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Jan292022 by News DeskNo Comments

Indian Government purchased Pegasus spyware from Israel: Report

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The Israeli spyware Pegasus and a missile system were the "centerpieces" of a roughly USD 2 billion deal of sophisticated weapons and intelligence gear between India and Israel in 2017, according to an investigative report in The New York Times. The report titled 'The Battle for the World's Most Powerful Cyberweapon' said that the Israeli firm NSO Group had for nearly a decade been "selling its surveillance software on a subscription basis to law-enforcement and intelligence agencies around the world, promising that it could do what no one else -- not a private company, not even a state intelligence service -- could do: consistently and reliably crack the encrypted communications of any iPhone or Android smartphone." The report also referred to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to...

Jan282022 by News DeskNo Comments

Wuhan Scientists Warns Against New Combined Variation of Corona Virus- ‘NeoCov’

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Virologists and scientists from Wuhan have issued a warning which says that a new prototype combination known as 'NeoCov' has been found. 'NeoCov' which is actually being said to be the combination of MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME (MERS-COV Virus) and SARS-COV-2 virus is more dangerous and risky with maximum mortality rates and transmission capacity. The scientists are identifying it to be first discovered in the outbreaks of middle eastern countries in 2012 and 2015. Later it was categorized to be an infection only to be traced in Bat populations in South Africa. But further research states that it has similar traits like SARS-COV-2 and humans too can be affected with it. It is relatable to Spike Protein, PREDICT-2180-COV which will lead to infection in humans. Immunologists, ...

Aug172021 by News DeskNo Comments

Police Officials Snatch ID Cards of 3 Journalists Covering 8th Day of the Muharram Procession

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Umar Farooq It has come to the fore that as events unfolded on the 8th day of Muharram processions in Kashmir Valley's Srinagar, the Jammu Kashmir Police assaulted journalists who were covering the processions in the city. As reported by The Kashmiriyat earlier, on Tuesday morning, the photojournalists who were covering the Muharram procession around Jehangir Chowk were assaulted. These included Waseem Andrabi, Sajad Hameed, Mehran Bhat and Burhan Bhat. It was reported that Sajad Hameed's equipment was damaged, too. Later, in the afternoon, three Kashmir based journalists - Abdul Hamid Khan, Irshad Hussain and Basit Ali Rajput, alleged that their IDs were snatched by the police officials at around 3:15 p.m., while they were covering the Muharram procession. The Kashmiriyat got ...

Aug122021 by News DeskNo Comments

‘Code Red for Humanity’: UN’s IPCC report Warns on Climate Change

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Human activity is changing the Earth’s climate in ways “unprecedented” in thousands or hundreds of thousands of years, with some of the changes now inevitable and “irreversible”, climate scientists have warned. Within a period of the following two decades, temperatures are likely to rise by more than 1.5C above pre-industrial levels, violating the aspiration of the 2015 Paris climate agreement, and bringing widespread devastation and extreme weather. According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the world’s leading authority on climate science, only rapid and drastic reductions in greenhouse gases in this decade can prevent such climate breakdown, with every fraction of a degree of further heating likely to compound the accelerating effects. The overall evaluation of...

Aug52021 by News DeskNo Comments

Kashmiri Pandits Furious at BJP Minister Meenakshi Lekhi’s Remarks that KPs Were at Fault for Failing to Return to the Valley

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Union minister Meenakshi Lekhi has raised a controversy by inferring that Kashmiri Pandits were at fault for failing to return to the Valley, comparing their issue to migrant labourers who have returned to their workplaces after having gone home during the first wave of coronavirus pandemic. The return and rehabilitation of Kashmiri Pandits has always been leading on the ruling BJP’s agenda and the party has often forcefully criticized its opponent Congress for their failure to ensure their return. Most Kashmiri Pandits are claimed to be supporters of the BJP. As per a report by Telegraph India, the minister, while attending an online interaction with Kashmiri Pandits, was questioned by a speaker when they would be rehabilitated in Kashmir to “save their culture”. “I am really sur...

