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‘On the Verge of Starvation’- Drivers Become the Silent Sufferers of Lockdown

OTHERS

Mir Irfan Bilal Ahmed- A sumo driver who was earning his livelihood by plying his sumo from Keller to different areas of the district Shopian, in Kashmir, has been work-less due to the lockdown for more than ten months post the abrogation of Article 370 and then COVID pandemic. The Lockdown has hit Bilal and his family severely, at the verge of starvation. Since his house has developed cracks, he along with his family resides in neighbours houses as it poses threat on their lives. Bilal's aged parents are on medication for life saving drugs, but due to lock down he is unable to provide them medicines as well. "How can we survive, the Government has just enforced a shutdown and forgot us," Bilal told The Kashmiriyat. Like Bilal there are thousands of such stories about drivers througho...

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79 CRPF Men, 1 Army Man and 1 Policeman Among 183 Test Positive for Covid

REGIONAL

79 CRPF personnel, an army soldier and a policeman were among 183 fresh persons tested positive for coronavirus in Jammu Kashmir on Monday. The cases also include two pregnant women, shopkeepers, taking the number of positive cases to Among the 57 cases reported in the Kashmir valley, 14 were reported from Srinagar followed by Pulwama (8), Udhampur (7), Samba(6), Ramban (4), Reasi (3), two each in Kulgam, Budgam and Kupwara while one case each has been reported from Ganderbal, Kathua and Kishtwar. A soldier of 42 RR stationed in Tral was also tested positive for covid 19.

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Mosque Attacked in Delhi Yet Again

INDIA

A Mosque has been attacked by on the night of 14 June in the heart of India’s capital New Delhi, by a group of Hindutva vigilantes, Karvaan India reported. A group targeted this mosque months ago and on the Night of June 14, stones were pelted from across the road running parallel to the Mosque, no casualty has been reported from the incident. The residents of the area told Karvaan India that they informed the Police about the attack after the news of the incident reached them, after getting a call from Muezzin. This was previously attacked in February, this year. A resident said, “There is a CCTV installed in the Mosque.” The Imam of the Mosque in his complaint has said that some people were pelting stones inside the Mosque, when locals went there they saw some broken cement...

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Demarcation Posts Along Indo-Nepal Border Go Missing Amid Tensions

INTERNATIONAL

The Seema Suraksha Seema Bal (SSB) officials as per media reports have said that they have informed the home department about the “missing” pillars on the Indo-Nepal border that served as demarcation. The report read, Nepal has inaugurated five new border outposts in the area where members of ‘Sashastra Prahari Bal’ (Nepal’s armed police force) have been deployed. Here, in India, the border outposts have been put on high alert, with intensified patrolling. After the recent tensions on the Indo-Nepal border in Bihar, all the border outposts here were also put on a high alert. When contacted the SSB commandant regarding the missing pillars, he said, “We cannot share the information about the number of missing pillars as it is confidential.

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Your WhatsApp Soon May be Able to Run on 4 Devices Simultaneously

BUSINESS

WhatsApp reportedly is working to let you run the same chat account on multiple devices, and this is believed to be its big feature for 2020, a new update posted by Whatapp Info has claimed that initial support added for the app will allow WhatsApp to run on four devices simultaneously.buy nolvadex online https://www.mabvi.org/wp-content/themes/mabvi/images/new/nolvadex.html no prescription The all-important feature is being worked on incrementally, so don’t expect it to be rolled out in the immediate future. So far, WhatsApp allows only one account to be linked per phone or number. This would allow for a unified chat experience through the app, which would help users run the same account on multiple phones, without needing to register from different numbers. This leaves room for...

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Two Indian Embassy Officials Missing in Pakistan

INTERNATIONAL

Two officials from the Indian High Commission in Islamabad Pakistan have been missing from two hours on Monday morning.buy tadalafil online https://blackmenheal.org/wp-content/themes/twentytwentytwo/inc/patterns/new/tadalafil.html no prescription The two personnel went out of the high commission in a vehicle for official duty but did not reach their destination, Sources said. "The Junior officials have been missing for over two hours." Though there is no official word on it yet, but the Indian Embassy has taken up the issue with Pakistani authorities.

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18 Year old Boy From Handwara Dies of Covid- Toll 61

REGIONAL

A teenager covid-19 patient from Handwara area in Kashmir’s Kupwara district died at SMHS hospital, taking the death toll in Jammu Kashmir to 61. The teenager is the youngest among the 61 persons who have succumbed to the virus in Jammu Kashmir so far. Hospital officials told The Kashmiriyat that the boy was admitted to the hospital on 12 June with a serious head injury, he passed away around 3 a.m. today. The teenager is the youngest to die of the covid-19 among the 61 people who have died of the covid 19. Earlier, the youngest victim was a 27-year-old resident from Lolab area of the Kashmir's Kupwara district who succumbed to the pathogen 13 days ago at the same hospital. The Positive cases in Kashmir stand at 5041, while 2389 persons have been recovered.

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After Abrogation of 370, Indian Flag has Replaced the ISIS, Pakistan Flag in Kashmir

INDIA

The fate of Jammu Kashmir will change in the years to come under PM Modi's leadership, said Rajnath Singh said while addressing the 'Jammu Kashmir Jan Samvad rally' via video conference. He further said that soon people of Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) will demand that they want to be with India and not under the rule of Pakistan, and the day this happens, a goal of our parliament will also be accomplished, adding that under PM Modi's leadership, Jammu Kashmir will touch great heights. Speaking on the change in scenario after the abrogation of article 370, Rajnath said that earlier in Kashmir, protests demanding 'Kashmir azaadi' were held and flags of Pakistan and ISIS were seen, but now we see Indian flags here. While addressing the rally Singh also paid tribute to Sarpanch Aja...

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SIE Website Crashes Minutes Before Class 8 Online Assessments Could Start

EDUCATION

The State Institute of education website on Monday morning crashed due to the massive traffic on their website. J&K’s State Institute of Education (SIE) issued a notification on June 12 stating that it has decided to conduct an online assessment of Class 8 students from June 15 after it opted for various remote learning options online teaching, access to e-learning materials, distribution of assignment-cum-tutorials and teaching through radio and TV. The Jammu Kashmir school education department’s new order to assess Class 8 students of government schools online amid the Covid-19 lockdown has triggered anger among parents. On Monday morning, however, as many students had prepared, the website has crashed with the heavy rush of traffic on their website, even before the exams could st...

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98 Percent of Jammu Kashmir Susceptible to Coronavirus- Survey

REGIONAL

Just 2 per cent population in Kashmir has antibodies for COVID-19 and 98 per cent population is susceptible to infection and still far away from acquiring herd immunity, an ICMR survey said. Dr. Nisar-ul-Hassan, President of Doctors Association of Kashmir (DAK) said, “A sero-surveillance study conducted in Pulwama district of Kashmir by ICMR in May revealed that 2 per cent of the population surveyed showed antibodies in their blood. “The presence of antibodies means that the person had infection in the recent past and is now immune to the virus”. The findings of the survey are based on 400 blood samples wherein only 8 showed presence of antibodies. The doctor said ICMR conducted the survey simultaneously in 82 districts of the country and found that the national figure of immun...