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The substantial increase lakh tonne is remaining. them with areas not affected by Equipment has been was recorded despite Chief “This time we are expect- crop residue burning. installed to monitor village- Minister Amarinder Singh’s ing that there will overall fall The researchers observed level air pollution data as well fervent appeals to the farmers in cases of residue burning that as crop burning increased as to measure the impact of not to go for the quicker throughout the season,” in Haryana, respiratory health reduced stubble burning. The option of getting rid of the crop Secretary Agriculture KS worsened. Farmers try to max- Punjab Government has residue by setting those afire. Pannu told IANS. imise their yields by planting already warned many a time He even invoked the holy In neighbouring Haryana, the next crop as soon as pos- the farmers against stubble celebrations of 550th birth 4,200 cases of stubble burning sible after the previous crop burning and said those culti- anniversary of Sikhism have been reported against has been harvested (general- vating panchayat lands would founder Guru Nanak Dev, 4,360 in 2018 till October 30. ly wheat after rice). be barred from taking it on beginning November 9, saying The districts of Karnal, To quickly clear the field lease if found indulging in he had advocated protecting Kurukshetra, Ambala, for the next crop, they burn crop residue burning. natural resources. As per offi- Yamunanagar, Fatehabad, Sirsa, the leftover stubble rather Nearly 1.37 lakh acres of cial records, over 19,860 cases Hisar, Jind, Palwal and Panipat, than using the traditional panchayat land is under agri- of stubble burning have been which have 13 lakh hectares method of clearing it by hand. culture. The State has also reported in Punjab from under paddy cultivation, see A new analysis of the air ordered impounding of com- October 15 till October 31. high cases of residue burning. quality life index (AQLI) by bine harvesters functioning The figure is 30 per cent About 50 per cent of the the Energy Policy Institute at without a super straw man- higher than those reported crop in the state has been har- the University of Chicago agement system. during the corresponding vested, an official said. (EPIC) on October 31 showed Even the Shiromani period last year, officials said. Smoke from the burning of the average citizen living in the Gurdwara Parbandhak Last year, Punjab saw agricultural crop residue by Indo-Gangetic plain region Committee (SGPC), consid- 50,495 cases throughout the farmers in Haryana and Punjab can expect to lose about seven ered a mini Parliament of rice harvesting season that contributes to Delhi’s poor air, years of life expectancy. Sikh religious affairs, has asked lasts till November 15. increasing the risk of acute res- Particulate pollution is high in the farmers not to burn crop Burning of crop residue, a piratory infection by three-fold Bihar, Chandigarh, Delhi, residue in the fields. common practice by Punjab for those living in districts Haryana, Punjab, Uttar It said the preservation of and Haryana growers, leads to with intense crop burning. Pradesh and West Bengal. clean and green environment is an estimated economic loss of “Poor air quality is a rec- It showed a 72 per cent of foremost significance in over $30 billion annually, ognized global public health increase in pollution from view of Guru Nanak Dev cele- besides being a leading risk fac- epidemic, with levels of air- 1998 to 2016 in the region that brations. The SGPC has tor for acute respiratory infec- borne particulate matter in is home to about 40 per cent of instructed all the managers of tion, especially among chil- Delhi spiking to 20 times the India’s population. To ensure Sikh shrines that they should dren, a study at the International World Health Organization’s zero crop-residue burning, the ensure strict compliance of Food Policy Research Institute safety threshold during certain Confederation of Indian directions against stubble burn- (IFPRI) and its partner institutes days,” IFPRI Research Fellow Industry (CII) has adopted ing on the agriculture lands said this year. and the study co-author 1,00,000 acres of farmland in owned by the gurdwaras. Punjab’s Tarn Taran dis- Samuel Scott has said. nearly 100 villages in Ludhiana, On its part, the Punjab trict, bordering Pakistan, The study, “Risk of acute Barnala and Patiala districts of Government last year sup- reported the highest number respiratory infection from crop Punjab and Rohtak, Sirsa and plied 28,609 agro-machines to of farm fire cases at 2,520, fol- burning in India: Estimating Fatehabad districts of Haryana. the farmers last year for zero lowed by Ferozepur (2,269) disease burden and economic It is proactively engaging stubble burning on subsidy and Sangrur (2,157). welfare from satellite and with over 15,000 farmers to ranging from 50 to 80 per cent.      !+ ,- ./01  !

