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Panchayat By-Polls- Phase VI Guidelines PDP Leader’s PSO 58% Votes Polled For COVID-19 “Everything you do is Vaccination triggered by an emotion Shot Dead In Srinagar of either desire or fear.” For Panch Seats, Drive Issued —Brian Tracy New Delhi: Vaccinating 100-200 53% For Sarpanch people in each session per day, monitoring them for 30 minutes af- Jammu: The sixth phase of told reporters here. ter administering the shots for any panch and sarpanch by-elec- Bypolls were held for 334 adverse event and allowing only tions in Jammu and Kashmir vacant panch seats in the sixth one beneficiary at a time are among recorded 58.55 per cent and phase and out of a total of the guidelines issued by the Centre 52.90 per cent voter turnout 58,094 electors, including 30,318 for the COVID-19 inoculation drive. Two Cops Booked respectively, poll offi- men and 27,776 women, According to the guidelines is- cials said on Friday. 34,012 voted, he said, sued to states recently, the COVID For Extortion Reasi district in the adding that there were Vaccine Intelligence Network (Co- Srinagar: Two policemen have Jammu division had the 740 candidates in the fray. WIN) system--a digitalised plat- been booked for demanding extor- highest poll percentage Giving details of over- form--will be used to track enlisted tion from a man, hailing from south in the Union Territory at all voter turnout per- beneficiaries for the vaccination Kashmir’s Pulwama district, reports 85.41 in the sarpanch bypolls, centage, Sharma said that it and anti-coronavirus vaccines on a said Monday. while Ganderbal district had the was 86.04 in the Jammu divi- real-time basis. Head Constable Ajaz Ahmed and highest turnout at 66.26 per cent sion and 57.85 in the Kashmir At the vaccination site, only Selection Grade Constable Bashir in the Kashmir division. division for the sixth phase of pre-registered beneficiaries will Ahmed were booked by police “Around 58.55 per cent and the panch by-elections. be vaccinated in accordance with under various sections of the Indian 52.90 per cent voter turnout was On the sarpanch bypolls, he the prioritisation, and there will Penal Code (IPC) after a man from recorded in the sixth phase of said that 52.90 per cent voting was be no provision for on the-spot Pulwama district identified as vacant panch and sarpanch by- registered in 77 vacant constitu- registrations. Ghulam Jeelani accused them of ex- polls, respectively, held the oth- encies. In this phase, there were The states have been asked, tortion, news agency KNT reported er day (Sunday),” State Election 99,454 electors, including 51,748 as far as possible, to allocate the Monday. More On P8 Securitymen stand guard at the house of PDP leader Parvaiz Bhat after his PSO was shot dead . KO Pix Abid Bhat Commissioner (SEC) K K Sharma men and 47,706 More On P8 vaccine from one More On P8 Man Booked For Post On ‘Temple Arson’ Srinagar: Militants opened fire at the residence of a PDP leader PSO’s Killing Aimed To Disrupt Polls: DGP Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir in the Natipora area of the city J&K Water Bodies Corona police on Monday filed a case on Monday, killing his personal Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir police chief Dilbagh Singh Mon- against a social media user for security officer (PSO). day said that the killing of a Personal Security Officer (PSO) of Crosses 1800 spreading rumours about the arson Parvaiz Bhat, the militant- a PDP leader at Natipora, Srinagar, is an attempt to disrupt the To Get ‘Unique at a temple here in this capital city turned-PDP leader, escaped the at- ongoing election process and the prevailing peaceful environ- Mark With 3 with the intention to disturb the tack unhurt. ment across Kashmir. More On P8 Identification Number’ religious harmony. Bhat said militants dressed in More Deaths In a statement issued here on ‘pheran’ -- traditional Kashmiri Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Number to each water body; to Monday evening, a police spokes- cloak worn during winter -- and Bhat claimed that it was third now had only two PSOs compared government formed a Committee remove encroachments in and Srinagar: The death toll due to person said that a case has been armed with AK rifles came to his attack on his life since he joined to five earlier. for monitoring overall progress around the water bodies; to pre- coronavirus crossed 1800-mark in registered against a social media residence this morning. mainstream politics. He was earli- In a statement issued here, a po- in the identification, protection vent dumping of waste in the Jammu and Kashmir on Monday as user, who had posted about an As soon as the militants pulled er a militant of Hizbul Mujahideen. lice spokesperson in a handout is- and restoration of water bodies water bodies; to maintain water three more people lost the battle alleged act of arson at Arya Samaj out their weapons, the PSO opened “The government has down- sued here this afternoon said that a in Jammu and Kashmir. quality as per the recognized with the deadly infection, while Temple Motiyar Rainawari, when fire, he said. The constable was in- graded my security. I don’t know case has been registered in this re- Headed by Administrative standards; to restore water bod- 246 fresh cases of Covid-19 were the fact is that “no such incident jured in the firing by the militants. what would have been the fate of gard under relevant sections of law. Secretary, Forest Ecology and ies by taking other appropriate detected in the Union Territory in has occurred and the said temple is The injured cop was taken to my family if the alert PSO had not “Investigation is in progress and Environment department, the steps involving the Panchayats the last 24 hours. safe and intact”. More On P8 the nearby Bone and Joint Hospital opened fire,” Bhat told reporters at officers continue to work to estab- eight-member committee has and the Community, utilizing Among the three victims claimed for treatment, a police official said. his residence. lish the full circumstances of this been asked to identify and pro- the financial resources avail- by the virus in J&K, two were 7 Gamblers Held He said the policeman suc- He claimed that his security de- crime. Area has been cordoned tect all water bodies in J&K; to able from different sources and residents of Jammu region and In City: Police cumbed to injuries. tail was reduced last year and he and search in the More On P8 assign Unique Identification to evolve further More On P8 one from Kashmir More On P8 Srinagar: Police on Monday claimed to have arrested seven gamblers in a raid in the Nehru All Roshni Park area of this capital city. Srinagar To Get Metro Acting on an input, a police party After Prince, Gulshan & Kismat carried out a raid at Zabarwan Scamsters To Be Park along the Boulevard road and Rail Soon: Govt apprehended seven gamblers from Booked: Singh Sink In Troubled Dal Waters the spot, a police spokesperson Reasi: Union Minister Jitendra Once Approved, Project Should Be Completed Within 2 Years: LG said Monday. He said playing cards Singh on Monday said those Badyari and Bashir Ahmed Kolu. and a cash of Rs 26,060/- were who allegedly illegally occupied Earlier, on December 3, a resi- recovered from their possession. lands in Jammu and Kashmir dential houseboat named HB “They have been arrested and under the so called Roshni scam Prince met the same tragedy in shifted to PS RM Bagh where they will be brought to book. river Jhelum. remain in custody,” the police Campaigning for BJP candi- “These three houseboats sank spokesperson said. More On P8 dates contesting the District because of the snowfall,” Yakoob Development Council (DDC) Dunno, spokesperson of Kashmir Employee Attempts elections, Singh cautioned farm- Houseboat Owners Association ers against alleged mischievous (KHBOA) told Kashmir Observer. Suicide, Hospitalised propaganda being spread by the “Their pathetic conditions des- Srinagar: A Sanitary Inspector opposition parties that the gov- perately needed repairs, but the on Monday morning allegedly ernment will take away their ban on the house reconstruction Observer News Service Metro Rail System will not only fa- attempted suicide by consum- agricultural and other land as a and renovation has ended their cilitate the people but also have a ing some poisonous substance in consequence of the action taken fairytale forever now.” Jammu: Lieutenant Governor, positive impact on the economy and Tangdhar area of north-Kashmir’s on the Roshni scam. Dunno said pleas of Kashmir’s Manoj Sinha on Monday stressed quality of life, an official spokesper- Kupwara district, official sources “In the coming days to come, houseboat community are repeat- upon speedy implementation of son said. The LG said that the Metro said. all these land grabbers (Roshni KO Web Desk Under the weight of the sea- edly falling on deaf ears. Jammu and Srinagar Metro rail Project for the two cities will be cost- Shabir Ahmad Lone (38) a scam) will be brought to book son’s fresh snowfall, three house- “The house is a wooden fringe unit projects and directed that the effective and a leap towards sustain- resident of Handwara allegedly and the investigation has al- Srinagar: Breakdown of boats including Gulshan Palace, which needs repairing, reconstruc- project once approved should be able public transport. took some poisonous substance ready got initiated in several Kashmir’s iconic houseboat com- Kismat and New Dog Star sank in tion and caulking from time to time,” completed within two years from Earlier, the representatives of this morning at his residential cases,” he said. munity continues unabated as the the middle of the Dal Lake, tak- Dunno said, “But it seems nobody is the date of commencement. MAHA-Metro gave a PowerPoint quarters in Tangdhar area of the Singh said the Roshni scam- ‘sinking’ tragedy once again struck ing the overall toll of destroyed bothered about our concerns.” Chairing a meeting at Civil presentation regarding the works border district, official sources sters and land grabbers are the lockdown-hit tourism industry houseboats at 9 this year. With no business since last Secretariat here to steer Light Metro related to the project, besides said. Lone, they said, was airlifted spreading lies about the newly last Saturday — the day the valley The fresh fallen houseboats August, he said, the houseboat Rail Projects for Jammu and Srinagar, highlighting the key issues on to sub-district Hospital Kupwara for framed land laws More On P8 witnessed a moderate snowfall. belonged to Mohammed Sultan owners can’t effort More On P8 the LG observed that the elevated Jammu and Srinagar More On P8 treatment. More On P8 ACB Files Case Over Rice Embezzlement Srinagar: The Anti Corruption Bu- reau (ACB) on Monday filed a case ‘I Feel Like Crying’: C-Section Making Life Painful For Kashmiri Mothers of embezzlement of food grain in Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Asif Khan, Arbeena Shah just wants to get rid of the pain she is in. deliveries carried out in five months— Affairs (FCS&CA) Department. “Myoun Khoedah dee taar (My Allah from April 01 to August 31, 2020—in In a statement issued here, will take care of you),”Nazima’s mother Kashmir, at least 8,677 were conducted an ACB spokesperson said that nside Srinagar’s Lal Ded hospital, comforts her daughter before taken to through C-Section. a verification conducted by the Nazima is struggling with her baby the theatre for Cesarean Section. These numbers put the overall per- ACB revealed that Director Food, I bump. Lower segment Caesarean Section centage of C-Section in Kashmir at over Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Dressed in a sloppy Frock Shalwar, (LCSC) or simply C-Section is the surgi- 42.68, against the WHO-recommended (FCS&CA) Department Kashmir has she’s being assisted by her mother—re- cal delivery of a baby through incisions 10-15 percent.

allotted additional 500 AAY Ration citing ‘Bismillah’ recurrently in a hope to in the abdomen and the uterus. Photo: Representation C-Section surgeries may be seen

Tickets (RTs) to district Baramulla give some spiritual strength and solace Photo: Representation Kashmir is witnessing a hysteric rise as a fast and easy way to deliver, usu- with effect from October 2017 under to her daughter. in C-Section rates as more women are ally to elude the labour pain, but it ties revised NFSA target. While being wheeled to the observa- Usually, if there is a high risk pregnancy such as the backing the wrong horse by opting for the women to a compromised health C The additional allotment of rice tion room, Nazima is all set to go under expecting lady being hypertensive, diabetic, over-aged, or surgery to deliver the baby. afterwards. M

5075 quintals, he said, continuously surgical knife for delivering her first baby. An RTI (Right to Information) filed by Ayesha Wasim, 33, who had deliv- Y baby beech is detected, then we prefer delivery through flowed from the Directorate of As her husband and mother trial be- the rights activist M M Shuja recently ered her lone child surgically four years K Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer hind, she looks a bit edgy but, for now she C-Sections since the vaginal delivery can be risky” disclosed that out of the total 20,329 ago, became an ugly More On P8 Affairs Kashmir to More On P8 ICICI Bank Limited is an Indian multinational bank ADVT Tuesday | 15-12-2020 02 ICICI Bank Limited is an Indian multinational bank ADVT Tuesday | 15-12-2020 03

È NEWS Tuesday| 15-12-2020 4 As part of Israel deal, US Moroccan schools to teach officially delists Sudan as Jewish history and culture

