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DIAL-EMMA Court Orders Police To File Case, • TRAFFIC POLICE : 9419993745, 01998-266686 • PCR: 0194-2452092,2455883 MP’s Panel Reviews • PDD: 0194-2450213 Probe Bemina Woman's Death • FIRE AND EMERGENCY SERVICES : Srinagar Smart City Project Auqib Javeed we told them to lodge a separate FIR police has not done its duty of in- 2479488,2452222,2452155 and investigate the same,” he told vestigating the case at all, or has not • CAPD: 18001807011 Observer News Service tions for our youth. Srinagar: Two years after the death Kashmir Observer. done it satisfactorily- the magistrate • SMC HEALTH OFFICER: 9469409081 The committee reviewed of a woman due to “teargas smoke” He said, the investigation into the has the power to issue a direction to AIRPORTS Srinagar: The Parliament Stand- the projects under smart city allegedly fired by the police, a trial incident will be done under the su- the police to do the investigation ing Committee on Urban Devel- mission, Atal mission for re- Court at Srinagar Saturday directed pervision of the court. properly and can monitor the same. SHIEK UL ALAM AIRPORT: 01942303311 opment on Saturday visited the juvenation and urban trans- Senior Superintendent of Police “The police have to submit a sta- “So, there is no harm in regis- RAILWAYS city centre Lal Chowk. formation (Amrut), Swachh (SSP), Srinagar to appoint a police tus report after every 20 days before tering an FIR into the incident and The delegation led by sit- Bharat mission urban, Prad- officer not below the rank of Depu- court for perusal,” he further said. investigating the circumstances un- • SRINAGAR: 0194-2103259 ting MP, Urban Development, han mantri awas Yojana-ur- ty Superintendent to investigate the The Court of Chief Judicial der which the death took place,” • ANANTNAG: 01932-228243 Jagdambika Paul along with ban, implementation of Metro cause of woman’s death. Magistrate pointed out that the Court recorded. • BARAMULLA: 0194-102029 HIJRI MP Hasnain Masoodi, Com- projects in Kashmir and func- The Court recorded said that as the cause of death needs The court was in- • BIJBHERA: 01932-228243 CALENDAR missioner SMC and city Mayor tioning of CPWD. per the victim family, Fahmeeda of to be ascertained and formed that on 9 Au- • PAMPORE: 01933-294132 visited Multi Level Car Parking The committee members will Bemina locality expired on account investigated. gust, 2019- a protest • PATTAN: 01954-293507 at Press Enclave in Lal Chowk to be holding a series of meetings of consuming excessive smoke dur- The trial Court re- broke out at around • QAZIGUND: 01951-296153 take stock of the ongoing multi- during the visit for an in-depth ing teargas shelling that took place corded that the vic- 6:00 Pm in Firdous crore project. understanding of their issues in the locality on 9 August, 2019- tim family despite Colony, Bemina and MUHARRAM13 On the occasion, Paul said the and problems. This visit came three days after Article 370 abroga- moving to police for the adjoining areas HIGHWAY STATUS centre has more responsibilities almost two months after Prime tion but the police didn’t register registration of FIR, the against the revocation • Sgrr-Jammu highway - (Open) towards the development of Minister Narendra Modi met any FIR on the matter despite ap- SHO concerned police of Article 370 of the con- Mughal Road - (Open) Kashmir and there is a need to top political leaders of Jammu proached by the family. station Bemina refused to stitution of India. • 1443 explore more employment op- and Kashmir. A plea was moved by the de- file an FIR, thus constraining them The security personnels re- • Srinagar- Leh- (Open) ceased’ husband through counsel to move to court. sponded with heavy tearsmoke Shah Faisal and Ehsan Javid who The concerns of the petitioner shelling directly targeting the house had sought a direction from Court to family that the reason behind the of the petitioner without any rea- AIMIM MP Unhappy direct SHO police station Bemina to death needs to be addressed and son. In the shelling, the window- This Day in History investigate the cause of the death. the investigation is required to take panes of the house broke and the Advocate Shah Fasial, told Kash- into account all the subsequent de- deceased who was doing household PRAYERS Over Pace Of Work mir Observer that police were velopments, “thereof the areas of chores inhaled excessive smoke. • 1942 - Brazil declares war on Germany, IMIM MP Syed Imtiaz Jaleel, who is part of a visit- maintaining that they have already investigation that the police con- The deceased started feeling Japan & Italy FAJR ing parliamentary panel, on Saturday expressed filed an FIR in the case and the in- cerned didn’t adhere to has to be breathlessness and choking due to • 1943 - Soviet troops free Karkov 4:27 Adissatisfaction over the pace of developmental vestigation is going on. However, revisited under the direction of this excessive inhalation of smoke. She • 1944 - Adolf Hitler orders Paris to be destroyed works here under the smart city project. they contested the claims. court,” the Court observed. was taken to hospital but on the • 1953 - Shah of Iran returns to Tehran ZUHR The amount of work that ought to have been done “The FIR (number 272) was reg- The court pointed out that the way, the deceased was choking with • 1956 - US President Eisenhower and VP Richard under the smart city project has not been done. We were istered regarding a protest incident refusal of the SHO to register an FIR blood oozing from her mouth. Ulti- Nixon renominated by Republican convention in 12: 35 shown small toilets and drainage works. Crores of rupees outside JVC hospital. This incident needs to be taken note of seriously. mately she died due to sudden car- San Francisco. have been spent in other cities under the smart city proj- was a separate one and has noth- The court noted that in cases diac pulmonary arrest due to acute • 1958 - Great Britain performs atmospheric ASR ect, but why is it not spent here, Jaleel told reporters here. ing to do with the JVC protest. So where the magistrate finds that the lung injury caused by toxic gases. nuclear test at Christmas Island. Jaleel is part of the Standing Committee on Urban De- • 1962 - Failed assassination attempt on French 5:17 velopment which visited the under-construction multi- president Charles de Gaulle MAGRIB layer parking facility at Press Enclave here. • 1962 - USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR He said the BJP is "in full control" of the Union territory Medical Superintendent’s Of • 1963 - NASA civilian test pilot Joe Walker in 7:16 and they cannot complain. the X-15 rocket plane achieves a world record Now, you have no way to complain as all the control is ISHA altitude of 354,200 feet (107,960 m, 67 miles) in your hands and if you want to, you can do it. But, you SMHS, Khyber Hospital Felicitated • 1964 - Guinee, Liberia & Ivory Coast form 8:41 do not want to do it as you want to destroy Kashmir, he joint market said, lashing out at the saffron party. Observer News Service • 1968 - The Society of Labour Lawyers (SLL) The committee also visited the famous Dal Lake here publishes an 'interim report' about alleged and the MP from Aurangabad (Maharashtra) said the SRINAGAR: In continuation to discrimination in Northern Ireland; the report is condition of the water body was regrettable. the recognition and acknowledg- heavily criticised by unionists. Dal Lake has the same meaning for Kashmir and Sri- ment of the efforts of the people • 1971 - Approximately 130 non-Unionist nagar, as