Articles by Ishfaq Naseem
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May 31, 2021
COVID-19 in Kashmir: Amid pandemic surge in Valley, negligent handling of samples for virus test sets alarm bells ringing
In view of the poor sample collection, the health authorities have been asked to ensure a better testing procedure and to improve the testing rate across Kashmir -
May 17, 2021
COVID-19 vaccine shortages hit Kashmir Valley but inoculation drive on track in BJP-dominated plains
In Kashmir, the supplies are now running dry at nearly all the health centres in the last few days and none got vaccinated in most of the districts including the capital Srinagar -
May 13, 2021
COVID-19 grips Kashmir as authorities limit testing, allow tourists, markets remain chock-a-block ahead of Eid
Medical experts have flagged the issue of the fast spread of COVID-19 in Kashmir which they said could further flare up -
May 01, 2021
COVID patients in Srinagar struggle to get ICU beds as toll rises; UT govt warns against spreading 'rumours'
COVID-19 cases have seen a sharp rise in the last one month in Jammu and Kashmir with the number of active positive cases having crossed 30,000 on Saturday. The Srinagar district remains the worst hit with over 8,872 active cases and 546 deaths -
Apr 27, 2021
COVID-19: Shortage of oxygen, ventilators, poor testing mar pandemic management in Kashmir
The work on the oxygen plants at the government hospitals has been going on at a slow pace -
Apr 21, 2021
Despite India-Pakistan 'engagement', Kashmiri separatist leaders still under lock and key
Despite the talks, in Kashmir the curbs persist on separatist leaders, with some of them who are lodged in New Delhi's Tihar Jail even complaining of being denied medical attention -
Apr 10, 2021
Seven militants, including Ansar Ghazwatul Hind chief, killed in two gunfights in Kashmir's Shopian, Pulwama
Incidents such as the February attack and Friday's twin encounters highlight that militancy has now spread all across Kashmir and more youngsters are picking up guns and joining new militant groups -
Dec 26, 2020
Kashmir's DDC winners see election results as mandate for development, restoration of Article 370
Several of the candidates from smaller parties and independents won the District Development Commission (DDC) polls in Jammu And Kashmir on the promise that they were the right candidates to resolve the developmental issues -
Nov 04, 2020
Govt assurances fail to convince J&K residents as law makes conversion of farmland for non-farming activity easy
Through the amendments in the Land Revenue Act, the government has made it possible to convert the agricultural land for any other purpose through the payment of a fee to the authorities. -
Sep 07, 2020
Faulty tests, poor contact tracing: COVID-19 fight in Kashmir faces myriad stumbling blocks
Officials who have been testing the coronavirus samples of patients in different hospitals said in Kashmir that the staff was not fully trained to test the patients.
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