Agencies Morocco confirmed the state sponsor of terror deal, saying King Mohammed RABAT: Jewish history and VI had told outgoing US Presi- Agencies US President Donald culture in Morocco will soon dent Donald Trump his coun- Trump announced in October be part of the school curricu- try had agreed to establish dip- KHARTOUM, Sudan — The that he was delisting Sudan, a lum — a “first” in the region lomatic relations with Israel United States on Monday step desperately sought by the and in the North African coun- “with minimal delay”. formally removed Sudan’s nation’s new civilian-backed try, where Islam is the state The decision to add Jew- designation as a state spon- government as the designation religion. ish history and culture to les- sor of terrorism, 27 years severely impeded foreign in- The decision “has the im- sons was discreetly launched after putting the country on vestment. pact of a tsunami,” said Serge before the diplomatic deal was its blacklist, the US embassy As part of a deal, Sudan Berdugo, secretary general of announced. in Khartoum announced. agreed to pay $335 million to the Council of Jewish Commu- Part of an ongoing revamp The move accompanies compensate survivors and nities of Morocco. It “is a first of Morocco’s school curricu- Sudan’s recent normaliza- victims’ families from a 2000 in the Arab world,” he said lum since 2014, the lessons will tion of ties with Israel, which attack on the USS Cole off Ye- from Casablanca. be included from next term for was brokered by Washington. men’s coast and the twin 1998 For years, although the children in their final year of Sudan confirmed in October attacks on US embassies in Ke- kingdom had no official rela- primary school, aged 11, the that it had agreed to the deal nya and Tanzania, carried out tionship with Israel, thousands education ministry said. in exchange for being removed when dictator Omar al-Bashir of Jews of Moroccan origin vis- The move aims to “high- from the US terror blacklist, was welcoming al-Qaeda and ited the land of their ancestors, light Morocco’s diverse iden- acknowledging for the first hosting its then-leader Osama to celebrate religious holidays tity”, according to Fouad time the existence of linkage bin Laden. One of the chief China again bails out or make pilgrimages, includ- Chafiqi, head of academic pro- between the two, which it had planners of the embassy at- ing from Israel. grammes at the ministry. Pakistan to pay Saudi debt But Morocco this week be- Morocco’s Jewish commu- Shahbaz Rana instead for trade related pur- The original agreement The Express Tribune poses. had been renewed in Decem- ISLAMABAD: China has again The benefit of this arrange- ber 2014 for a period of three bailed out Pakistan as it agrees to ment will be that the addition- years with overall limit of 10 immediately provide $1.5 billion al $1.5 billion Chinese loan will billion yuan or $1.5 billion. financing line to repay the $2 bil- not reflect on the book of the It was further extended in lion Saudi Arabia debt, sources federal government and it will May 2018 for a period of three told The Express Tribune. not be treated as part of Paki- years, with the amount being Out of $2 billion, Pakistan stan’s external public debt. increased to 20 billion Yuan or is now set to return the $1 bil- Spokespersons for both the $3 billion. lion on coming Monday, said SBP and the finance ministry This agreement will expire the sources in the finance neither denied nor confirmed the in May next year, which the ministry and the State Bank development. The spokesperson central bank has decided to re- came the fourth Arab nation nity has been present since an- previously denied. tacks, Abdullah Ahmed Abdul- of Pakistan (SBP). The remain- for the central bank ducked the quest China to further extend since August to announce a tiquity and grew over the cen- “The congressional noti- lah, was killed in Tehran ear- ing $1 billion is due in Janu- questions while the ministry of it for three more years. US-brokered deal to normalise turies, particularly with the fication period of 45 days has lier this year, allegedly by ary, they added. finance said that it was a “bilat- The central bank’s finan- relations with Israel, follow- arrival of Jews expelled from lapsed and the Secretary of Israeli agents. However, this time around, eral confidential matter”. cial statement for the year ing the United Arab Emirates, Spain by the Catholic kings af- State has signed a notification Sudan’s transitional gov- China has not given the loan The Express Tribune had 2019-20 showed that the SBP Bahrain and Sudan. ter 1492. stating rescission of Sudan’s ernment, which took over last from its State Administration sent questions to the SBP about utilised 20 billion yuan or Israeli Prime Minister At the end of the 1940s, State Sponsor of Terrorism des- year following Bashir’s over- of Foreign Exchange, common- the CSA and a delay in upload- Rs475 billion. Benjamin Netanyahu said liai- Jewish Moroccans numbered ignation is effective as of today throw, also agreed to recognize ly known as SAFE deposits, nor ing data on currency circula- Pakistan paid Rs20.5 bil- son offices would be reopened about 250,000 — some 10 per- (December 14), to be published Israel, a major goal for Trump, has it extended a commercial tion, M2, on its website. “The lion in interest to China on in Tel Aviv and Rabat, which cent of the population. in the Federal Register,” the US although Khartoum has sought loan, said the sources. M2 data will be updated soon using the $3 billion trade fi- Morocco closed in 2000 at the Many left after the cre- embassy said on Facebook. to downplay the connection. Instead, both the countries on the website” was the terse nance facility in the last fiscal start of the second Palestinian ation of the state of Israel in have agreed to augment the response of the central bank, year alone, showed the central uprising, and full diplomatic 1948, and the community now size of a 2011 bilateral Curren- while maintaining silence on bank’s financial statement. relations would be established numbers around 3,000, still the cy-Swap Agreement (CSA) by the question of currency deal. China has become Paki- “as rapidly as possible”. largest in North Africa. 'Turkey appoints ambassador an additional 10 billion Chinse stan’s largest creditor for the Yuan or around $1.5 billion, What is CSA? past few years. The trade facil- to Israel after two years' the sources said. This has in- The bilateral Currency ity, originally meant to pro- creased the size of the overall Swap Agreement was reached mote bilateral trade in respec- Agencies maritime blockade of Gaza. trade facility to 20 billion Chi- between the SBP and the Peo- tive local currencies, has been Over 300 Schoolboys Still They restored ties in 2016, nese Yuan or $4.5 billion. ples Bank of China (PBOC) used for paying foreign debt. Ankara: Turkey has appoint- but relations soured again in The CSA is a Chinese trade in December 2011 “in order The $3 billion money is ed a new ambassador to Is- 2018 in the aftermath of the finance facility that Pakistan to promote bilateral trade, fi- part of the current $13.4 billion Missing After Nigeria rael after a two-year absence, US embassy move. has been using since 2011 to nance direct investment and in foreign currency reserves reports say. Ulutas’ appointment also repay foreign debt and keep provide short-term liquidity held by the central bank, the School Attack In May 2018, Ankara with- comes as a number of Arab its gross foreign currency re- support”, according to the cen- SBP had confirmed to The Ex- drew its envoy over deadly at- countries – Bahrain, Mo- serves at comfortable levels tral bank. press Tribune last month. Agencies ber of children that have been tacks against Palestinians in rocco, Sudan and the United kidnapped,” said Masari. the besieged Gaza Strip who Arab Emirates – agreed to Abuja : More than 300 school- Meanwhile, parents were protesting US President normalise diplomatic ties boys are still missing after and family members on Donald Trump’s decision to with Israel in deals brokered Blast at Saudi Port Hits Oil Tanker gunmen attacked a second- Sunday gathered at the move the US embassy from by outgoing US President ary school in Kankara, a school, issuing a plea to Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. Trump. as Red Sea Attacks Mount town in Nigeria’s northwest- authorities to bring the The move to appoint Ufuk The Palestinian leader- ern Katsina state, authori- missing boys to safety. Ulutas, 40, as the new Turk- ship has slammed the deals as Paul Wallace | Sharon Cho | struck by an external source analyst at data intelligence firm ties said. “If it’s not government ish ambassador is part of an grave betrayals by the Arab Verity Ratcliffe | Noorhan Abusamra while discharging at Jeddah at Kpler, said in an interview with Attackers on motorcycles that will help us, we have attempt to improve ties with states that further undermine Bloomberg Quint about 12:40 a.m. local time on Dubai-based consultant Gulf In- stormed the all-boys Govern- no power to rescue our chil- incoming President-elect Palestinian efforts to achieve Monday, according to a state- telligence. “We will continue to ment Science School late on dren,” Murja Mohammed, Joe Biden’s administration, self-determination. Riyadh: A ship was hit by an ment from its owner, Hafnia. see these pinpricks but they have Friday and engaged security whose son was taken, told a report by Al Monitor quot- Earlier this year, Trump explosion at the Saudi Arabian The Singapore-flagged vessel limited impact.” forces in a fierce gun battle, Reuters news agency. ing “well-placed sources” re- proposed a so-called Middle port of Jeddah, as attacks in immediately ceased all dis- forcing hundreds of students Meanwhile, the hashtag vealed last week. East plan that overwhelm- the Red Sea mount. charge operations and the fire Houthi Mines to flee and hide in the sur- BringBackOurBoys was Ulutas, described as ingly favoured Israel and was While there were no casual- was extinguished without any The Houthis have previ- rounding forest. trending on social media in “very polished”, “very clev- categorically rejected by the ties reported in Monday’s inci- injuries to the 22 crew mem- ously used sea mines to attack “So far we are yet to Nigeria on Sunday as public er” and “very pro-Palestin- Palestinians. dent, it comes just three weeks bers, it said. ships in Saudi Arabian waters. account for 333 pupils,” outrage grew about an attack ian” by sources quoted in the Both Trump’s proposal after an oil tanker was dam- “It is possible that some oil The Shia group been fight- Katsina Governor Aminu that initially saw 600 boys report, studied Hebrew and and the recent normalisation aged, possibly by a mine, at the has escaped from the vessel,” the ing Yemen’s United Nations- Masari said on Sunday af- missing. Middle Eastern politics in the deals have been criticised Saudi terminal of Shuqaiq and statement read. “But this has not backed government since 2014. ter a meeting with security Defence Minister Major Hebrew University in Jerusa- by Turkish President Recep Yemen’s Houthi rebels claimed been confirmed and instrumen- A Saudi-led coalition inter- officials, adding that the General Bashir Salihi-Ma- lem. He is also an expert on Tayyip Erdogan, who has po- a missile strike on a Saudi Ar- tation currently indicates that oil vened a year later on the side boarding school had a total gash, who met Masari, the Israel’s regional rival, Iran, sitioned himself as a staunch amco fuel depot in Jeddah. levels on board are at the same of the government. of 839 students. governor, said the military but is not a career diplomat. supporter of the Palestinian Tensions in the area have level as before the incident.” BW Rhine loaded gasoline Masari said students will pursue the attackers and Turkey first broke off cause in the Muslim world. risen as the U.S., a Saudi ally, Brent crude rose 1% to at the Saudi port of Yanbu on who managed to escape the rescue the students without diplomatic ties with Israel in Despite the new reported ramps up sanctions on Iran, $50.49 a barrel by 9:54 a.m. in Dec. 8 before sailing south to attack have been coming any collateral damage. 2010 after 10 pro-Palestinian appointment of Ulutas as which backs the Houthis in Ye- London, paring earlier gains of Jeddah, according to ship-track- out of hiding in the forest. “We will go the whole Turkish activists were killed ambassador, it remains to men’s civil war. as much as 1.7%. ing data compiled by Bloom- It is unclear if the students hog,” said Salihi-Magash. by Israeli commandos who be seen whether Ankara will Blast at Saudi Port Hits Oil “It’s an isolated incident berg. Jeddah, Saudi Arabia’s initially hid or they escaped “We have the intelligence, boarded a Turkish-owned establish full diplomatic ties Tanker as Red Sea Attacks Mount and therefore we don’t need any second-biggest city, is about 370 from their attackers. the information where they flotilla trying to deliver aid with Israel. Tanker BW Rhine, which significant change in mentality miles (595 kilometers) from the “Efforts are being made are and their movement and and break Israel’s years-long carries refined products, was or activity,” Kevin Wright, an Yemeni border. to ascertain the actual num- their method of operation.”

NEWS MAKERS Iran Awards Military Medal To Nuclear Master of espionage Taliban leader Scientist Assassinated Last Month John le Carre dies at 89 got insured ehran: Iran's su- ohn le Carre, the spy-turned-nov- before murder preme leader Aya- elist whose elegant and intricate lain Afghan Taliban chief Mullah tollah Ali Khamenei narratives defined the Cold War Akhtar Mansour purchased a life in- on Sunday posthu- espionage thriller and brought ac- surance policy using a fake identity Tmously awarded a presti- Jclaim to a genre critics had once ignored, in Pakistan and paid Rs 3 lakh in pre- gious military decoration to has died. He was 89. Smium before being killed in a US drone at- top nuclear scientist Mohsen Le Carre's literary agency, Curtis tack, according to a media report on Sunday. Fakhrizadeh, who was assas- Brown, said Sunday he died in Cornwall, Mansour, who was killed in a US sinated last month, state tele- southwest England on Saturday after a drone strike along the Pakistan-Iran bor- vision reported. short illness. The agency said his death “John le Carre has passed at the age of 89. der on May 21, 2016, assumed the leader- Fakhrizadeh was killed was not related to COVID-19. This terrible year has claimed a literary giant ship of the Taliban in July 2015, replacing on a major road outside Teh- His family said he died of pneumonia and a humanitarian spirit," tweeted novelist its founder and the one-eyed reclusive ran in late November in a In classics such as “The Spy Who Came Stephen King. Margaret Atwood said: “Very long-time spiritual head Mullah Moham- bomb and gun attack that the in from the Cold,” “Tinker Tailor Soldier sorry to hear this. His Smiley novels are key mad Omar who died in 2013. Islamic republic has blamed Spy” and “The Honourable Schoolboy,” to understanding the mid-20th century.” The details about the insurance policy on its arch foe Israel. "This is a decoration meant After Fakhrizadeh's Le Carre combined terse but lyrical prose For le Carre, the world of espionage were revealed during the hearing of a ter- The broadcaster said for dear ones who defend the Is- death, Defence Minister with the kind of complexity expected in lit- was a “metaphor for the human condi- ror funding case against him and his ab- the first class Order of Nasr lamic revolution and Iran's ter- Amir Hatami referred to him erary fiction. tion.” “I'm not part of the literary bu- sconding accomplices on Saturday. ("Victory" in Persian), bear- ritorial integrity and indepen- as his deputy minister and His books grappled with betrayal, reaucracy if you like that categorizes ev- The insurance company provided this ing Khamenei's signature, dence," Bagheri said. head of the ministry's Orga- moral compromise and the psychological erybody: Romantic, Thriller, Serious,” le information to an Anti-Terrorism Court was handed to the scientist's He added that it is the nization of Defensive Innova- toll of a secret life. In the quiet, watchful Carre told The Associated Press in 2008. “I (ATC) in Karachi during the hearing of the family by the armed forces highest medal awarded in rec- tion and Research (SPND), spymaster George Smiley, he created one of just go with what I want to write about and case registered against Mansour and his chief of staff Major General ognition of logistics contribu- focusing on the field of "nu- 20th-century fiction's iconic characters — a the characters. I don't announce this to my- accomplices by the Federal Investigation Mohammad Bagheri. tion and support of the troops. clear defence." decent man at the heart of a web of deceit. self as a thriller or an entertainment. Agency (FIA) last year, Dawn news reported. Tuesday| 15-12-2020 5