Taj Mahal does for Agra. Seeing the condition of who relentlessly rendered self- councillors announce their withdrawal from Dal Lake is regrettable. It is not rocket science to under- less services during the deadly participation on district councils across Northern stand how the lake can be cleaned, he said. Covid-19 pandemic, the District Ireland in protest against Internment (allowing Jaleel said the livelihood of about 5,000 people depends Administration Srinagar today suspected terrorists to be indefinitely detained on Shikaras in the Dal Lake, but they have not received felicitated Medical Superinten- without trial) any help from the government. dent SMHS Hospital Dr Kanwal • 1972 - Rhodesia is expelled by the International We have asked them to include the shikaras under the Jeet Singh and Medical Super- Olympic Committee for its racist policies. smart city project to help them, he said. intendent Khyber Hospital, Dr Appreciation to both the Medi- riors and said this is a small • 1982 - Israeli General Ariel Sharon urges Showkat Shah. cal Superintendents at his office initiative taken by the District Palestinians to discuss peaceful coexistence In this connection, the Deputy chamber during a simple felicita- Administration to recognize the • 1984 - The United Democratic Front, an internal Commissioner (DC) Srinagar, tion programme. services of people who stepped coalition of anti-apartheid groups in South Mohammad Aijaz Asad today On the occasion, the DC con- out in service of people during Africa, organizes a highly successful boycotts of J&K Small Scale Industries handed over the Certificates of gratulated both the Covid war- peak of Covid-19 pandemic. the Colored and Indian elections to parliament. • 1985 - Airtours Boeing-737 crashes at Development Corporation Limited Manchester airport, 55 killed • 1986 - Gas from Volcano Chamberoen kills 1,734 (Cameroon) (SICOP) DC Srinagar Reviews • 1986 - NASA announces tests designed to verify (A J&K Government Undertaking) ignition pressure dynamics Implementation Of SVAMITVA Scheme • 1988 - Australia unveils 1st platinum coin (Koala) e-TENDER NOTICE NO: SICOP/RMDZ/2021-22/10/389 Observer News Service hold owners possessing houses While reviewing the progress 2004 - Athens Olympic marathon is run on same Dated : 17-08-2021 in inhabited rural areas in villag- on removing encroachments, the • route as 1896 Games, start at site of the Battle SRINAGAR: The District Devel- es which, in turn, would enable DDC called all the Tehsildars of For and on behalf of the Managing Director of J&K SICOP, fresh of Marathon to the Panathenaic Stadium in opment Commissioner (DDC) them to use their property Online tenders are invited from reputed companies who are Athens: Mizuki Noguchi of Japan wins women's registered with the competent authority for “Purchase of Hard Coke Srinagar, Mohammad Aijaz Asad as a financial asset for tak- gold in 2:26:20 ‘A’ Grade for the year ” 2021-22 ”. Saturday reviewed the progress ing benefits. • 2007 - The Storm botnet, a botnet created by on the implementation of the The DDC asked the of- S. Particulars Approx. Cost of Earnest Date of the Storm Worm, sends out a record 57 million Survey of Villages and Map- ficers to complete the e-mails in one day No of the quantity Tender Money opening ping with Improvised Technol- process of demarcation of tenders of Pre • 2008 - The Jamaican team led by Usain Bolt ogy in Village Areas (SVAMITVA) migrant properties by Au- smashes the world 4 x 100m relay record in Qualification Scheme, removal of encroach- gust 24. He also directed Bid the final at the Beijing Olympics; disqualified ments on state land and migrant them to undertake survey in 2017 as Nesta Carter tests positive for 01 Purchase 500 Mts Rs RS 11-09-2021 properties and updating Regis- and field verification of prohibited substance of Hard 1,000/- 3,00,000/- At 1500 Hrs. tration of Revenue records. migrant properties in the • 2008 - Ethiopian distance runner Tirunesh Coke “A” On the occasion, the DDC district and complete the Dibaba wraps up the women's 5,000/10,000m Grade Dust highlighted the objectives of same by August 27. He double at the Beijing Olympics when she takes & Moisture SVAMITVA Scheme. He informed further asked them to ensure Srinagar to launch an intensified gold in the 5k in an Olympic record 15:41.40 free for that the scheme provides the ‘re- all revenue entries are free from Anti Encroachment drive across • 2008 - Russia wins the women's 4 × 100 m the year cord of rights’ to village house- discrepancy. district from Monday. relay ahead of Belgium & Nigeria at the Beijing 2021-22 Olympics; disqualified in 2016 when reanalysis of Yulia Chermoshanskaya’s samples result in 1. The tender documents for the above job can be seen on the positive test for prohibited substances website www.jktenders.gov.in from 21-08-2021. OFFICE OF THE MANAGING DIRECTOR • 2012 - 47 people are killed in the Syrian civil war 1. The tender documents can be downloaded from the above • 2012 - 48 people are killed in Kenyan tribal wars website from 21-08-2021 (1200 Hrs) onwards. between the Pokomo and Orma 2. The bids shall be deposited in electronic format on website Jammu & Kashmir Industries Limited • 2012 - Russia and Vanuatu become members of www.jktenders.gov.in from 21-08-2021 (1200 Hrs) up to 10-09- the World Trade Organization 2021 (1630 Hrs)only. Old Secretariat, Srinagar, J&K • 2013 - 14 people are killed by a suicide 3. The uploaded technical bids in the first instance on the website bombing in Western Iraq will be opened on 11-09-2021 (1500 Hrs) in the office of Divisional • 2017 - India's highest court outlaws instant Manager (RM) SICOP Zainakote, , Srinagar in presence of bidders INVITATION FOR BIDDING NATIONAL divorce for Muslim men (talaq, talaq, talaq) who wish to be present at Zainakote , Srinagar. In case of holiday/ off day bids will be opened on the next working day at the same COMPETITIVE BIDDING time and venue. The financial bids of only those firms shall be opened who will qualify in technical bid. No.:. JKI/Adm/Ten//02:3252/2021 Date: 20.08.2021 From KO Archives 4. Cost of tender document (in shape of Demand Draft) and Earnest Money Deposit (In shape of CDR/FDR) in original, The Managing Director, Jammu Kashmir Industries Limited on the behalf favoring Managing Director, SICOP superscripted as “Pre- Qualification Bid” should reach in the office of Divisional of the Lieutenant Governor of the Jammu and Kashmir invites sealed bids Gunmen loot Manager SICOP Zainakote, Srinagar in person or through speed (to be submitted through e-procurement) from eligible Bidders for the post/Regd post/Courier before due date & time of submission of following works: bid. The corporation shall not be responsible for any delay due Budgam village to any reason. 