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All eyes are on India Earlier Congress general WhatsApp snooping contro- whether it will finally take the secretary Priyanka Gandhi versy saying these activities plunge and agrees to the Vadra claimed that if India      7 *  5  8 9   ) *, are not only illegal and uncon- world's largest trading deal signs the Regional stitutional, they are also spanning 16-Asia Pacific Comprehensive Economic  ++,& while State of Jammu & Kashmir had shameful. nations. Partnership (RCEP) pact it reorganised the areas of these 14 dis- Sonia had convened a In the address to party will prove to be "farmers' he Centre on Saturday released the tricts into 28 districts. high level meeting of party's general secretaries, State in- destruction agreement" as in Tmaps of newly created Union The names of the new districts were General Secretaries, State in- charges and heads of frontal times of economic slowdown, Territories (UTs) of Jammu & Kashmir, — Kupwara, Bandipur, Ganderbal, charges, heads of frontal organisations, Gandhi said, Indian markets should pro- and Ladakh and the map of India Srinagar, Budgam, Pulwama, Shupian, organisations and depart- "The latest shocking revelation vide maximum help to depicting these UTs. Kulgam, Rajouri, Ramban, Doda, ments to chalk out nationwide that through the Israeli domestic farmers. 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Ladakh has been defined in the Jammu General of India depicting the new UTs Under the leadership of Prime distress and the "adverse" place." help to our farmers." In this In 1947, the erstwhile state of & Kashmir Reorganisation (Removal of of Jammu & Kashmir, and Ladakh, as Minister Narendra Modi and supervi- impact of the proposed RCEP "These activities are not environment, the RCEP will Jammu & Kashmir had the following 14 Difficulties) Second Order, 2019, issued created on October 31, 2019, along with sion of Union Home Minister Amit agreement. The RCEP com- only illegal and un-constitu- prove to be "farmers' destruc- districts — Kathua, Jammu, Udhampur, by the President of India, to include the the map of India, are released, the state- Shah, the erstwhile State of Jammu & prising the 10-member tional, they are shameful," tion agreement", she said. Reasi, Anantnag, Baramulla, Poonch, areas of the districts of Gilgit, Gilgit ment said. Kashmir has been reorganised as the ASEAN bloc and six other she said. "Far from creating "This will gobble up all the Mirpur, Muzaffarabad, Leh and Ladakh, Wazarat, Chilhas and Tribal Territory On the recommendation of new Union Territory of Jammu & countries — India, China, jobs, recent studies now sug- interests of the farmers of Gilgit, Gilgit Wazarat, Chilhas and of 1947, in addition to the remaining Parliament, the President effectively dis- Kashmir and the new Union Territory Japan, South Korea, Australia gest that demonetisation, a India, and their space for sell- Tribal Territory. areas of Leh and Ladakh districts of mantled Article 370 of the Indian of Ladakh on October 31, 2019, the and New Zealand — is messed up GST and subse- ing their produce will be lim- By 2019, the Government of erst- 1947, after carving out the Kargil Constitution and gave assent to the statement said. engaged in negotiations for a quent economic decisions of ited," the Congress general free-trade pact. the Modi Government have secretary claimed. 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       &5 65 cation in the city, which has through the streets in the after- greater autonomy have been 4   seen 22 consecutive weekends noon, citing safety fears given allowed to stand in the elec- ong Kong police fired tear of youth-led protests. the months of clashes. tions later this month.Beijing      (+ 3 placed by the eight-year war, Hgas and water cannon Hong Kong has been As has happened so often runs Hong Kong under a "one is controlled by Syria's former Saturday as thousands of pro- upended by the huge, often vio- in the past, protesters simply country, two systems" model 7" n air strike Saturday by Al-Qaeda affiliate.Syrian testers hit the streets, defying lent, pro-democracy protests defied the ban and began mass- that grants the city freedoms Akey Damascus ally Russia President Bashar al-Assad's authorities with another which have battered the finan- ing in large numbers despite unheard of on the authoritar-   killed six civilians including a forces launched a devastating unsanctioned march as the cial hub's reputation for stabil- the risk of arrest and jail for ian mainland. child in the embattled oppo- military campaign against democracy movement shows ity and helped plunge the city taking part in an illegal assem- But many activists fear  sition bastion of Idlib in Idlib in April, killing around no signs of abating after near- into recession. bly.Among those calling for those freedoms are being erod- northwestern Syria, a war 1,000 civilians and forcing ly five months. Beijing has shown no will- people to come out0 on ed by a resurgent Beijing, par-  ( 65N , O monitor. The strike hit the vil- more than 400,000 people to Crowds of black-clad ingness to meet protester Saturday was Joshua Wong, one