Except administration DIAL-EMMA • TRAFFIC POLICE : 9419993745, 01998-266686 nobody is with BJP: Shah Will Confront Divisive • PCR: 0194-2452092,2455883 • PDD: 0194-2450213 • FIRE AND EMERGENCY SERVICES : 2479488,2452222,2452155 • CAPD: 18001807011 Forces: Bukhari • SMC HEALTH OFFICER: 9469409081 AIRPORTS SRINAGAR, December 14: Apni Party President Syed Altaf Bukhari SHIEK UL ALAM AIRPORT: 01942303311 on Monday ridiculed the political forces that indulge in divisive poli- RAILWAYS tics and sow the seeds of discord in • SRINAGAR: 0194-2103259 the socio-political fabric for reaping • ANANTNAG: 01932-228243 Budgam: Peoples Alliance pose and reject the politics electoral dividends. • BARAMULLA: 0194-102029 for Gupkar Declaration of deceit and exploitation of Addressing the Party’s DDC • BIJBHERA: 01932-228243 visited dozens of Budgam the ruling party. election campaign convention held • PAMPORE: 01933-294132 areas seeking vote and sup- He said that BJP always at Gund Khwaja Qasim-Singhpo- • PATTAN: 01954-293507 port for their candidate. tries to divert the attention ra-Pattan in district Baramulla, • QAZIGUND: 01951-296153 The campaign was run by of the people during elec- Bukhari said that his Party is com- ANC Senior vice president tions from real issues faced mitted to bridge the gap that has HIGHWAY STATUS Muzaffar Ahmed Shah and by the people to exploit the been deliberately created between • Sgr-Jammu highway - ( Open ) Peoples Movement Presi- emotions of people. People the communities, regions and sub • Mughal Road - (Open) dent Javaid Mustafa Mir. should see through the elec- regions in Jammu and Kashmir. regions and sub regions of J&K to who represent different ideologies • Srinagar- Leh- (Open) These leaders visited toral designs and tactics of “The cards of divisiveness and discard and confront these forces in- and sects and have tremendous and interacted people at BJP and reject the forces of polarization played by some politi- imical to peace and amity with all its contribution in imparting socio-re- Dandoosa Khumani Chowk, opportunism led by BJP. cians with vested interests has not political might,” he averred. ligious teachings among the people. Laribal, Galwanpora, In response to a ques- only created a huge gulf between the Bukhari said that the J&K has But people should not fall prey to Harran, Soibug, Wadwan, tion, Shah said except ad- communities but has proved to be a already suffered a lot due to divi- insinuations and think about the PRAYERS Gariand Kallan, Wahabpo- ministration nobody is huge hurdle in the way of develop- sive politics being played on the development of the society as a unit. ra, Gariand Khurd, Nusrul- with BJP. “If Godforbid, ment of the society in J&K,” he re- basis of community, sectarian or This is what our Party’s political FAJR 5: 58 llahpora, Pathanpora, San- BJP wins a single seat that marked. regional basis. philosophy envisions and we all are gam, Harran and Soibugh. will be because of the sup- The occasion witnessed massive Speaking on the occasion, Apni committed to further this agenda,” ZUHR 12: 25 Muzafar Shah told port it is getting from the participation of people irrespective Party Senior Vice President Ghulam Mir observed. HIJRI people PAGD did its work administration,” he said. of the age and gender who responded Hassan Mir observed that there can The event was also addressed by and took a stand and now it He said BJP won’t win to the speeches of Apni Party leader- be ideological differences in any soci- the Party’s general secretary Rafi Ah- CALENDAR ASR 3:46 is the job of people to decide a single seat among 140 ship with a thunderous applause. ety but that should not create an un- mad Mir. In his speech, Mir appealed Magrib 5:27 what they want. He said seats. “It is not the question Highlighting the dangers of divi- manageable gulf between the people. to the people to support the Apni 29 Rabi-us-Sani PAGD stands for the resto- of development but about sive politics, Bukhari observed that “I think J&K’s electorate is ma- Party contesting candidate Kaneez ISHA 6:52 ration of Article 370 while the dignity of people of Jam- this detestable trend poses a great ture enough and have now resolved Fatima for her commitment and dedi- 1442 elections mu and Kashmir,” he said. risk to peace not only in Jammu and not to provide any space to the lead- cation shown for the public welfare. Blaming BJP of run- On this occasion, Ja- Kashmir given its political atmo- ers who pit one section against the “People should inculcate a habit ning away from the real is- vaid Mustafa Mir said that sphere but has far-reaching external other,” Mir remarked. of making their representatives ac- sues and hardships faced by the people should reject ramifications as well. He said that the Apni Party is countable. We believe that the lack This Day In History the people due to its wrong the political maneuvering “Apni Party wants all the com- guided by the principles of inclusive of public accountability is respon- policies and decisions, Shah of the ruling party at the munities to work together as a unit politics and it would never condone sible for the prevailing underdevel- • 1256 - Hulagu Khan captures and destroys Hashshashin appealed to the people to ex- strength of power. in J&K for making our society to the politics of sectarianism or com- opment of Jammu and Kashmir,” stronghold at Alamut, in present-day Iran, part of the Mongol witness peace and progress. Our munal polarization. the Apni Party General Secretary offensive on Islamic southwest Asia. party has pledged to unite all the “We have great leaders here observed. • 1612 - German Astronomer Simon Marius is 1st to observe An- Children of deceased COVID Warriors dromeda galaxy through a telescope. GOVERNMENT OF JAMMU AND KASHMIR • 1745 - Battle at Kesseldorf: Prussia beats Saksen & Austria. • 1840 - Napoleon Bonaparte receives a French state funeral in DGHS invites OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE ENGINEER PHE DIVISION SHOPIAN Paris 19 years after his death. NOTICE INVITING TENDER • 1864 - Battle of Nashville, TN. • 1877 -Thomas Edison patents the phonograph. applications for MBBS E-NIT S. No.38/PHS of 2020-21Dtaed:14.12.2020 • 1899 - Battle at Colenso, South Africa (Boers-British army). • 1907 - In Persia, the Shah leads a coup de’etat against JAMMU, DECEMBER 14- eligible children of de- For and on behalf of the Lieutenant Governor J&K, e-tenders on item rate basis are invited from approved and eligible Contractors registered with J&K Govt, It is for the information ceased COVID Warriors CPWD, Railways and other State/ Central Governments for each of the following works:- the liberal Prime Minister Nasir ul-Mulk and imprisons to all the candidates, who through respective Direc- him, but a popular uprising forces the Shah to restore S Name of Work Est. Cost Earnest Cost of Time of Class of Head of Nasir ul-Mulk . have appeared and quali- torate of Medical Education No. (Rs. Money T/Doc. in (days) Con- Account • 1913 - Nicaragua becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires fied for NEET examination (DME)/ Directorate Health InLacs) (In Rs) (In tract rupees) copyright treaty. conducted by the National Services (DHS) of their do- 1 Providing & fixing of sub-main and distribution system for new colony 9.76 19520/- 600/- 25 days C&D • 1914 - Battle of Lodz ends; Russians retreat toward Moscow. Testing Agency (NTA) in micile states. 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Date of Publish of NIT 14 12 2020 900 Hrs Ganges River in Bangladesh. 2. Period of downloading of bidder documents 14 12 2020 900 Hrs • 1965 - Gemini 6 launched; makes 1st rendezvous in space A Poem By Bhat Tasim 3. Bid submission Start date 14 12 2020 900 Hrs 4. Bid submission End date 26 12 2020 1700 Hrs (with Gemini 7). 5. Date and time of opening of bids (online) 26 12 2020 1800 Hrs • 1966 - Audouin Dollfus discovers 10th satellite of Saturn, Ja- Bids must be accompanied with cost of tenders documents in shape of treasury Challan pledged in favour of Executive Engineer PHE Division nus. Shopian(Account -0215) • 1967 - The Silver Bridge collapses, killing 46 people. Earnest Money/Bid Security in shape of CDR/FDR pledged to:- • 1970 - S Korean ferry Namyong-Ho sinks in Strait of Korea, Executive Engineer PHE Division Shopian. 5. Earnest money in favour of unsuccessful bidder shall be released only after submission of treasury challan. 308 killed. The date and time of opening of bids shall be notified on website www.jktenders.gov.inandconveyto the bidder automatically through an e-mailmessage • 1970 - Soviet Venera 7 is 1st spacecraft to land on another on their mail id. The bids of responsive bidders shall be opened online on same website in the office of, Executive Engineer PHE Division Shopian(tender planet (Venus). receiving authority). The bids for the work shall remain valid for a period of 120 days from the date of opening of financial bids. • 1971 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semi- All other terms conditions are as per PWD Form 25 (Double) Agreement Form. palitinsk USSR. Today I woke up, being very sad. Sd/- • 1976 - Samoa becomes a member of the UN. DIPK-10416/20 Executive Engineer Being so dull and feeling very bad. PHE Division Shopian, • 1979 - Deposed Shah of Iran leaves US for Panama. • 1979 - World Court in Hague rules Iran should relase all US Looked at the sky, the morning sun. hostages The sun replied, “oh! you one, • launches Intelsat V satellite, no. 503. Why are you sad? still heights to climb, Government of Jammu & Kashmir • 1984 - USSR launches Vega 1 for rendezvous with Halley’s Comet. Challenges will come, get through them. OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE ENGINEER MECHANICAL • 1986 - 150 killed during race riot in Karachi. Look towards me and be wise, • 1994 - Palau becomes a member of the UN. HOSPITAL AND CENTRAL HEATING DIVISION SRINAGAR • 2001 - The Leaning Tower of Pisa reopens after 11 years and Evening I go down, but again I rise”. (Telefax No: 019-2496089, e-mail id: [email protected]) $27,000,000 to fortify it, without fixing its famous lean. Then, I turned towards singing birds, GIST of e-NIT No: MHCHD/TS /2020-21/224/e-tendering Singing in their own words. Dated: 11.12.2020 From KO Archives Wandering over my head, they too said, “Barriers will be there, you go ahead. For and on behalf of the Lt. Governor of Jammu and Kashmir UT, e-tenders, valid for 180 days, are invited Internet Look towards us and grow up, from the Registered , reputed & experienced firms as detailed in the NIT for below mentioned works: Name of Work Cost of Earnest Estimated Time of comple- Telephony Soon Predators destroy our homes, still we set up”. T/Doc. Money Cost tion Position of funds (In rupees) (In Rs) (In Lacs) (in days) Observer News Service Then¸I noticed the beautiful butterfly, 1 3 4 5 6 Supply Installation, Testing and commissioningof 200 4300 2.15 10 Available as commu- NEW DELHI: In a major policy decision, the government has It’s little colourful wings, everything dignify. 32 CCTVs Cameras at MCH Buildingof Govt. District nicated by intending de¬cided to scrap the old Telegraph Act and replace it with a It also asked me, “why are you stressful? Hospital, Kulgam. department new Con¬vergence Act, which allows making telephone calls through the In¬ternet, Union Information Technology Minister Fear will be there, but always be faithful. 1. The Tender document Consisting of qualifying information, eligibility criteria, specifications, Bill of quanti- Pramod Mahajan announced in Pune on Sunday. Look towards me, whenever I fly ties (B.O.Q), Set of terms and conditions of contract and other details can be seen/downloaded from the Under the existing 1886 Telegraph Act, there were separate Govt. website www.jktenders.gov.in from12.12.2020 (18.00 hrs). rules for delivery of voice and picture data through telecom- Birds eat me, but still I fly, even so high”. munication channels and hence using the Internet to make tele- 2. The bidders shall deposit their bids in electronic format on the above web site from14.12.2020 (10:00 hrs) phone calls (In¬ternet telephony) was not permissible, he said Lastly, I looked down at the tiny ant. to 29.12.2020 (16:00 hrs) in two (02) covers. addressing the con¬cluding function of a two-day conference on 3. The bid uploaded on the Web Site up to due date and time will be opened on 30.12.2020 (14.00 hrs) or Information Tech¬nology and Biotechnology. What a persistence! I never thought. any date convenient to the department in the Office of Executive Engineer, MHCHD, Srinagar. The new Convergence Act takes into consideration all And it said, “ hey! though I am a tiny ant, these as¬pects and evolves a uniform law, Mahajan said. He said the Conver¬gence Act will have uniform laws regarding I never give up, so why you stop? the delivery system of voice, picture, digital and other forms of You just start, wherever you are, Sd/- data through telecom¬munication channels. He said the final And believe, your success is not so far”. Executive Engineer, version of the new Con¬vergence Act was ready and will be MHCHD, Srinagar cleared by December 21 by a Group of Minister dealing with this All Copyrights Reserved/ act. By December 25, it will be released on the Net for people to No: MHCHD/ TS/ 6950-55 Dt:-11-12-2020 give suggestions and objections. [email protected]. DIPK-10371/20 (KASHMIR OBSERVER, 15 DECEMBER, 2000)

Srinagar, Apr 23, KNT: The exploitation of private school teachers is continuing unabated in Kashmir valley as most of the schools have not paid salaries to the teaching staff since August 2019. With COVID-19 positive cases emerging every day all over the Valley, the resumption of normal life appears bleak in the near future. And, teacher com- munity employed in private schools has been badly affected. "It was the month of March when we were expecting the salaries to be released but now, given the coronavirus pandemic, we have no hope either. Our struggle has gotten worse, to say the least," Manzoor Dar, a private school teacher from Shopian told KNT. He added, "As we are observing that the administration is taking various KashmirKashmir Observer Observer 44Friday,Friday, 01 01 February, February, 2013 2013 OPINIONOPINION

