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Australian PM maintains high popularity amid pandemic: Poll

by IANSLatest NewsWorldAugust 10, 2020August 10, 2020

Canberra: Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has managed to maintain high popularity amongst the people in the country despite a spike in coronavirus cases, a poll released on Monday revealed….

Adopt Cloud fast to beat pandemic blues: Indian tech honchos

by IANSLatest NewsTech-FilmJuly 5, 2020July 5, 2020

New Delhi: The Covid-19 lockdown forced enterprises in India to shift their operations overnight to immediately accommodate a remote workforce. During four months of working remotely, they faced unprecedented challenges in…

Covid-19 pandemic disrupted treatments for non-communicable diseases like cancer: WHO

by AgenciesHealthLatest NewsJune 1, 2020June 1, 2020

The World Health Organisation says that about half of countries surveyed in a new analysis have had partial or complete disruption of services for people with high blood pressure and…

Religious leaders can play pivotal role to combat Covid-19 pandemic, says UN chief

by AgenciesLatest NewsWorldMay 17, 2020May 17, 2020

New York: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Saturday said the religious leaders around the world can play an important role to deliver solutions in the fight against Covid-19 pandemic and…

Stop watching TV news: Top Kashmiri psychiatrist calls`infodemic’ more dangerous than pandemic

by Monitor News BureauLatest NewsLead StoriesMay 16, 2020May 16, 2020

SRINAGAR:  A top Kashmiri psychiatrist has called upon the people to stop watching the news saying the `infodemic’ is adding to the anxieties more than the pandemic itself. Dr. Arshad Hussain,…

J&K has emerged ‘as good as Kerala’ in fighting coronavirus pandemic: Jitendra Singh

by Press Trust of IndiaLatest NewsApril 24, 2020April 24, 2020

Union Minister Jitendra Singh on Friday said Jammu and Kashmir has emerged “as good as Kerala” in fighting coronavirus and appreciated the medical fraternity for effectively dealing with the disease…

Government under fire for disengaging 250 nurses in time of pandemic

by Hirra AzmatLatest NewsApril 16, 2020April 16, 2020

Srinagar: Amid coronavirus pandemic,  the administration has decided to disengage 250 contractual nurses in different Government Medical Colleges of Jammu and Kashmir. Last year in March, 50 contractual nurses each were…

What’s the Difference Between a Pandemic and an Epidemic?

by AgenciesLatest NewsMarch 12, 2020March 12, 2020

The World Health Organization has declared COVID-19 a pandemic. As an epidemiologist listening to the steady stream of conversation around the coronavirus, I’m hearing newscasters and neighbors alike mixing up…