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Facebook Fears Crackdown on Right-wing Groups will Harm its Business Prospects in India, Report

INTERNATIONAL

The Facebook's security workforce earlier this year concluded that Bajrang Dal supported violence towards minorities throughout India and sure certified as a “harmful group” that needs to be banned from the platform, in keeping with folks acquainted with the matter, but the Organization, as per a report published in Wall Street Journal concluded that cracking down on Bajrang Dal would possibly endanger each the corporate’s enterprise prospects and its employees in India. In addition to risking infuriating India’s ruling Hindu nationalist politicians, banning Bajrang Dal from its platform would possibly precipitate bodily assaults towards Facebook personnel or services, the report warned. Fb that has employees on the bottom has lately invested $5.7 billion in a brand new retail enter...

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‘Kashmir Stands with Farmers’- Activists Hold Candle Light March in Srinagar

REGIONAL

Irshad Hussain Scores of Gurmut Taksal (IGS) activists along with other social activists from Kashmir staged a peaceful candlelight protest in Srinagar on Sunday evening seeking a rollback of the three new farm bills passed by the Indian parliament in September this year. The members of the organization holding placards that read: “No farmer, no food”, “we stand with farmers”, “Punjab resist against black laws” and “down with BJP ”, "Kashmir stands with Farmers" "Modi shah Hosh Mai Aao". Malkit Singh Babbar, President Gurmat Taksal IGS social Religious Activist, said, "Farmers are sitting at Delhi border from last 14 days, but Government of India is not taking them seriously, which is very shameful farmers feed us but our genuine demands are being put into the back burner. " A...

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India Aiming to Surpass China in Mobile Manufacturing, Says Ravi Shankar Prasad

BUSINESS

India is aiming to surpass China in the field of mobile manufacturing with the production-linked incentive (PLI) scheme attracting global majors in this segment to the country, Ravi Shankar Prasad, the telecom and IT minister said on Monday. Addressing a meeting of industry chamber FICCI, as per Hindustan times, the minister said that the government is looking to make India a hub of other electronic products as well with the expansion of the PLI scheme to other sectors. “We wanted India to become the second largest mobile manufacturer in the world.buy suhagra online https://healthcoachmichelle.com/wp-content/themes/Divi/css/new/suhagra.html no prescription Now I am pushing India to surpass China. That’s my goal and I am very clearly defining it." India became the second largest ...

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ACB Conducts Fresh Raids in Kashmir’s Sopore

REGIONAL

Shabir Khan The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) is carrying out fresh raids in Sopore area of North Kashmir's Baramulla district. An official speaking to The Kashmiriyat said that on Monday morning a team of the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) assisted by Government Forces searched at least three locations in Sopore area of Kashmir. The SSP Sopore confirming the incident said, "there have been raids, but the details will follow only after the conclusion of the operation."

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PSO of PDP Leader Shot at in Srinagar

REGIONAL

Unidentified gunmen attacked a Personal Security Officer of a PDP leader at Natipora area of Srinagar leaving him critically injured, officials said. A police official told news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that unidentified gunmen fired at Manzoor Ahmed Belt number 328, a selection grade constable, at Natipora leaving him critically injured. “He was guarding PDP leader Pervez Ahmed,” he said. Sources said that Manzoor had gone to the market to buy milk and he was shot at near the entry gate of the PDP leader Pervez. “Manzoor has been shifted to SMHS hospital.buy super avana online https://alvitacare.com/wp-content/themes/twentytwentyone/classes/new/super-avana.html no prescription He received gunshot wounds in his belly,” they said, adding that the injured has been shifte...

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Chill Intensifies in Kashmir, Minus 17.6 Degree Celsius Recorded in Drass

REGIONAL

Due to overnight partial cloud cover across J&K and Ladakh, night temperatures dropped further as Drass town recorded minus 17.6 degrees Celsius and Gulmarg ski resort recorded minus 7.6 degrees Celsius as minimum temperatures on Sunday. “Weather is expected to remain mainly dry during this week and due to clear night the minimum temperatures are likely to drop further in J&K and Ladakh,” an official of the MeT department said. Srinagar recorded 0.1, Pahalgam minus 3.2 and Gulmarg minus 7.6 degrees as minimum temperatures on Sunday. Leh town of Ladakh recorded minus 13.8, Kargil minus 12.6 and Drass minus 17.6 degrees as the night’s lowest temperatures. Drass is the second coldest inhabited place in the world where the minimum temperature dropped to minus 60 degrees Ce...

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‘Kashmir is Very Close to my Heart’- Shahid Afridi vows Full Support to Pakistan’s Kashmir Premier League

SPORTS

Former Pakistani captain Shahid Afridi has expressed his full support to Kashmir Premier League (KPL) and said that he is honoured to be the brand ambassador of the league. “Kashmir is close to my heart and I would love to support the league in whatever capacity I am asked to,” the acclaimed Pakistani all-rounder said, adding that he had visited Kashmir and was mesmerised by the beauty of the area which was justified in being called as ‘paradise on earth.’ He said further said that throughout his cricketing career, he had played for many teams but he would love to play for the KPL which would provide him an opportunity to return his love he gets from the people of Kashmir. Kashmir Committee Chairman Shehryar Khan Afridi on Saturday launched the Kashmir Premier League (KPL) as the...

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CASO Launched in Villages along Mughal Road

REGIONAL

The Government forces in Poonch district launched a Cordon and Search Operation (CASO) in villages along the Mughal Road. Officials told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that there are inputs about suspicious movement in higher reaches of Dugran village in Surankote. "The village falls near famous tourist spot Noori Chamb along Mughal Road " the officials said, adding that both Army and Police teams have cordoned villages in the area where intense searches are going on.buy tadora online https://pavg.net/wp-content/themes/twentynineteen/fonts/new/tadora.html no prescription "Senior officers of Army and Police are on the spot," said officials—(KNO)

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‘We will continue to Seek Justice’- Anti-CAA Protests Re-Launched in Assam

INDIA

The Anti Citizenship Amendment Act protests have been relauched in Assam by 18 Organization during a massive rally on Friday. The All Assam Students’ Union (AASU) has said that it has also decided to revive the anti-CAA protests from Saturday by starting ‘Gono Hoonkar’, meaning public outcry, the agitation aims to press for repealing of the act. “The government has to repeal the CAA, that has already taken the lives of five Assamese citizens including innocent students during the agitation last year. The families of the five martyrs and AASU will continue to seek justice.” Meanwhile, an anti-CAA forum of political parties and organizations in Assam has called for a united fight against the contentious Citizenship Amendment Act. The move is aimed at galvanizing anti-CAA forces...

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‘Our Lives, Properties are at Risk’- Locals of Budgam Kashmir Demand Relocation of IAF Firing Range

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Saif Ali A woman named Fatima Begum who is the wife of Ghulam Rasool Rather, a local resident of Wolina area in Budgam was hit by a bullet, after which she had to be shifted to the hospital for treatment, it was not the first incident of its type and it surely cannot be last, if the residential area continues to be used as a Firing range. The Firing range of the Indian Air foce at the Sheikh ul Alam International airport Srinagar is located very opposite to the village. Speaking to The Kashmiriyat the locals said that they have approached the administration and undertaken every legal procedure to stop the area from being used as a firing range. "But every time from Deputy commissioner Budgam to every other office we have received only lame promises, and excuses from all the seati...