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New der discussion was an open debate on to appeal to the Indian public that, OCIETAL TRENDS guided by the political elite have shorn ‘AMAN KI ASHA’, 2013 HAS events suggest otherwise. New der discussion was an open debate on to appeal to the Indian public that, thethe teaching teachingTuesday| profession profession of of its its status status15-12-2020 and and sanctity, sanctity, turning turning it it ‘AMAN KI ASHA’, 2013 HAS Delhi,Delhi, suddenly suddenly like like a a bolt [email protected] out out of of the the onon peacekeepingpeacekeeping andand notnot onon auster-auster- “I“I wouldwould likelike toto requestrequest allall IndianIndian CERTAINLYCERTAINLY BROUGHTBROUGHT blue,blue, raked raked up up the the ityity measures.measures.OPINIONbrothersbrothers andand sisterssisters andand allall thosethose intointo just just another another vocation vocation with with little little to to distinguish distinguish it it from, from, BAD NEWS. BUT AREN’T issueissue ofof thethe rel-rel- WhyWhy NewNew DelhiDelhi WhyWhy NewNew whowho areare talkingtalking inin aa negativenegative wayway say,say, hawking hawking garments garments on on the the streets. streets. The The adventurous, adventurous, glam- glam- BAD NEWS. BUT AREN’T evanceevance ofof thethe UNUN DelhiDelhi decideddecided toto aboutabout Shah Shah Rukh, Rukh, they they should should know know KASHMIR THEY THEMSELVES TO BE Military Observer decideddecided toto deviatedeviate fromfrom deviate from its he is a movie star." orousSorousS and and challenging challenging enterprise enterprise of of kindling, kindling, illuminating illuminating and and en- en- THEY THEMSELVES TO BE Military Observer deviate from its he is a movie star." 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(UNMOGIP) on ‘letting‘letting thethe sleepingsleeping ‘letting the sleep- noyed at Malik’s ‘request’, the uninspiringuninspiring activity activity devoid devoid of of its its sorely-needed sorely-needed spirit, spirit, mainly mainly be- be- THE IMPOSSIBLE? thethe LoC LoC in in Jammu Jammu inging dogsdogs lie’lie’ toto peoplepeople of of India India will will perhaps perhaps remain remain and Kashmir. dogsdogs lie’lie’ toto bringbring upup thethe bring up the ever grateful to the Pakistani Inte- causecause successive successive leaderships leaderships (if (if they they deserve deserve that that name) name) have have been been and Kashmir. bring up the ever grateful to the Pakistani Inte- Printed & Published by Sajjad Haider on behalf of the XPECTINGXPECTING THATTHAT thethe DeclaringDeclaring thatthat UNMOGIPUNMOGIP issueissue andand UNMOGIPUNMOGIP issueissue riorrior MinisterMinister forfor enlighteningenlightening themthem too occupied with other, more lucrative, concerns to bother about venom of hatred infused “UNMOGIP’s role and the timing it with the fact that Shahrukh Khan is too occupied with other, more lucrative, concerns to bother about venom of hatred infused “UNMOGIP’s role the timing it chose and the timing it with the fact that Shahrukh Khan is whatwhat is is the theKashmir corner-stone corner-stone Observer of of LLPthe the well-being well-being of of a a people. people. 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When the themselves continue to foster an en- the Heads of the wounds were re- Khan ‘Z’ category security? screeningscreening process process for for entry entry into into this this field field - - on on which which the the entire entire social social vironmentvironment of of mutual mutual mistrust! mistrust! twotwo governmentsgovernments woundswounds werewere reopenedreopened openedopened andand ThoughThough the the recent recent exchanges exchanges be- be- Editor-in-Chief : Sajjad Haider TheThe reactionreaction ofof NewNew DelhiDelhi andand andand ratifiedratified byby andand normalisationnormalisation ofof normalisationnormalisation ofof tweentween New New Delhi Delhi and and Islamabad Islamabad may may edificeedifice rests rests - - should should have have been been highly highly stringent, stringent, it it had had largely largely be- be- IslamabadIslamabad to to the the recent recent incidents incidents on on theirtheir respectiverespective thethe bilateralbilateral tiesties bringbring a a whiff whiff of of humour humour into into our our lives, lives, comecome a a hit- hit-Legal and-trial and-trial Counsel: exercise exercise Tasaduq with with Khwaja the the barest barest minimum minimum regard regard for for thethe LoCLoC servesserves asas aa grimgrim reminderreminder parliaments,”parliaments,” thethe thethe bilateralbilateral tiesties betweenbetween NewNew thethe dismal dismal future future of of the the bilateral bilateral rela- rela- talent, skillSwitchboard: and temperament. 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ComeCome toto aa ConclusionConclusion state government land had been transferred to the oc- colossalcolossal amounts amountscupants. spentspentOf this, on on running therunning Jammu a a vast vast region network network accounted of of under-per- under-per- for a IfIf he he were were a a cricketer cricketer — — which which I Irather rather ofof marks, marks, remember.” remember.” ofof total total freedom freedom to to pursue pursue the the pathways pathways of of KKEVINEVIN M MARTINARTIN formingforming institutions. institutions.lion's share Howsoever Howsoeverof 571,210 kanals. sound sound the theOne system system of the may maymajor appear appear factors on on doubtdoubt since since he he possessed possessed not not one one jot jot of of cricket cricket ThisThis generally generally got got the the ashen-faced ashen-faced ones ones one’sone’s own own mind, mind, frolic frolic in in the the fields fields of of an an idyl- idyl- paper,paper, onon that thethe persuadedgroundground itit is isthe asas government ricketyrickety andand run-downtorun-down seek a review asas thethe schoolofschool the vocabularyvocabulary in in his his speech speech — — but but if if he he were were a a movingmoving a a few few feet feet forward forward in in a a determined determined liclic nature nature and and dream dream of of writing writing lines lines that that ‘IN CONCLUSION’ was a favourite cricketercricketer Mr Mr P P would would have have been been categorised categorised efforteffort to to overcome overcome their their resisting resisting wills. wills. rhymedrhymed and and described described life life in in a a more more natural natural houseshouses spread spreadgovernment all all over over rural orderrural Kashmir Kashmir was the chronically chronically growing starvedunease starved ofin of staff staffits core and and ‘IN CONCLUSION’ was a favourite constituency Jammu, over the forcible retrieval of the phrasephrase of of a a teacher teacher of of mine mine — — a a man man of of scien- scien- asasThe an an all all rounder. rounder. This This is is because because D he he was was three threeinChemistryChemistry DDC periods periods were were about about tables tables wayway — — a a way way that that had had nothing nothing to to do do with with properproper equipment. equipment.transferred Reports Reports land. Thoughof of under-manned under-manned the BJP had schools, schools, accused particularly particularly the past tifictific qualification; qualification; a a man man who who looked looked at at you you sciencescience teachers teachers rolled rolled into into one. one. He He taught taught withwith cryptic cryptic symbols symbols and and water water that that changed changed science?science? and perceived atoms and molecules. Mr P, let’s Physics, Chemistry and when the frogs were colour magically with the introduction of dif- A young man dreaming is how I come to atat the the primary primarygovernments level, level, are are who a a routine routinepassed featurethefeature Roshni such such Act areas, areas, of alloting while while insti- insti-gov- and perceived atoms and molecules. Mr P, let’s Physics, Chemistry and when the frogs were colour magically with the introduction of dif- A young man dreaming is how I come to call him, for he very well may still be alive plentiful he was found in the ferent powders. I once remem- view my school reports of that day and age ernment land to Muslims in Jammu with an intention call him,As for he the very well name may still be alive of plentifulthe heDDC was found inelections the itself ferentsuggests, powders. I once remem- theyview myare school beingreports of that day and age tutestutes inin thethe citycity appearappear toto burstingbursting atat thethe seamsseams withwith needlessneedless monitoring the masses that passed through BiologyBiology rooms rooms giving giving lessons lessons berber naively naively being being drawn drawn into into whenwhen I Iglance glance at at them them occasionally occasionally these these to change the demography of the region, it turned out monitoring the masses that passed through LIFE IN A staff,staff, Schools Schools in in far-flung far-flung areas areas function function at at the the sweet sweet discretion discretion of of hishis hands. hands. onon dissection dissection which which non-bi- non-bi- LIFE IN A takingtaking a a deep deep sniff sniff from from a a daysdays yellowing yellowing in in a a plastic plastic sleeve. sleeve. Mr Mr P P obvi- obvi- that only 1180 kanals of the 44,000 kanals regularised in held around the discourse of “development”. The abrogation of ItIt was was the the Sixties, Sixties, of of course. course. The The Hippie Hippie ology-inclinedology-inclined ones ones like like my- my- CLASSROOMCLASSROOM OF OF bottlebottle of of chlorine chlorine that that nearly nearly ouslyously had had a a kind kind heart heart too too for for his his marks marks theirtheir often oftenJammu lone lone teachers, teachers,district, and hadand instances instancesgone to Muslims. of of just just one one or or two two tutors tutors handling multiple classes and hundreds of students are common. MovementMovement was was winking winking naughtily naughtily from from out- out- selfself found found hard hard to to stomach, stomach, THETHE SIXTIES SIXTIES tooktook my my sinuses sinuses for for a a walk walk awardedawarded to to me me in in their their own own scientific scientific way way handling multipleSo, the classes drive andto retrieve hundreds the of government students are landcommon. had sideside classroom classroom windows, windows,Article-370 “Come “Come out out and and taste taste especiallyespecially was the the drawing itselfdrawing of of done aroundrightright the out out of of my samemy body. body. narrativereflectreflect a a kindness. kindness. TheThe standards standardsgenerated of of such such deep schools schools resentment and and the the in education education Jammu divisionthey they impart impart forcing can can thethe freedom!” freedom!” bloodblood or or the the severing severing of of flesh flesh in in order order to to peer peer PhysicsPhysics was was about about equations, equations, balance balance IfIf the the dissecting dissecting of of a a frog frog taught taught me me any- any- wellwell be be imagined. imagined.the BJP to change its mind. More so, at a time when J&K TheThe band band Uriah Uriah Heep Heep did did indeed indeed sing, sing, atat the the undercoating undercoating and and the the insides. insides. andand sticking sticking pins pins in in paper paper while while trying trying to to thingthing it it pointed pointed me me in in the the direction direction of of veg- veg- TheThe situation situationis in the has hasmidst been been of allowed allowedDistrict to toDevelopment drift drift for for far far too tooCouncil long long ininpolls the the plaintively,plaintively, Free Free Me, Me, which which may may well well have have “One“One has has to tohe have have ongoing a a stomach stomach District for for these these De-tracetracenew angles angles politics of of reflection reflection of development and and refraction refraction that is etarianismetarianismlarger scheme and and a a kindness kindness of things. to to all all animals animals great great where the BJP seems at a serious disadvantage with re- beenbeen the the anthem anthem of of many many a a classroom classroom bound bound things,”things,” Mr Mr P P would wouldvelopment instruct, instruct, Council directing directing (DDC)his his through throughbeing a a thick thicktouted glass glass in slab. slab.Jammu and Kash- andand small. small.Parties Science Science belonging provided provided to me methe with with PAGD an an in- in- hopehope that thatgard with with to time timeits political the the growing, growing, rivals. engineered engineered preference preference for for pri- pri- schoolboy of that time. words at the oneselections who’d gone in a whiterJammu shade and mirMost by things the politicalin Mr P’s class dispensations started out as in sightare beinginto laterality. marginalized That is, in you the could polls be schoolboy of that time.Haris Rashid words at the ones who’d gone a whiter shade Most things in Mr P’s class started out as sight into laterality. That is, you could be vate schools wouldEarlier phase in October, the government the J&K systemHigh Court out of in existence. a judge- ItIt was was also also still still the the Years Years of of Collusion Collusion — — ofof pale pale and and generally generallyKashmir stood stood in arein the the anback back exercise rows rows premises premisespower before before at the gradually gradually moment. working working In fact, their their Home way way seatedseatedfor sticking in in the the lap lap to of oftheir science science previous and and be be totally polititotally -at at vate schools would phase the government system out of existence. Tin political liberalization and re- Minister Amit Shah had recently cal language surrounding the Kash- between teacher and parent to ensure at all at the dissecting table so they missed a good through a series of reasoning stages to a finely ease contemplating poetry. It remainsment to be with seen farhow reaching well measures consequences taken in ordered desperation, the Cen like- between teacher and parent to ensure at all at the placementdissecting table of sothe they political missed aelite good at throughattacked a series the of reasoning People’s stages Alliance to a finely for easemir-issue contemplating and autonomy. poetry. Adapting It remains to be seen how well measures taken in desperation, like cost that Johnny put his head down peered deal of what was going on. drawn conclusion. Science didn’t care because ultimately it recruitmentstral scroungedBureau of Investigationin haste, are able(CBI) to to turn take the over tide the for probe soci- cost that Johnny put his head down peered deal ofthe what same was time.going Beingon. the first after drawnGupkar conclusion. Declaration (PAGD), call- to thisScience new didn’t language care because of politics ultimately of it recruitmentsof Rs scrounged 25,000 crore in Roshni haste, landare able scam to in turn Jammu the tide and for Kash soci-- intointo the the laboratory laboratory microscope microscope and and averted averted PREPARINGPREPARINGthe abrogation TO TO FACE FACE LIFE: LIFE: of “Life “LifeArticle-370, is is going going to tothe ingDisputeDispute it an that, that,“unholy he’d he’d say,globalsay, pointing pointing gathband to to a a- seemsseemsdevelopment everything everything will is is relative. relative. not beThere There easy is is no no for end, end, ety,ety, particularly particularlymir. Court low-income, low-income, also declared rural rural and alland allotments agrarian agrarian classes classesmade underfor for whom whom the hishis gaze gaze from from the the classroom classroom windows. windows. The The tosstoss things thingselections at at you you that servethat are are asa a lot lotan harder harder opener to to take, take, to thesolved solvedhan” equation equation which on on the thewould blackboard. blackboard. no longer Of Of course, course, be nonothem conclusion conclusion as they to to be be drawnhave drawn becausecreated because like liketheir some some state-runstate-run legislationschools schools were were “void” the the mainstay frommainstay the beginning.of of hope. hope. worldworld outside outsideParties can can wait, wait, belonginga a good good education education soso get get used politicalused to to it. it. In Inand any any democraticcase, case, you you have have process to to do do it it inwho whotolerated could? could? Especially Especially by the who who people could could of who who India had had hisfor his wisewisevote person person banks once once using said, said, their“A “A conclusion conclusion ideologies, is is the the The court asked J&K Chief Secretary B. V. R. Sub- couldn’t.couldn’t. yourselfyourselfJ&K. come come examThough exam time. time. the It It carries carrieselections a a good good aredeal deal be-headheadtheir wrapped wrapped “anti-national” around around other other notions notionsactivities. — — those those placeplacewhich where where do you younot got gotnecessarily tired tired of of thinking.” thinking.” seem to ing held around the claim of democ- Regarding political liberaliza- encompass development, or at least, rahmanyam to ensure uninterrupted investigation in- to the PAGD are racy and development, but to take tion, there is an attempt to decen- are not restricted to development. OTHEROTHERcluding against OPINIONOPINION those officers in whose tenures the land being marginalized in NONOthem forHOLDS HOLDSthis face value would be a BARREDBARREDtralize power in J&K. The elections Hence, it is in replacing these par- ...... encroachments had been made. The court also said that the polls for sticking ...... mistake. From the discourse that is to Panchayati Raj Institutions and ties that the politics of development all Deputy Commissioners and Divisional Commission- surrounding the election campaign Urban Local Bodies were held in can be attempted to be the only fea- ers will be held in contempt of court if they do not co- to their previous of DDC polls, it can be discerned 2018 which the PDP and the NC had ture of the future elections in J&K. DiscriminationDiscriminationoperate with the investigation. AgainstAgainst CricketersCricketerspolitical language that there is a larger game of trans- boycotted due to the situation con- This is, however, a challenge for Now, with the CBI taking over the case and land al- forming the politics of J&K at play. surrounding the These elections seem an extension HEHE PAKISTAN PAKISTANlotments women’s women’s cricket cricketbeing team’s team’s cancelled, visit visit ThisThis it discrimination isdiscrimination likely to open is is undoubtedly undoubtedly a Pandora unfair unfair eterseters will will be be able able to to stay stay in in Mumbai Mumbai in in the the to India for the World Cup has turned into and puts our team at a significant disadvan- current climate if we reach the final. of the process that began with the The BDCs form the second-tire of TTto India for thebox. World The Cup land has turnedand properties into and puts sold our under team atthe a significant repealed disadvan- Ro- currentKashmir-issue climate if we reach the andfinal. a security and logistical nightmare. First, the tage. The team has been conciliatory about The ICC also needs to consider if India should revocation of the special status. ... a security and logisticalshni Act nightmare. are already First, the undertage. the The occupation team has been of conciliatory their new about Theautonomy. ICC also needs to consider Adapting if India should Panchayati Raj Institutions while the ongoing teamteam could could not not go go to to Mumbai, Mumbai, where where its its itsits treatment treatment but but the the International International Cricket Cricket bebe allowed allowed to to hold hold multi-nation multi-nation tourna- tourna- As the name of the DDC elec- matches were originallyowners. scheduled, It remains after the to be seen whether the government to this new language tions itself suggest, they are be- DDCs form the third-tier. In the BDC elections, there matches were originally scheduled, after the CouncilCouncil (ICC) (ICC) should should take take note note of of this. this. mentsments at at a a time time when when it it can’t can’t guarantee guarantee safety safety ing held around the discourse of ShivShiv Sena Sena started startedwill issuing issuing take its stepsits usual usual to threats threatsevict themInternationalInternational or make themteams teams have payhave atrefused refused the latto to -visit visit ofof all all players. players. were 217 independent winning candidates while the est market rates for such properties of politics of “development”. The abrogation of againstagainst visiting visiting Pakistani Pakistani teams. teams. PakistanPakistan over over justified justified security security fears. fears. It It seems, seems, ItItdevelopment is is now now too too late late to to reschedule reschedule will the the World notWorld Article-370 was itself done around BJP had emerged as the largest party with its 81 Now,Now, hotels hotels at at the theMeanwhile, alternative alternative venue venuethe of governmentof however,however, that that is if if weissuing we simply simply putnotices put international international to CupCup and and our our pulling pulling out out of of the the tournament tournament the same narrative. Prime Minister CuttackCuttack andandthousands neighbouringneighbouring of people citycity to teamsvacateteams at at clubhouses theclubhouses government in in stadiums stadiums land, and and refuse refusea inin protest beprotest easy will will only only for heighten heighten them. tensions. tensions. This We We Modi had then claimed in his first candidates winning the elections BhubaneshwarBhubaneshwar have significanthave refused refused lodging lodgingnumber to to our our of themtoto let let them themliving go go anywhere nearanywhere forest else, else, the areas.the security security shouldshouldis, make makehowever, clear clear that that we we aare are only only playing playing address to the nation after the revo- playersplayers out out of of fear. fear.This despite the fact thatproblemproblem the government would would apparently apparently has be filedbe solved. solved. a re- underunder duress duress and and that that such such conditions conditions are are cation, that the special status was a cerning special status at that time. all as the discourse of development OurOur cricketers cricketers nowview now have have petition to to play play this thisin all-im-the all-im- high courtNoNo country, country, and ofalsoof course, course, plans would would to accept impleaccept such -such unacceptableunacceptablechallenge if if any any of of our ourfor sportspersons sportspersons all, as tour tour “big obstacle” to the development Two months after the revocation of will not find buyers in Kashmir. portantportant tournament tournamentment under under the virtual virtualForest house house Rights ar- ar- Act.conditionsconditions This to raisesto play play cricket cricket questions in in Pakistan. Pakistan. about Yet, Yet, our our IndiaIndia again. again. Instead Instead of of appeasing appeasing the the anti- anti- in Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh. special status, there were elections Unlike elections held before the re- the discourse of The DDC elections are the continu- to Block Development Councils vocation of special status in Jammu rest,rest, with with their their accommodationwhy accommodation the government being being pro- pro- is pushingwomenwomen cricketers cricketers ahead are arewith expected expected the evictionto to put put up up with with PakistanPakistan extremists, extremists, the the Indian Indian government government vided at the clubhouse of the stadium in this in India. Additionally, the final of the mustdevelopment ensure the safety and comfort will ofnot our ation of that very narrative. (BDCs) in October 2019. The BDCs and Kashmir, DDC elections do not vided at the clubhousedrive. It of is the time stadium that thein Governmentthis in India. Additionally, reconsiders the the final de of- the must ensure the safety and comfort of our At the same time, any reference form the second-tire of Panchayati seem to matter at any level and are whichwhich all all their their matches matchescision will consideringwill be be played. played. Every Every it too istournamenttournament now taking isis supposed measuressupposed toto to bebe regu heldheld- inin players.players.find many buyers in by mainstream politicians to the Raj Institutions while the ongoing unlikely to aid any narrative that otherother team team will will be larizebe staying staying the in in five-star five-starstate land hotels. hotels. in favourMumbai.Mumbai. of India India their needs needs poor to to explain explain occupants. how how our our crick- crick- Kashmir. -EXPRESS-EXPRESS TRIBUNE TRIBUNE Kashmir issue or the restoration of DDCs form the third-tier. In the validates or invalidates the aspira- special status seems under attack BDC elections, there were 217 inde- tions of Kashmiris. It is too early from the government. The PAGD, pendent winning candidates while to truly assess this new landscape OTHER OPINON AllAll letters letters intended intended for for publication publication must must include includean the alliancethe writer’s writer’s of severalname name and andmainstream address, address, even eventhe if if a BJPa pseudonym pseudonym had emerged is is used. used. as the Letters Letters largest are are edite editeof politicsdd as as clarity, clarity, in Kashmir space space but as politi- OBSERVEROBSERVER MAILMAIL andand accuracy accuracy of of expression expression require. require. Our Our publishing publishingpolitical a a letter letter parties does does that not not seeks mean mean restora we we agree agree- with partywith everything everythingwith its 81 or or evencandidates even anything anything win in- in it. it.cal -EDI -EDI processTORTOR is opened up gradually, tion of special status and statehood, ning the elections. With the elec- we’d be in a better position to see Vaccine: Science constitutes all those political par- tion to DDCs going on, J&K would the duel of narratives and identify ties like National Conference (NC), for the first time have all the three- its refurbished peddlers. Kashmir’sKashmir’s FateFate isis JustJust Consequential!Consequential! Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP),Hail Hailtiers of Panchayati KiranKiran Raj Institutions. Bedi Bedi DEARDEAR EDITOR, EDITOR,over speedofof mistrust. mistrust. 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Box Box # # 337, 337, GPO, GPO, Srinagar-190 Srinagar-190 001 001 Institute of India (SII) has to now wait till authorities in the not mean we agree with everything or even anything in it. -EDITOR email: [email protected] peacepeace and and created createdUnited this this Kingdom environment environment (UK), whereaa political clinicalpolitical pointtrials point on wereon part part held, of of both bothtake these thesea onon both both sides sides should shouldMAIL be be minimised minimised but but Via:Via: emailemail readyready to to bother bother for for innocent innocent email: [email protected]@kashmirobserver.net decision on their shot. Bharat Biotech will need to present ef- ficacy data from phase 3 trials that have only just begun. Neither company has offered comments on the timing or the nature of their submissions, but a quick look at the regu- DDC Polling Videos as Theatre of Absurd latory literature indicates the bar they failed to meet was clearly defined. Vaccines need to demonstrate safety as well ne of the greatest American stake holders have tried their best to great election drama. An old lady, The baffled look on the journal- as efficacy, with the latter usually determined only in phase comedians, Groucho Marx field candidates that could bring glory probably in her 70s, was asked what ist’s face summed up the entire con- 3 trials. And if the vaccine is made outside of India (such as once said, “Politics is the to their dugouts. However, the recent motivated her to cast a vote to which versation and was emblematic of the the Oxford-AstraZeneca one that SII sought cleared), it needs art of looking for trouble, barrage of videos that have surfaced she replied, “For freedom”. Freedom absurdity surrounding these elections to be approved in a foreign market first. It is only Pfizer, the Ofinding it everywhere, diagnosing it on the social media are telling a differ- from what? A question that remained as well. third vaccine developer that also applied but later requested incorrectly, and applying the wrong ent, more comical story of these can- untouched. It will be futile to ask whether the more time, that ticks both these boxes. But even in Pfizer’s remedies.” It holds rather true in the didates. However, the one interview which diagnosis of the problem of J&K was case, news broke yesterday that people predisposed to aller- context of Jammu and Kashmir where In one of the videos, an election can- took the cake was of a man outside a accurate or not because that ship ap- gic drug reactions should be closely monitored after some DDC elections are currently being didate was asked what DDC stood for polling station who was asked wheth- pears to have sailed already. But in people in the UK who got the shot developed reactions. These held as the latest episode of an un- and in a state that could either be de- er the candidates were going to work all of the jabberwocky surrounding were deemed not worrying, but they highlight the risk of un- ending political drama. The problem scribed as panic or over-enthusiasm, for the welfare of the common people. politics in Kashmir, “Yim karan ne knowns that can still persist when a process that takes years of J&K has been diagnosed as that of he stuttered and stammered his way to He promptly replied in a serious and kiheen lastas” appears to be a state- is collapsed into months. development hampered by local po- saying that DDC meant, “Sab ka vikas yet an amusing tone, “yim karan ne ment of unadulterated genius at the It is thus important that domain experts are armed with litical parties that have traditionally sab ka vishwas”. In similar videos, kiheen lastas (They aren’t going to moment. every bit of information, and free of any pressure of anticipa- enjoyed power in the erstwhile state. other candidates were also seen strug- do anything in the end)”. When asked ... tion, to make the right decision on the vaccines. Hence, in order to give an impression gling to answer what the full form was. why he had casted his vote then, he an- Shakir Shafiq Qadri that some semblance of procedural de- The voting population also chipped in swered that he hadn’t and that he was [email protected] Hindustan Times mocracy exists in J&K, all the political with their verbal contribution to the on his way to his home. Tuesday| 15-12-2020 How Does A Virus Stop?

