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Hindi Makes it to Official Languages in Jammu Kashmir

EDUCATION

The Cabinet on Wednesday approved Jammu and Kashmir Official Languages Bill, 2020, said Union Minister Prakash Javadekar. “Urdu, Kashmiri, Dogri, Hindi and English to be official languages in Jammu and Kashmir under the new Bill approved by the Cabinet, said Javadekar. Javadekar said that the Union Cabinet has also approved Mission Karmayogi for bringing post-recruitment reforms in the government.

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10,281 farmers committed suicide in 2019: NCRB

INDIA

According to the latest National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) data on accidental deaths and suicides, 10,281 farmers committed suicide in 2019, slightly less than 2018 where 10,357 farmers committed suicide. The figure for daily wagers went up to 32,559 in 2019 from 30,132 in 2018. Telangana recorded the fourth-highest number of farmer suicides in India 2019 as per the report by NCRB. Around 2,858 daily-wage workers died by suicide in Telangana in 2019. So far, Maharashtra recorded the highest number of farmer suicide with 2,680 deaths, followed by Karnataka (1,331). Across the country, the major causes of deaths by suicide are poverty, unemployment, lack of quality health care, family problems, and indebtedness- lack of adequate capital to take loans from money lenders in rural ar...

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SSP Anantnag Holds Meeting With Sumo And Taxi Associations of Anantnag

OTHERS

Waris Shah SSP Anantnag, Sandeep Chaudhary, recently held a meeting with the Sumo and Taxi Associations of district Anantnag. COVID-19 protocols which need to be followed by sumos and taxies were discussed during the meeting. In order to reduce the traffic congestion in Anantnag, the streamlining of the stand system was discussed in detail during the meeting. The SSP assured that Unified Sticker System for sumos and taxies will be introduced to check the entry of unauthorised taxies in Anantnag. Senior official of Anantnag police were also a part of the meeting. The SSP emphasised the need to collectively improve the traffic condition improved with the efforts of the police and community. The representatives of associations assured that they will provide assistance to police in...

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Tunisia to form a Technocratic Government

INTERNATIONAL

On Wednesday, in a confidence vote, Tunisia’s parliament approved to form a technocratic government. This vote comes amid months of political instability in the country. The government now aims to focus on battling worsening economic and social problems. The parliament votes were split between 134 votes in favour and 67 against forming the government.

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CRPF Officer Commits Suicide In Doda District, Shoots Self With Service Rifle

REGIONAL

Mubashir Naik An ASI ranked officer of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) allegedly committed suicide by shooting himself with his service rifle in Bhaderwah in Doda district of Jammu Kashmir on Wednesday morning. Identified as Amrit Bhardwaj, 52, the deceased man is a native of Bharlipur in Naogaun district in Assam. He was an officer of the 33 Battalion. It is said that he went to the bed after returning to Battalion headquarters at Kotli from his night shift and allegedly fired upon himself four times. “He was taken to sub-district hospital in Bhadarwah, where doctors declared him as brought dead. A case under relevant sections has been registered at Police Station, Bhaderwah and investigation is being initiated,” the SP said. The body will be handed over to the CRPF af...

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India Calls for Permanently Removing Kashmir Issue from UN

INDIA

India at the United Nations has called for permanently removing the issue of Jammu Kashmir under the outdated agenda item of the India-Pakistan question from the UN Security Council. India said that the agenda, is "irrational exuberance" and has no takers in a dignified world. During a virtual informal meeting on the annual report of the Security Council, Pakistan's UN envoy Munir Akram had raked up the issue of Jammu Kashmir and said that the Security Council has also been found lacking in implementing its own resolutions and decisions on the situation in Jammu Kashmir. He added that the Council has met thrice during the last one year to consider the situation in Jammu Kashmir. India, without naming Pakistan, said that the Pakistan delegtaion keeps pushing for discussions on a...

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Seven BJP Leaders from Jammu Kashmir Test Positive For Corona virus

REGIONAL

Seven Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders from Jammu have tested positive for coronavirus disease (Covid-19) in the past five days even though the party’s headquarters in Jammu Kashmir was shut last Saturday, for 10 days, as a precautionary measure against the contagion. BJP Member of Parliament (MP) Jugal Kishore; party vice-president Narinder Singh; general secretary Sunil Sharma; general secretary (organisation) Ashok Koul; former lawmaker Shakti Raj Parihar; general secretary Vibodh Gupta and Mahila Morcha president Sanjita Dogra have been found to be infected with SARS-CoV-2 that causes Covid-19. Most of the BJP leaders are undergoing treatment at Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Narayana super speciality hospital at Kakryal in Jammu’s Reasi district. Last Saturday, the BJP’s J&...

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Post-UAE-Israel Deal, US Pushes Other Arab Countries to Follow

INTERNATIONAL

On Tuesday, after visiting the UAE with an Israeli delegation for the historic normalization talks, White House adviser and US President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, set off to other Gulf nations, seeking for more Arab countries to follow UAE's footsteps. On August 13th, the US President Donald Trump announced the historic news of the UAE and Israel joining hands to establish full diplomatic ties as part of a deal to halt further annexation, as per Isreal's 2020 plans, of land claimed by Palestinians. According to UAE state news agency WAM, Kushner stated other Arab countries could follow UAE quickly in normalizing ties with Israel. When asked when this would happen, Kushner was quoted as saying: “Let’s hope it’s months.” On Monday, Kushner and the Israeli delegation...

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Budgam Police Arrests Four “LET Associates”

REGIONAL

Sajad Hameed The Jammu Kashmir Police in Budgam along with Indian Army's 53 RR apprehended 04 persons from Pethkoot area of Beerwah, Budgam. An official identified the four as Shakil Ahmad Wani, Showkat Ahmad both residents of Pethkot Beerwah, Aqib Maqbool Khan R/O- Chedbug Budgam and Ajaz Ahmad Dar who is a resident of Cherwani in Chrarsharief.buy grifulvin online https://nouvita.co.uk/wp-content/themes/twentynineteen/inc/new/grifulvin.html no prescription Speaking to The Kashmiriyat, the official said This group was associated with Lashkar e Taiba (LET) and was involved in providing shelter and logistical support to active Militants in the area.buy viagra pack online https://nouvita.co.uk/wp-content/themes/twentynineteen/inc/new/viagra-pack.html no prescription During CASO...

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Army JCO Killed in CFV along LoC in Rajouri

REGIONAL

A Junior Commissioned Officer (JCO) of army was killed in ceasefire violation along the Line of Control in Kesser Gela area of Tarkundi sector in Rajouri district on Wednesday. Officials told news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) , that a JCO deployed on a forward post along Line of Control in Rajouri sustained injuries during ceasefire violation. "The injured personnel received injuries and succumbed later," the officials said. They said that the area where the incident took place is a forward location on Line of Control—(KNO)