Srinagar, Oct 19: In a major concern, around three lakh children below five years of age have been suffering from two different stages of malnutrition in Jammu and Kashmir during the year 2019-20, reveals a survey. NITI Aayog in a study titled State Nutrition Profile of Jammu and Kashmir released earlier in September has said […]
Ganderbal, Sep 30: A village in Ganderbal district has set an example for the society after announcing dowry as social evil and banning the same in the entire village. The villagers have taken the decision four decades ago and have been following the same in letter and spirit till date. The Baba Wayil village of […]
Srinagar, Sep 18: Falls from walnut trees are turning out to be a frequent cause of morbidity and mortality in Kashmir, especially during the harvesting season of August and September month. Over the years mostly young people who also happened to be the lone bread earners in the family have become victims of the fall. […]
Srinagar, Sept 12: The sero-prevalence study conducted across Kashmir for assessing IgG antibodies among general population and various subgroups have shown that 78 percent of children under 18 years of age sampled during the survey in July this year have developed antibodies against COVID virus. Moreover, the study shows that around 64 percent pregnant women […]
Srinagar, Sep 09: As per the population based Seroprevalence of Covid-19 in Kashmir valley, over 84 percent people have antibodies against the Covid-19 infection. An official said that a pan-Kashmir cross-sectional sero-study was conducted among general population and various subsets of population which include police personnel, healthcare workers, pregnant women by government medical college Srinagar […]
Srinagar, Aug 23: With 1300 school buildings lying vacant in Jammu and Kashmir, J&K’s chief secretary Arun Kumar Mehta has directed the General Administration Department (GAD) and Planning Development & Monitoring department to coordinate with respective deputy commissioners for allotment of these buildings. Documents reveal that the directions were passed by the CS during a […]
New Delhi, Aug 06:The Pensilungpa Glacier (PG), located in Zanskar, Ladakh, is retreating, and a recent study has attributed the retreat to an increase in the temperature and decrease in precipitation during winters. Since 2015, the Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology (WIHG), Dehradun, an autonomous institute under the Department of Science & Technology, GoI, has […]
Srinagar, Jul 17: Owing to the human errors, the man-animal conflict has seen a steep rise with more cases being reported from across the valley with each passing day. As per the official data, from 2006 till March 2021, 224 persons have died and 2,829 persons have been injured in man-animal conflict. Officials believe that […]
Srinagar, Jul 17: In the past five years, at least eight percent of the female population in Jammu and Kashmir suffer pregnancy loss, reveals a survey conducted by Government of India (GoI). The official figures of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare states that the region has witnessed at least eight percent of foetal […]
Srinagar, Jul 09: In a major concern, at least 27 percent of women population of 20 to 49 years has not married while the 35 percent of men of the same age group are sailing on the same boat in Jammu and Kashmir, reveals a survey conducted by Government of India (GoI). The official […]