here’s a scene in the movie “Wreck It Ralph” where Sergeant Calhoun describes Erin Smith some of the bad guys, called T“Cy-Bugs”. Calhoun says “Cy-Bugs are like a virus… All they know is eat, kill, mul- tiply”. She goes on to say “viruses do Some Scientists not stop!” Well, do they? It’s a great question. say we will never be It can be confusing when some people, like the president of the Unit- able to make the COVID ed States, say this new COVID virus will go away on its own. virus go away The short answer is that while some viruses gradually disappear, completely. Instead, it most viruses don’t just “go away”. Viruses are actually really clever will probably become a at finding ways to hide, just waiting disease that makes for an opportunity to come back. Some viruses do disappear some people sick every You might already know that some viruses give us the flu. You year, like the flu. It will might not know that every flu virus that infected humans until about almost certainly be 120 years ago has now disappeared (or “gone extinct”, as scientists say). with us for a long time, Some other more recent ones have disappeared too. even after the For instance, the virus that caused a terrible flu outbreak in 1957, The situation is a bit similar to another new disease, called pandemic is over which killed about 100,000 people in the United States, has now disap- swine flu, which appeared about 11 years ago. It was peared. A virus that caused a horrible dis- different from other flu strains, so it spread a lot and became ease called “Spanish flu” is another good example. Back in 1918, this virus a pandemic. The same thing has happened now with COVID. caused a worldwide disease outbreak (a pandemic) and lots of people sadly died. The virus continued to pop up in some places until 1921. lio and measles. a vaccine. stop SARS, but haven’t got rid of CO- But by then, lots of people Scientists are trying as hard as After a year, the vaccine had VID yet? were immune to it, because their they can to make a COVID vaccine. arrived and less and less people One big problem is that COV- bodies had learned how to fight it off. In fact we might end up with more were getting swine flu. The swine flu ID can spread without someone even This meant it didn’t carry on spread- than one type of vaccine to fight the virus didn’t disappear — it was still feeling ill. This means you can pass it ing like a pandemic, but instead COVID virus. hiding out ready to infect people. on even if you don’t have a cough or a just popped up here and there. If we do get them, they will help But because we had a vaccine, not as runny nose. Because of this, the strain that a lot but might not stop the virus many people got sick. For this reason, some scien- caused the pandemic mainly disap- completely. This means some people tists say we will never be able to peared. would still get infected, although no- How and when will COVID end? make the COVID virus go away com- where near as many people as before. SARS is a virus similar to CO- pletely. So can we get rid of the COVID virus too? The situation is a bit similar to VID. It was identified in 2003 and Instead, it will probably become a Sometimes we try to make a vi- another new disease, called swine infected more than 8,000 people. But disease that makes some people sick rus go extinct on purpose. We gener- flu, which appeared about 11 years since 2004, it has not been seen again every year, like the flu. It will almost ally use vaccines (sometimes called ago. It was different from other flu in humans. certainly be with us for a long time, “needles” or “jabs”) to do that. A vac- strains, so it spread a lot and became We got rid of it by doing a mix- even after the pandemic is over. cine helped us get rid of a virus called a pandemic. The same thing has hap- ture of different things. This included smallpox, which used to be one of the pened now with COVID. isolation and quarantine, which you By Arrangement with world’s scariest diseases. About one person in every ten might know as “iso”. The Conversation Vaccines are also hopefully go- people in the world caught the swine We’re using similar measures to ing to get rid of viruses called po- flu virus before scientists could make fight COVID. So why did they work to

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Mark Blagrove son had as a result of social isolation during lockdown. This is consistent he COVID-19 pandemic has with the emotional regulation theory of changed nearly every aspect of dreaming, which suggests that we pro- our lives. Our dreams are no dif- cess and regulate our emotions when we ferent. Soon after the first lock- sleep. Pandemic dreams also had more Tdowns started, people reported having references to contamination and clean- more dreams than before, with different ness. The authors link this to the threat content. This was explained by the fact simulation theory, which holds that we that many people were sleeping for lon- practice overcoming threats in the vir- ger, and waking without alarm clocks or tual reality of our dreams. an immediate schedule. At the end of the study, participants Other people were experiencing rated how much they observed their more stress, which can also alter dream- dreams or told them to others during ing. Now a new study, published in the study. It turned out that such be- PLOS, has analysed hundreds of dream haviour happened more in people who reports before and during lockdown to were happy (versus sad), energetic (ver- give detailed results of the pandemic’s sus tired), peaceful (versus aggressive), impact on dreaming. altruistic (versus selfish) and creative It has proven difficult to study (versus confused). dreams during the COVID-19 pandem- This could be because feeling posi- ic. Because it was unexpected, it was a tive makes you more likely to observe challenge to find baseline dream data and share your dreams. But it may also with which to compare the pandemic be that considering your dreams and data. A similar problem occurred talking about them has these positive when researchers aimed to study how benefits. The latter theory is support- dreams changed due to the events of ed by work we have conducted on the 9/11, and after the 1989 San Francisco benefits of dream sharing. In particu- earthquake. lar, we found that discussing a dream One method is to ask participants for 30 minutes with a friend or family whether their dreams have changed dur- member and relating it to recent wak- ing the pandemic, compared to previous- ing life circumstances can make the ly. This was done in March 2020, when anger listener feel empathy towards the per- a representative sample in the US was Pandemic dreams had significantly more son sharing the dream. This can help contacted by YouGov. Nearly 30% of the and sadness than pre-pandemic dreams. Fascinatingly, the us feel less lonely. participants reported that they could Perhaps people who share pandemic remember more dreams, whereas only level of anger and sadness in dreams was also related to how dreams are more likely to take seri- 7.5% reported lower dream recall. People ously the fear, anger and sadness they also reported that their dreams had be- much mental suffering the person had as a result of social feel – emotions we can often brush away come more negative emotionally. How- during waking hours. Talking about the ever, only 8% of respondents actually isolation during lockdown. dreams with others can therefore be reported that they’d had a dream with helpful in managing the emotions, rath- content related to COVID-19. er than suffering in silence. A second method is to collect written tions, such as happiness or sadness, and ted dream reports during September and the dream reports. In total, 239 dream The authors of the new study con- descriptions of dreams, called dream re- other content categories. The study found November 2019, and another submitted reports were assessed. The researchers clude that paying attention to and telling ports, and compare them to reports col- that pandemic dreams had more negative them during the Brazilian lockdown in discovered that the dream reports dur- our dreams is a “relatively safe way for lected several years previously by other emotions and fewer positive emotions, March and April 2020. The two groups of ing the pandemic were longer, when self-observation and mental health man- authors. An online survey such as this compared to pre-pandemic dreams. participants were well matched for edu- measured in words, than pre-pandemic agement that can be recommended dur- was posted by Harvard Medical School cation level, age and sex distribution. reports. They also noted that pandemic ing this period of uncertainty.” This is researcher Deirdre Barrett from March Improving understanding The study assessed all dreams re- dreams had significantly more anger evidence for the view that the sharing of to July 2020. It requested the submission The new study, by Natália Mota from called by the participants during each and sadness than pre-pandemic dreams. dreams with family and friends has ben- of “any dreams you have had related to the Federal University of Rio Grande in period. Dreams were therefore not se- This effect was found even when the efits for the dreamer and wider society. the COVID-19 coronavirus”. Brazil and colleagues, uses a third meth- lected by the participants. This is im- increased length of dream reports was Dreams from 2,888 people were pro- od. They collected dream reports from portant because such selection can bias taken into account. ... cessed by Linguistic Inquiry and Word 67 Brazilian participants using the same results. Fascinatingly, the level of anger By Arrangement with Count (LIWC), which is a computerised procedure before and during lockdown. The study also used LIWC to auto- and sadness in dreams was also related The Conversation text analysis method. 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Manzoor Ahmed at District Police Lines Singh, the Union minister for the PMO, lack of privacy in Kashmir’s government delivery there,” Dr. Sumeena said. 500 AAY beneficiaries, misappropriated PDP Leader’s ... (DPL) Srinagar, the DGP said that one must said, such propaganda was being spread hospitals. Psychological Aspect quantity of additional allotment in league area is going on,” he said. Meanwhile, understand that J&K is going through an precisely by those who had misused the The observation ward, where a woman Isha Malik, Clinical Psychologist, said with their Tehsil Supply Officers (TSOs) hundreds of people participated in the fu- important exercise at present—the exer- provisions of the Roshni Act through their dressed in a maternity gown, is shifted im- that fear of complications during birth, and Storekeepers resulting in a loss of neral of the killed PSO Manzoor Ahmed at cise at the grassroots level and there is influence or money to “illegally acquire” mediately post delivery of her child, doesn’t phobia related to child birth, history of Rs. 1,00,75,155 to the State Exchequer,” his native village Nagam in Chadoora area a huge participation of people, which is large chunks of land at much lower pric- protect her from the outsiders’ gaze. sexual abuse, dysfunctional beliefs about the ACB spokesperson said, adding that a of Budgam district. commendable. es and thus deprived the poor farmers to Her privacy is compromised when local childbirth, history of traumatic births, case FIR No. 05/2020 has been registered According to the locals, Manzoor is PSO Manzoor was guarding PDP senior whom this land should have actually gone. attendants as well as the ward boys re- pre-existing diagnosis of prenatal de- in P/S ACB Baramulla u/s 5(1)(c), 5(1)(d) survived by his elderly parents, wife and leader Haji Pervez Ahmed at Natipora, Singh, who hails from Jammu and peatedly peek into the room. pression and anxiety, and other psychi- r/w 5(2) J&K P.C Act Svt. 2006 and section two children and he was the only bread Srinagar, and sustained bullet wounds after Kashmir, said all the schemes and laws of “The authorities need to make the spe- atric and psychosomatic issues can lead a 120-B,409 RPC. earner of his family. The locals said that militants fired at him early this morning. the Narendra Modi government are intend- cial arrangements in maternity hospi- woman towards the decision to undergo After the registration of FIR, searches Manzoor was very noble and his death is a He was shifted to Bone and Joints Hospital, ed to benefit the farmers and poor people. tals so that our privacy is honored,” said C-Section. were carried out at various locations af- big shock for them. where he succumbed to his injuries. At the same time, the Modi government 37-year-old, Sameera Shafiq. “Most of the times women are never ter obtaining a search warrant from court, “He has elderly parents, who have no “There have been elaborate security ar- exercises zero-tolerance towards corrup- Witnessing such inapt situation with referred to a psychologist to evaluate the ACB said adding that during the searches, source of income. They are helpless now,” rangements but we can’t put the movement tion or embezzlement, he said. her own eyes, Sameera was convinced to underlying cause of fear and thus, don’t “incriminating documents” related to the the locals said. of people to a complete halt while ensuring The minister said those whose names deliver her baby surgically. receive the required psychological inter- case were recovered. the grassroot level exercise. In between, there have figured in the Roshni scam for having Another young mother, Azfa Andrabi, in vention,” Isha said. Further investigation of the case is go- 58% Votes ... is a hidden movement of an odd number of “dubiously manipulated” poor people’s land her mid-twenties, shared the similar ex- Moreover, vicarious birth experiences ing on, ACB said. anti-national elements as well,” he said. and unlawfully acquiring its ownership, are perience with government hospitals and i.e., hearing negative stories or receiving women, out of which 52,609 exercised their The DGP said that in Poonch, a group feeling threatened that they would lose hence, sought refuge in a private nursing alarming information related to childbirth franchise, Sharma said. In the Jammu divi- of Lashkar-e-Taiba militants had infiltrat- their “ill-gotten property” and are therefore home. from family and friends also induce fear in sion, 74.92 per cent polling was record- ed and were trying to reach Shopian but desperately making a vain bid to provoke Besides privacy, these mothers criticize expecting mothers. Delay In ed whereas it was 46.13 per cent in the couldn’t due to snow accumulation in the the poor man. the poor infrastructure, non-availability Kashmir division in the sarpanch bypolls, area. It is no secret, he said, that even outside of trained midwives and lack of proper Two Cops ... Payment Of he said. “Their motive too was to disrupt the the Roshni scam, large chunks of govern- counseling in the state-run hospitals. In the panch by-elections, Doda district ongoing election process. We offered ment land and other unauthorised land Aliya Adnan asserted that she wasn’t The complainant alleged that the two Family Pension in the Jammu division recorded the high- them surrender multiple times with an had been forcibly grabbed by several in- even counseled for the delivery procedure. cops were demanding money from him est voter turnout of 92.27 per cent fol- aim that we could show the world that fluential people or their relatives who had “There should be systematic counseling on the one or another. Not Expected: HC lowed by Jammu with 87.15 per cent and how our neighbour is fomenting trouble then used this land to set up commercial of women throughout their pregnancy in Quoting sources, the report said that Udhampur with 84.48 per cent, Sharma in Kashmir. But the militants refused to establishments, franchise institutions, pa- order to apprise and prepare them for nat- taking cognizance of the complaint; both Srinagar: The authorities at the said. In the Kashmir division, Kupwara surrender and were killed in the encoun- latial bungalows, etc. PTI ural childbirth,” she said. the cops were booked for extortion and helm of the affairs are not expected district recorded 71.70 per cent followed ter,” he said, adding that “we have enough What Doctors Say a case FIR no 97/2020 under section 34, to delay the payment of family pen- by Kulgam with 67.57 per cent and evidence and incriminating material re- Corona Crosses ... The gynecologists reveal that a 380, 384, 420, 506 IPC was registered sion to the next kin and kith, the High Ganderbal with 63.50 per cent, he said. covered from the slain militants by which Caesarean section is recommended in against them at the police station Kothi Court observed on Monday even as it On division-wise voter turnout break we can prove what their motive was.” Valley—a 70-year-old from Guzarbal in case any threat to a mother or baby is Bagh here. asked Secretary Ministry of Finance up for sarpanch bypolls, Sharma said in About PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti’s Ganderbal district, officials said. Both the recognised. The report also quoted an unnamed po- Department to examine the approach the Kashmir division, Ganderbal district tweet wherein she has alleged that J&K victims from Jammu division belonged to “Usually, if there is a high risk preg- lice officer as saying that the accused cops adopted in the matters pertaining to recorded the highest at 66.26 per cent fol- administration has left the opposition the J&K’s winter capital and one of them nancy such as the expecting lady being haven’t been arrested yet. the family pension of the employees. lowed by Bandipora with 54.67 per cent leaders in a vulnerable position by down- was from Burt Mandir Paryal, they said. hypertensive, diabetic, over-aged, or baby “The complainant is out of station and The direction was passed by a and Baramulla with 51.71 per cent. grading their security, the DGP termed the With these deaths, the total fatality beech is detected, then we prefer delivery once he will be here, matter will be inves- bench of Justice Ali Mohammad In the Jammu division, Reasi district allegations as baseless. count in J&K reached 1801—1152 in the through C-Sections since the vaginal de- tigated,” the police officer added. Magrey while hearing a contempt pe- recorded 85.41 per cent turnout followed “The PDP leader at whose residence SPO Valley and 650 in the Jammu region. livery can be risky,” Dr. Sumeena, work- tition in which the court on October 6 by Poonch with 80.65 per cent and Rajouri Manzoor was killed, was asked by the po- Srinagar district with 433 deaths ing as a Registrar at Lal Ded Hospital, told Man Booked ... had directed the Accountant General with 79.80 per cent, he said. lice to shift the location on the pretext that tops the list followed by Jammu (332), Kashmir Observer. to finalize the family pension case The SEC said that polling was peaceful his residence was in a congested area and Baramulla (169), Budgam (105), Pulwama Another Consultant from SKIMS “The accused has used provocative lan- of the petitioner— Shama Agha— in and smooth at all polling stations. prone to militant attacks. He never paid (88), Kupwara (88), Anantnag (82), Doda Medical College, Dr. Sami Jan, said that guage while posting this falsehood with terms of the judgment passed by it re- heed to our suggestions,” the DGP said. (58), Bandipora (57), Udhampur (53), C-section is on rise globally and “women criminal intention to hurt the religious garding implementation of judgment Guidelines For ... “He regularly violated security adviso- Kulgam (52), Rajouri (53), Kathua (45), mainly prefer it to avoid the labour pain”. sentiments of Hindu community and to seeking release of family pension, ries. We reviewed his security and found Ganderbal (41), Shopian (37), Samba (34), However, women undergoing C-section promote enmity & ill will between differ- The Accountant General filed state- manufacturer to a district to avoid mixing there was a need of one PSO for him, but Poonch (22), Ramban (21), Kishtwar(21), are prescribed a prolonged bed-rest, un- ent religious groups,” the police spokes- ment of facts in compliance to the of different COVID-19 vaccines in the field. two were provided to him,” he added. and Reasi (11). like those who deliver normally. They also person said. court’s October 6 order, mentioning As per the “COVID-19 Vaccine Operational To a query about the motive of militants Meanwhile, 246 more people test- end up complaining a searing backache Therefore taking cognizance of the that Shama’s case for payment of fam- Guidelines”, all measures should be taken behind today’s attack, the J&K police chief ed positive for coronavirus in J&K ON after delivery. false post, the police spokesperson said, ily pension has been taken up with the to avoid exposing the vaccine carrier, vac- said that the killing was to disrupt the on- Monday, taking the total number of peo- Besides, women undergoing C-Section a case FIR No. 61/2020 under section 153, Senior Accounts Officer (AIS), Central cine vials or ice packs to direct sunlight, going election process and the peaceful ple infected by the virus to 116254. have to bear the anesthetic complications 153-A, 295-A, 298 and 505 IPC has been Pension Accounting Office New Delhi. the document stated. environment prevailing in the Valley that Among the new cases, officials said that as the surgery is carried out under local registered in Police Station Rainawari and The statement of facts reveals that Vaccines and diluents should be kept was “managed by people and the securi- Srinagar reported 58 cases, Baramulla anesthesia. investigation into the matter has been the matter has been forwarded for inside the vaccine carrier with the lid ty agencies including police after a lot of 9, Budgam 16, Kupwara 5, Pulwama 6, Despite all these complicacies, the initiated. payment of family pension to the closed until a beneficiary comes to the efforts.” Anantnag 8, Bandipora 11, Ganderbal 6, modern trend reveals that women volun- office of India Audit and Accounts centre for vaccination. He said attacks like the one happened Kulgam 1, Jammu 87, Udhampur 7, Rajouri tarily opt for surgery because they believe 7 Gamblers ... Department, the court observed. “There may not be vaccine vial moni- today can happen despite the security 3, Kathua 4, Kishtwar 7, Samba 4, , Ramban it is less painful and safer. “Ordinarily, authorities at the tors (VVM) and Date of Expiry on the label cover to the politicians. 9 and Reasi 5. (With GNS inputs) “Women tend to Google the complica- He identified the accused as Shabir helm of the affairs, are not expect- of COVID-19 vaccine, this should not dis- “BJP youth leader Waseem Bari had 10 cies of vaginal delivery even before com- Ahmad Guroo, Fayaz Ahmad Bhat, Ishfaq ed to delay the payment of family courage vaccinators from using the vac- PSOs but still got killed. “In today’s attack, ing to us,” Dr. Sumeena continued. Ahmad Banjari, Taseen Ahmad Khan, pension to the next kin and kith, cine. At the end of the session, the vaccine we have a fair amount of clues about the J&K Water ... “They catch fear prior to their delivery Irshad Ahmad Shah, Mudasir Ahmad who has served the Government for carrier with all ice packs and unopened number of militants who carried out the monitoring mechanism as well as and thus, prefer to go against the natural Beigh and Gowher Ahmad Zargar. considerable time,” the court said, vaccine vials should be sent back to the attack and the area from where they came Grievance Redressal Mechanism (GRM). process.” “Accordingly, a case FIR No. 128/2020 adding, “The Court feels it necessary distributing cold chain point,” the guide- from. I am sure police will track them As per an order issued by Commissioner Further, as per the gynecologists, if a under relevant sections of law has been that while seeking response from lines said. down soon and bring them to justice,” the Secretary to government Manoj Kumar woman undergoes C-Section, her uterus registered at Police Station RM Bagh the Accountant General, qua pay- States have been asked to implement DGP said—(KNO) Dwivedi, a copy of which lies with GNS, becomes weak due to the incision. and investigation has been initiated,” he ment of family pension to the peti- an integrated 360-degree comprehen- the panel has been asked to submit pe- As such, during her second pregnancy, added. tioner, a copy of the Judgment out of sive advocacy communication and social Srinagar To Get ... riodical reports to the Central Pollution the baby is delivered via C-Section only, which the instant contempt petition mobilisation strategy to address the chal- Control Board (CPCB)/Secretary, Ministry probably around 37 weeks instead of full Employee Attempts ... has arisen along with copies of or- lenges surrounding vaccine rollout prog- Metro Rail corridors. “It was informed that of Jal Shakti, Government of India. 40 weeks. ders passed in the contempt petition ress and benefits. the Jammu Light Rail System will have A senior Consultant at Lal Ded Hospital Meanwhile, In-charge BMO Kupwara from 10.03.2020 till date be send The Centre has stated that the country a 23-kilometer length with 22 stations I Feel Like Crying ... told Kashmir Observer that women who Dr. Iqbal told news agency GNS that the to Secretary to Ministry of Finance stands on the cusp of COVID-19 vaccine between Bantalab and Bari Brahmana; undergo multiple C-Sections are at high- employee has been referred to a Srinagar Department, Government of India administration, even as certain challenges whereas Srinagar Light Rail System will example when her abdominal stitches er risk of placental problems as well as hospital for advanced treatment. for examining the approach adopted need to be countered well in time. have a 25-kilometer length which in- developed abscesses and thus, began her heavy bleeding, “which sometimes re- A police official said that an FSL report in the matters pertaining to the fam- “These may include the challenge of cluded 12.5-kilometer length from Indira saga of pain and suffering. quire surgical removal of the uterus”. has been sought in this regard. ily pension of the employees.” ensuring over 1.3 billion people in India Nagar to HMT Junction and 12.5-kilometer “My back gives up on me whenever I try Economic influence “An FIR number 102/2020 under sec- Need to send the copy of judg- receive factual and timely information length from Hazuri Bagh to Osmanabad to do some work,” she sighed in pain. C-sections also serve as a status-symbol tions 309 IPC has been registered and ment and orders has arisen to update and updates on vaccine rollout progress with 24 stations (12 stations on each cor- Like Ayesha, there’re several young for the elite section that prefers private further investigations set in motion”, he the Secretary to Ministry of Finance and benefits, public’s anxiety and queries ridor),” the official spokesperson said. mothers running into some sort of hitch over government hospitals. added. Department for taking an overall view regarding government’s decision for pri- Sinha, he said, stressed upon speedy after undergoing C-Section surgery. The charges vary greatly from a govern- in these matters, the court said. It also oritisation of vaccine administration, ap- implementation and directed that the Aqsa Azam, a newly mother in her late ment to private sector, inspiring the rise of ACB Files Case .... granted ten days’ time to Accountant prehension about the vaccines introduced project once approved should be com- 20s, preferably sought C-Section as an many nursing homes in Kashmir as they General to file compliance, ensuring after a short trial raising safety concerns, pleted within two years from the date of easy way out. mostly witness Caesarean surgeries. district Baramulla for 29 months from payment of family pension to the pe- and fear of adverse events, misconception commencement. “I thought I couldn’t endure the labour “Private sector also contributes to the the month of October 2017 to February titioner, failing which he shall appear about vaccine efficacy, rumours and nega- Chief Secretary, BVR Subrahmanyam; pain,” she said. rising levels of C-Section as there is no 2020. “The officials of FCS&CA depart- in person on the next date of hearing tive narrative in media/social media space Principal Secretary Housing and Urban Howbeit, she now seems to lament her infrastructure for carrying out a normal ment instead of identifying the additional on December 31. (GNS) and laxity observed in public adherence Development, Dheeraj Gupta, Principal choice as she experiences habitual to COVID appropriate behaviour,” the doc- Secretary to the Lt Governor, Nitishwar backache and is unable to carry out ument stated. Kumar, MD/ CEO, Jammu/Srinagar Mass the routine work duly. The vaccination team will consist of Rapid Transit Corporation, Ankita Kar, be- “Although C-section procedure five members, it said. sides representatives from MAHA-Metro went smooth and pain-free,” said Each session should be planned for 100 and other senior officers were also pres- Aqsa, holding the baby boy in her beneficiaries per day. If the session site ent in the meeting. arms while being seated on a chair, “I has adequate logistics and space available now feel certain discomfort inside, in for waiting room and observation room After Prince ... addition to backache.” along with arrangement for crowd man- caulking—an important procedure for the She prefers to breastfeed her baby agement, one more vaccinator officer can safeguard of houseboats. It costs around on a chair rather than sitting down. be added to create a session for 200 bene- Rs 50,000 to each houseboat owner every Another mother in her 30s, Nusrat, ficiaries, the guidelines stated. year. Earlier, Kashmir Observer reported still feels the aftermath effects of the The COVID-19 vaccine will be offered how Amid Repair Ban and New Policy, surgery that she had undergone cou- first to healthcare workers, frontline Houseboats Are Sinking in Kashmir. ple of years ago. workers and to persons above 50 years of In the same report, Nazir Ahmad, “I feel like crying whenever I age, followed by persons younger than 50 Director Tourism, said the houseboat change my position during sleep as years of age with associated comorbidi- owners have to follow a proper procedure my back starts aching severely,” she ties based on the evolving pandemic sit- now. narrated her nightmare. uation, and finally to the remaining popu- “The court directed the department to Apart from low vigour and back- lation based on the disease epidemiology frame a policy to reconstruct, repair, reg- ache, these young mothers are also and vaccine availability. istration and renewal of houseboats,” he annoyed and irritated about the un- The priority group of above 50 years said. bridled hair fall. may be further subdivided into those “We comply with the orders and framed While carefully fixing her crinkly above 60 years of age and those between the same. However, it was unacceptable hair, Bisma Jan, 32, who underwent 50 to 60 years of age for purposes of phas- to houseboat owners as they maintained the surgery a year ago, said, “My hair ing of rollout based on the pandemic situ- that they were not involved while fram- falls rapidly now, and there seems no ation and vaccine availability. ing the policy. Hence they challenged it.” end to it.” “The latest electoral roll for Lok Sabha A new updated policy has now been sub- Like her, Aaliya Adnan, 33, longs and legislative assembly election will be mitted to the government for approval. for her voluminous hair which start- used to identify the population aged 50 “In the name of repairing,” Director ed thinning after the surgery. years or more,” the guidelines stated. Tourism had said, “we won’t allow illegal “Initially, it happened because I Under phase one of the vaccination, it constructions. Over 910 houseboats are was anaemic post delivery,” Aaliya is planned to vaccinate nearly 30 crore registered with Tourism Department and said. “But, even after four long years, population. Twelve photo-identity doc- all are in good condition.” I’m unable to see any improvement in uments, including Voter ID, Aadhar card, But Dunno said that over 200 house- my hair.” driving license, passport and pension boats are in urgent need of repairs. “The carrying and delivering a life is a document, will be required for self-regis- government is disallowing reconstruc- woman’s unique power and the most tration on the Co-WIN website, it added. tion and repair of houseboats as the High unexplainable emotion in her life, (PTI) Court believes these boats are a ‘major the prevailing health sector is being source’ of pollution,” Dunno said. accused for making it a distressing PSO’s Killing Aimed ... experience for the mothers by not All Roshni Scamsters ... meeting their expectations. 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Life & Times 9 Y K Covid Vaccines Can Have Side Effects - That's A Good Thing The new coronavirus vaccine appears to be extremely effective - blocking serious illness entirely in randomized trials - and it has passed strict safety reviews and won emergency authorization from regulators in five countries so far, including the United States. But news bulletins in the past week provided a reminder that this remains a revolutionary pharmaceutical agent that will be scrutinized in the months ahead as shots go into arms.

