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Editors Guild Calls Gunfight Covering Directive as Draconian- Calls for Its Withdrawal

Editors Guild Calls Gunfight Covering Directive as Draconian- Calls for Its Withdrawal

REGIONAL
The editors Guild of India has issued a statement asking the Jammu Kashmir police to withdraw the advisory forbidding journalists from reporting live encounters. ALSO READ: Days After Police Directive, Journalists Allege being Stopped from Covering Encounters in South Kashmir In its statement, the Editors Guild of India has said that, Visibly, the police are giving an impression of trying to maintain peace by attempting to control the fallout of violence in a high strung environment, but what is being instead done is an attempt by the security forces to escape from any kind of media scrutiny about the flow of events behind the violence. The statement further read, "Live reporting from conflict areas, including encounters between security forces and militants, is one of the most import...

15-year-old Girl Commits Suicide in Ganderbal

REGIONAL
Shah Basit/ Rayees Shah A 15-year-old-girl committed suicide in Devipora Kurag area of Central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district on Friday. An official told The Kashmiriyat that the girl (name withheld) consumed some poisonous substance at her residence following which the family members rushed her to District hospital Ganderbal, wherefrom she was referred to SKIMS. However, doctors at SKIMS declared her as brought dead and the reason for the suicide was not immediately known. Meanwhile, police have registered a case in this read and further investigations’ have been taken up.

Covid 19 Resurge: JK Admin Constitutes High-Level Panel to Ensure Adequate, Timely Oxygen supply to Hospitals

UPDATES
The Jammu Kashmir administration Saturday constituted a high-level member committee to ensure adequate and timely supply of medical oxygen to all hospitals for meeting the requirements of Covid patients. The order issued by the Commissioner Secretary to the government Manoj Kumar Diwedi, reads that sanction is hereby accorded to the constitution of a committee to ensure adequate and timely supply of medical oxygen to all hospitals to meet the requirements of Covid-19 patients in the region. The committee will be headed by Principal Secretary to the government Industries and commerce department while its members include Divisional Commissioner, Kashmir/Jammu. Member, Director SKIMS, Principal, Government Medical College, Jammu/Srinagar, Director, NHM J&K, Director Industries &...

New Domicile Laws In Jammu Kashmir Highly Alarming: UN Human Rights Commission

INTERNATIONAL
In a rapporteur issued by the UN Human Rights Council to the Indian Government on February 10, 2021, regarding minority issues in the erstwhile state of Jammu Kashmir after the unilateral revocation of its autonomy under article 370 of the Indian Constitution. The organization has demanded from the Indian Government response to the serious concerns about the rights of the natives of the erstwhile state. The rapporteur quoted various Human Rights Council resolutions and raised concerns about the reduced political representation and participation of the various native groups in the area, i.e., Kashmiri, Dogri, Gojri, Pahari, Sikh, Ladakhi and the other minorities. It states that according to the information received via various Special Procedures mandate holders, the government had ...

‘Our Imam Asked us to Help Him’- Muslims Collect Donations For Treatment of Hindu Boy Critically Injured in Doda

REGIONAL
In yet another instance of communal harmony, the Muslim community of Gandoh Bhalessa area in Doda district here has collected donations for the treatment of a Hindu boy, who was critically injured in a road accident at Ghat Doda last week. The members of the Muslim community at Gandoh Bhalessa collected donations for the injured Hindu boy after mandatory Friday prayers yesterday. A video has also gone viral on social media in which the members of the Muslim community could be seen seeking help from the general public for the treatment of a boy identified as Deepak Kumar of Barshalla Thathri, presently admitted in ICU at GMC Jammu. A local from the area told KNO that the religious cleric during the Friday sermons asked them to collect donations for the needy Hindu boy. “Our Imam...