Jul312021 by News DeskNo Comments

Kashmir: 300 Militants present at 14 launch pads across LoC

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With Pakistan reactivating militant camps along the Line of Control (LoC) and re-emergence of the Al Badr outfit, militancy activities are expected to increase in Jammu and Kashmir in the coming weeks. Government sources said 225-250 militants are present across the Line of Control and an additional 30-40 militants along the International Border. Militants have been identified in 14 launch pads. There are launchpads in Tangdhar, Nowgam, Uri, Poonch and Pallanwala areas. There are two launchpads each in Machal, Krishna Ghati and Nowshera areas and three in Bhimber Gali. These are also known potential infiltration routes. Most of the militants are in the launchpad north of the Pir Panjal hills, their number between 150-165. There are areas 75-85 to the south of the Pir Panjal hills...

Jul262021 by News DeskNo Comments

Karnataka CM Yediyurappa Resigns

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Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa on Monday left the top post. The transcending Lingayat pioneer had on Sunday reported that he would take the choice on his future as Karnataka CM on July 26 when his administration finished two years in the state.buy cialis super active online https://healthcoachmichelle.com/wp-content/themes/Divi/css/new/cialis-super-active.html no prescription Talking about his conceivable renunciation, Yediyurappa on Sunday said, "We will see tomorrow. I haven't got any data from central leadership at this point. By this evening or tomorrow the first thing I'll become acquainted with. Tomorrow we will commemorate the two-year commemoration (of the Karnataka government that was chosen for power in 2019)." Yediyurappa's comments came even as BJP president...

Jul252021 by News DeskNo Comments

No Immediate Threat of Taliban Entering the Kashmir Valley: Report

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Amid the rumours and reports of Taliban entering the Kashmir valley after America's exit from Afghanistan, a security official has denied the reports saying that there is no immediate threat of the Taliban coming towards Kashmir but there is apprehension that the whole Afghan situation could embolden Militant outfits in Kashmir. Quoting a senior official, a report by Hindu said, With U.S. military almost exiting Afghanistan, the Taliban has made major advances in the last few weeks and gained new ground, raising apprehensions of their possible influx into Kashmir. “What may happen is that Militant groups in Kashmir may get emboldened by the manner of U.S. military exit in Afghanistan and Taliban gaining ground. They may do something with the confidence,” a senior defence official sai...

Jul232021 by News DeskNo Comments

The Wire’s Office Raided After Pegasus Project

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After a series of revelations under the Pegasus Project that began on the 18th of July, The Wire's office was raided today. Siddharth Varadarajan, the founding editor of The Wire took to Twitter and said that a policeman arrived at their office with "inane inquiries." "'Who's Vinod Dua?' 'Who's Swara Bhaskar?' 'Can I see your rent agreement?' 'Can I speak to Arfa?'," these were the questions posed by the policeman to the team. https://twitter.com/svaradarajan/status/1418513671764865024 And on being asked the policeman told them that he had come for a routine check-in the view of August 15. It is highly speculated that the raid has happened following the Pegasus Project revelations. A French media house, Forbidden Stories, and Amnesty International got access to the leaked...

Jul232021 by News DeskNo Comments

Pegasus Project: Two Telephone Numbers from Mehbooba Mufti’s Family Selected as Potential Targets for Surveillance while Mufti was CM

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In the new revelations made by the Pegasus Project, The Wire revealed today that more than 25 people from the Kashmir Valley were selected as targets of surveillance from 2017-2019. A number of political leaders, journalists and activists from Kashmir have made it to the list. The Wire's latest report claims that at least 2 members of the PDP Chief Mehbooba Mufti's family were targeted. It was around the time that Mufti happened to be the Chief Minister of the erstwhile state, with the PDP in coalition with the BJP. The report claims that the former chief minister's family members were chosen right before BJP decided to pull out of the coalition in June 2018. The Wire said that Mufti had declined to comment when she was asked whether she thought that there was a link. Alt...