Joel Achenbach Hospital of Philadelphia and member He said officials will continue to monitor "I feel like we're doing something and pain at the injection site. That's typi- those who got a saltwater placebo. The Washington Post of a Food and Drug Administration ad- the safety of the vaccines long after they historic, and there's multiple vaccines, cal for most vaccines. "The immune system needs a better visory panel that endorsed the vaccine have received emergency authorization. and we should be able to lick this," said This is not a flaw or a failure, vaccine public-relations team, because it's just mong the unknowns: To what Thursday. But he added, "I think we "Observation of safety does not end immunologist Stanley Perlman of the the immune system doing what it does," extent does the vaccine prevent know enough." when you start administering vaccines University of Iowa, who is also a member Offit said. A infection vs. simply preventing Anthony Fauci, director of the National to the general public," he said. of the advisory panel that voted Thursday Things like fever The newly authorized vaccine, like the clinical illness? Institute of Allergy and Infectious The big picture is that covid-19, the to bless the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine. Moderna shot, uses a synthesized scrap Can a vaccinated person who be- Diseases, said Saturday, "I don't think that illness caused by the coronavirus, is a But he acknowledged he is concerned or soreness at of genetic information, called messenger comes infected, but not sick, transmit about potential side effects that may not the injection site RNA, that is wrapped in a protective fat the virus to someone else? That's a piv- yet have been identified. layer to keep it from disintegrating. When otal factor in forecasting how rapidly the "I worry about something coming up are normal, and it goes into cells in the muscle of the up- pandemic will be quashed once there is that we don't know anything about. The actually they per arm, it incites cellular machinery to widespread distribution of vaccines. unknown," he said. indicate that your manufacture a protein that mimics the Another unknown: How long will the Two criteria for a good vaccine are "ef- shape of the spike protein that protrudes protective effect of the vaccine last? fective" and "safe." The coronavirus vac- body is reacting to from the surface of the coronavirus. Scientists will also be vigilant for cine technically named BNT162b2 and the vaccine, which At no point, in this type of vaccine, severe allergic reactions. Last week, developed by industry giant Pfizer and is what you want" is the coronavirus itself or even part of two health-care workers in the United BioNTech meets both standards, accord- the coronavirus injected into the body. Kingdom who were among the first ing to the professionals who have devel- Ellen F. Foxman, an The body, in effect, becomes the vaccine batch of people to get the vaccine after it oped the vaccine, conducted randomized immunologist at the Yale maker, creating a new protein that trig- was authorized developed anaphylaxis, clinical trials and reviewed resulting data School of Medicine gers an immune response. The immune a severe allergic response. during the past several months. system manufactures antibodies that Both were known to have a history of It has received emergency authoriza- can disable anything with structural fea- severe allergic reactions, and both were tion from the FDA and from regulators experts hasten to point out. Side effects tures resembling this protein - including treated and recovered. A third person in the United Kingdom, Canada, Bahrain are a sign the immune system is kicking the coronavirus. reportedly suffered a rapid heartbeat. and Saudi Arabia. Another, similar vac- into gear, as intended. They're a feature Such a vaccine has never been de- British authorities issued new guidance cine frombiotechnology companyMod- and not a bug, to borrow the language of ployed before. saying people with a history of anaphy- erna is poised to be greenlighted by the computer programmers. "It's very important to think about laxis should consult with their doctor FDA this week after a meeting of an ad- "Things like fever or soreness at the the whole picture," Foxman said. "The before taking the vaccine. Researchers the allergic reactions are even close to be- known killer, and has already taken near- visory panel. injection site are normal, and actually vaccine prevents a disease that we do not know what substance in the vac- ing a show-stopper for the Pfizer vaccine." ly 300,000 lives in the United States and Data from the randomized Pfizer- they indicate that your body is reacting know has a lot of bad outcomes, right? cine formula triggered the severe aller- He said the criteria for participation more than 1 million worldwide. Vaccines BioNTech trial showed the two-dose to the vaccine, which is what you want," Mortality is an outcome - death." gic response. in the random trials excluded people are essential to crushing the pandemic. vaccine to be 100 percent effective in said Ellen F. Foxman, an immunologist She added, "To me it's very clear it's "When you make a decision to launch with a history of severe allergic reac- US public health officials hope at least preventing severe illness from covid-19. at the Yale School of Medicine. "That's a very beneficial to avoid all the known a vaccine like this, it's not because you tions, and it is not surprising that, as the 70 percent of the population will agree But in roughly half the people who get good thing." problems of getting covid 19. I would know everything," said Paul Offit, a pedi- vaccine reached the general population, to be inoculated with one of the vaccines the shot, it can produce modest side ef- Side effects were roughly the same in take this vaccine in a minute if I were atrician and vaccine expert at Children's such rare allergic responses emerged. rolled out in the coming months. fects, including fever, headache, fatigue trial volunteers who got the vaccine and offered it."

