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Amid Pandemic, Youth from Anantnag Town Provides Free Drive to Ferry Covid Patients, Pregnant Women to Hospital

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Amid the devastating second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, a 33-year-old man from Anantnag has come forward to help the COVID-19 affected and other patients by providing his vehicle and taking patients to hospital and back home free. Sajad Ahmad Shah, 33, a resident of Sadiqabad Anantnag, a driver by profession, drives his Eco vehicle and provides a free ride to COVID-19 affected and pregnant ladies while taking all precautions, wearing a PPE kit, sanitization and others. Considering the increasing number of coronavirus patients across the valley, Shah has been providing free services for the last few days and is ready to carry dead bodies of COVID-19 patients. Shah said that after witnessing many people including pregnant women, COVID-19 patients moving from pillar to post for a ...

May232021 by News DeskNo Comments

Non-functional ATM at Khomeini Chowk in Bemina Troubles Residents

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Firdous Qadri People in Kashmir remain confined to their homes amid Corona Lockdown. But the residents of Khomeini Chowk, Srinagar, are compelled to visit other areas to take out money to buy essential items, including medicines and food because the ATM of Bemina Khomeini Chowk seldom works. It is to be noted that the JK BANK is located right above this ATM. "Most of the time, the ATM remains non-functional, and we are fed up with visiting it every time in the hope that it will work.buy levitra soft online https://pridedentaloffice.com/wp-content/themes/Divi/includes/new/levitra-soft.html no prescription The administration should either shut it down or make it functional," Syed Sarwer, a resident, said. He further added that it is so unfortunate that Bank officials hardly visi...

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First suspected case of Black Fungus Admitted at GDC Srinagar

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A suspected Mucormycosis (Black Fungus) patient is admitted at Government Dental College (GDC) Srinagar. Officials at the Dental College Srinagar told that a suspected case of black fungus is admitted at the hospital; however, final confirmation is yet to come. Dr. Irshad Ahmad Misger, Assistant Professor at Oral & Maxillofacial department Government Dental College Srinagar, said that a patient from Srinagar tested positive for Covid-19 on May 05 this year and had recovered recently, has been admitted at GDC and is a suspected case of black fungus. He said that patient is on long-term steroids and is also suffering from “uncontrolled diabetes.” He said that they are going for a biopsy of the patient to get the final confirmation tomorrow, the report of which is likely to ge...

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Israeli Settlers Force their way into Al Aqsa Mosque in Palestine

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According to a Palestinian agency, around 50 Israeli settlers forced their way into the flashpoint Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied East Jerusalem on Sunday. In a statement, the Jordan-run Islamic Waqf Department said the settler incursion came after a hiatus of three weeks. According to eyewitnesses, Israeli police barred Palestinian youths from entering the site since dawn and imposed restrictions on the entry of worshippers into the complex. Five people, including a mosque guard, were detained by Israeli police, the Waqf Department said. Meanwhile, the head of the ultra-Orthodox United Torah Judaism Party, Moshe Gafni, called on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to keep the flashpoint compound closed to Jewish visitors, according to the KAN channel. Since last month, t...

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‘Will Help Stop Israeli Attacks Against Palestinians’- Qatar Emir calls Palestinian Authority President

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As per the reports by QNA, the Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, over a telephone call with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, has said that Qatar will pursue efforts together with other nations to help stop Israeli attacks against Palestinians. The eleven-day-long bombardment of Gaza by the Israeli forces killed at least 248 people and left more than 1,900 people injured. 12 people in Israel have been reported dead by the Hamas rocket fire from Gaza. During the bombardment, the Israeli airstrikes also hit the Qatari Red Crescent Society (QRCS) office in Gaza. The attack left two Palestinians killed and 10 others wounded. The organization condemned the targeting of its office while asserting the need to “allow relief teams to work in accordance with internation...

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Man on way to Buy Medicines, Slapped by District official, Thrashed by Policemen in Chhattisgarh

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Visuals of an incident where a man who was going to buy medicines was slapped by a district official and thrashed by policemen amid the Covid-19 lockdown have gone viral on social media. The incident occurred in Chattisgarh's Surajpur. The man, Sahil Gupta, has been booked for speeding, the police said. It can be seen in the video that the person is taking out his identity papers as the district collector, Ranbir Sharma, walks to him. The collector asks the person to give his mobile phone, and the district collector can be seen smashing the phone on the road, and suddenly, he slaps the person. The official then asks some policemen to thrash the person and scolds him for recording the incident in the video. The police have said that an FIR has been filed against the person in the vide...

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Kashmiri Journalist, Asif Sultan Completes 1000 Days in Jail

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The Kashmiri journalist Asif Sultan has completed 1000 days in jail today. He has been detained since 27 August 2018, under the Unlawful Activity Prevention Act (UAPA) for allegedly 'harnessing known militants.' His family has again refuted these claims. Asif who has completed roughly three years in Jail has been denied bail several times. Asif Sultan is a Srinagar-based journalist who covers politics and human rights for the 'Kashmir Narrator. "Asif had done a story titled 'The Rise of Burhan Wani', after which he received a lot of calls from the police to meet them. Asif told the police that he would meet them after Eid. But the police came to his house on the intervening night of 27 and 28 August and detained him." Asif got married in the year 2016, and at the time of his de...

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Eight militants killed in encounter with security personnel in Assam

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Eight Dimasa National Liberation Army (DNLA) militants were killed in an encounter with security forces in Assam''s West Karbi Anglong district, along the Nagaland border, a senior police officer said. Earlier, he had claimed six died in the exchange of fire, as the bodies of two others were yet to be recovered. Acting on a tip-off, a team of police officers and Assam Rifles personnel launched an operation, led by West Karbi Anglong Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) Prakash Sonowal. An exchange of fire ensued between the security personnel and the militants in the Michibailung area, following which eight members of the outlawed outfit were gunned down, the officer said. Six bodies were initially recovered, and two others, suspected to be that of the outfit's top leaders...

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Covid-19 Claims 32 More Lives, Over 1200 Fatalities In This Month In J&K

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At least 32 more persons succumbed to the covid-19 since last evening in Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Sunday. They said that 24 deaths were reported from Jammu, mostly at GMC Jammu, while eight deaths were reported in Kashmir with two of the victims aged between 42 and 48 years respectively, taking the overall death to 3545. 1215 of the fatalities were reported so far in this month alone, they said. The officials told that a 42-year-old from Shivpora died at SHMS hospital twelve days after being admitted to the facility. A 70-year-old man from GMC Neelipora Magam died at GMC Baramulla two days after he was admitted there. An 80-year-old man from Khawjabagh Baramulla died at covid center Indoor stadium Baramulla, four days he was admitted there. A 48-year-old man f...

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Associated Press Terminates Employee for Pro- Palestine Tweet

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The American news agency, Associated Press, terminated a new staffer, Emily Wilder, in connection with her tweets, in which she spoke about the sufferings of Palestinians and crimes committed by the Israeli government. Wilder says she had joined the AP on 3 May and was fired in less than three weeks following a smear campaign launched against her by right-wing groups including Stanford College Republicans. A spokesperson for the wire service said that ”she was dismissed for violations of AP’s social media policy during her time at AP.” He added, one person, cannot create dangerous conditions for our journalists covering the story. Every AP journalist is responsible for safeguarding our ability to report on this conflict, or any other, with fairness and credibility, and cannot take si...