Month: March 2023

Authorities in Jammu Kashmir are all set to implement the Students Police Cadet (SPC) Scheme among the students of 8th and 9th standard. In this regard, OSD with Director of School Education Kashmir (DSEK) has sought details of already identified students from Chief Education Officers (CEOs) of the region. The news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) has leant that the OSD in a letter to CEOs has said, “I am directed to request you to furnish the list of already identified students of 8th and 9th class for Implementation of SPC scheme in the UT of Jammu & Kashmir.” The officer has further said that the list should reach DSEK by or before March-6-2023. According to the official documents, more than 1400 students of classes 8th and 9th have been identified from all districts o...

Inspector General of CRPF (operations) Kashmir M S Bhatia Friday said that the force is in constant touch with the Kashmiri Pandits across the Valley in a bid to strengthen their security further. “We are in constant touch with the KPs wherever they are in the Valley. All efforts are being made to strengthen their security and provide them all possible security cover,” Bhatia told reporters at Bijbehara, Anantnag, as per news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), on the sidelines of a function. He said that security of all the minority pickets in South Kashmir and elsewhere is being reviewed on daily basis to ensure safe and secure environment to KPs. To a query about the number of active militants in Kashmir, he said that the number keeps fluctuating and it won’t be possible to commen...

On world hearing day, the Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) on Friday warned against the excessive use of earphones. “Overuse of earphones at higher volumes over a prolonged period of time can result in hearing loss,” said DAK President Dr. Nisar ul Hassan. Dr. Hassan said the younger generation is particularly vulnerable because they are glued to their personal listening devices like earphones, headphones and earbuds. They plug these devices into their smartphones and listen to many hours at volumes exceeding the safe limit. “Young people often choose volumes as high as 105 decibels,” he said “The safe sound levels are around 85 decibels for adults and 75 decibels for children.” The DAK President said more people are coming with hearing issues due to the overuse of earph...

The Jammu Kashmir Public Service Commission (JKPSC) which is the apex body for recruitment of gazetted posts has advertised 285 vacancies for the post of the Assistant Professor. Pertinently, the JKPSC has not advertised even a single post for the media department. In its most recent announcement, the commission requested online applications for the hiring of Assistant Professors in a number of fields for the Jammu and Kashmir higher education department. The submission of applications will start on March 3. By using the JKPSC website, interested candidates can submit their applications through March 31, 2023, and they can make changes from April 1 to April 3. Candidates' maximum ages are 40 for OM and 43 for RBA, SC, ST, EWS, ALC, PSC, and OSC applicants. Candidates for PHC...

An old stone sculpture which may be thousands of years old has been found during an excavation in Sivali village of Doda district of Jammu Kashmir. As per news reports, the people of the local village were digging for water, when they notices the sculptures buried about 10 feet below the ground. Seeing the artifacts of these idols, it is said that the stone belongs to the Mahabharata period. At present, the local has demanded an investigation by the Archaeological Survey of India.