5. The quantity of purchase shown above is tentative and subject to Name of Work Date of Date of Date of CHADURA (BUDGAM)- Police are on the lookout for some increase/ decrease depending upon the actual demand with SICOP. unidentified gunmen who 'raided' several houses in a village 6. Original copy of affidavit on Rs.50/- stamp paper duly attested Availability Closing Opening here to extort money. They decamped with the booty ranging by Judicial Magistrate 1st Class to the effect that:- 21.08.2021 21.09.2021 21.09.2021 between Rs five and Rs 2,000. In another case, where a shop- a) The documents/certificates etc enclosed with the Technical bid Supply, Installation, Testing keeper was relieved of Rs 8,800, an FIR No 2472 was lodged are genuine and have not been tampered or fabricated. and Commissioning of (11 OOhrs) (14 OOhrs) (15 00hrs) with the police on Friday. b) The firm has not been blacklisted in the past by any Govt/ Various Machinery for According to reports, unidentified ' gunmen swooped on Chil Private Institution of the country and there is no case pending Yech village in this district at about 8 p.m. on Sunday. They forced in Vigilance/Any other investigating agency. Hosiery and Knitting Units at their entry into several residential houses asking the inmates c) If anything is found adverse in respect of documentation or Jammu & Srinagar. not to leave their premises. Then they went on relieving them of otherwise, legal action warranted under law shall be initiated (/JKI/MAC/HK/G011/21 whatever they had in cash on gunpoint. Reports identified the against the renderer(s) submitting the tender. victims as Muhammad. Yousuf Wani, Muhammad Shafi, Abdur 7. All documents as required in SBD should be uploaded with the Rahman Dar, Jahangir Alam, Jalal-ud-din Paul, Fayaz Ahmad Sofi, technical bid. Nazir Ahmad Paray, Ghulam Rasool Guiri, Amma Paray and Abdul 8. Complete bidding process will be online (Price Bid not to be Detailed Bidding Document which includes instructions for submission Rasheed Gujri. The gunmen managed their escape under the submitted in physical form). of bids and all other relevant information is available on the website cover- of darkness. Villagers lodged a complaint with the police 9. Managing Director J&K SICOP reserves the right to accept or reject any or all tenders without assigning any reason thereof. www.jktenders.gov.in. The interested eligible bidders may participate in who launched a manhunt to nab the gunmen. Other Terms and Conditions as mentioned in the SBD shall form an the bidding process as per instructions given in the bidding documents. Earlier, on Friday, some unidentified gunmen waylaid Abdul integral part of the contract. Ahad Sheikh, of Danchera, when he was on his way back home Sd/- Sd/- from Utligam in Beerwah area. They relieved him of Rs 8,800. An Divisional Manager (RM) FIR was lodged with police at Beerwah on the same day. How- Managing Director Jammu ever, no arrest has been made so far. Unidentified gunmen also DIPK-NB-2798/21 SICOP-Zainakote DIPK-NB-2776/21 Kashmir Industries Limited snatched Rs 400 from a shopkeeper of Utligam on the same day. (Kashmir Observer, August 22, 2000) WORLD Sunday | 22.08.2021 04 Foreign Pilgrims Happy to Two killed in a Perform Umrah After Long Hiatus Taliban co-founder suicide bombing targeting ARAB NEWS Umrah pilgrims from abroad are required to present a cer- Baradar in Kabul for Chinese nationals in Pakistan RIYADH: Foreign pilgrims have tificate on arrival that has been expressed their happiness about validated in their home country Reuters China is involved in the devel- being able to perform Umrah af- and states they have been fully talks on setting up govt opment of the Gwadar port on the ter a months-long hiatus due to jabbed with a vaccine approved suicide bombing target- Arabian Sea as part of a $60billion the pandemic. by the Kingdom. AFP ghan politics. in Doha, where he oversaw ing a vehicle carrying Chi- China-Pakistan Economic Corri- The first group of fully jabbed Saudi Arabia has approved the A senior Taliban official told the signing of the agreement nese nationals in south- dor, which is itself part of China's foreign Umrah pilgrims arrived Pfizer-BioNTech, AstraZeneca, rrested in Pakistan in AFP that Baradar would meet that led to the agreement for Awestern Pakistan killed Belt and Road infrastructure proj- 2010, Baradar was kept "jihadi leaders and politicians for US forces to withdraw and end two children and wounded three ect. The Pakistan interior ministry in custody until pres- an inclusive government set-up". their 20-year campaign. on Friday, police said. said that a young boy ran out of a Asure from the United Baradar arrived in Afghanistan The Taliban scotched any hopes The suicide blast took place at nearby fishermen colony and ex- States saw him freed in 2018 and last Tuesday from Qatar, choosing of a negotiated peace deal with the East Bay Road in the port of ploded himself about 15-20 me- relocated to Qatar. to touch down in the country's the Afghan government by over- Gwadar at around 7pm. Chinese ters from the convoy. Taliban co-founder Mullah second-biggest city Kandahar -- running the country in under two Abdul Ghani Baradar arrived in the Taliban's spiritual birthplace. weeks -- a lightning offensive Kabul on Saturday for talks on Within hours of his return, the that ended with them taking Ka-

in Saudi Arabia on Aug. 15 after a Moderna and Johnson & Johnson temporary ban was lifted. vaccines. Pilgrims must also ad- Ishfaq Iqbal, from the US, said: here to quarantine measures if “The Kingdom’s efforts to serve they are coming from countries pilgrims and visitors are clear and where there is a ban on direct en- tangible through the diverse ser- try to the Kingdom. vices, and we’re bearing witness The deputy minister of Hajj to the remarkable development.” and Umrah, Abdulfattah bin nationals sustained minor inju- "As a result, a Chinese national Abdul Majid Al-Jazaaeri, from Sulaiman Mashat, said that all ries, a police statement said. was injured, he was rushed to Algeria, commended Saudi Arabia Saudi Umrah companies had Gwadar is in the southwestern nearby Gwadar hospital where for its services facilitating Umrah been preparing to serve foreign province of Balochistan, where he is stable", the ministry said for overseas pilgrims. He praised pilgrims and were dedicated to separatist militants have waged a in a statement. The four vehicles the carts on offer to help the el- providing them with the best long-running insurgency. carrying Chinese nationals were derly and those with health issues services, from their point of ar- Taliban fighters take control of Afghan presidential palace in Kabul_ person second from left is a former "Two children have been killed escorted by the army and police. to move around with ease. rival until their departure. bodyguard for former president Ashraf Ghani _ AP and three injured in the attack," Pakistan is already undertaking said Liaquat Shahwani, a spokes- a comprehensive review of the establishing a new "inclusive" group announced its rule would bul unopposed last Sunday. man for the Balochistan govern- security of Chinese nationals in government in Afghanistan, a be "different" this time. On Friday, Khalil Haqqani ment. Balochistan Liberation the country, the interior ministry Nigerian Police Fire On senior official said. The Taliban have said they -- the uncle of Taliban deputy Army, a separatist militant orga- statement added. Other senior Taliban leaders want this iteration of their leader Sirajuddin Haqqani -- nization claimed responsibility In July, an attack on a bus in the Ashura Mourners, Many Killed seen in the capital in recent days government to be "inclusive", was seen leading prayers at a for the attack. northwestern province of Khyber- include Khalil Haqqani -- one but have given few details mosque in Kabul. Another key "BLA carried out a 'self-sacri- Pakhtunkhwa killed 13 people, Agencies sions were held in various state of America's most wanted ter- of who it would include. Ar- leader of the so-called Haqqani ficing' attack against a convoy of including nine Chinese workers. capitals and major towns across rorists with a $5 million bounty rested in Pakistan in 2010, network -- Anas Haqqani -- Chinese engineers," the group Two Pakistani soldiers were killed t least three people have Nigeria without any report of the on his head. Pro-Taliban