ticularly since President Xi lage of Jaballa in the south of flee their homes.But a cease- protesters, many wearing face demands for greater democra- of the city's most prominent Jinping came to power. he Malian Government the Idlib region, taking the fire announced by the regime's masks despite a recent ban, tic freedoms and police activists who was barred earli- This summer's protests in Tsays at least 54 people are lives of all six from the same major backer Moscow has filled Causeway Bay, a popular accountability -- and activists er this week from standing in which millions marched were dead following a jehadis attack family, the Syrian Observatory largely held since late August, shopping district, and clashes show no sign of leaving the upcoming local elections. sparked by a now-abandoned on the army in the north.The for Human Rights said. though the Observatory says soon erupted with riot police streets."The Government and "Exercising freedom of attempt to allow extraditions to revised death toll from The Britain-based mon- skirmishes persist.On Friday, who had flooded the area. the police have been ignoring assembly has become increas- the authoritarian mainland. Government spokesman Yaya itor, which relies on sources 23 regime fighters, as well as Volleys of tear gas scattered and suppressing the people's ingly difficult as police in HK But as Beijing took a hard- Sangare came a day after the inside Syria, says it deter- 11 jihadists and allied rebels, activists in Causeway Bay and demands so we need to con- holds tighter grip in recent line the movement snowballed. military initially announced at mines who carries out an air were killed in clashes on the Victoria Park -- a traditional tinue the movement to show months. Yet we're not giving up Protesters are demanding least 15 dead following Friday's strike according to flight pat- western edges of the Idlib spot for protest rallies -- as well them we still want what we are our constitutional rights," he an inquiry into the police, an attack in the Menaka region. terns, as well as aircraft and region. Assad last week said as in neighbouring Wanchai, a asking for," 18-year-old pro- wrote on Twitter. amnesty for those arrested and The new violence is expect- ammunition involved. Idlib was the main front district packed with pubs tester Gordon Tsoi, who was Wong is loathed by Beijing fully free elections. ed to further raise tensions in Observatory head Rami remaining to end the civil war, where some of those caught up not wearing a mask, told AFP with state media often brand- Over the months protests the capital, Bamako, where Abdel Rahman said it was the as he made his first trip since were revellers who had gath- as he marched. ing him a "separatist" and a have got increasingly violent, military families have already bloodiest such Russian air 2011 to visit troops in the ered to watch the Rugby World "The entire Government is "traitor" because he campaigns with smaller groups of hard- protested in the streets.Relatives raid in two months since region. Cup final. being controlled by the central for greater autonomy for Hong core activists throwing petrol say that soldiers are not being Moscow announced a truce He spoke as his forces Police were seen making government now, so we have to Kong. bombs and bricks as well as adequately protected on the for the surrounding area on were deploying in Kurdish- multiple arrests throughout come out to protect the free- He denies seeking inde- vandalising pro-China busi- ground as they face an array of August 31.Since then, eight majority areas to the east of the day. doms we deserve," added pendence and says he simply nesses.Police have responded jihadist groups. Friday's vio- other civilians have been killed Idlib to help stave off a dead- The latest unrest came a another 17-year-old protester campaigns for the democratic with ever-increasing arrests, lence took place a month after in Russian air strikes on dif- ly Turkish offensive. Syria's day after China gave its latest who declined to give his name. freedoms and autonomy tear gas and rubber bullet vol- 41 soldiers were killed and 20 ferent dates in the region, he war has killed 370,000 people warning that it would not tol- Police gave permission for Beijing promised Hong Kong leys while crowd beatings of others went missing during two said. and displaced millions from erate any challenge to Hong an evening rally in the city's for 50 years after the 1997 han- people on both sides of the ide- attacks on Malian soldiers tak- The Idlib region, which is their homes since beginning Kong's governing system and commercial district but reject- dover by Britain. ological divide have become ing part in a regional countert- home to some three million in 2011 with the brutal repres- planned to boost patriotic edu- ed an application to march Other people who advocate commonplace. errorism force. people including many dis- sion of anti-Assad protests. P        Q 
  
    
 

