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Jun272020 by News DeskNo Comments

International Flights in India to Remain Suspended till July 15

INDIA

The International Flights which were suspended in the wake of a global pandemic in India, will remain suspended till the July 15, The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA)said in a circular. The restriction, however, will not be applied on all-cargo flights and other flights specially approved services by the DGCA. “The competent authority has decided that scheduled international commercial passenger service to/from India shall remain suspended till 2359 hrs IST of 15th July 2020,” the circular read. Passenger air services were suspended on March 25 due to the nationwide lock-down to check the spread of Covid-19, although domestic air services has resumed from May 25.buy tadalista online https://www.mabvi.org/wp-content/themes/mabvi/images/new/tadalista.html no prescription...

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Release Anti-CAA Protesters: UN to India

INTERNATIONAL

United Nations (UN) human rights experts ask India to "immediately" release people arrested during the country’s highly controversial Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) protests last year. A statement by the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on Friday said, "These defenders, many of them students, appear to have been arrested simply because they exercised their right to denounce and protest against the CAA." The statement further stated that the arrests seem “clearly designed to send a chilling message to India's vibrant civil society that criticism of government policies will not be tolerated.” The UN experts statement said that the cases of arrests included "serious allegations of human rights violations" and "torture and ill-treatment" in custody. While urging...

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Covid 19 Cases India Jump From 4 to 5 Lakh cases with 6 Days

INDIA

India took just six days to jump from 4 lakh to 5 lakh covid positive cases as it recorded yet another spike of 18,552 cases on Saturday, according to IANS. The half a million cases stands at exactly 5,08,953, the Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry data show. India, now is the fourth worst covid hit nation among 213 countries, close on the heels of Russia, which is behind the US and Brazil. Maharashtra, Delhi and Tamil Nadu continue to be at the top of the national chart.buy cialis pack online https://nouvita.co.uk/wp-content/themes/twentynineteen/inc/new/cialis-pack.html no prescription buy prednisone online rxbuywithoutprescriptiononline.com/prednisone.html no prescription There are currently 1,97,387 active cases and 2,95,880 recoveries. The recovery rate continues to be ro...

Jun262020 by News DeskNo Comments

‘Enough Blood Spilled, We need Peace Now’- 5-Year-old Boy Killed in Kashmir Cross firing

WRITE-UPS

Suhail Dar Displaying the photos of his 7-year-old son, Niyan, who would waver around with paper-made airplanes, and repeat, "Papa i want to be a pilot and see the world from up there," Yaseen, a resident of Machoo area in Kulgam's Yaripora was on Thursday was added to an uncounted list of thousands of fathers who have lost their sons in the decades long conflict in Kashmir. On Friday morning, Mohammed Yasin Bhat along with his son, left for the Public health Engineering Department (PHE) in Bijbehara knowing a little, that it was the last time, he was seeing his son. "He said i was hungry, so i went inside the office, knowing less that i was sending him away forever," Yaseen told The Kashmiriyat. The Killing of Niyan has sent shock-waves across Kashmir and once again the death of...

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Administration in Jammu Kashmir Converts Forest Corporation into Public Sector

REGIONAL

Jammu Kashmir, is the first Union Territory (UT) or State in the country to convert its Forest Corporation into a registered, public sector undertaking with a share capital of ₹10 crore. G.C. Murmu has sanctioned the creation of the J&K Forest Development Corporation (JKFDC) as a registered company to replace the J&K State Forest Corporation (JKSFC) after the passage of the J&K Reorganisation Act, 2020, that created bifurcated Jammu Kashmir. Previously, the JKSFC was assigned the task to “maintaining the forests and developing them, but now the same task has been handed over to the JKFDC. The share capital of ₹10 crore, divided into one lakh equity shares worth ₹1000 each, has been earmarked underthe Companies Act, 2013, an official order of June 22, accessed by The Hi...

