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Published by Reuters By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United Nations has paid nearly $8 million in salaries to some 23,500 health workers across Afghanistan over the past month, bypassing the Taliban-run health ministry in a test case to inject much needed liquidity into a dire Afghan economy. The U.N. development agency UNDP […]

Published by Reuters (Reuters) – Here’s what you need to know about the coronavirus right now: Chinese city says it tested 30,000 for COVID-19 The Chinese city of Chengdu said on Wednesday it had conducted 30,000 COVID-19 tests on visitors at a big entertainment centre, and rounded up those who tried to flee the site,

Published by Al-Araby The Saudi-led coalition in Yemen said Tuesday that it had killed 110 Houthi rebels in air strikes over the past 24 hours around Marib, the government’s last northern bastion. “Twenty-two military vehicles and an arms depot were destroyed and 110” rebels were killed in the strikes on the provinces of Marib and

Published by Al-Araby A two-storey building packed with shoppers and diners collapsed in eastern Turkey on Tuesday, burying at least 10 people under heavy debris. The incident occurred on a busy street in the eastern plains city of Malatya during evening rush hour, as residents packed shops on their way home from work. Witnesses and

Published by Newscraving Newscraving Desk: Srinagar Additional Chief Secretary (ACS), Health and Medical Education, Vivek Bhardwaj today chaired a meeting with officers to review the COVID-19 status in the Kashmir division. The meeting was attended by Divisional Commissioner Kashmir, Pandurang K Pole; Deputy Commissioner Srinagar, Ajaz Asad; Director Health Services Kashmir, Dr Mushtaq Ahmad; Senior

Published by Newscraving Newscraving Deskh: Srinagar, The Government of India (GoI) has asked the Jammu and Kashmir School Education Department to surrender all the school buildings which await execution over the past many years. The directions were passed by the Department of School Education and Literacy (DSEL) for GoI in an annual meeting of Project

Published by Newscraving Newscraving Desk: Srinagar, Nov 9 Winter Capital, Srinagar has made it to the coveted list of United Nations Educational, Scientific & Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) in Arts and Crafts for the year 2021. The Dossier for the UNESCO creative cities network list had been prepared under the Restoration & Strengthening of Livelihoods component

Published by Newscraving Newscraving Desk: Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir reported 138 fresh covid-19 cases while two persons succumbed to the virus in the last 24 hours, officials said on Monday. Among the fresh cases, 32 were reported from Jammu Division and 106 from Kashmir, taking the overall tally to 333325. There were two more deaths

Published by Newscraving Newscraving Desk: Srinagar Night temperatures dropped to below normal across Kashmir Valley with Pahalgam and Gulmarg recording minus 3.3°C and minus 1.0°C respectively on Tuesday. A meteorological department official said that Srinagar recorded a low of 1.6°C against 2.2°C on the previous night. The temperature is below minus 0.2°C normal for this

Published by Newscraving Newscraving Desk: Srinagar, The 45-year-old man, working as salesman at a shop owned by a Kashmiri Pandit, was shot dead by unknown gunmen, suspected to be militants, at Bohri kadal area of downtown Srinagar on Monday evening. Official sources said that gunmen fired upon the man identified as Mohammad Ibrahim Khan (45)