  &  5 iation between the Afghan “Although Pakistan's the country,” it said. laboration with other terrorist In June 2018, the interna- “Although Pakistan's laws government and the Taliban, it National Action Plan calls to Pakistan, it said, experi- groups. Separatist militant tional terror financing watch- technically comply with inter- akistan has "failed to sig- did not restrict the terror ensure that no armed militias enced significant terrorist groups conducted terrorist dog FATF placed Pakistan on national AML/CFT standards, Pnificantly limit" militant group and the Haqqani are allowed to function in the threats in 2018, although the attacks against governmental, its “grey list” for deficiencies authorities failed to uniform- outfits like the Lashkar-e-Taiba Network (HQN) from operat- country, several terrorist number of attacks and casual- non-governmental, and diplo- across its Anti-Money ly implement UN sanctions (LeT) and the Jaish-e- ing in Pakistan-based safe groups that focus on attacks ties have continued to decrease matic targets in Balochistan Laundering and Countering related to designated entities Mohammed (JeM) from havens and threatening the US outside the country continued from previous years. and Sindh provinces, it said. Financing of Terrorism and individuals such as LeT fundraising and recruiting and Afghan forces in to operate from Pakistani soil The major terrorist groups As a member of the Asia- (AML/CFT) regimes, specifi- and its affiliates, which con- while several terrorist groups Afghanistan. in 2018, including the Haqqani that focused on conducting Pacific Group on Money cally citing concerns over tinued to make use of eco- that focus on attacks outside “The (Pakistan) govern- Network, Lashkar-e-Taiba, and attacks in Pakistan included Laundering (APG), Pakistan Pakistan's failure to fully nomic resources and raise the country continued to oper- ment failed to significantly Jaish-e-Mohammad,” it said. Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan agreed to implement interna- implement the UN Security funds. Pakistan committed to ate from its soil in 2018, a limit Lashkar-e-Taiba and The report observed that (TTP), Jamaat-ulAhrar (JuA), tional standards to combat Council ISIL and al-Qaida addressing these concerns as damning US report has said. Jaish-e-Mohammad from rais- the government and military Islamic State's Khorasan money laundering, terrorism sanctions regime. part of an agreed FATF Action The US State Department, ing money, recruiting and acted inconsistently with Province (ISIS-K), and the finance and proliferation FATF noted that UN-list- Plan,” the report said. in its Congressional mandat- training in Pakistan – and respect to terrorist safe havens sectarian group Lashkar- finance.“Pakistan criminalises ed entities, including LeT and FATF had last month ed annual Country Reports on allowed candidates overtly throughout the country. eJhangvi al-Alami (LJA). terrorist financing through its affiliates, were not effec- retained Pakistan on the Grey Terrorism for the year 2018, on affiliated with LeT front organ- "Authorities did not take ISIS-K claimed several the Anti-terrorism Act, but tively prohibited from raising List and warned the country of Friday said even though the isations to contest the July sufficient action to stop certain major attacks against Pakistani implementation remains funds in Pakistan or being action for its failure in com- Pakistani government voiced general elections,” the US State terrorist groups and individu- targets, some of which may uneven,” the State Department denied financial services, it bating money laundering and support for political reconcil- Department said in the report. als from openly operating in have been conducted in col- said. said. terror financing. #   ! #                 #        ,5 +,+ is in the area." "But it's not just here. Everywhere The Maria Fire erupted as crews around the world, we can see these hor- , -
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The so-called Maria Fire erupted County and came dangerously close to dry conditions, especially in the lower Mahendra Model Higher Secondary The blast happened in volatile Darqad district of Thursday evening in Ventura County, 65 the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, part of the state which has not had rain- School in Khalanga town of the country's Takhar province, when the children stepped on a mine miles (105 kilometers) northwest of Los was almost fully contained on Friday. fall for months. An extreme red flag Darchula District on Saturday.Deputy that had been planted on a road in a Taliban-controlled Angeles, and burned out of control "We're in the middle of a big fight, warning issued for the Los Angeles area Prime Minister and Health Minister village."At 8:30am (0400 GMT) this morning, tragi- through the night, driven by high and we're about a week into this and the this week was lifted Thursday but the Upendra Yadav, Nepali Congress cally, nine schoolchildren were martyred in a landmine winds and threatening 2,300 struc- end is not yet in sight," Ventura County National Weather Service warned that Lawmaker Dilendra Prasad Badu and blast planted by the Taliban," Jawad Hejri, a spokesman tures. Fire Chief Mark Lorenzen told reporters so-called Santa Ana winds could still Mayor of Mahakali Municipality Hansraj for the Takhar provincial governor, told AFP.He said By Friday afternoon, the wind- Friday afternoon."It has been an uphill wreak havoc through Saturday evening. were present during the inauguration cer- the children -- all boys -- were aged from seven to fueled blaze that risked consuming cit- battle ever since." Up in Sonoma In a bid to reduce the risk of wild- emony. 