social Baradar was in custody un- was also in the capital and had said in a statement. as well. been killed and a dozen police attack on mourners, asking media feeds showed Haqqani til pressure from the United met former president Hamid more wounded after why such a brutal raid on mourn- meeting Gulbuddin Hekmatyar States saw him freed in 2018 Karzai and Abdullah Abdullah, Apolice forces attacked a ers was carried out in Sokoto. -- a former bitter rival during and relocated to Qatar. who led the overall peace pro- commemorative Ashura mourn- The Islamic Movement in Ni- the brutal civil war of the early He was appointed head of cess for the previous adminis- Israeli strikes on Syria kill 4 ing procession held by local Shia geria is led by Shia Muslim cleric 1990s, but still influential in Af- the Taliban's political office tration. Muslims in Nigeria’s northern Sheikh Ibrahim al-Zakzaky. state of Sokoto, a report says. In December 2015, Nigeria’s pro-Iran fighters: monitor According to a report published military launched a crackdown as AFP group, but it was not immedi- on the website of the Islamic part of a deadly state-ordered es- India to prioritise granting visas to ately clear whether they were Movement in Nigeria on Friday, calation targeting the movement BEIRUT: Israeli air strikes on Syrian or Lebanese, the Brit- Syria have killed four pro- ain-based war monitor said. civil society members, opinion makers, Iranian fighters allied to the Lebanese media also earlier Damascus regime, a Britain- reported two missiles had women activists from Afghanistan based war monitor said Friday. fallen in the Qalamoun re- Syrian state media earlier said gion. The Israeli army rarely PTI ing the situation in the conflict- The people said another prior- its air defense system engaged acknowledges its strikes in ridden country. The people cited ity for the government has been “hostile targets” over the capi- Syria and a spokesperson told n line with its historical ties above said India will continue to to facilitate the evacuation of the with Afghan people, India stand by those Afghan people who members of the Hindu and Sikh will prioritise granting visas have supported India in various minorities from Afghanistan. Ito civil society members, ways. Following the Taliban's take- The majority of the people from opinion makers, women activ- over of Kabul, thousands of people the Sikh community in Afghani- ists, students and NGO workers from Afghanistan in view of the current situation in the country, people familiar with the devel- Nigerian police attacked Ashura that Abuja has branded as illegal. opment said on Friday. mourners in the eponymous state The campaign saw the troops at- Afghan people feeling threat- capital with live ammunition and tacking Zakzaky’s residence in the ened or facing the fear of perse- tear gas on Thursday, killing at town of Zaria in Kaduna, afflicting cution and those who supported least three people and seriously him and his wife with serious in- India in rolling out various welfare wounding 12 more. The mourn- juries that reportedly caused the and development projects will also ers were commemorating Ashura cleric to lose his left eye. be given priority for grant of visas, -- marking the martyrdom anni- During the crackdown, the mili- they said. However, they said the tal Damascus late on Thursday. AFP it did “not comment on versary of Imam Hussein (AS), the tary also attacked the movement’s government's immediate priority “The Israeli enemy foreign media information.” third Shia Imam and grandson of members as they were holding re- is to evacuate the stranded Indians launched an aerial attack... However, since the start of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) in ligious processions, with the gov- from Kabul and arrangements are targeting positions near Da- the war in Syria ten years ago, the Karbala tragedy. The move- ernment alleging that the Mus- being made in coordination with mascus and around the city of Israel has carried out hundreds ment posted pictures of the bod- lims had blocked a convoy of the the US and other partner countries Homs,” a military source told of air strikes on Syrian territory, ies of the three mourners who country’s defense minister. to bring them home. It is learnt state news agency SANA. targeting regime positions as were shot dead by the Nigerian The violence led to the death of that all back-up plans have been “Our air defense responded well as allied Iranian forces and police to refute their claim that three of Zakzaky’s sons and more put into place to facilitate their re- rushed to the airport in the Afghan stan possess long-term Indian to the missiles and shot most members of Hezbollah. Israel “neither a Shia member nor any- than 300 of his followers. turn at the earliest. Amid fears of capital in a desperate attempt to visas. The Ministry of External of them down.” regularly says it will not allow body was killed or injured” in So- However, on July 28, the high a humanitarian crisis in Afghani- flee the country fearing the Tali- Affairs (MEA) on Monday set up a The Syrian Observatory for Syria to become a stronghold of koto on Thursday. The mourning court in Nigeria’s central state of stan, a number of countries such ban's brutality. round-the-clock special cell set to Human Rights said the Israeli its sworn enemy Iran. ceremony was largely held peace- Kaduna acquitted Sheikh Zakzaky as the UK, Canada, have already "We have a historical relation- keeping track of stranded Indians missiles had targeted “arms The Syrian conflict, which fully, but police attacked at the and his wife, Mallimah Zeenat, of announced resettlement schemes ship with the Afghan people and in Afghanistan, ascertaining assis- depots and military posi- began in 2011 with the re- end when mourners were saying all the charges brought against for Afghan refugees while several I think that relationship will con- tance being sought and advising a tions” belonging to Lebanese gime’s repression of pro-de- the closing prayer. The movement them back in 2015 and ordered others have agreed on providing tinue to guide our thoughts and further course of action. Shiite movement Hezbol- mocracy protests, has grown identified those killed as Bello them released. temporary shelter to them. outlook," External Affairs Minis- The Taliban swept across Af- lah, in the Qarah area in the increasingly complex over Muhammad Illela, Imrana Umar The trial originally commenced Two days after Kabul fell to the ter S Jaishankar said in New York ghanistan this month, seizing northwest of Damascus prov- the past decade, drawing in Yabo, and Hasan Abubakar Sokoto. on May 15, 2018, but dragged on Taliban, India on Tuesday intro- on Thursday. India has been a key control of almost all key towns ince, near Homs province and more and more parties. It also condemned the brutal at- for over three years, when the duced a new category of electronic stakeholder in Afghanistan and it and cities including Kabul in the the Lebanese border. According to the Observa- tack on unarmed civilians. high court — presided by Judge visas called "e-Emergency X-Misc has invested nearly $3 billion in backdrop of the withdrawal of the The strikes had killed four tory, the war has left nearly The movement further report- Gideon Kurada — eventually is- Visa" to facilitate the grant of visas carrying out nearly 500 projects US forces. Kabul fell to the Taliban members of the Iran-backed half a million people dead. ed that Ashura mourning proces- sued its final verdict. to Afghan nationals after review- across Afghanistan. on Sunday.

