Day: May 12, 2021

J&K reported 65 fatalities and 4509 fresh COVID19 Cases

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Jammu and Kashmir reported 65 more covid-19 related deaths for the second consecutive day even as 4509 people were confirmed to have contracted the virus in the last 24 hours, officials said on Wednesday. They said 46 of the fatalities were reported from Jammu Division and 19 from Kashmir Valley, taking the toll to 2912. Regarding the fresh cases, they said, 1759 were from Jammu Division and 2750 from Kashmir Valley, taking the total tally to 229407. Providing district wise details, the officials told that Srinagar reported 863 cases, Baramulla…

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India’s Covid Crisis delivers a blow to brand Modi

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By Aparna Alluri “Modi leads India out of a lockdown and into a Covid apocalypse,” declared a recent headline in the UK Sunday Times. The Australian newspaper re-published the story with a scathing summary: “Arrogance, hyper-nationalism and bureaucratic incompetence have combined to create a crisis of epic proportions, critics say, as India’s crowd-loving PM basks while citizens literally suffocate.” It earned a rebuke from India, but there’s no denying the fact that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s cherished image has taken a bad hit. Stories from India’s punishing second wave have…

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Was it a EID Shopping or an open invitation to disaster

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Was it a EID Shopping or an open invitation to disaster

Are we waiting for Eid, an occasion of joy, or we are preparing for a huge mourning that is to befall us if we don’t take heed.  For the last couple of days a disturbing trend  is being seen. People are moving out in good numbers and doing shopping for the Eid day. One wonders how people leave the enormity of this crisis behind and become a part of crowd in the markets. This is plainly suicidal. Not just suicidal, but amounts to mass murder. Those who go out and…

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Door-to-Door ‘Trace & Isolate’ drive started in Jammu district

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A massive door-to-door exercise was started across Jammu on Tuesday to ‘trace and isolate’ probable Covid-positive patients as part of the ongoing efforts to contain the pandemic, officials said. Jammu district tops the Covid fatality chart with a total of 686 deaths till Monday evening with over 300 of the patients succumbing to the infection in the past three weeks. The district has 7,630 active cases, which is also the second highest in the entire UT. Seeking cooperation of the people to the drive, Jammu Deputy Commissioner Anshul Garg said…

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Bodies float down Ganges as more than 4000 died of COVID in India

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Scores of bodies are washing up on the banks of the Ganges as Indians fail to keep pace with the deaths and cremations of around 4,000 people a day from the novel coronavirus. India currently accounts for one in three of the reported deaths from coronavirus around the world, according to a Reuters tally, and its health system is overwhelmed, despite donations of oxygen cylinders and other medical equipment from around the world. Rural parts of India not only have more rudimentary healthcare, but are now also running short of…

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