11.No group claimed responsibility for the blast, and rus and avocado orchards as well as County, north of San Francisco, there fires, the state's largest utility company, The new infrastructure, constructed the Taliban did not immediately respond to a request other crops was zero percent con- was some good news as authorities Pacific Gas & Electric, has been shut- with the Government of India's grant for comment.Last month, the United Nations released tained. Authorities said 8,000 people reported that the Kincade Fire, the ting off power to millions of customers assistance of NRs 30 million, is a two sto- a report saying an "unprecedented" number of civil- were under evacuation orders and at largest in the state this season, was 68 in northern and central California, ried building comprising ians were killed or wounded in Afghanistan from July least two structures had been burned. per cent contained. prompting outrage. 13 classrooms, a meeting hall, sepa- to September this year. The figures -- 1,174 deaths and Ventura County Sheriff Bill Ayub The devastating fires that have The blazes come as California is still rate sanitation facilities for boys and girls 3,139 injured from July 1 until September 30 -- rep- said fire crews had been thwarted by exploded across the state this season reeling from the aftermath of the most on each floor. resent a 42 percent increase compared to the same peri- people flying drones in the area. were addressed by teen climate activist destructive wildfire in state history -- the Shree Mahendra Model Higher od last year. The UN laid most of the blame at the feet "Last night and early morning we Greta Thunberg on Friday as she spoke Camp Fire, which destroyed the town Secondary School, established in 1960, of "anti-government elements" such as the Taliban, who had individuals flying small drones in at a rally in Los Angeles to pressure of Paradise and killed 86 people last offers 10+2 programs in Science, have been carrying out an insurgency in Afghanistan the area of the flight operations for the California lawmakers to pass stricter year. Humanities, and Management streams. for more than 18 years. In May, a landmine killed seven fire suppression," he told a media brief- environmental policies. Similar blazes in northern The school, situated in Far-West children and wounded two more in the southern ing. "Today, in California, we can see the California, including in the Napa and Nepal, also provides scholarships to province of Ghazni.A month earlier, seven children "This creates a very significant haz- wildfires happening just around the Sonoma wine regions, killed 44 people deserving and the marginalised stu- were killed and 10 more wounded in the eastern ard for our airborne fire fighting assets corner, wildfires that are being intensi- in 2017 and destroyed thousands of dents.The school has over 2,000 students, province of Laghman when a mortar shell exploded and causes them to land and stop fire- fied by the climate crisis," the 16-year- structures.There have been no fatalities about 50 per cent of whom are girls. while they were playing with it. fighting efforts as long as that aircraft old Swede said. linked to this year's fires.      !+ ,- ./01 5 6

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Opener Natasha McLean women’s hockey team as they ing the first two quarters. ets as India C trounced India B Earlier, Virat Singh (76 pener Priya Punia’s well- also put up a good show, pipped USA 6-5 on aggregate Amanda Magadan (5th, by 136 runs in the third and not out) and Axar Patel (98 not Ocompiled fifty went in smashing a 82-ball 51 as West despite losing 1-4 in the second 28th minutes), skipper Kathleen final one-dayer of the Deodhar out) joined hands after India vain as the Indian women’s Indies posted a competitive leg of the FIH Qualifier here on Sharkey (14th) and Alyssa Trophy here on Saturday. C lost five wickets, sharing team suffered a narrow one- 225 for 7 at the Sir Vivian Saturday. Parker (20th) scored for the vis- Batting first, India C an unbeaten 154 run stand run defeat against the West Richards Stadium on Friday. After thrashing USA 5-1 on iting side. posted a challenging 280 for off 112 balls. Indies in the first ICC Defending the total, off- Friday, it was expected to be a After the change of ends, 5, riding on Axar’s brilliance The spin bowling all- Women’s Championship ODI spinner Anisa Mohammed formality for the Indian women India showed signs of coming and and Virat Singh’s 96-ball rounder Axar was the here. came up with a superb bowl- but they were given a real scare back into game, but USA 76. dominant of the two as Chasing 226 to win, Punia ing performance, claiming five by the USA women, who raced defended in numbers and to They then returned to he dealt in boundaries, smashed six boundaries in her wickets for 46 runs. She was to a 4-0 lead at the halfway mark. keep the hosts at bay as the third dismiss India B for 144 in smashing 13 fours 107-ball innings, while ably supported by Taylor However the partisan fans quarter and locked at 5-5 on 43.4 overs to complete the and three sixes in his Jemimah Rodrigues (41) (2/30) and Shabika Gajnabi went into raptures when Rani aggregate scoreline, it took an drubbing. 