Odisha June01, (KMS): After an initial decline in the number of Covid-19 cases in the state amidst Cyclone Yaas, the numbers surged again as Odisha ramped up testing. On Sunday, the state reported 9,541 cases and on Monday 8,313 cases were reported with 35 more deaths. Apart from the six …
Read More »Hailstorm wrecks havoc in Handwara, other areas of IIOJK
Srinagar, June 01 (KMS): Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir, a hailstorm wrecked havoc in parts of Kashmir Valley including Handwara area of Kupwara district, damaging orchards and standing crops on Tuesday. Reports said that the hailstorm started at around 2:43 p.m. in Handwara’s Lawoosa, Yahama, Mawer Bala, Sanzipora, Qalamabad, …
Read More »Partial hustle bustle returns to markets in IIOJK
Srinagar, (KMS): As corona curfew restrictions were eased out in the Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK), after a month, hustle and bustle below than normal was witnessed in the markets in Kashmir with shops, business activities and transport services resuming partially. Strict COVID-19 restrictions including curfew were in …
Read More »More bodies found floating in Ganga
Fatehpur (KMS): Six more bodies of Covid-19 victims were found floating in the Ganga River in Uttar Pradesh, in India. Fatehpur Saddar Tehsil Sub-Collector (SDM) Pramod Jha told media that after he was informed about the floating bodies in the river a search operation was launched. “Six decomposed bodies were …
Read More »Philippines extends travel curb on India until June 15
Manila, June 01 (KMS): The Philippines has extended travel restrictions on inbound travelers coming from India and six other countries until June 15, 2021. In a statement, presidential spokesperson Harry Roque said President Rodrigo Duterte approved extending the travel bans imposed on India, and six other countries including Pakistan, Sri …
Read More »Second COVID surge crests in India
New York, June 01 (KMS): The coronavirus catastrophe in the Republic of India ripples around the planet, even here. “I have learned that India has lost 5,000 doctors and more healthcare workers in the second round of coronavirus surge,” Dr. Prem Gandhi, SUNY Plattsburgh Distinguished Professor emeritus, said. “That is …
Read More »Feature: The Indian children orphaned by Covid-19
Vikas Pandey & Andrew Clarance June 01, 2021 Five-year-old Pratham and his 10-month-old brother Ayush lost their father to Covid in April. Days later, at a different Delhi hospital, they lost their mother. Their world had changed and they didn’t even know it. They couldn’t understand why their parents were …
Read More »Critical Muslim patient denied treatment at Jammu hospital
Jammu, June 01 (KMS): An elderly Muslim person from district Ramban, in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK), who was in critical condition, was not attended by the Government Medical College and Hospital (GMC&H) Jammu, while being brought in the emergency. The family members said that the doctors in …
Read More »Will die of hunger rather than corona, say Jammu residents
Jammu, June 01 (KMS): In Indian Illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK), residents of different localities of Jammu are up in arms against the authorities for failing to provide them with any assistance during COVID-19 lockdown. Residents Maratha Mohalla in Jammu while talking to media said, “We will die of …
Read More »Kashmir’s ill-equipped health system and India’s push for tourism led to a COVID crisis
Adil Rashid June 01, 2021 In the first week of May, Qazi Idrees, a 29-year-old government employee, was making desperate calls to get a ventilator supported ICU bed for his father, Qazi Aftaab. Aftaab was admitted at JVC Medical College and Hospital in Srinagar, which was severely understaffed and under-resourced. …
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