Israeli Warplanes Conduct Strikes in Gaza for the Second Consecutive Day

INTERNATIONAL
The Israeli warplanes and helicopters conducted airstrikes in the blockaded Gaza Strip. No casualties were reported following the attack, according to an Anadolu Agency reporter in the field. https://twitter.com/no_itsmyturn/status/1383194943385174026?s=1002 "We hit targets belonging to the Palestinian resistance group Hamas, an ammunition factory and a tunnel used for weapons shipments in Gaza," The Israeli army claimed on Twitter. They said that the strikes came after a rocket launched from Gaza. The densely populated Gaza Strip has been under an Egyptian-Israeli blockade since 2007, when Hamas took over the strip. At least 2,160 Palestinians were killed, most of them civilians, and some 11,000 injured in an Israeli onslaught against the Gaza Strip in 2014.

Amid Rising Covid Cases, Students Fear Losing Another Academic Year

EDUCATION
Mehran Bhat After being stuck at home for two years due to the lockdown post abrogation of 370 in August 2019 and Covid-19 Students are in distress fearing one more year of academic loss. Kashmir witnessed a surge in Covid-19 cases in the past couple of weeks forcing authorities to impose a fine and conduct rapid antigen tests on all persons found without a mask in public places. Students say back-to-back lockdowns are taking a toll on their studies as well as mental health. Sualiha a student at women's college Srinagar said after remaining at home for so long she is happy joining college back but with the cases surging she fears another lockdown. She said colleges are already having an odd-even schedule which is allowing a crowd-free environment on the campus but the main proble...

Covid 19- 1144 Test Positive, 2 Dead in Last 24 Hours in Jammu Kashmir

REGIONAL
Sheikh Nadeem 1144 new COVID19 cases reported in Jammu Kashmir on Friday, out of which 414 cases have been reported from the Jammu division and 730 from the Kashmir division. An official confirming the data to The Kashmiriyat said that 02 persons have died of the virus, 01 from Jammu Division and 01 from Kashmir Division The district-wise details: Srinagar reported 407 cases, Baramulla 89, Budgam 97, Pulwama 45, Kupwara 11, Anantnag 30, Bandipora 12, Ganderbal 5, Kulgam 33, Shopian 1, Jammu 223, Udhampur 29, Rajouri 33, Doda 10, Kathua 32, Samba 23, Kishtwar 4, Poonch 6, Ramban 11 and Reasi 43. The Total number of cases now at 1,44,021 including 10620 active cases, 1,31,353 recoveries, and 2048 deaths

Even Women are not Spared in Naya Kashmir, Says Mehbooba Mufti After Woman Booked under UAPA

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The former Chief Minister of Jammu Kashmir and the president of Jammu Kashmir People's democratic party, Mehbooba Mufti on Friday condemned the slapping of UAPA against Saima Akhter who was seen questioning the Government Forces in a viral video. ALSO READ: Woman Seen Shouting at Forces During CASO Booked under UAPA in Kulgam Taking to Twitter, Ms. Mufti wrote, "Saima Akhter from Kulgam has been slapped with UAPA for raising legitimate questions about searching her home repeatedly without any reason. Saima’s ailing mother understandably exacerbated her worries. When it comes to cruelty even women aren't spared in Naya Kashmir.buy fluoxetine online blackmenheal.org/wp-content/languages/new/noprescription/fluoxetine-no-prescription.html no prescription " Earlier The Kashmiriyat reported...

Covid 19- India Records the Highest Cases in a Day as 2,17,353 Test Positive

INDIA
New cases of coronavirus infection in India were recorded above 2 lakh for the second day, taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 1,42,91,917 according to the Union Health Ministry data. A total of 2,17,353 new infections were registered in a day, while the death count increased to 1,74,308 with 1,185 daily new fatalities, the data updated at 8 am showed.buy cymbalta online https://www.mabvi.org/wp-content/themes/mabvi/images/new/cymbalta.html no prescription Meanwhile, one hundred new hospitals will get their own oxygen plants with funds from the PM-CARES fund, the government said on Thursday, amid a surge in coronavirus cases that has battered healthcare services across the country and left several states scrambling for treatment essentials.
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