April 18, 2020 | Kashmir POST

Gund Jahangir hamlet in Bandipora witnessing the first community transmission of the novel Coronavirus

April 18, 2020April 18, 2020 Editor

Jammu and Kashmir is witnessing the first community transmission of the novel coronavirus at Gund Jahangir hamlet in Bandipora and in surrounding areas. Sixty-four positive cases have been reported in 10 days. The administration is grappling with poor medical staff and a slow rate of testing. It started with the sudden death of Ghulam Nabi Mir, 54, on April 7. With no travel history or contact with a positive case, Mir, a fruit dealer, died within a day of his admission to Shri Maharaja Hari Singh Hospital in Srinagar. “Mir…

You say you understand the pain of Kashmiri’s now that you are in lock-down. Do you really?

April 18, 2020April 18, 2020 Editor

An open letter to fellow Indians.By Anuradha Bhasin Jamwal Dear fellow citizens, Presuming that you are all English speaking, reasonably well-off or better and, like me, safely ensconced in your homes with enough provisions to last as the lockdown has been further extended, let me begin by dispelling all your romantic notions about the great leveler that this pandemic is and about the virtues of humanism and compassion it can kindle within our souls. Amidst this nationwide lockdown as you find yourself trapped in your homes, you may all be trying…