October 2020 - Page 20 of 37

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Pulwama Boy Shines in NEET, Secures Over 96 Percent Points

PULWAMA, REGIONAL

A teenager from South Kashmir’s Pulwama district his parents and entire Kashmir proud by securing over 96 percent points, in the National Eligibility Cum Entrance Test (NEET) exams. A resident of Narwah Village of Ratnipora, Pulwama, Khan Basit Bilal (18) S/O Bilal Ahmad Khan, has secured 695 points out of 720. Khan Basit gave credits of success to Allah and his parents besides teachers while adding that any dream can come true if one works hard, while speaking to news agency - Kashmir News Observer (KNO). “I was expecting that I will qualify NEET. However, I never thought I will qualify it with such a percentage. Entire credit goes to teachers of Mission E Coaching Centre who showed me the right track as to how NEET can be cracked,” Basit said. He added that he studied from d...

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1 Militant Killed in Ongoing Gunfight in Anantnag

ISLAMABAD

Waris shah One Militant has been killed in the ongoing encounter broke out between militants and Government forces in Larnoo area of Kokernag belt in South Kashmir’s Islamabad (Anantnag) district. Earlier, An official told The Kashmiriyat that a joint team of Indian Army’s 19 RR, CRPF and Jammu Kashmir Police on Saturday morning launched a cordon and search operation on a tip-off about the movement of militants in this Anantnag area. He said that as the joint teams of forces approached towards the suspected spot, the hiding militants fired, which was retaliated, triggering an encounter. During the exchange of gunfire, one Militant has been killed, who is yet to be identified. The Government Forces are still conducting searches at the site of the encounter, Sources told&nbsp...

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Inhabitants, Not Tourists Will Survive in Kashmir- Sajad Lone

REGIONAL

The Chairman of Jammu Kashmir People’s Conference Sajad Lone on Friday credited the BJP for uniting all J&K parties in an unprecedented alliance to demand the restoration of the former state’s special status. He said as “inhabitants and not tourists” they will outlast the central government, reported NDTV. The decision to scrap Jammu Kashmir’s constitutional autonomy by the Centre was “short-sighted and borne out of hatred”, NDTV quoted Lone as saying, a day after the regional outfits came together to fight unitedly for the restoration of the Article 370 of the Constitution. Lone said he “felt like a stranger” after being released from year-long detention and seeing “outsiders” had taken over the reins of Jammu Kashmir. Lone, a former minister in the erstwhile BJP-PDP govern...

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Governments Will Change, But We Will Not Give up on Restoration of Article 370, Says Omar Abdullah

REGIONAL

Former Chief Minister and National Conference leader Omar Abdullah in his first interview to India Today TV has made it clear that “no government lasts ever,” and that “we will not give up” on restoration of special status for JK. The declaration came in two parts; the first emerged a day before the Centre revoked the special status of J&K on August 4, 2019, reaffirming J&K identity. The second came on August 22, this year, after the Abdullahs were released from detention. Six political parties signed the Gupkar II Declaration to renew their resolve to adhere to the 2019 declaration that was signed. It demands for the restoration of Articles 370 and 35-A. The six political parties are the National Conference, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the Indian National Con...

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Locals Rescue CRPF Personnel Injured During Road Accident in Kashmir’s Bandipora

CULTURE

In yet another amazing display of humanity, locals from Nusoo area of Bandipora in North Kashmir rescued dozens of CRPF men who met an accident in the area on Friday morning. Eyewitnesses told The Kashmiriyat that a gypsy of 3 Bn of CRPF met an accident in the wee hours of Friday morning resulting in death of one CRPF man and injuries to three others. As soon as the news of the accident spread in the area, locals from nearby areas in huge numbers reached the spot of the accident and rescued the CRPF troopers from the spot of the accident. Locals also helped the CRPF personnel to reach the hospital and many provided water and first-aid to the injured personnel. This is not the first incident of its type. In the past too, locals from various localities of Kashmir have helped ...

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NTA to Declare NEET 2020 Results Soon

EDUCATION

The National Testing Agency (NTA) will declare the result of the medical entrance exam, the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) 2020 today at 4 pm as per the reports. The NEET results will be available at the NTAs official website for NEET, ntaneet.nic.in. To check them, the students will have to enter the roll number mentioned on the NEET admit card. To check NEET results on the mobile phone, students will have to log in at the official website nta.ac.in or ntaneet.nic.in and insert the credentials required. It will include the results of both September 13 and November 14 attempts. The main NEET 2020 exam was conducted during the Covid-19 pandemic. NTA will release the final NEET answer key 2020 just before the declaration of NEET result.

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Ladakh and Arunachal Pradesh Not Part of India: China

INTERNATIONAL

On Thursday, the Chinese foreign ministry issued a provocative statement about the Indian territories saying that the Union territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh and the state of Arunachal Pradesh are parts of China. Spokesperson Anurag Srivastava (MEA) replied, "The union territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh have been, are, and would remain an integral part of India. China has no locus standi to comment on India's internal matter." He further added Arunachal Pradesh is also an "integral and inalienable" part of India. "We hope that countries will not comment on India's internal matters, as much as they expect the same of others," Srivastava said. "Our position on Arunachal Pradesh has been made clear several times. Arunachal Pradesh is an integral and...

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Pak Open Fires in Jammu Kashmir’s Poonch, No Loss of Life

INDIA

On Friday, Pakistan initiated heavy firing and shelling on Indian positions and forward areas along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir's Mankote sector of Poonch district, prompting India to retaliate in equal measure. India retaliated to the firing. Defence spokesperson Lt Col Devender Anand said, at about 0515 hours (5:15 am), Pakistan initiated unprovoked ceasefire violation by firing with small arms and then switching over to mortar shelling along the LoC in Mankote sector. There was no loss of life or injury on the Indian side. Pakistani has violated the ceasefire for 18 times this month.

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WHO Trial Finds Remdesivir Has Little Effect on COVID-19 Mortality

INTERNATIONAL

A trial by WHO with four drugs including the antiviral Remedisivir in the treatment of COVID-19 has found that the repurposed medicines have little or no effect on the duration of time the patients spend in hospital or their survival. The researchers wrote in a preprint on the findings of the WHO’s Solidarity trial that was released on medRxiv, "These Remdesivir, Hydroxychloroquine, Lopinavir and Interferon regimens appeared to have little or no effect on hospitalized COVID-19, as indicated by overall mortality, initiation of ventilation and duration of hospital stay". The results have yet to be peer reviewed. The randomised trial of the drugs took place in 405 hospitals across 30 countries and involved 11,266 patients. Some 2,750 people were allocated remdesivir, 954 hydroxychlo...

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Thailand Protesters Defy State of Emergency by Rallying in Bangkok

INTERNATIONAL

Anti-government protesters plan to defy a ban on gatherings in Thailand’s capital for a third day and hold rallies across the nation, escalating a three-month-old movement in support of monarchy reform and greater democracy. Pro-democracy protesters will return to stage a demonstration in Bangkok today after tens of thousands of them defied an emergency declared by Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-Ocha on Thursday to quell the escalating demonstrations. Parit Chiwarak, arrested during the demonstration near the premier’s office on Wednesday, urged his supporters to “keep staging protests” until their demands are met. Protesters shouting “Prayuth get out” occupied the Ratchaprasong intersection in the middle of Bangkok’s main shopping district for several hours on Thursday, demanding the...