US Scientists Decode World carbon dioxide emissions How Coronavirus Hijacks drop 7% in pandemic-hit 2020 And Damages Lung Cells

Scientists have decoded the chain of According to the study, phosphory- new viruses form which subsequently molecular responses of human lung lation of proteins plays a major role in exit the exhausted and brutally dam- cells to infection with the novel coro- regulating protein function inside the aged lung cell, leaving them to self- navirus, an advance which may aid cells of an organism. destruct," said Andrew Emili, study in the identification of clinically ap- It noted that both protein abun- co-author from BUSM. proved medications that can be re- dance and protein phosphorylation "These new viruses then infect purposed for COVID-19 treatment. are typically highly controlled pro- other cells, where the same cycle is The study, published in the journal cesses in the case of healthy cells. repeated," Emili explained. Molecular Cell, assessed engineered However, the scientists discovered In the study, the scientists exam- cells of the human lungs'' air sacks that SARS-CoV-2 throws the lung ined lung alveolar cells from one to 24 using precise mass spectrometry tech- cells into disarray, causing abnormal hours after infection with SARS-CoV-2 nology that can characterise the mol- changes in protein amounts and fre- to understand what changes occur ecules present in samples. quency of protein phosphorylation in these cells immediately -- at one, three and six hours after infection by SARS-CoV-2 -- and what changes oc- cur later -- at 24 hours after infection. "Our results showed that in compari- son to normal/uninfected lung cells, SARS-CoV-2 infected lung cells showed dramatic changes in the abundance of l ocked-down pandemic-struck at the University of East Anglia. The same same study show that from 2018 to 2019 thousands of proteins and phosphory- world cut its carbon dioxide emis- group of scientists months ago predicted emissions of the main man-made heat- lation events," said Darrell Kotton, study A sions this year by 7%, the biggest emission drops of 4% to 7%, depending on trapping gas increased only 0.1%, much co-author and professor of pathology & drop ever, new preliminary figures show. the progression of COVID-19. A second coro- smaller than annual jumps of around 3% a laboratory medicine at BUSM. The Global Carbon Project, an authorita- navirus wave and continued travel reduc- decade or two ago. Even with emissions ex- "Moreover, our data also showed that tive group of dozens of international scien- tions pushed the decrease to 7%, LeQuere pected to rise after the pandemic, scientists the SARS-CoV-2 virus induces a signifi- tists who track emissions, calculated that said. are wondering if 2019 be the peak of carbon cant number of these changes as early the world will have put 37 billion US tons Emissions dropped 12% in the United pollution, LeQuere said. as one hour post infection and lays the (34 billion metric tons) of carbon dioxide in States and 11% in Europe, but only 1.7% in “We are certainly very close to an emis- foundation for a complete hijack of the the air in 2020. That's down from 40.1 billion China. That's because China had an earlier sions peak if we can keep the global com- Based on the analysis, the scien- inside these cells. host lung cells," added Elke Muhlberger, US tons (36.4 billion metric tons) in 2019, lockdown with less of a second wave. Also, munity together,” said United Nations tists from Boston University School of These abnormal changes, the sci- another co-author of the study. according to a study published on Thursday China's emissions are more industrial-based Development Director Achim Steiner. Medicine (BUSM) in the US, identified entists said, help the virus to multiply The researchers also identified at in the journal Earth System Science Data. than other countries and its industry was Chris Field, director of the Stanford proteins and pathways of molecules in -- eventually destroying the cells and least 18 pre-existing clinically ap- Scientists say this drop is chiefly because less affected than transportation, LeQuere Woods Institute for the Environment, thinks lung cells whose levels change upon resulting in widespread lung injury. proved drugs which were developed people are staying home, travelling less by said. emissions will increase after the pandemic infection by the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Upon infection, the researchers said originally for other medical conditions car and plane, and that emissions are ex- The calculations — based on reports de- but said “I am optimistic that we have, as a The researchers believe the find- the coronavirus rapidly begins to ex- that could be re-purposed for use to- pected to jump back up after the pandemic tailing energy use, industrial production society learned some lessons that may help ings provide insights into disease pa- ploit the cell''s core resources, which wards COVID-19 therapy. ends. Ground transportation makes up about and daily mobility counts — were praised as decrease emissions in the future." “For ex- thology and new therapeutic targets are otherwise required for the cell''s They believe further studies can one-fifth of emissions of carbon dioxide, the accurate by outside scientists. Even with the ample," he added, "as people get good at to block COVID-19. They found that a normal growth and function. shed light on the potential of these chief man-made heat-trapping gas. drop in 2020, the world on average put 1,185 telecommuting a couple of days a week or crucial type of protein modification "The virus uses these resources to drugs to block the proliferation of “Of course, lockdown is absolutely no the tons (1,075 metric tons) of carbon dioxide realise they don't need quite so many busi- called "phosphorylation" becomes ab- proliferate while evading attack by the the novel coronavirus in human lung way to tackle climate change,” said study co- into the air every second. ness trips, we might see behaviour-related errant in these infected lung cells. body's immune system. In this way cells. -PTI author Corinne LeQuere, a climate scientist Final figures for 2019 published in the future emissions decreases.” -Agencies

'Water on Mars not as widespread as previously thought'

esearchers have revealed that wa- present life on Mars and where humans "The most important conclusion is ter on Mars, in the form of brines, who eventually travel to the planet that if you do not take all these pro- R may not be as widespread as pre- could look for water. cesses together, you always overes- viously thought. "We took all major phase changes timate the stability of brines. That is The research team combined data of liquids into account—freezing, boil- the reality of the situation," Chevrier on brine evaporation rates, collected ing and evaporation—instead of just a said. through experiments at the centre's single phase, as has commonly been the Favourable conditions for stable Mars simulation chamber, with a global approach in the past," said study author brines on the planet's surface are most weather circulation model of the planet Vincent Chevrier from the University of likely to be present in mid-to high- to create planetwide maps of where Arkansas in the US. "It is looking at all northern latitudes, and in large impact brines are most likely to be found. the properties at the same time, instead craters in the southern hemisphere, he According to the study, published in of one at a time. Then we build maps said. In the shallow subsurface, brines The Planetary Science Journal, brines taking into account all those processes might be present near the equator. C are mixtures of water and salts that simultaneously," Chevrier added. In the best-case scenario, brines M are more resistant to boiling, freezing Doing so indicates that previous could be present for up to 12 hours per Y

and evaporation than pure water. studies may have overestimated how day. "Nowhere is any brine stable for K Finding them has implications for long brines remain on the surface in the an entire day on Mars," Chevrier noted. where scientists will look for past or cold, thin and arid Martian atmosphere. -Agencies IT’S GREAT TO WIN THE $9 MILLION but I just don’t want to lose to him and give him the satisfaction because the bragging rights are what is going to be even “worse than the money,” Mickelson

IT IS HEARTENING TO SEE THE LARGE NUMBER OF youth enthusiastically participating in the snow TUESDAY based activities this winter season after a long gloomy summer. The early snow is a good omen and tourists arriving in 15 DECEMBER 2020 Gulmarg are enjoying the colorful events being organized since last week here" 10 Wholesale Inf lation Mohammedan At 9-Month High In Sporting To Meet Real November Kashmir In Semis ohammedan Sport- when it was 2.26 per cent. ing Club made it to While food articles saw soft- the semifinals of ening in inflation in November, the 123rd IFA Shield manufactured items witnessed Mfootball by downing Gokulam hardening of prices. Kerala FC by a solitary goal in Food inflation in November the quaterfinals at Kalyani Sta- stood at 3.94 per cent, against dium on Monday. 6.37 per cent in the previous Tirthankar Sarkar scored month. The rate of price rise in an early penalty to help Mo- vegetables and potato remained hammedan Sporting get past semifinals to be played at the high at 12.24 per cent and 115.12 Gokulam Kerala FC. Moham- Salt Lake Stadium on Wednes- per cent during the month. medan SC will take on Real day. Inflation in non-food articles Kashmir FC, which beat local The other semifinal will was higher at 8.43 per cent in side Southern Samity 1-0 in an- be played between United SC he wholesale price-based November. Fuel and power bas- other quarterfinal match, in the meeting George Telegraph SC. inflation rose to a 9-month ket softened to (-) 9.87 per cent Thigh of 1.55 per cent in No- in November. The Results (Quarterfinals): vember as manufactured prod- The RBI in its monetary policy ucts turned costlier, while food earlier this month had said that Mohammedan Sporting 1 (Tirthankar Sarkar 8 - pen) bt Gokulam prices eased. The WPI inflation inflation will remain elevated, Kerala FC 0 at Kalyani Stadium; was 1.48 per cent in October barring transient relief in the Multiple Snow Sports 2020 and 0.58 per cent in No- winter months. It had projected Real Kashmir FC 1(Danish Farooq 22) bt Southern Samity 0 at East vember last year. retail inflation, based on con- Bengal ground; This is the highest level of sumer price index, at 6.8 per George Telegraph SC 1 (Tanmoy Ghosh 46) bt Peerless SC 0 at Mohun Wholesale price index-based cent in the October-December Activities Held At Gulmarg Bagan ground; (WPI) inflation since February, quarter. United SC 0 (4) bt Kalighat MS 0 (3) via tie-breaker at Howrah Tourists, Adventure Lovers Enjoy Colorful Extravaganza Stadium.

GULMARG: Following the be- sunny weather & blue skies. mir will be organising many Over 200 Air India ginning of the Snow based "It is heartening to see the introductory Ski Courses for activities last week, Gulmarg large number of youth en- the boys and girls between the continues to remain abuzz thusiastically participating in age of 16 & 25 years. Out of the Employees Bid For 51% with various Snow Sports ac- the snow based activities this six groups, two groups will be Advisor Baseer Khan tivities being held here. winter season after a long exclusive for girls. " Apart from Directorate of Tourism, gloomy summer. The early Tourism Department, the De- Stake In Airline Kashmir on Monday organized snow is a good omen and partment of Youth Services and Visits Industrial Estate Snowmobile race, Snow tube tourists arriving in Gulmarg Sports is also organising various race, snow cycling race and All are enjoying the colorful ski courses for boys and girls" Dr Terrain Vehicle (ATV) race in events being organized since Javid-ur-Rehman added. Bari Brahmana which scores of youth enthusi- last week here" Assistant Di- Many more events are slat- astically participated. rector, Tourism, Gulmarg, Dr ed to be organized in coming Reviews Functioning Of Successful A large number of Tourists Javid-ur-Rehman said. weeks. were seen enjoying the color- He said this winter season, Later in the day, prizes were also Business Units ful eye-catching events amidst Directorate of Tourism Kash- distributed among the winners. SAMBA: Advisor to Lieutenant Brahmana Industrial Association Governor, Baseer Ahmad Khan, (BBIA) and dwelt on various is- today undertook an extensive sues concerning the Industries. tour of Bari Brahmana Industrial The members of BBIA led by Estate to assess and address the its Chairman Lalit Mahajan sub- Leaders Tottenham Held To difficulties faced by the indus- mitted memorandum to the trial unit holders besides taking Advisor pertaining to various Draw At Palace stock of functioning of several demands and issues. successful units of the Jammu They drew attention of Advi- group of 219 Air India Ltd. lied on taxpayer money to keep LONDON: Tottenham Hotspur’s industrial sector. sor towards difficulties they are employees submitted a flying, with the bailouts add- Harry Kane scored his ninth Pre- While speaking on the occa- facing to achieve the adoption of Abid to purchase 51 per ing to the pressure on already mier League goal of the season sion, Advisor said that it is be- ease of doing business by JKSID- cent of the loss-making state- strained government finances. but Jeffrey Schlupp’s late equaliser ing ensured that the entrepre- CO, time bound clearance of files owned carrier. The airline, which began op- left the leaders frustrated in a 1-1 neurs are optimally benefitted in respect of approval of build- The remaining 49 per cent erations in 1932 as a mail carrier draw at Crystal Palace on Sunday. by ease of doing business and ing plans, ease of doing business will be held by a financial part- before winning commercial pop- Kane struck in the 23rd minute innovation ecosystem saying concept by PDD for sanction/ ner, according to Meenakshi ularity, saw its fortunes fade with with a low long-range shot that that several reforms have been transfer/surrender of power Malik, who is Air India's com- the emergence of cutthroat low- decei­ved Palace keeper Vicente Guai- taken up by the government in load by industrial units. They mercial director. Each employee cost competition. The state-run ta as Tottenham began in confident this regard. also demanded that the govern- will have to contribute at least carrier's entire debt totals more fashion in the Selhurst Park drizzle. During the tour, Advisor en- ment should buy the products ₹ 1 lakh ($1,360) toward the than $8 billion. The government But Palace responded impres- quired about the number of from the local industrial units to bid, she said. didn't find a single bidder when sively to dominate after the break units that have turned sick dur- enhance their market. Air India has been on sale it tried to sell the company before. and Schlupp grabbed a deserved ing the previous year. He di- After listening to the demands since 2017 when Prime Min- That said, the airline does leveller from close range in the rected the officers to have a di- of the association, Advisor said ister Narendra Modi's cabinet have some lucrative assets, in- 81st minute. agnostic study of the sick units that the genuine issues are un- signed off on a plan to sell all cluding prized slots at London's Ben Davies struck the crossbar and Everton, while the Manchester derby came to scoring was a first half ef- to find out the reasons for their der active consideration of the or part of the debt-ridden car- Heathrow airport, a fleet of Guaita made stunning saves from between United and City ended goal- fort from Riyad Mahrez that was well non-performing assets status. government adding that in near rier. The government sweetened more than 100 planes and thou- Kane and Eric Dier as Tottenham less on Saturday. saved by David De Gea, with Kevin De Advisor visited various in- future more will be done to- the deal earlier this year when sands of trained pilots and crew. sparked back into life late on but they Chelsea hoped to grab first place Bruyne unable to make the most of dustrial units including Medley wards ease of doing business. it extended the bid deadline to Malik said a financial partner had to be content with a draw. but a first-half penalty by Iceland’s the loose ball. Pharmaceuticals, Dabur India Director Industries Jammu, December 14 from October 30, had already been found, without Tottenham moved to 25 points Gylfi Sigurdsson gave Everton vic- Newcastle United shook off the Limited, Haldirams and had a Anoo Malhotra, Managing Di- saying potential suitors will be disclosing that entity's name. Em- from 12 games, one ahead of sec- tory on the return of 2,000 fans at effects of a Covid-19 outbreak at the allowed to decide how much of ployee participation has come from ond-placed Liverpool who play at Goodison Park. club when Miguel Almiron netted the flag carrier's debt they want "the most junior employees to the Fulham later. The home side went ahead in the fastest Premier League goal this to take on as part of the trans- most senior board members," she Southampton striker Che Adams the 22nd minute when Dominic season and Dwight Gayle scored a action. The rules before that re- said, without elaborating. scored against his former club, and Calvert-Lewin was brought down late winner in a 2-1 home victory quired bidders to take over the A local media report Monday midfielders Stuart Armstrong and in the box by Chelsea goalkeeper over West Bromwich Albion. carrier's $3.3 billion of aircraft said that U.S.-based Interups Inc. Nathan Redmond struck after the Edouard Mendy and Sigurdsson Almiron fired Newcastle ahead debt, deterring buyers. plans to bid with the employees. interval as they beat Sheffield United stroked home the spot kick. after 20 seconds when a mistake "We always believed Air India Interups Chairman Laxmi Prasad 3-0 at St Mary’s Stadium to go third Everton moved up to seventh by defender Branislav Ivanovic al- can be a profitable set up," said confirmed the development, tell- in the table. in the standings on 20 points lowed the hosts to counter-attack Malik. "The government has re- ing Moneycontrol that we "will Southampton dominated posses- while Chelsea remain third on and Joelinton found the Paraguay- moved a huge part of the debt, so be submitting a bid later today." sion and went ahead on 34 minutes 22 after 12 games. an midfielder unmarked in the box we thought who better than us? Tata Group has submitted an as the Blades failed to properly deal The Manchester derby at an as West Brom scrambled to recover. We know the airline inside out, expression of interest for Air In- with a James Ward-Prowse free kick empty Old Trafford lacked its The visitors equalised five min- we know where the problems are. dia. Its interest was submitted via and Adams reacted quickest to tap usual excitement with both sides utes after the restart when Matt We're not bidding to win or lose, AirAsia India, in which Tata Sons home his fourth league goal of the cautious and few chances. Phillipss cross was met by Darnell we're doing it because we believe Pvt Ltd. has a significant major- season in front of 2,000 supporters. The only major incident saw Unit- Furlong who stretched to volley first hand account of their func- rector SIDCO, Mohammad Ha- we can run the airline well." ity stake. Singapore Airlines Ltd., Armstrong doubled the home ed awarded a penalty in the 48th into the bottom corner. tioning. run, Vice President BBIA Tarun Air India has been unprofit- with which Tata Sons operates side’s lead in the second half with minute when Kyle Walker kicked Gayle grabbed the winner Earlier, Advisor held an ex- Singla and other officers were able since its 2007 merger with full-service airline Vistara, won't a low shot, while substitute Red- Marcus Rashford’s foot in the box against his former club in the tensive interaction with the Bari present on the occasion. state-owned domestic operator be part of the bid in the initial mond scored his first goal of the but the decision was overruled after 82nd minute when he connected Indian Airlines Ltd., and has re- stages, according to a report. season seven minutes from time. VAR found the England striker had with fellow substitute Jacob Mur- Chelsea’s 17-match unbeaten run been in an offside position. phy’s cross and his bullet header came to an end with a 1-0 defeat at The nearest an unusually flat City crashed in off the bar. Jio Writes To Trai Blaming Spicehealth Inks Pact Australia vs India: Aaron Finch Wary Of Rivals Of Spreading With Ccbm For Dry Virat Kohli Ahead Of First Test Match Rumours, Airtel Rebuts Swab Covid-19 Test NEW DELHI: Reliance Jio has ap- "This is further to our aforemen- Australia white-ball skipper Aaron "At Bangalore, he was always proached the telecom regulator, tioned letter dated 28 September 2020 HYDERABAD: Health-care company standing (MoU) with the CSIR-CC- Finch feels a measured and bal- confident in the XI players that saying that its rivals Bharti Airtel highlighting the unethical and anti- SpiceHealth has signed an MoU with MB was for conducting tests using anced approach from the hosts were picked and knew that if you and Vodafone India have resorted to competitive MNP campaign, being run the CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Mo- the technology in Spice Healths will be required when they con- played well, you had every chance "unethical" means and have spread by Airtel and Vodafone India to capital- lecular Biology (CCMB) here for using mobile testing laboratories. front India captain Virat Kohli in of winning," he further said. "false" rumours that the Mukesh ise on the ongoing farmers protests in the latter's COVID-19 dry swab direct "The dry swab method, developed the first Test at the Adelaide Oval. "I was really surprised by how Ambani-led company will benefit the northern parts of the country," Jio RT-PCR test technology, billed as a by CSIR-CCMB, will reduce testing Finch believes if Kohli, who thrives confident he was in everyone, he had from the recent farm bills. said in the letter dated December 11. "game changer" that would cut down time by 1.5 hours, significantly re- on emotions, is sledged too much a lot of time for everyone. He was The farm bills which the govern- Jio claimed that both Airtel and Vo- the time and cost in diagnosing the duce cost and further revolutionise during the pink-ball Test which great around the group, a lot more ment says would bring in reforms dafone India are directly or indirectly infection, officials said on Monday. RT-PCR testing," SpiceHealthChief gets underway on Thursday, the contest. When he does, he can be relaxed. I had never played with him, to Indian agriculture have resulted involved in supporting and furthering The Indian Council of Medical Executive Officer Avani Singh said. Indian skipper can be "ruthless" ruthless on an opposition," he added. I had only played against him," Finch in widespread protests among the the ensued notions, and "false frivo- Research (ICMR) recently granted SpiceHealth was proud to be the on the hosts. "I think the change is Finch, who played under Kohli added. Listen to the latest songs, farmers. Farmers from Punjab, lous" rumours of Reliance being an approval to the CCMB, a premier re- first Indian laboratory to incorpo- in the way he (Kohli) goes about it in the Indian Premier League (IPL), only on JioSaavn.com Haryana and Uttar Pradesh are pro- undue beneficiary of the farm bills. search institute, to commercially use rate this method, he said. now. I think as a person he is prob- pointed out how the Royal Chal- Kohli will be playing just the first testing over the past few weeks at In response to the complaint by the technology of dry swab RNA ex- CSIR-CCMB Director Rakesh Mishra ably a bit more relaxed out on the lengers Bangalore (RCB) skipper Test against Australia as he will re- the borders of the national capital. Jio, Airtel has written to TRAI de- traction- free Real-Time Polymerase said the dry swab testing method will field and understands the tempo instilled confidence in his players turn home after being granted pa- In a letter to the Telecom Regula- scribed the complaint as "outra- Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) testing be a game-changer in testing during of the game," Sydney Morning during the league. The Australia ternity leave by the Board of Con- tory Authority of India (TRAI), Jio has geous" and "scurrilous". method for detecting coronavirus. the COVID-19 pandemic. Herald quoted Finch as saying. skipper was surprised to see Kohli's trol for Cricket in India (BCCI). blamed both its major rivals of running In its letter, Airtel said: "Airtel has SpiceHealth, founded by the pro- "The method is safer, faster and "I think there will be times when relaxed approach in the RCB camp. Australia has the best record in a vicious campaign. As per the com- operated in the telecom industry for moters of SpiceJet, currently has cheaper than the current testing meth- things boil over and when you have "What really surprised me was day-night Tests as the side has not pany, it has received a large number 25 years. During this period, we have five functioning labs at government od without compromising the quality got strong characters on either team how he obviously does a lot of plan- lost a single match that has been of port out requests have, wherein the competed hard in the market place requested locations around Delhi of test results. We are very happy that that's going to come to a head at ning and preparation himself, and played with the pink ball. Earlier, customers have cited that it is the sole and striven to serve our customers NCR, conducting 10,000-15,000 SpiceHealth will use this technology in some point. [But] there is a fine bal- into the opposition, but he never fo- Australia had won the ODI series reason for porting out of Jio, although with excellence. At the same time we tests per day, the company said. their mobile testing labs, and benefit a ance there, isn't there? You don't cused more on the opposition than while the Men in Blue walked away they don't have any complaints or oth- take great pride in treating our com- The memorandum of under- large number of people," he said. want him to get up and about in the his own team," Finch said. with the honours in the T20I series. er issues related to its services. petitors and partners with respect." News Tuesday | 15-12-2020 11