NEWS MAKER No Security On Ground Or Air: Airline Pilot Recounts Kabul Escape Many Afghans in the company were "discussing ... plans B and C in case of Taliban arrival ... there was a great fear among Afghans," Kam Air pilot Jovica Rajhl said.

Reuters Rajhl said that he and his colleague was not in uniform but in civilian were told to prepare for a flight to Kyiv clothes," he said. Skopje: As thousands of people on Sunday, August 15, shortly after news Passengers from their flight were thronged Kabul airport in a bid to es- reached them that the Taliban had taken told to board quickly and as night fell, cape the advancing Taliban on August over government buildings in Kabul. Rajhl and his crew decided to start en- 15, Kam Air pilot Jovica Rajhl and his "The airport was completely gines and perform take-off procedures colleague had to resort to subterfuge open ... all the security people were in complete darkness to avoid drawing to reach their plane and take off safely. gone," he said. the attention of the crowd. Rajhl, 54, a North Macedonian, Thousands of Afghans hoping to "It was good that the people on the said that ahead of the fall of Kabul, board planes out of the country flocked other side (of the runway), and I am his employer Kam Air, the largest Af- to Kabul airport. The capital has swelled sorry about them, could only hear ghan private airline, had contingency with people from other provinces flee- noise but saw nothing moving with its plans to rebase its three Boeing 737 ing the advance of the Taliban. lights on." and three Airbus 340 to Ukraine's Rajhl's Boeing 737 was parked away Shortly before takeoff, the crew had capital Kyiv. But the advance of the from the main boarding platform, been warned via radio that they would Taliban was too quick. where throngs of people "were climb- have only 10 minutes to depart, after Many Afghans in the company were ing and falling from ladders", he said. which their "security will not be guar- "discussing ... plans B and C in case of Three Kam Air planes were already anteed on ground and in the air". Taliban arrival ... there was a great fear blocked by the crowds. Rajhl's plane finally took off at 20:32 among Afghans," Rajhl told Reuters on "Our biggest fortune was that no local time and, after refueling in Tbilisi, Friday in Skopje, where he lives. one paid attention to us. One of us Georgia, made it to Kyiv. STATE Sunday | 22.08.2021 05 Bollywood Gave Visibility Div Com Appeals People To To Kashmir, Not Enough To Rising Inflation, Joblessness Follow SOPs, Get Vaccinated Pushing J&K Into Distress: NC Observer News Service administrations to enhance the Kashmiris: Sharmila Tagore pace of Covid-19 vaccination in KO News Desk focus of the union government people are not able to get two SRINAGAR: The Divisional Com- unvaccinated population espe- KO News Desk thing was beautiful and serene. on welfarism in JK. The situa- square meals for their families. missioner (Div Com) Kashmir, cially in the age group of 18-44 We now read about these places Srinagar: The Jammu and tion on ground, Sagar added, It was expected that the crum- Pandurang K. Pole Saturday years who are mostly asymptom- Srinagar: Veteran Bollywood in the newspapers but back then Kashmir National Conference was appalling and the forecast bling economic activities in JK took a serious note of the recent atic/pre-symptomatic when they actress Sharmila Tagore has our films brought Kashmir to on Thursday expressed con- not promising as well. “Pub- post 5, august 2019 will have increase in the number of Co- contract the virus and roam free said that the film industry has the doorsteps of the rest of the cern over price rise in essen- lic welfare doesn’t fall in the a restraining effect on govern- vid-19 cases in some districts of as asymptomatic carriers in the brought visibility to Kashmir but country. Our films have given so tial commodities, saying rising to-do-list of the government. ment’s taxation policy but the Kashmir division and labelled areas which lead to the increase has not given enough to Kash- much visibility to Kashmir but prices coupled with increasing People have been left to fend unabated rise in the electricity this increase to non-compliance in the number of cases in their miris or Kashmiriyat. Speaking to joblessness are pushing poor for themselves,’ he said. and water tariff has given slip of Covid SOPs especially during communities and vicinities. Times of India, she recalled the households in J&K to a point of Sagar said the lower middle to the unconcerned attitude of gatherings. He also stressed for further everlasting memories and expe- distress. classes and other marginal- the government,” he said. He appealed to the general pub- augmentation in efforts by in- riences of working in and visit- Party general secretary Ali ized sections are addition- “Growth and progress of the lic to follow Covid Appropriate volving all the line departments ing Kashmir. The veteran actress Mohammad Sagar while draw- ally burdened by the crunch entire region has been stunted Behavior (CAB) in letter and spirit in all the districts in order to spoke about shooting various ing the attention of the incum- of escalating price rise of all post 2014 floods. Let alone re- to prevent the transmission of co- achieve 100 percent vaccination films and visiting popular locales bent government towards the the basic commodities and dressing the genuine political vid infection in their communities coverage of this age group in the in a state that has long been con- distress signals of J&K economy mounting power and drink- aspirations of the people of JK, and families and help the admin- shortest possible time in order to sidered paradise on Earth and due to pandemic and the resul- ing water tariffs have further the incumbent administration istration to keep the Covid at bay. reduce the risk of transmission of was a firm favourite for filmmak- tant depleted saving, slashed burdened them. “The con- is also unheeding of the day to The Div Com insisted district this dreadful virus. ers and tourists alike. incomes and job losses. tracting JK economy already day issues of the people. De- She said: “Our films brought He said that there was wide- has had an adverse effect on spite our stout opposition, the Kashmir to the doorsteps of the spread disappointment in the household incomes, the prices of petrol, diesel, and LPG rest of the country. My very first the people with the adminis- supercilious escalation of ter- have reached all time highs. It Kashmiri Trucker, Associate Hindi film was shot in Kashmir. tration’s callous handling of rific basic public utilities and goes without saying that if the In fact the film was ‘Kashmir Ki we didn’t give enough visibility to economic distress. He further soaring inflation has pushed trend continues, it will dent al- Thrashed In HP For ‘Islam Zindabad’ Kali’ (1964). I look back at the the Kashmiris or to Kashmiriyat. added that one of the promises the people especially to wall. ready stressed sectors of Kash- first day’s shooting with so much Subsequently, I have been to in the run up for reading down Let alone spending on cloth- mir economy beyond repair,” Slogan Inscribed On Vehicle nostalgia. The location was Nehru Kashmir with ‘Aamne Samne’, the state’s status was to draw ing, medicine and education, he added. Park and Dal Lake. What a beau- ‘Talash’, ‘Mausam’ and many Agencies continuously questioning them tiful lake it was then, huge and more films. In fact every April / about the "Islam Zindabad" writ- brimming with water. I was row- May and September / October Srinagar: A Kashmiri truck driver ten on their vehicle. ing a