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In a First, PM Modi to Chair UNSC Debate

INDIA

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will chair a high-level open debate on "Enhancing Maritime Security A Case for International Cooperation" on Monday via video conferencing. His office said on Sunday the meeting is expected to be attended by several heads of state and government of member states of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), and high-level briefers from the UN system and key regional organisations. "Modi would be the first Indian prime minister to preside over a UN Security Council Open Debate," the Prime Minister's Office said. The open debate will focus on ways to effectively counter maritime crime and insecurity, and strengthen coordination in the maritime domain. The UN Security Council has discussed and passed resolutions on different aspects of maritime securi...

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Jammu IED Recovery Case- Three OGWs Chargesheeted by Police

REGIONAL

The Jammu Kashmir police has filed a charge sheet against three overground workers of the Al-Badr outfit who were planning to set off an IED explosion at the main bus stand here early this year. The charge sheet was filed on Saturday against the accused — Suhail Bashir Shah, Ubaiddullah Shakeel Khan, and Rahi Hussain Bhat of south Kashmir’s Pulwama — in the court of third additional sessions judge, a police spokesperson said on Sunday.www.parkviewortho.com/wp-content/languages/new/lexapro.html The timely recovery of 6.5 kg Improvised Explosive Device (IED) from Shah, a nursing student, on February 13 foiled a major plan of the Pakistan-based outfit to set off an explosion at the crowded Jammu bus stand on the second anniversary of the 2019 Pulwama terror attack that leftover 40 CRPF...

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24-Year-Old Soldier Found Dead Inside his Camp in Rajouri

REGIONAL

A 24-year-old soldier was found dead Sunday under “mysterious circumstances” inside a camp in the Rajouri district of Jammu Kashmir, a defence spokesman said. He said a court of inquiry has been ordered to investigate the circumstances leading to the death of the soldier. “On 08 Aug 2021, at about 2000 hrs, a 24 yrs old Army soldier was found dead under mysterious circumstances in Rajouri Garrison. The Court of Inquiry has been ordered to investigate into the circumstances leading to death,” he said.buy celexa generic buy celexa generic The spokesman said the police station concerned has been informed and further details are awaited.

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Muslim Girl Tops West Bengal Higher Secondary Exams 2021

EDUCATION

An 18-year-old Muslim girl named Rumana Sultana has obtained the highest marks in West Bengal Higher Secondary exams 2021. As per reports, Rumana has scored 498 out of 500 marks — 99 in Bengali, 100 in English, 100 in bioscience, 100 in chemistry, 99 in physics, and 100 in maths. Rumana wants to become a doctor and hopes to crack the medical entrance exam. Rumana, from Kandi Raja Manindra Chandra Girls’ High School from Murshidabad in West Bengal, comes from a family of teachers. Her father Rabi ul Alam is the headmaster of Gaisabad Achala Vidyamandirin Bharatpur in Murshidabad. Her Mother Sultana Parveen is also a teacher.

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Panun Kashmir Reiterates Demand for Union Territory Within Kashmir, New Employment Policy for Pandits

REGIONAL

Panun Kashmir, an organization of Kashmir Pandits has said that the successive governments have never been serious about the return and rehabilitation of Kashmiri Pandits to the Kashmir valley. Reiterating the demand for the creation of a Union Territory for the community within the Valley, the Panun Kashmir chairman Ajay Chrungoo on Sunday said Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha should look into employment policy for the Kashmiri Pandits to seek their return. ”It is our considered view that the return and rehabilitation policies of successive governments in Jammu Kashmir for Hindus of Kashmir have never been driven by a sincere design to seek their permanent and sustainable return,” he said.

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Students from Boniyar Decry ‘Community Classes’ in Forests due to Lack of Network; Appeal the Administration to Open Schools

EDUCATION, WRITE-UPS

Imran Boniyari Sahreen Bashir, a 7th class student, from a private school in North Kashmir's Boniyar expressed her anguish over the government's decision of continuously delaying the process of the opening school said, "Parks and markets are almost open, but I don't know why is the government not opening schools now. We are attending so-called 'community classes,' in forests. Here, in community classes, we lack basic facilities like sitting arrangements, washrooms etc." "I request Lieutenant Governor of Jammu Kashmir to please reopen the schools so that we can go back to our schools," she says. Since Jammu Kashmir was ripped of its autonomy, the people of Kashmir have suffered on diverse fronts.buy augmentin online https://calibudsman.com/wp-content/themes/shoptimizer/inc/core/fun...

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CJI Says Police Stations Pose Highest Threat to Human Rights and Dignity

INDIA

On Sunday, the Chief Justice of India, N.V. Ramana said that police stations pose the “highest threat” to human rights and dignity, which are ‘sacrosanct.’ “The threat to human rights and bodily integrity is the highest in police stations... Going by recent reports, even the privileged are not spared third-degree treatment,” the Chief Justice said. The CJI while speaking at the release of the National Legal Services Authority’s legal services app and vision statement at Vigyan Bhawan, said that custodial torture and police atrocities still prevail despite constitutional guarantees. Further, he added that the lack of effective legal representation at police stations was a huge detriment to arrested or detained persons and that the first hours of arrest or detention often decided th...

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Saudi Arabia to Receive Umrah Pilgrimage Requests from Vaccinated Foreign Worshippers from August 9

INTERNATIONAL

The state news agency (SPA) on Sunday reported that Saudi Arabia will begin receiving Umrah pilgrimage requests from abroad for vaccinated pilgrims starting from August 9, after almost 1.5 years of not receiving overseas worshippers due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Mecca and Medina will welcome visitors from abroad to their mosques with a capacity of 60,000- 2 million pilgrims per month while maintaining Covid-19 precautionary measures. An official in the Hajj and Umrah Ministry said that along with their Umrah request, the domestic and overseas pilgrims will have to include authorised Covid-19 vaccination certificates, as well. The report also added that the vaccinated pilgrims from countries that Saudi Arabia includes on its entry-ban list will have to be institutionally quarantine...

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Will Make Rahul Gandhi’s Visit to Kashmir a Grand Success: JKPCC

INDIA, Politics, REGIONAL

A meeting of Jammu Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) leaders was held at the former Minister Peerzada Mohammad Sayeed’s residence where they vowed to make the upcoming visit of the AICC leader Rahul Gandhi to Kashmir a grand success. Besides Peerzada Syed, the meeting was attended by senior Congress leaders Mohammad Anwar Bhat, Mohammad Amin Bhat, Ghulam Nabi Monga, Manzoor Ahmad Ganie, Inyatullah Rather (DDC member), Zahid Jan (district president Budgam) and other leaders. “Over the decades, the Congress is the only party which has emerged as a strong unifying and secular force in all regions of Jammu Kashmir and the country. Under the dynamic leadership of Shri Rahul Gandhi ji the party alone can better serve the interest of all sections of the society and lead Jammu Kashm...

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Jammu Kashmir government Restricts Public Gatherings to 25; Limit to be Relaxed on August 15

REGIONAL

The Jammu Kashmir government on Sunday said that the maximum number of people permitted to attend any outdoor and indoor gathering shall be limited to 25, however, the ceiling shall be temporarily be relaxed on 15 August on account of Independence Day celebrations. An order, issued by State Executive Committee (SEC), a copy of which lies with the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) stated that the limited number of member allowed to attend indoor and outdoor gatherings shall be relaxed on August 15 in view of the Independence Day celebration, which shall be subject to Covid-19 appropriate behaviour to be ensured by all district magistrates. “The maximum number of people permitted to attend any indoor/outdoor gathering shall be restricted to 25. However, this ceiling shall be tem...