61-ball innings. scored a 67-ball 41 at the top (2/25), who snapped two wick- pulled one back to maintain the inspirational strike from Rani in For India B, Baba Singh played the but they didn’t get enough sup- ets each. slender lead till final hooter. the 48th minute from a loose ball Aparajith emerged as the second fiddle, scor- port from lower-order to be India coudn’t score the Indian women have now to reduce the margin and hand top-scorer with a 90-ball ing three boundaries dismissed for 224 in 50 overs required eight runs in the last qualified for back-to-back India the vital lead. 53 but he didn’t get any sup- and as many sixes during his by the hosts. over with Mohammed remov- Olympics having sealed it in Rio The Americans were award- port from the other hand. 96-ball knock. Earlier, Stefanie Taylor ing Ekta Bisht (0) and Poonam de Janeiro after a gap of 36 years. ed a penalty corner four minutes opted to bat first and produced Yadav (0) in the first and final The women’s team first partici- from full time but the decision a captain’s knock, scoring a 91- deliveries respectively to hand pated in the Quadrennial extava- was overturned after India went 9 #:   ball 94 studded with eight West Indies a thrilling win. ganza in 1980 where the men’s % %     for the referral.   ;<6 (   "   )     65,6  and what was the reason they ward.”    3  .06= did not want to play and accept Ganguly firmly believed   ust three seconds” is all the D/N Test (in Adelaide). 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ashir Assad’s book comes at an appropriate time, as it provides an insider and subaltern view of Kashmir. He has first hand experience of the developments inB Kashmir for the past 30 years. In his own words, he has lived the ideology of Maududi Islam for three years, after he passed class X. He has been associated with PDP founder Mufti Mohammad Syed. And he has been following the events in Kashmir, as a journalist, colum- nist and social activist. He has addressed the issue of rising extremism in Kashmir and the role of mullahs, Jamat-e-Islami, local bureaucracy and politicians in rid- ing the frenzy, for retaining their social and political relevance and for reaping economic benefits. The ‘conflict entrepre- neurs’ in the media, political elite, self styled authors, specialists and commenta- tors seek fame by writing whatever suits them,without having any understanding of the local language, culture, social psy-    !"#$%& chology, historical-cultural characteristics of Kashmiris. !  " Bashir provides a local and eye-wit- ' %( ness account of the phenomenon of reli- gious extremism in Kashmir. He has aptly )

( *+, sub-titled the book “The Conspiracy of Silence”. He prefaces his book saying that “strategy, fear or conviction has bound all the stake holders — mainstream politi- tute just 3% of the Valley Muslim popula- to the jihadi violence, coupled with the take the lead in ideological war and hate and Pandit properties were set ablaze in est opportunity to flee as soon as they cians, separatists, media, civilians, VIPs or tion, but occupy 35% of the government support base among a section of Indian campaign, do not send their children to 1986 in Bijbehara, Anantnag, Shopian found some transport. All the fleeing commoner” in Kashmir not to speak the and private sector jobs. Here I would like media, academia and politicians, is even join militancy. Bashir quotes from the and Sopore. That Pran Nath, Advocate, Kashmiri Pandits believed that they truth. The fact is that the discourse on to point out that these 3% are not indige- more dangerous. findings of a survey conducted across also of Anantnag slapped Mufti on this would return to their homes, soon after Kashmir has been manipulated through nous Kashmiris, but are the descendants Traditional Sufi Islam and Sufi Kashmir, that “not a single mullah or his issue, is news to me. Bashir is right in say- normalcy is restored. But it is now 30 the past 30 years by NGOs-foreign and of the Central Asian Syeds who migrated shrines have been described as un- children participated in protests, demon- ing that “Mufti is the only common link years, that Kashmiri Pandits are still liv- foreign funded Indian ones, many acade- to Kashmir in medieval times. They have Islamic. Arabisation of personal names, stration or stone-pelting”. They use the between 1986 vandalisation and 1990 ing in exile. One older generation has micians and media persons with a craze all through history been more ambitious institutions, local language and culture media to shout against the alleged Indian exodus of Kashmiri Pandits”. However, passed away in their endless and agonis- for foreign jaunts and easy money. Such and power seekers using religion as a has been going on for over four decades atrocities in Kashmir. Revenue, education, this