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Hospital in Budgam has no Basic Facilities, Locals Aghast

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Shah Basit/ Rayees Shah The ailing healthcare of Kashmir has made news for all the wrong reasons in the recent past, ranging from medical negligence to doctors refusing to treat patients, however, the local administration seems to be doing less or nothing to stop such massive rise of complaints against the healthcare in the Himalyan valley of Kashmir. In a similar case, the primary health care centre (PHC) in Krimshore area of Central Kashmir's Budgam is defunct as the hospital has no basic facilities for the patients. Speaking to The Kashmiriyat, the locals alleged that the hospital was built to please the public of the area, but has no basic health infrastructure to help the hospital, which is visited by people from dozens of villages in this Central Kashmir district. "There ...

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Libya: Protests over Corruption, Poor Services

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For the second consecutive day, on Monday, dozens of people took out protests in Misrata, Libya, against the corruption, deteriorating living conditions, and worsening public services in the country. A day before, hundreds of people rallied in Misrata and over 1,000 people took to the streets in the capital, Tripoli, against similar concerns. Libya, a major oil producer North African country, has been conflict-ridden since longtime ruler Muammar Gaddafi was killed and overthrown by the NATO supported uprising in 2011. The country has now been divided into the west and the east. Where the west is administered by the Government of National Accord (GNA), backed by Turkey and recognized by the United Nations. The east is administered by the Haftar forces which are backed by Egypt, Rus...

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Casual Labourers of Municipal Committee Stage Protest in Anantnag, Demand Regularization

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Sheikh Nadeem Hundreds of casual labourers on Tuesday afternoon staged a protest in Anantnag and were demanding regularisation of their services. According to the correspondent, these employees raised slogans against the authorities and appealed LG of Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir to look into their problems. These employees said they have been working in the department from the last 10 years but the department has not regularised their services. They said they are unable to meet both ends. “We are also facing the financial crisis in their families as their wages are pending in the different departments. But we are demanding the government for the implementation of the minimum wages act. So, these temporary employees will also get the relief if it will be implemented upon ...

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West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee Requests Central Government To Postpone JEE Main, NEET

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Amid the nation-wide concern regarding the safety of students who have applied to appear for competitive exams, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has requested the Central Government to postpone NEET and JEE Main 2020 and to conduct the same after the situation is "conducive again". Mamta Banerjee also said that it is our responsibility to ensure the safety of students while the nation is fighting coronavirus pandemic. She had also opposed conducting university exams which put student lives altogether at risk. However, the Supreme Court (SC) refused to conduct NEET at overseas centres.buy clomiphene online buy clomiphene no prescription The apex court asked the centre allow NEET aspirants from foreign countries to travel to India through its own Vande Bharat scheme after a ...

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Rohingya Politicians Excluded from Contesting in Upcoming Myanmar Elections

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An aspiring politician, Abdul Rasheed's foreign roots become a major setback in upcoming elections in Mayanmar even though he is among those few Rohingya Muslim's who have citizenship of Myanmar. Rasheed had planned to contest on November 8th general election under the democratic government led by Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi. Rasheed in an interview said, "We have all these documents that the government issued, and they don't accept the fact that my parents are citizens. I feel bad about that and concerned." The election law authorities cancelled 6 nominations as they failed to prove their parents were citizens at the time of their birth. The election is another important test for Myanmar as it makes a transition away from the military rule but rights groups say the disqual...

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Another Journalist Murdered in Uttar Pradesh

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Not more than a month after a journalist was shot dead in front of his two daughters in Uttar Pradesh's Ghaziabad, yet another journalist in Uttar Pradesh has been killed in the BJP-led state. Ratan Singh, working with a Hindi news channel was on shot dead by unknown gunmen on Monday night in Ballia district of Uttar Pradesh. Ratan Singh, was killed in the Fefana area of the Balia district on Monday, the police said, who also linked his killing to a family dispute, a claim that was refuted by the family as baseless and False. "Ratan Singh, a journalist working with a Hindi news channel was shot dead on Monday night in Phephana. He has been identified as Ratan Singh (45). We are investigating the case,” Additional Superintendent of Police Sanjay Yadav said, as per news reports. ...

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Colombia’s Rural Districts Witness Spate of Killings by Unknown Perpetrators

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In rural regions of Colombia young people have been killed by unknown perpetrators for the unknown reason which has invoked fear among the communities. In just 12 days more than 35 people have been killed. Alvaro Caicedo, the father of a victim, said he found his 15-year-old son, Jose’s and other four lifeless brutally tortured and then murdered bodies in Llano Verde neighbourhood in the western Colombian city of Cali. "When the children didn't come home, I was the first parent to go out looking. We went to the police station, then we walked all around, to places we knew he usually went. When I heard he was with a group of other children, I felt more relaxed. But, we found all of them, they'd been tortured, cruelly murdered, it was horrible,” said Caidedo. He further said that ...

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Algeria to Hold Referendum on Constitution to Boost Democracy

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After months-long protests and 2019 demonstrations that toppled former president Abdelaziz Bouteflika, Algeria has now fixed November 1st as a date to hold a referendum on a new constitution that meets public demands of boosting democracy and giving parliament a greater role, the Algerian presidency confirmed on Monday. Earlier this year a draft was revealed that stated the new constitution of the North African country would give the prime minister and parliament more power to govern the nation of 45 million people. The referendum announcement comes after President Abdelmadjid Tebboune, elected last December, continuously vowed to establish political and economic reforms and to meet demands of protesters that managed to remove Algeria's former president Bouteflika in April 2019. T...

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Delimitation to Increase Seven Seats in Jammu Kashmir, Domicile Holders to be Added in Voter List

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Salman Shah The Data on delimitation of five states including Jammu Kashmir, Ladakh has been prepared, as per official Sources, The Delimitation Commission has collected from all these states the Census of 2011 and other related data till June 15. Meanwhile, the commission has banned the formation of new tehsils, districts and other administrative units in all these states, including Jammu Kashmir, reports said. They said that, "if a new Panchayat or Tehsil is formed, it will not be included in the ambit of delimitation." On the other hand, the office of the Delimitation Commission opened on Monday at Ashoka Hotel in New Delhi. With the opening of the office, now the work of delimitation will accelerate. On Monday, the delimitation commission office was inaugurated in the prese...

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Man, Buffaloes Killed Due to Landslide

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A 40-year-old man was killed and five of his buffaloes were also killed in a landslide in Khandi Gali Dok of Thakrakot Tehsil of Reasi District here on Monday. Officilas told local news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), Wali Muhammad, son of Gulab Din, resident of Upper Tuli Chassana, who had taken his cattle to Khandi Gali Dhok in Thakrakot Tehsil for grazing his buffaloes in Dhok when landslide took place. "He alongwith his five buffaloes were buried alive," the officials said