shikara, wearing a beautiful, was spent in Kashmir. Even Tiger Several Stranded In Jammu As 40 Trains and conductor were allegedly beat- “Despite contacting the authori- ‘Phiran’, and Kashmiri silver jew- and I shot our advertisement for en by unknown people in Damtal ties of the factory, nobody came to ellery, singing Diwana Hua Badal. Gwalior Rayon there.” Cancelled Due To Farmers' Protest In Punjab area of Himachal Pradesh for "Is- our rescue,” Fayaz said. I was a little nervous as I was first “I love Kashmir. I love every- lam Zindabad" inscribed on their “What is wrong in writing Islam time lip synching. I remember thing it has to offer. Its carpets, Agencies train movement on the Ludhi- attempts to get information vehicle. Fayaz Ahmad, owner of the Zindabad on vehicle as hundreds vividly that Asha Bhonsle and OP shawls, paper mache, wooden ana-Amritsar and the Ludhi- from railway authorities. "We vehicle, said that his driver Rayees of non- local drivers visit Kashmir Nayyar were also there and once artefacts, zafraan and khubaa- JAMMU: Thousands of passen- ana-Jammu railway routes to had come for the Mata Vaishno Ahmad and conductor Salman Dar, on daily and had written different I finished the shot for the antara nis. I remember during my earlier gers are stranded in Jammu press the Punjab government Devi pilgrimage and came to both residents of Watrad village in things in praise of their religion but of the song, Ashaji came and em- visits, we used to wear cherries and Kashmir as railway au- to accept their demand to in- know that all the trains have Khansahib hamlet of Budgam dis- nobody questions them here,” he braced me and said, “Well done in our ears as earrings. I used to thorities have cancelled over crease sugarcane prices and got cancelled due to the farm- trict were allegedly beaten by un- said. The victims demanded that and I am so happy.” That was so bring back Honey suckles and 40 trains since Friday due to clear issues related to pend- ers' agitation in Punjab," Neha, known persons on Friday evening. the matter must be investigated encouraging. other exotic flowers from my an ongoing agitation by farm- ing dues. "A total of 40 trains a young woman from Haryana, Fayaz said that while they were and also the CCTV footage must be “We shot in Gulmarg, Pahel- trips to Kashmir.” ers in neighbouring Punjab, were cancelled since yester- said as she looked for buses or unloading at the cardboard factory checked to book the culprits. gam, Sheshnag on Baramullah She said: “We could see a officials said. day (Friday)," an official of the taxis to leave with her family. in Hamtal, unknown persons came “If we have committed any mis- road and even Shopian. There change in the relationship be- Scores of farmers on Friday Northern Railways told PTI on Another passenger from Bal- and started beating them ruthlessly take we are ready to face any punish- we shot the final dance sequence tween the tourists, the security launched an indefinite agita- Saturday. lia in Uttar Pradesh said, "The and despite 60 persons present at ment. But if we are not guilty then between Shammiji and I. Every- and Kashmir.” tion in Jalandhar and blocked He said only a few trains left farmers should have given the factory, “nobody intervened”. the involved person must be dealt the Jammu railway station on a a 10-day ultimatum before He said that the goons were strictly as per the law,” they said. different route on Friday, while launching the agitation so that early Saturday morning rains people could plan their trip ac- in Delhi forced cancellation of cordingly." some more trains bound for He said that his train was DC Gbl Stresses On Time-bound Jammu. "Twenty trains were scheduled at 2 pm but its can- cancelled on Saturday. Some cellation has left him and his Completion Of Works trains scheduled later in the family members stranded. "A GANDERBAL: The Deputy Commissioner (DC) Ganderbal, Krittika Jyotsna day are likely to leave the Jam- traveller usually has a limited inspected construction of fencing at Govt. Middle School Chashma mu station for their destina- budget. How can I feed myself Manasbal Pehlipora, construction of grill fencing around Jamia Masjid tions," the official said. and other family members?" Koulpora, improvement of maltar Road at Khood and earth filling of Pub- The cancellation of trains has he said requesting the Punjab lic Park at Barkati Mohalla. left thousands of passengers government to hold talks with The DC stressed the BDO for on-time completion of all works in the stranded in Jammu and they the farmers as soon as possible block and directed him to speed up the progress of work on other ongoing were seen making desperate and lift the blockades. works so that they get completed within set timelines. While inspecting other works in the area, the DC said that the purpose of visit to Safapora block is to have firsthand appraisal about the progress Riyaz Beigh Is New of ongoing works and to assess the developmental needs in the areas. Addl Mission Director UMEED DLSA Kupwara Holds Observer News Service He further asked the officers Awareness Programme to work with zeal and dedica- KUPWARA: The District Legal Services Authority (DLSA) Kupwara organized SRINAGAR: Riyaz Ahmad Beigh tion and fulfill the purpose of an awareness programme in collaboration with Cultural Education Wing of Saturday assumed the charge the mission. Kupwara on the topic "Victim Compensation, Acid Attack and Rape Victim". of Additional Mission Director While informing him about The daylong programme held at Boys Higher Secondary School Kup- Kashmir, J&K Rural Livelihoods the overall progress made by wara, witnessed participation of various legal experts, academicians, Mission (RLM) popularly the Mission in the Kashmir doctors, besides, a large number of school children under the guidelines known now as UMEED. Division, it was given out that of Legal Services Authority of J&K. Immediately after assum- 236163 Rural women have ing office Riyaz held a meeting been federated into 28185 with the officials of Kashmir SHGs and an amount of Rs Division and emphasized on 1018435 crores has been pro- Four Diagnostic Centres providing accountable, re- vided to the SHGs as capital- sponsive administration to the ization from the Mission till people. july. Sealed For ‘Denying’ Information Under RTI Agencies tion and to mint money such acts are being done on ground. DEMISE Srinagar: Four diagnostic cen- “We are being harassed with- tres were sealed in Rohama out any provocation and to hide I inform the demise of my beloved block of Baramulla as they have their failures Pvt diagnostic grandfather Shri Habibullah Shah failed to submit the details of centres are being made scape- Son of Ab Gani Shah of Bemina their centres. The owners of the goats,” Dhar said. Srinagar on 19th of August Thursday. centres, however said that the They requested director The congregational fateh details are already with the gov- health and other higher ups to khawani will be held on Sunday ernment. personally look into the matter. (August 22) at their ancestral Four diagnostic centres Life “Higher ups asked us to sub- graveyard Anjuman Masjid Care Diagnostic Centre, LifeLabs mit all details of private diag- Qamarwari Srinagar at 10:30 am. Medical Laboratory Services, nostic centres working in our Gousia Clinical Lab and Lalpath jurisdiction and it will take Bereaved Family Labs Collection Center were them a minute to provide this Rabiya Sultan Shah sealed as they have failed to sub- information,” he said. mit the information which has He said that the association been sought by a person under has submitted a letter that they RTI. Private