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DM Offices in Kashmir Witness Massive Rush as Administration Issues Domicile Certificates

REGIONAL

The District Magistrate/ the deputy commissioner throughout Jammu Kashmir are witnessing a massive rush of applicants as the Delhi-led administration has already issued Domicile certificates, one of them is a top IAS Official, Navin Kumar Choudhary, from Bihar. This fresh domicile law which was brought into force after the Indian Government led by Narendra Modi abrogated the special status of Jammu Kashmir, in August 2019, the state was put under a lock-down and bifurcated. Communication was snapped across this Himalayan region, as the Government promised that the move was undertaken majorly to ensure development in Jammu Kashmir. Earlier citizens who were Non-Kashmiris could not buy land or have access to state jobs in the region, This domicile certificate—however allows non-loca...

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Court Seeks Answers on Mian Quyoom’s Detention from JK Administration

REGIONAL

The Supreme Court on Friday issued a notice to the Jammu Kashmir administration on a petition filed by Kashmir Bar Association President Mian Abdul Qayyum challenging his detention under the Public Safety Act from August 7 last year. A bench of Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Justice BR Gavai issued notice to Jammu Kashmir seeking response till the first week of reopening of the apex court. Senior advocate Dushyant Dave and advocate Vrinda Grover, appearing for Qayyum, said they have challenged the High Court order upholding their custody under the Jammu and Kashmir Public Safety Act (PSA). The bench also gave interim directions to provide some daily essentials while keeping Qayyum in custody in Tihar Jail. Hundreds of Kashmiris were picked up during the abrogation of Article 37...

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World’s Second-Deadliest Ebola Outbreak is officially Over

INTERNATIONAL

The Democratic Republic of Congo has won the battle against Ebola, making the world’s second-deadliest Ebola outbreak over, the country’s health minister, Eteni Longondo, announced on Thursday. The World Health Organization regional director for Africa, Dr. Matshidiso Moeti, stated that the announcement was made after no new cases of Ebola were reported 42 days since the last patient tested negative. The country battled their 10th Ebola outbreak for almost two years with the help of around 16,000 front line workers. More than 2,200 lives were claimed by the outbreak, despite successful deploying of two separate vaccines. The response was continually hindered due to mistrust amongst community and violence in the country’s north-eastern provinces.

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One Minor Boy Killed in Militant Attack in Bijbehara- 1 CRPF man also killed

ISLAMABAD

Suspected Militants on Friday opened fired upon a party of Government Forces in Zirpora area of Bijbehara in South Kashmir's Islamabad (Anantnag) District. Sources told The Kashmiriyat that a Patrol Party of 90 Battalion of CRPF was fired upon by Militants at Bijbehara area of South Kashmir's Anantnag District. As per initial reports, One CRPF man has been killed in the attack, one civilian is also believed to have been killed in the attack. Hospital Sources upon being contacted told The Kashmiriyat that one of the dead bodies that has reached the hospital is of a minor boy, who is a resident of Yaripora area in Kulgam. The boy has been identified as Niyan Bhat, a minor from the Yaripora area of Kulgam District in South Kashmir. The whole area has been Cordoned off by Speci...

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New Satellite Images Show China’s ‘Military Build-Up’ on Indian Border

INDIA

Recent satellite images showcase new Chinese structures near the Line of Actual Control (LAC), in Galwan Valley. The images show bunkers, tents, and storage units for military hardware, All of which were not visible in the particular area last month. These images were published while both nations hold talks to De-escalate tensions. An Indian defence analyst, Ajai Shukla, tweeted about the presence of “A large Chinese camp in the Galwan Valley, 1.5 km into the Indian side of LAC” Clicked on June 22, 2020, these new satellite images, are from space technology company Maxar. An Indian diplomat & an expert in Ladakh affairs, P Stobdan, told the BBC that the images “show that the Chinese have built infrastructure and have not retreated", and he called the constr...