critical juncture of Kashmir history, ing wait for return to their homes. falsehood, fake news, propaganda and pedestal for their rise. They have always now. Wahabis, Tablighees and Jamaatis police and other departments of the State has been left by Bashir as a matter of fur- Meanwhile their houses, landed proper- media lust for TRPs and scoops has only propagated political Islam. Another are competing in establishing mosques have been heavily penetrated by the ther investigation. He has stated that ties, business and educational institutions added fuel to the fire. There has been aspect of the situation is that many and madrassas. Kashmiri customs and Jamat-e-Islami activists. That the teachers Jagmohan assumed office of Governor on have been burnt, looted, occupied and insensitivity to the intricacies of the com- Kashmiri Muslim Imams (of Ahl-e-Itiqad rituals have been replaced by Arabic cul- of the Jamat-e-Islami organisation Falah- 19 January 1990 at Jammu. But then how usurped through distress sale and fraudu- plex issue. That explains why beliefs) have since been replaced by fire- ture and mannerisms. Distortion of e-Am Trust were absorbed in the State come, all mosques across the Valley lent mutations, notwithstanding the exis- Doordarshan continued to telecast the brand Imams from Deoband, UP, Bihar Kashmir history, culture and Islamisation education department, only explains the shouted slogans demanding Nizam-e- tence of the State law prohibiting the sale protest movements in the former Soviet and other places in India. of ancient place names has been done a connivance and mindset of the local Mustafa and ouster of Kashmiri Pandits of migrant properties. Only time will tell, Republics in late 1989 and early 1990, at a Bashir explains how the Islamists have massive scale. The concept of Islamic authorities. Retired bureaucrats,who sans their women folk on the night of 19 if and when this gruesome tragedy of this time when Kashmir was simmering. completely transformed Kashmir. That Caliphate and Nizam-e-Mustafa has taken thrived on corruption while in service, January 1990. Again, who organised the hapless minority will be redressed. Bashir is right in describing the cur- even the parents of dead militants show deep roots. As Bashir has put it, seek social legitimacy by taking refuge in house searches in Kashmir around the To conclude, the book by Bashir rent phase of Kashmir conflict as being no sign of grief and instead celebrate their “Radicalism in Kashmir has produced a the mosque and by spearheading the nar- same time. The blame for KPs exodus has Assad is a refreshing and local Kashmiri about three Ms — Mosque, Mullah and death as martyrdom, is indeed alarming mindset that can best be described as rative of religious frenzy. been often laid on Jagmohan, who is Muslim account based on his personal Militant. The uneducated clerics have situation. At some places, they have even finding life in death”. After killing few Bashir Assad has written about the alleged to have provided amenities for the experiences. It is a welcome departure succeeded in injecting jihadism and hate put henna plate on the coffin, in the belief hundred and hounding out the entire role of Mufti Syed, with whom he was flight. But my personal experience and from the usual rhetoric parroted to legit- India/hate Hindu ideology in the minds that the dead militant would apply henna Kashmiri Pandit minority community of associated for some time. When Mufti also of my kith and kin, who are now liv- imise and bolster the separatists and of the youth. What is worse is that the in heaven while meeting the hurs. Bashir over 4,00,000 people, thousands of politi- Syed was PCC President, Jamat-e-Islami ing in Jammu, is that we tried to stay put. extremists. All those interested in moderate, educated Kashmiris are the is right in saying that the current militant cal workers, panchayat members etc. was given five seats in the March 1972 My family left our village at Galwanpora Kashmir affairs will do well to read this silent spectators to such a steep drift in violence is not about independence or lib- belonging to National Conference, elections. Mufti nurtured Jamat and its on 14 May 1990, after our neighbours book. Kashmiri society. The author is right in eration, but is about jihad propagated by Congress and other parties have been Maududi Islam, as he wanted to erode the advised us to leave in the dead of night. The reviewer is a Senior Fellow, Nehru saying that the Mullahs are mainly Wahabis, Jamat-e-Islami, Ahl-e-Hadis etc. killed. Thousands of activists have been popularity of Sheikh Abdullah’s National Same is true of others,who could not even Memorial Museum and Library, New Bukharis, Andrabis, Muftis, Geelanis, The fence sitting Kashmiris provide ideo- forced to give up their political activities. Conference. Bashir has rightly stated that inform their brothers, sisters and neigh- Delhi and editor, Himalayan and Central Naqshbandis, Hamdanis etc., who consti- logical, theoretical and intellectual support It is ironical that the mullahs who with Mufti’s tacit approval, some temples bours about their flight. They used earli- Asian Studies

