in a single day. The data updated by the Indian Health Ministry, today, said that with 4,194 fresh fatalities, the death toll due to the coronavirus rose to 295,525 in the country. The fresh …

Srinagar, May 22 (KMS): In Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir, prominent freedom activist, Mohi-ud-Din Pandit, died of coronavirus in Srinagar. Mohi-ud-Din Pandit, a resident of Daulat Aabad Novpora area of Srinagar, was a dedicated Hurriyat activist. He remained affiliated with the ongoing Kashmir freedom movement throughout his life.

New Delhi, May 22 (KMS): Observing that the ongoing “catastrophic” second wave of Covid-19 in India is a sign that the worst may be yet to come, the IMF has said that the situation in the country is a warning of the possible events in low- and middle-income nations that …

New Delhi, May 22 (KMS): Leading Indian authors Pankaj Mishra and Arundhati Roy have spoken out against Penguin Random House India’s decision to publish and promote a book by Narendra Modi during the country’s coronavirus crisis, with Mishra accusing PRH India of “enlist[ing] in a flailing politician’s propaganda campaign”. In …

New Delhi, May 22 (KMS): States across India have begun declaring a “black fungus” epidemic as cases of the fatal rare infection shoot up in patients recovering from Covid-19. The fungal disease, called mucormycosis, has a 50% mortality rate. It affects patients initially in the nose but the fungus can …