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While media is constitutionally the fourth pillar of democracy, Indian journalists  in general, and particularly those from Jammu Kashmir (J&K) have been facing the wrath of direct and indirect attempts to curb the freedom of the press in the valley. ALSO READ: New Media Policy- An Affront, Aimed to Manage the Narrative of Kashmir The threats are not limited to random phone calls, hate mails or trolling on social media platforms. The freedom of the press in the valley is crushed by summoning, arresting and even killing the journalists. Shujaat Bukhari, founding editor of the Rising Kashmir, was assassinated in broad day-light in June 2018. Qazi Shibli, editor of the Kashmiriyat, was detained for over nine months under the Public Safety Act (PSA). There have been several FIRs again...

The central board of school education (CBSE) has dropped the once Key chapters like Food Security in India, Secularism, Democratic Rights, Federalism and Citizenship from school courses to reduce the burden on students amid the coronavirus crisis, NDTV reported. CBSE on Tuesday announced that the syllabus for 2020-21 would be reduced reason- the coronavirus pandemic. The board has revised the Economics and Political Science courses for grades 9 to 12. The chapters "completely deleted" from the Class 11 Political Science syllabus include Federalism, Citizenship, Nationalism, and Secularism. "India's Relations with its Neighbours: Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and Myanmar" have also been deleted for the present session from the chapter on India's Foreign Policy. For ...

End-of-term exams in colleges and educational institutions pending since the month of March due to the lockdown can now be held, maintaining all safety measures, the Union Home Ministry has said on Monday. NDTV Reported, that the ministry has written to the Higher Education Secretary, permitting the long pending exams. The final term examinations are to be compulsorily conducted as per the UGC Guidelines and academic calendar for the Universities and as per the Standard Operating Procedure approved by the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, the letter said. So far, several states in India, including Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, and Haryana cancelled all higher education exams and decided to promote students on the basis of previous performances.

The Indian Ministry of Home Affairs has directed that all educational institutions shall remain closed across India till July 31. The MHA has issued directives at a time when various universities in Kashmir including University of Kashmir have directed employees to attend duties amid COVID-19 lockdown. “MHA has issued guidelines, whereby it has been directed that colleges and educational institutions will remain closed till 31.buy amoxicillin online https://gilbertroaddental.com/wp-content/themes/twentysixteen/inc/new/amoxicillin.html no prescription 07.2020. It has been further stated that online/distance learning shall continue to be permitted and shall be encouraged,” the MHA said in its order issued on June 30. “In order to ensure the safety of the faculty members/ teachers/...

The Central Board of School Education (CBSE)  in India has said that exams scheduled from July 1 to July 15 stand cancelled, amid the ongoing global pandemic. The board said that it will conduct exams when the condition allows/ is conducive. The Supreme Court earlier asked the CBSE if it will give students the option to appear for the exams later or will declare result on the basis of internal assessment Marks. The Board said that Class 12 students will be given a choice to opt out of exam. "Students who choose not to appear for remaining papers will be assessed on the basis of last 3 exams," the board said. Those students who opt to appear for the exam will have to wait for the examinations to happen till the situation is conducive, but the results shall be declared by Mid Aug...

Sheikh Nadeem Community schooling is a novel option to combat academic loss of students occurred due to pandemic of the COVID-19. Many schools in the Kashmir valley have started this initiative and in this noble deed higher secondary school Damhal is not lagging behind. "Few days back, all our staff members unanimously decided to carry out community schooling somewhere outside our institution with necessary protocol and health advisory to be followed. Within days, we witnessed a flood of students coming from different corners who are very much eager to learn even in the prevailing hard times," a teacher said, Khurshid Ahmed, a teacher told The Kashmiriyat. Khurshid says that the syllabus of students would be completed within a stipulated time and shortly after that,mock test would be c...

Cluster University Srinagar and Cluster University Jammu will conduct the exam to promote students to the next semester. The CUJ has decided to conduct the college wise and school (faculty) for all semesters from 1st July. The authorities will provide one-time relaxation to the students in the exam pattern. The University will conduct the terminal semester exams from July 1 to July 15, 2020, and the date sheet form the same will be issued by the principals of the respective college. Similarly, college wise UG intermediate semester examinations for 2nd, 4th, and 5th semester will take place after 16th July, Vice-Chancellor Cluster University Srinagar informed that CUS will conduct examinations for the final year (6th semester) students as per the University Grant Commission (UGC) g...

The State Institute of education website on Monday morning crashed due to the massive traffic on their website. J&K’s State Institute of Education (SIE) issued a notification on June 12 stating that it has decided to conduct an online assessment of Class 8 students from June 15 after it opted for various remote learning options online teaching, access to e-learning materials, distribution of assignment-cum-tutorials and teaching through radio and TV. The Jammu Kashmir school education department’s new order to assess Class 8 students of government schools online amid the Covid-19 lockdown has triggered anger among parents. On Monday morning, however, as many students had prepared, the website has crashed with the heavy rush of traffic on their website, even before the exams could st...

February 27 Since September 11, 2001, it seems like the basis of this crazy idea of peace, is nearly impossible to find in the world we live in today. In a world, where deaths are celebrated and the thought of war is fueled by scripted movies, not knowing that an escalation may lead to capturing of a human being and a heavy toll on human life. In a world where we hear and learn about the world, and even about what’s going on in our own nation, through one lens, which is the media. But never has this lens been more narrow and more extreme than it is today. We do not have a mainstream media anymore; we have an extreme, corporate media beating the drums of war. Kashmiris know the cost of war that has been at our door steps for the past many decades. We have endlessly suffered during ...

The Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI), which was barged into by Delhi Police after being one of the main centres of the anti-CAA protests in New Delhi has been ranked among the top ten universities of India by the HRD Ministry of India. Jawahar Lal Nehru, which has often been labelled as Anti national University, has also figured among the top 10 universities in the country. Aligarh Muslim University has also surfaced among the top twenty universities in the rankings, which includes the various Indian Institute of Technologies and institutes of national importance with the public universities. The Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College of AMU is the ninth best Indian medical college in the rankings. The Zakir Hussain College of Engineering in AMU has been ranked 35th among engineering colle...