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Five Kashmiri youth are making a huge effort to create Wikipedia in the Kashmiri language so that vast literature in the Kashmiri Language could be brought to the digital format. Kashmiri language Wikipedia is an online encyclopedia project written and maintained by the Kashmiri youth – Iflaq, Iman Qazi, Tajamul, Risha Bhat. The project led by Syed iflaq, a radiology student from Srinagar is open-source on the web in collaboration with the Wiki-based editing system. Iflaq said that most of the volunteers working for the project of Kashmiri Wikipedia are not language experts but their love for their mother tongue is driving them to take up this work. Since 2021, these volunteers have been creating new pages and checking the dictionaries for spellings so that the pages remain err...

Jammu Kashmir has the second-highest carbon reserves in the country after Andaman and Nicobar Islands, according to a report published by the Indian Government's NITI Aayog. Carbon reserves is the amount of carbon that has been sequestered from the atmosphere and is now stored within the forest ecosystem, mainly within living biomass and soil, and to a lesser extent also in deadwood and litter. In its report titled `State Energy and Climate Index’, NITI Aayog has revealed that Jammu Kashmir has 94.5 tonnes of carbon stock per hectare of forest land while the emission intensity of Carbon in Jammu Kashmir forests is 98.2 tonnes per hectare. The report also revealed that the increase in the forest cover from 21,358 sq. km in 2019 to 21,387 sq KM in 2021, has led to the improvement in...

The Sopore police on Sunday sealed a bread making unit in Sopore area of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district after a video went viral showing baker kneading dough with feet. Quoting sources Kashmir Despatch reported that the unit was sealed and two people were arrested as soon as the video surfaced on social media. Earlier in the video, few people claimed that they saw the bakers kneading the dough with their feet and the dough even had the feet signs. “The bread is used by people across the town and such an unhygienic way of kneading the dough is not only unacceptable but asks for severe action against such bakers,” the locals said. Soon after the video, the Sopore police swung into action and arrested two people involved in the act. While confirming the incident, SHO Sopore...

Posters are being circulated in the name of "Lashkar e Islam", an outfit that no longer exists in the Kashmir and perhaps ended with the killing of its commander in the year 2017. This is not the first time, however, that such posters have been circulated in the name of Lashkar e Islam. Earlier in August 2016, similar posters had appeared in the outfit's name asking Kashmiri Pandits to leave the Kashmir valley. The Police officials had denied the authenticity of the posters calling it a 'handiwork' of miscreants. On Wednesday, a Kashmiri Hindu was shot at in the Pombay area of Kulgam by unknown gunmen. Identified as Satesh Singh, a local Rajput Hindu, the 45-year-old was shifted to the hospital. However, he succumbed to his injuries on the way to the hospital leving behind a fami...

Unemployment in Jammu Kashmir is growing at a rapid pace and it is causing concern among the people of the region. Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE) has pegged India’s unemployment rate at 7.9 per cent, while Jammu Kashmir has an unemployment rate of 25.0 per cent for the month of March compared to 13.2 per cent in the month of February. The CMIE data reveals that the unemployment rate is the highest in the region since November 2016. In November 2016 the unemployment rate was 29.9 per cent. The rising rate of unemployment rate in Jammu Kashmir continues to be a major issue for the youth of the region. Directorate of Employment in 2021 witnessed three lakh registrations by postgraduates and PhD degree holders. In the same year, Jammu Kashmir Service Selection Board...

The healthcare workers across Jammu Kashmir in general and Sher e Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS) in particular are worried about the rising trend of cancer cases in Jammu Kashmir. According to estimates from the Union Health Ministry in 2021, Jammu Kashmir reported 12675 cancer cases in 2019, 13012 in 2020, and 13354 in 2021. Against the total patient load of 4800 in 2021, SKIMS has received 1110 cases in the first three months (Jan 1 to March 31) of 2022. In the last few years, the highest number of cancer patients registered at Regional Cancer Center SKIMS Soura were affected with cancer in their lungs. An official at SKIMS Radio Oncology Department revealed that, Lung cancer was predominant among the male cancer patients received by the institution this year so far,...

On Monday, representatives of the Sikh community gathered in a huge number, agitated and held talks with the administration of the Heritage School, Jammu, after the school denied a female Sikh student entry because she had covered her head with a 'Chunni' or a dupatta. As per media reports emerging from the site, it has come to the fore that a female Sikh student was objected entery to the school due to Kara, Kirpan and the Chunni, which is the head cover, worn by the 9th grade female student. The student was asked to get rid of these if she wanted to attend classes in the school. Upon this, the student's parents reached the school. The father of the 9th grade female student, Harneet Singh, told the media that their child had gone to the school after a long break owing to the Covi...

23-year-old youth from Veeri area of south Kashmir's Bijbehara who had gone missing from his home in the August last year has been killed in an encounter in the Rainawari area of central Kashmir's Srinagar district. Rayees, as per the Police had joined the militant outfit Lashkar e Taiba and was accused in to FIRs including a case of Improvised Explosive Device’ (IED) attack on security forces in Anantnag, whihc was lodged against him in the same month in which he went missing. According to the police, Rayees joined militant ranks in August 2021. He was 'C' category militant in their list. Speaking to The Kashmiriyat over the phone, a family member of the youth identified as Rayees Ahmed Veeri has said, "He went to the gym on Friday (August 06,2021) and said that he will return ba...

34 persons from outside have purchased properties in Jammu Kashmir after the abrogation of article 370, the Government informed the parliament. on Tuesday, Mos Home Nithyanand Rai informed the house that thirty-three outsiders have purchased land in the Jammu division and one in Kashmir valley's Ganderbal district after the BJP government abrogated Article 370 and scrapped permanent residence laws. The owners who have sold the land to the outsiders are residents of Jammu, Reasi, Udhampur and Ganderbal district.buy tadasiva online https://calibudsman.com/wp-content/themes/shoptimizer/inc/core/functions/new/tadasiva.html no prescription This is a breaking news. Refresh the item for Updates.

A Kashmiri Pandit social activist, Sunil Pandita who recently spoke against the recently released film, 'The Kashmir files' has gone into hiding after unknown persons attacked his house in Jagti colony- a housing colony of Kashmiri pandits in Jammu area. He said that after his video went viral some goons took out a rally and camped outside his house for half an hour abusing and threatening my wife when I was not at home. "They have been sending me threat messages. I am a Kashmiri Pandit who has seen extreme pressure of migration, but I will not stop speaking the truth," Sunil told ETV Bharat at an undisclosed location. Sunil said that he has been receiving messages that he will be killed. "There is a truth to migration that Kashmiri Pandits have been used by the Bhartiya Janta Party ...