J&K starts administering covid19 booster shots
Jan 12, 2022, at 12:51 am
Srinagar/IBNS: The Jammu and Kashmir administration has started administering the covid19 booster shots from Monday to eligible people.
DC Srinagar hands over fully loaded BLS ambulance to CMO
Oct 26, 2021, at 05:28 am
Srinagar/IBNS: To further strengthen the health infrastructure in the district, the Deputy Commissioner (DC) Srinagar, Mohammad Aijaz Asad, Wednesday handed over a fully loaded Basic Lift Support (BLS) ambulance to the Chief Medical Officer Srinagar at the DC Office Complex.
Kashmir: DIPR organizes programme on ‘Drug abuse menace’
Oct 26, 2021, at 05:21 am
Srinagar/IBNS: The cultural unit of the Department of Information and Public Relations (DIPR) in collaboration with Government Psychiatric Hospital, Srinagar and Angel’s Cultural Academy Thursday organised a programme on 'Drug abuse menace' at the Government Psychiatry Hospital, Hari Parbat.
Kalij pheasant is J&K's official bird
Oct 26, 2021, at 05:17 am
Srinagar/IBNS: The Jammu and Kashmir administration has adopted Kalij Pheasant as the new union territory bird, while Hangul continues to be their symbolic animal.
Kashmir CS lauds districts on achieving 100% vaccination coverage with first dose
Oct 13, 2021, at 10:37 pm
Srinagar/IBNS: Shopian and Budgam districts in Jammu and Kashmir achieved 100 percent vaccination coverage with their first dose Sunday.
Covid positivity rate in J&K below the national average
Oct 02, 2021, at 03:52 am
Srinagar/IBNS: Indicating a considerable decline in the infection proportion, Jammu & Kashmir (J&K) has recorded a 0.53 percent Covid-19 positivity rate in the last week.
J&K likely to cross one crore Covid vaccine doses
Sep 21, 2021, at 05:32 pm
Srinagar/IBNS: J&K is likely to cross the landmark of administering one crore Covid vaccine doses to people above 18 years of age.
LG inaugurates Sharp Sight Eye Hospital at Barzulla, Kashmir
Sep 21, 2021, at 05:50 am
Srinagar/IBNS: J&K Lieutenant Governor (LG) Manoj Sinha on Sunday inaugurated the Sharp Sight Eye Hospital at Barzulla area here.
84 per cent population in Kashmir has Covid19 antibodies
Sep 12, 2021, at 12:14 am
Srinagar/IBNS: Depicting widespread prevalence of COVID19 infection in Kashmir, nearly nine out of every ten people here have been found to have antibodies against SARS-CoV2 due to a past infection and subsequent recovery, a pan-district seroprevalence study, results of which were released Friday has shown.
J&K to enhance oxygen capacity to 90,000 litres per minute
Aug 24, 2021, at 02:41 am
Srinagar/IBNS: With medical experts predicting an upcoming third Covid wave, the Jammu and Kashmir government has set a target to enhance medical oxygen generation capacity to 90,000 litres per minute (LPM) in its hospitals.
Avian flu spreads to 10 states, unnatural birds death reported in J&K, Jharkhand
Jan 14, 2021, at 01:17 am
New Delhi/UNI: With the reports of unnatural mortality of birds coming from Ganderbal district of Jammu and Kashmir and four districts of Jharkhand, the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairy on Wednesday said that the spread of Avian Influenza (AI), popularly known as bird flu have reached to 10 states of the country.
COVID-19: 490 fresh positive cases, 12 deaths in J&K UT
Aug 01, 2020, at 02:41 am
Jammu/UNI: Jammu and Kashmir Government on Friday informed that 490 new positive cases of novel Coronavirus (143 from Jammu division and 347 from Kashmir division), have been reported thus taking the total number of positive cases to 20359.
Centre approves two new AIIMS for J&K, one for Gujarat
Jan 10, 2019, at 11:28 pm
New Delhi, Jan 10 (IBNS): The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has given its approval for a proposal for establishing three new AIIMS at Vijaynagar, Samba in Jammu at a cost of Rs 1661 Crore and Awantipura, Pulwama in Kashmir at a cost of Rs 1828 Crore.