VoL Desk, Nov. 14: The Apex body, led by Thupstan Chhewang, convened a press conference in Leh to express their strong opposition to the recently introduced Ladakh Industrial Land Allotment Policy 2023. The gathering included prominent members of the Apex Body, Thupstan Chhewang, Tsering Dorjay, Ashraf Barcha and others among them.
During the press conference, Thupstan Chhewang emphasized that the industrial land allotment policy should not take precedence over more pressing concerns of t...
Vol, Desk Nov 14: Today on November 14, Advocate Ashiq Ali Ferdose, sitting Councillor from Sankoo Constituency, has submitted his resignation to the Deputy Commissioner/CEO LAHDC Kargil.
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During the recent LAHDC Kargil Election, he contested as a National Conference Candidate and won from the Sankoo Constituency with a big margin.
Kargil Nov.14: A 4.4 magnitude earthquake shook Ladakh on November 14, with tremors felt in the region around 1:08 pm.
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The epicenter was identified at a latitude of 37.28 and a longitude of 75.21, with a depth of 20 km. According to the National Center for Seismology (NCS), the seismic activity occurred 314 km North-northwest of Kargil in Ladakh.
The international NGO says that Israel’s brutal military attack against Gaza, which began on October 7th has so far killed more than the annual number of children killed in armed conflicts globally in each of the past four years.
According to multiple reports, corroborated by the Palestinian health ministry as well as the Defence for Children International (DCI) NGO, one child is being killed in Gaza every 10 minutes.
UN human rights monitors said in the press release on October 18th...
The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that al-Shifa Hospital is “nearly a cemetery” and unable to bury dead bodies as the facility is also tackling power cuts and a lack of fuel amid ongoing Israeli onslaught.
Christian Lindmeier, a spokesman for the WHO, said more than 600 patients were trapped in al-Shifa Hospital, the largest medical complex and central hospital located in the northern Rimal neighborhood of Gaza City, with others sheltering in hallways. “Around the hospital, t...
Kargil, Nov 13: Chairman/CEC, LAHDC, Kargil, Dr Mohd Jaffer Akhoon today chaired a meeting with the officers and officials of Health Department Kargil to review the functioning and activities of the department in Kargil.
The meeting was attended by Chief Medical Officer Kargil, Dr Munawar Hussain Wazir, MS District Hospital, Dr Kacho Liyaqat Khan, Deputy CMO Kargil, Dr Mohd Abass, BMOs, and other concerned officers and officials of the department.
The meeting held a detailed discussion...
Kargil, Nov 13: Social and Tribal Welfare Department organized a workshop on sexual harassment of women at workplaces for employees of DC Office at Conference Hall Baroo.
Secretary KSSRB Khanzada Mohd Usman, Headquarter Assistant, Arifa Iqbal Lone, Accounts Officer to DC Kargil, Shamim Ahmed, representatives of Social and Tribal Welfare Department Dechen Angmo and Tashi Lamo, besides other concerned officers and officials of DC office were present on the occasion.
Dechen Angmo and Tash...
The regional directors of several UN agencies have called for urgent international action to end Israel’s ongoing attacks on hospitals in the besieged Gaza Strip, which the regime has brought under an unrelenting genocidal war.
Gaza, Nov. 12: The regional directors of the United Nations Children’s Agency (UNICEF), UN Population Fund (UNFPA), and the World Health Organization (WHO) made the appeal in a joint statement on Sunday. They said they were appalled by the regime’s attacks targetin...
Iran ranks first in the field of ophthalmology among West Asian countries and competes with the world’s most advanced countries in this regard, according to an Iranian health official.
Iran Nov 12: Chairman of the Ophthalmology Department at Iran’s Health Ministry, Dr. Mahmoud Jabbarvand, said Iran has been welcoming millions of medical tourists on a yearly basis and that no Iranian patient is sent abroad for medical treatment.
“Given the scope of research and studies in the field of o...
New Delhi, Nov 12: From a massive ransomware attack on the All-India Institute of Medical Science (AIIMS) that crippled its centralized records and other hospital services last year to the latest Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) data leak that allegedly exposed the personal information of at least 81.5 crore Indians, hackers have always been one step ahead of cybersecurity agencies.
After AIIMS-Delhi became the victim of a hacking attack where Chinese involvement was suspected in...