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ISIS leader Baghdadi most prized territories — The death of Baghdadi is Russian Defence Ministry aggression might witness a 93# ,9, The militants initially consist- In fact, this group emerged announced the formation of Mosul, Iraq’s second biggest being celebrated across the reacted with skepticism, saying spike both in frustration and in ed of ultra-conservative from the remnants of al-Qaeda the Caliphate, stretching from city, and Raqqa, so-called ISIS world. Saudi Crown Prince it had no reliable information a show of strength and to raise jihadists, largely drawn from in Iraq (AQI), a local offshoot Aleppo in Syria to Diyala in capital, in Northern Syria. Mohammed bin Salman, while on the US operation. the sagging morale of the cadre Baathists, the members of late of al-Qaeda founded by Abu Iraq. Henceforth, the self-styled By 2018, the anti-ISIS congratulating President The ISIS on October 31 and sympathisers of the ISIS Iraqi President Saddam Musab al Zarqawi in 2004. But Caliphate, renamed the group operation was shifted to east- Trump for the feat, said the confirmed the death of its around the world. Hussein’s military and intelli- the AQI faded into obscurity as the Islamic State (ISIS). ern part of Syria. During this operation led by the US Special founder and leader Baghdadi His death may temporari- gence apparatus. But later, the for many years after the US In August 7, 2014, a US-led operation, the US-backed Forces was a historic one in and announced a successor, ly disrupt the activities of the group included many youths invasion of Iraq. It started re- operation, named “Operation coalition of Syrian Kurds and fight against extremism. Saudi named Abu Ibrahim al- group, but the jihadists are like- who had a traditional hatred emerging from 2011. And since Inherent Resolve” was Arabs, called the Syrian Arabia said Baghdadi had dis- Hashimi al-Quraishi, who is ly to regroup sooner as pre- towards the West for its alleged then, over the next few years, launched against the Islamists. Democratic Forces (SDF), were torted the image of Islam. largely unknown outside of dicted by terror experts. atrocities against Muslims it took full advantage of the By the very next month, the able to wrest some of the key Egypt appreciated the ISIS circles. However, the ISIS They may attempt revenge across the world. growing instability in Iraq and offensive was expanded to positions from the ISIS. American action, urging for praised Quraishi as “emir of the against the US and its army Under the US forces’ nose, Syria, it has got a golden oppor- Syria. But then in 2015, the US Interestingly, though the “unified action and a compre- believers” and “caliph” of ISIS’ installations across the West the disgruntled Baathists qui- tunity to bolster its rank and conducted nearly 8,000 air ISIS was still hale and hearty, hensive perspective that takes caliphate. Asian region and all possible etly provided the ISIS a large file through deadly attacks and strikes both in Iraq and Syria, on December 19, 2018, into account the security, devel- To step into Baghdadi’s allies of America. cache of weapons, explosive massive recruitment of cadre targeting the insurgents, who President Trump declared that opment and ideological dimen- shoes successfully, Quraishi Though the elite US Delta materials, solid intelligence from around the world. This all were wreaking havoc on vari- it was decimated. With this, he sions” in the fight against will have to have unquestion- Force commandos have put an and meticulous planning to have happened against the ous parts of the world. also indicated his intention to armed groups. able loyalty to the ISIS, proven end to the ISIS leader for now, take revenge on the occupying backdrop of the Arab Spring Surprisingly, in the same withdraw all the 2,000 US Turkish President Erdogan capability to plan strategically the remnants of the ISIS, spread Western forces. Further, the and fallout of the US attacks on year, amid US-led combing troops, supporting the SDF, said Baghdadi’s killing “marked and impeccable religious cre- from Africa to Australasia, will hardcore jihadists, who joined Iraq. operations, the jihadists were from Syria. However, the SDF a turning point in our joint dentials. Despite these prereq- not simply fade away. Worst is the militant ranks for advanc- The jihadist group changed able to expand their network of kept fighting the ISIS and fight against terrorism”. uisites, Quraishi seems to lack yet to come. ing the cause of Islamic its name to the Islamic State of affiliates to almost eight coun- wrested its last territory in Afghanistan, while welcom- experience in the war-field caliphate across the world, Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in 2013. tries, beyond Iraq and Syria. Baghouz on March 23, 2019. ing the US action, stated that and doesn’t have a reputation (The writer is an expert on brought along with them Afterwards, it launched an But by December, the Caliphate This finally brought down the “the death of Baghdadi is the of carrying out deadly attacks international affairs)

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