Average Daily Time Army Chief Naravane Spent On Smartphone Meets Top Saudi Up 25% In India: Report Generals, Discusses Ways

respondents said that periodi- To Bolster Defence Ties cally switching off their mobile phone can help them spend NEW DELHI : Chief of Army Staff Salim bin Al-Azima Commander more time with family. How- (COAS) General MM Naravane of the Joint Forces Saudi Arabia ever, only 18 per cent of users called on top Saudi Generals to dis- and exchanged views on defence have actually switched off their cuss issues of mutual interest and cooperation."The Army Chief had phone on their own. defence cooperation as part of his earlier visited the United Arab According to study titled second leg of the two-nation visit. Emirates from 9 to 10 December 'Smartphones and their impact According to the Indian Army, 2020. In the UAE, he had called on on human relationships 2020,' it was for the first time that an senior military officials to discuss NEW DELHI: Amid the pan- Indians are spending more time Indian Army Chief visited the avenues for enhancing India-UAE demic, the daily time spent on on smartphone since lockdown UAE and Saudi Arabia. defence relations. smartphone has increased by 25 (April 2020) – OTT (59 per "Chief of Army Staff General MM He then travelled to the King- per cent on average in India, a cent), social media (55 per cent) Naravane visited Ministry of De- dom of Saudi Arabia for a two- new study claimed on Monday. and gaming (45 per cent). fence Riyadh and called on General day visit from December 13 to 14. While 66 per cent of Indians Meanwhile, 79 per cent users ARMED FORCES TO STOCK WEAPONS: Authorisation approved some time ago-Sources(Representational) Fayyad bin Hamid Ruwaili, Chief Last month, External Affairs believe smartphone improves agreed that a smartphone helps of General Staff CGS. He discussed Minister Dr S Jaishankar was in their quality of life, nearly 70 them stay connected with their issues of mutual interest and de- the UAE to discuss the advance- per cent of Indians feel that if loved ones. fence cooperation," the Indian ment of strategic cooperation their smartphone usage con- While smartphone emerged Army said in a tweet on Sunday. between the two countries as tinues to increase, it is likely to as a necessity and had given It further said, "General MM coronavirus crisis seems to ebb impact their mental/physical much-needed flexibility to peo- Armed Forces To Stock Naravane COAS interacted with away with the imminent roll- health, according to the study ple, its excessive usage has trig- Lieutenant General Mutlaq bin out of COVID vaccine. by smartphone brand Vivo. gered addiction. "Amid the socially-distant lives Nearly 88 per cent users agree Weapons, Ammunition For that the pandemic pushed us to that people point them out for us- lead, the smartphone emerged ing the phone when they are with as the central nervous system them, 46 per cent people pick up Digital Media for everything – be it working the phone at least five times in an 15-Day Intense War: Report or learning from home or staying hour-long conversation. connected with friends and fam- The study, conducted by Cy- Has Empowered ily," said Nipun Marya, Director- berMedia research (CMR) for NEW DELHI: In the middle quired now under the authorisa- Army, Navy and Air Force to ₹ Brand Strategy, Vivo India. Vivo, had 2,000 respondents of a conflict with China, India tion of having reserves to fight a 500 crore from ₹ 100 crore. Citizenry: Suresh Additionally, 74 per cent of aged 15-45 years. has taken a significant step by 15-day intense war with the ene- The three services were also authorising the defence forces mies. The stocking would now be given the emergency financial GANDERBAL: The Vice Chancel- challenging the mainstream me- to enhance their stocking of at 15-I level from the 10 I levels," powers to procure items worth lor, Makhanlal Chaturvedi Na- dia. “People have started breaking weapons and ammunition for a government sources told ANI. ₹ 300 crore to buy any equip- tional University of Journalism news on the social media plat- 15-day intense war now. The authorisation for en- ment which they felt could be and Communication, Prof K. G. forms and even the news chan- Khalistan Supporters Making use of the extended hanced stocking for the defence of use to them for fighting wars. Suresh, Monday said the new age nels have started monitoring the stocking requirements and the forces was approved some time The defence forces have been digital media has empowered the social media posts to gather the emergency financial powers in ago, they said. buying a number of spares, citizenry to the extent that they news,” he said. He however cau- Vandalise Mahatma the ongoing conflict with China As per the authorisation weapons, missiles and systems are now setting the news agenda, tioned that some vested interests in Eastern Ladakh, the defence many years ago, the armed for effectively taking on the two earlier done by the mainstream and divisive forces were misusing forces are expected to spend over forces were supposed to stock adversaries. media organizations, comprising the digital media to create divide Gandhi's Statue In US ₹ 50,000 crore for acquisition of for a 40-day intense war but Sources say a large number print and electronics. among the people by upload- equipment and ammunition from it was then brought down to of missiles and ammunition “Technology has completely ing hate speeches and morphed WASHINGTON: Members of Kh- the US law enforcement agen- both local and foreign sources. 10-I level due to issues with the for tanks and artillery have revolutionized the media. The videos and pictures. “The need alistani separatists desecrated cies and has also taken up the The authorisation to increase storage of weapons and ammu- been acquired in satisfactory content hasn’t changed that of the hour is to fact check all the the statue of Mahatma Gandhi matter with the Department of the weapon and ammunition nition as well as the changing amounts to shed worries for much, but the digital media in- contents available on the social during a protest organised by State for an early investigation reserves to minimum 15-I levels nature of warfare. the troops on the ground. cluding popular social network- media before being forwarded,” Sikh-American youths in sup- and action against the culprits from the earlier existing 10-day After the Uri attack, it was re- India has been engaged with ing sites of Twitter, Facebook he said, adding that Makhanlal port of farmers who are protest- under the applicable law. stocking is to prepare the de- alised that the war wastage re- China in the Eastern Ladakh and Instagram has democratized Chaturvedi National University ing against the recently enacted The Washington DC Police fence forces for a two-front war serves stocks were low and the sector where the Chinese have the media content and become has started a full-fledged media agri laws in India. and Secret Services had a size- with both China and Pakistan. then Manohar Parrikar-led de- been transgressed at multiple a powerful tool for the people literacy programme to counter Hundreds of Sikhs from in able presence when all this hap- "A number of weapon systems fence ministry enhanced finan- locations and trying to change to raise their voice, share their the misinformation and disinfor- and around Greater Washington pened Saturday afternoon. and ammunition are being ac- cial powers of the vice chiefs of the status quo on the LAC. thoughts and opinions about con- mation campaigns launched by DC area, Maryland and Virginia, Around half-an-hour later, anoth- temporary issues and reach out to the certain vested interests, try- along with many from other er group of pro-Khalistani support- the power corridors without any ing to create disharmony. states like New York, New Jer- ers hung a dummy of Prime Minis- hindrance,” Prof K. G. Suresh said Speaking on the occasion, Vice sey, Pennsylvania, Indiana, Ohio ter Narendra Modi's picture with a while delivering his keynote ad- Chancellor, CUK, Prof. Mehraj ud and North Carolina, on Satur- rope around the neck of the statue. Aggression On Himalayan Frontier dress on the theme, “Media In the Din Mir hailed the DCJ for organiz- day carried out a car rally to the After more than an hour, a Digital Age: Challenges and Op- ing the induction programme and Indian Embassy in downtown secret service agent was seen Reminder Of How World Is portunities,” during the inaugural said the media has and is playing Washington DC, where they coming near the statue and ap- ceremony of the 5-day Induction a pivotal role in highlighting the gathered to express solidarity parently telling the youths that Programme for the freshers, or- problems and grievances of peo- with the protesting farmers. they were violating the law by Changing: Rajnath ganised by the Department of ple across the country, through However, the peaceful protest indulging in vandalism. Convergent Journalism (DCJ) Cen- objective reportage. He said the was soon hijacked by the separatist On June 26, President Donald efence Minister Ra- LAC in Ladakh," he said. tral University of Kashmir (CUK) social media has now provided a Sikhs who were carrying Khalistani Trump had signed an executive jnath Singh on Mon- In an indirect reference to the at Tulmulla Campus. He said that huge platform to the media pro- flags with anti-India posters and order, according to which an in- day said India's armed farmers' agitation, Singh said through social media, an indi- fessionals to produce and show- banners which said they represent dividual can be imprisoned for forces stood up to ag- there is no question of taking vidual can reach out to millions case their content, not only to the “The Republic of Khalistan”. up to 10 years for destroying, Dgression along the Line of Ac- "retrograde steps against our of people, including those hold- local populace, but to the people During the protest, many of damaging, vandalising, or des- tual Control in eastern Ladakh agricultural sector ever". ing powerful positions, across the across the world. Prof. Mehraj ud the pro-Khalistan Sikh youths ecrating a monument, memo- and fought the Chinese military "The recent reforms have been world and put forth his point of Din Mir however also identified flashing Kirpans jumped on rial, or statue within the United with "utmost bravery", forcing undertaken with the best inter- view on diverse and contentious the negative aspects associated the statue of Mahatma Gandhi States or otherwise vandalises it to go back. ests of India's farmers in mind. issues. Prof. Suresh said that dy- with the social media. He said that and pasted a poster over it. The government property. In an address at the annual gen- We are, however, always willing namics have changed as earlier the credibility of the social media group was raising anti-India The statue of Mahatma Gandhi eral meeting of industry chamber to listen to our farmer brothers, the mainstream media owned by is at stake as certain individuals in and pro-Khalistan slogans. The was unveiled by then prime min- FICCI, Singh said the "unprovoked allay their misgivings and pro- few big media houses used to de- order to gain fame and earn quick Indian Embassy condemned the ister Atal Bihari Vajpayee in the aggression" on India's Himalayan vide them with assurances we cide the contents to be aired, but buck are disseminating the infor- “mischievous act” by hooligans presence of then US president Bill frontiers is a reminder of how the remarkable fortitude in dealing can provide," Singh said. now even a road side vendor or a mation or the news without even masquerading as protesters. Clinton on September 16, 2000, world is changing and how exist- with the challenge. Calling agriculture the mother rickshaw puller can produce in- checking the facts. He asked the "The statue of Mahatma Gan- after the US Congress passed a ing agreements are being chal- "The unprovoked aggression sector, he said the government stant content in the form of videos students to grab the opportunity dhi at the Mahatma Gandhi law in this regard in 1998. lenged. on our Himalayan frontiers is is always open to discussion and and photographs on his smart- vis-à-vis working on social media Memorial Plaza in front of the This is for the second time that "They fought the PLA (Peo- a reminder of how the world is dialogue to resolve issues. phone and share the same to the platforms in order to carve a niche Embassy was defaced by Kha- Gandhi's statue has been des- ples Liberation Army) with ut- changing, how existing agree- “Agriculture has been one millions across the world, thus for themselves in the field. listani elements on 12 Decem- ecrated by miscreants. The first most bravery and forced them ments are being challenged, sector that has been able to ber 2020. The Embassy strongly such incident was reported on the to go back. The coming gen- how power is being asserted not avoid the adverse effects of the condemns this mischievous act intervening night of June 2 and 3. erations of this nation will be just in the Himalayas but across pandemic and, in fact, come THE NEED OF THE HOUR IS TO FACT check all by hooligans masquerading as Farmers from different parts of proud of what our forces have the Indo-Pacific," Singh said. out the best. Our produce and the contents available on the social media before being protesters against the universal- the country, especially Haryana managed to achieve this year," "And how uncertain the fu- procurement have been plenti- “forwarded,” he said, adding that Makhanlal Chaturvedi ly respected icon of peace and and Punjab, have been camping the defence minister said. ture of the region and world ful and our warehouses are full. National University has started a full-fledged media literacy justice,” it said in a statement. at various border points of Delhi Without elaborating, Singh could be in this backdrop. As There is no question of taking programme to counter the misinformation and disinformation The Embassy said it has for over two weeks to demand a said Indian armed forces have you are aware, there is a big retrograde steps against our ag- campaigns launched by the certain vested interests, trying to lodged a strong protest with repeal of the three farm laws. shown exemplary courage and build-up of armed forces at the ricultural sector ever," he said. create disharmony.

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