Diagnostic Centre are not bound to give informa- Association District Baramulla tion to anyone but in a letter to CMO Baram- the direction ulla has said office had re- that informa- jected their tion sought is claim and said very personal that anyone can and as private seek information from them. institutions they are “Whatever information pri- not supposed to give details to vate centres submit at time of anyone. registration, they submit it at President of the association Direction office but now direc- said that if a person has sought tion office has sought informa- information from the govern- tion from us and if they don't ment, it is the government that provide us the details then what has to answer him, not the pri- we will submit,” he said. vate Institutions. “Higher ups have pressured He said that whatever infor- that action will be taken against mation has been sought by the the defaulter BMO as centres RTI applicant has been already working in jurisdiction of other submitted at the directorate of- BMOs have already submitted fice and CMO office at the time information,” he said. “If they of registration, “then for what don't have any problem, then our centres have been sealed.” why are few centres creating “If the applicant is seeking infor- problems for me and them- mation of many districts then why selves as well.” only few centres of Rohama are be- BMO Rohama Mohammed ing made scapegoats,” he said. Asif said that centres were President Private diagnostic sealed only as they failed to centres association Kashmir submit the information sought Umar Dhar said that for promo- from them. Sunday| 22-08-2021 6

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Printed & Published by Sajjad Haider on behalf of the Kashmir Observer LLP The Taliban has not trusted Pakistan since it sided with Washington Published from: # 5- Boulevard, Srinagar-190001 in the global war on terror and handed over several Taliban leaders to the US. Since the US Printed at: KT Press Pvt. Ltd, Rangreth Ind Area, Srinagar. signed a peace agreement with the Taliban in RNI Registration No: 69503/98 February last year and announced plans to withdraw its military from Afghanistan, the Postal Registration No-L/159/KO/SK/2014-16 relationship between the Taliban and Islamabad “has been transforming and Editor-in-Chief : Sajjad Haider divergences will increase". Legal Counsel: Tasaduq Khwaja Switchboard: (0194) 2106304 Editorial: (0194) 2502327 Email editorial: [email protected] Being and Its Violence Though a Kashmiri remains hyper-aware of what happens around her and adapts, the violence overpowers her

owhere is subjectivity, a Expression of violence, when not sense of subject’s being, elusive due its sheer overwhelming- more pronounced than in ness or banality, comes at its own cost. Na so-called ‘conflict zone’. The means to express, in Kashmir, are One’s sense of being in a conflict zone few and far between. Besides the writ- is always reduced to its bare mini- ten word, photography and videogra- mum wherein the subject sees itself phy have been resorted to for captur- solely or primarily in terms of her life, ing the collective Kashmiri suffering. how to manage survival amidst all the There has been an outpouring of vid- precarity. But at the same time, sub- eos and photographs in the hope that jectivity is heightened to its extreme the sense of sight being most sensitive as well, when the subject strategizes will at least provoke. But with Kash- ways to avoid being killed or maimed miris passive in front of the countless Mir Uzair Farooq and when she shapes her identity con- scenic niches of Kashmir, they have sciously in opposition to the forces done little except alerting one to the adamant to extinguish its traces. wickedness endemic to the world of In Kashmir, the routine forms of humans, to the conflict in Kashmir, or violence make a Kashmiri give up on desensitizing us to the gruesome spec- his assertion as a subject, as someone tacle of life, as Susan Sontag has beau- who can publicly make his sense of tifully registered in her discussion of Kashmiris don’t selfhood and identity felt but at the pain and its representation. same time she cannot but catalog the Metaphors, analogies, and other say it for mere occurrences of violence through her figurations abound in the case of Kash- mere bodily and psychic presence. Af- mir—not long ago Kashmirization en- rhetorical effect that to ter all, she is the raw material that the showing to waiting in line on the na- rhetorical effect that to be sensitive to tered the lexicon for everyone’s use. be sensitive to their violence is fabricated from. In a zero- tional highway for a military convoy their suffering an outsider has to be in One expression that, with regard to sum game, the insults, injuries, and to pass unhindered to replying the uni- Kashmir. Witnessing and being there violence, often gets narrated is, “If you suffering an outsider humiliations that whittle her identity formed military personnel with a ‘Yes, has its own effect, an effect which fill it to the brim, it will likely spill.” assimilate in her body-psyche. sir,’ when approached, these minor Kashmiris through their embodied There is quite a spillage of violence has to be in Kashmir. But it would be wrong to judge that acts extinguish the most rudimentary experiences of violence cultivate a dif- in Kashmir, affirming the expression, resistance blurs the effect of domina- elements of subjectivity, acting as me- ferent sense of. but that is not simply due to cause and Witnessing and being tion; if it did, there would be no zone dium for the ‘code of violent domina- The violence distorts not only the effect. Violence, by Kashmiris, has be- of conflict as such. Though a Kashmiri tion’. In a brutal irony, the most vivid notions of self-identity of Kashmiris come a form of being; it is politics, of there has its own effect, remains hyper-aware of what happens assertion of Kashmiri identity occurs but guts the symbolic—social and cul- the violated and dispossessed, a com- around her and adapts, the violence through its complete negation in vol- tural—matrix that anchors such no- promised but chosen means to an end. an effect which overpowers her. untary death—in martyrdom. In an tions. People, through inter-subjective As things stand, it will keep spilling. Kashmiris through their In its routinization, the violence ugly reverse of necropolitics, the body communication and exchange, par- is so consummate in Kashmir that it reserves its privilege to be the last take in the design of the symbolic in- Views expressed in the article are embodied experiences escapes a vocal, meaningful expres- resort of communication. Ilja Srubar stitutions through which they mediate the sion. It can only be felt, with its ul- captures this irony perfectly in her their lives. The microphysics of domi- author’s own and do not neces- of violence cultivate a timate referent being the Kashmiri neologism ‘a-semiological communi- nation works so intelligently in Kash- sarily represent the editorial stance of bodies. Everyday violence creates the cation,’ in which any meaning-making mir that the symbolic institutions Kashmir Observer different sense of ‘existential,’ to use Arthur Kleinman’s is broken by violence and the body be- figure only as an extinct resource for phrase, in which life itself operates comes the signifier and the signified of Kashmiris to recollect a sense of lost The author can be reached and is negotiated, in Kashmir. the violence around. identity out of. Mute harmless graffiti, at [email protected] From the requisitory ID card Kashmiris don’t say it for mere almost unreadable.

akistan’s decision makers have Pakistan’s military leadership against their fingers crossed ahead of an launching a nationwide offensive while ... Winners And Losers - Part 1 eagerly anticipated speech by Nato forces were still in Afghanistan, and PTaliban chief Mawlawi Hibatul- to engage in negotiations with the Kabul lah Akhundzada that will cast the die for With the Taliban’s ascendancy in Afghanistan, government on sharing political power. Afghanistan’s political future. The Associated Press last month re- Islamabad hopes Akhundzada’s poli- ported that Pakistan’s army chief of staff cy-defining address, expected to be deliv- does Pakistan stand to gain or lose? General Qamar Javed Bajwa was so frus- ered by Sunday, will reassure the inter- Tom Hussain trated by the Taliban’s intransigence that national community that the Taliban has he twice walked out of meetings in Islam- evolved from a globally reviled terrorist abad with its leaders. group into a palatably responsible state what Pakistan stands to gain or lose. That Abdul Basit, an associate research fel- This friction was further evident in actor, according to journalists who this would depend entirely on how the situa- At the same time, low at the S. Rajaratnam School of Interna- early August when the Taliban closed week attended a briefing conducted by tion pans out,” she told This Week In Asia. tional Studies (RSIS) in Singapore, describes the Chaman-Spin Boldak border crossing Pakistan’s powerful military. So what exactly is Pakistan’s relation- Pakistan has lobbied the the relationship between Pakistan and the with Pakistan to press demands for visa- However, Islamabad is also concerned ship with the Taliban? international community – close Taliban as “a marriage of convenience based free cross-border movement of Afghan that Akhundzada’s speech could trigger The South Asian nation has long had allies China and Russia in on tactical divergences in Afghanistan”. nationals. The Taliban also threatened to an international backlash against Paki- a paradoxical role in Afghanistan – ac- “For Pakistan, it was to keep India suspend Pakistan’s trade via Afghanistan stan because of its long-standing support cused of providing covert support to the particular – to garner support out of Afghanistan by helping the Tali- with Central Asia. for the Taliban – particularly from the Taliban on one hand, while playing a ma- for collective diplomatic ban. For the Taliban, it was to resist the Stanford University analyst Asfan- United States and other Nato members jor supporting role in the US war on ter- engagement with the Taliban as US presence and eventually force it out of dyar Mir said the Pakistan-Taliban rela- humiliated by the sudden capitulation of ror against al-Qaeda on the other. a means of ensuring that the Afghanistan by availing itself of sanctuar- tionship, “which has effectively weath- the Afghan government last Sunday. Pakistan’s relationship with the Tali- ies in Pakistan,” he said. ered everything the last two decades”, Since then, widespread shock at the ban was formed in the mid-1990s, after the group keeps its promises to form Beyond this marriage of convenience, will be further tested now that the Tali- ease of the Taliban takeover and heart- Islamist militia emerged from the south- an inclusive administration, the relationship between Pakistan and the ban are in power. rending scenes of Afghans desperately ern Afghan province of Kandahar to quell prevent terrorist attacks from Taliban had “its own ups and downs, dis- Issues of governance, the decades- trying to board evacuation flights out of the chaotic civil war that had been going agreements and divergences”, Basit said. long border dispute between Afghanistan Kabul have focused the world’s attention on since the departure of occupying So- Afghanistan, and allow women For instance, Islamabad was frustrat- and Pakistan and the overall foreign poli- on the abandonment of Afghanistan by viet forces in 1989. access to education and ed by the Taliban’s lack of action against cy of the Taliban would be at play, he said. deposed president Ashraf Ghani’s admin- Many of the predominantly ethnic employment the thousands of Pakistani Taliban fight- “The relationship will have more istration, and the handling of the US mili- Pashtun Taliban fighters and their fami- ers in eastern Afghanistan, he said. pressure points,” Asfandyar said. “His- tary withdrawal by President Joe Biden. lies lived in Pakistan as refugees, spoke At a confidential parliamentary brief- tory doesn’t repeat itself, but it tends to At the same time, Pakistan has lob- Urdu and were friendly with their hosts. ing of Pakistan’s politicians on July 2, rhyme, especially in this region. So I do bied the international community – close On the other hand, the non-Pashtun ban surrender and include the group in nego- Inter-Services Intelligence agency chief remember that in the ’90s, after the col- allies China and Russia in particular – to factions making up the Northern Alliance tiations on Afghanistan’s political future. Lieutenant General Faiz Hameed de- lapse of the Najibullah government, Paki- garner support for collective diplomatic opposed to the Taliban had a history of Instead, the 2001 Bonn agreement led scribed the Taliban and the Tehreek-e- stan soured on the mujahideen once the engagement with the Taliban as a means hostility towards Pakistan predating the to the creation of an Afghan government Taliban Pakistan (TTP) group as “sides of power-sharing arrangements lapsed and of ensuring that the group keeps its prom- Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in 1979. dominated by the Northern Alliance, the the same coin”. the civil war intensified.” ises to form an inclusive administration, Islamabad was forced to set aside its leaders of which were friendly with India, Likewise, the Taliban has not trusted prevent terrorist attacks from Afghani- preferences in Afghanistan when present- Pakistan’s perennial foe. Pakistan since it sided with Washington Views expressed in the article stan, and allow women access to educa- ed with an ultimatum by the US after the After US political attention switched to in the global war on terror and handed are the author's own and do not tion and employment. September 11 terrorist attacks planned by the invasion of Iraq in 2003 and Washington over several Taliban leaders to the US. necessarily represent the editorial Apart from Afghanistan, “Pakistan al-Qaeda leaders hosted by the Taliban. began to draw down on its military assets Since the US signed a peace agree- stance of Kashmir Observer. has the most to gain from peace in its Pakistan’s military ruler Pervez in Afghanistan, Pakistan’s relations with ment with the Taliban in February last neighbour and the most to lose from strife Musharraf seized the opportunity to once the government in Kabul deteriorated. year and announced plans to withdraw its Tom Hussain is an Islamabad-based and instability”, said Maleeha Lodhi, a again make his country a close ally of the American officials in 2004 reported military from Afghanistan, the relation- journalist and Pakistan affairs analyst. former Pakistani ambassador to Britain, US, thereby gaining it billions of dollars that Islamabad had quietly resumed ship between the Taliban and Islamabad The article was originally published by the United Nations and the US. of debt relief and military aid. supporting the Taliban after the group “has been transforming and divergences South China Morning Post “As the situation today is in flux in Islamabad, however, was galled when showed signs of resurgence in the prov- will increase”, Basit said. Afghanistan, it is too premature to say Washington ignored its advice to accept a Tali- inces of Afghanistan bordering Pakistan. The Taliban resisted pressure from Sunday| 22-08-2021 7 Maraz Galih Vedh-Wan Aadat Katih Galih? The disease will go by the doctor's shop, but the habit will never go

n an estranged period of Covid induced lock- down, we got ample time to be alone, to think about the things we usually ignore in other Iwork packed days. Some of us spent the time binge watching movies, web-series, playing games on our smartphones, and some on browsing social media endlessly, some gossiped about the con- Ahtisab Ul Haq spiracy theories firstly about the origin of virus, then about ill effects of its vaccine. Some took time to perfect their art, craft, knowledge, skills etc. to build themselves in a healthy way. Plainly speaking, I am from the former catego- ry. The period starting April 2020 to July 2021 felt They had quite depressing for most of us. Luckily for me, the immense potential only plus point from that period is that I got some insights about the habits I have. As I enquired to provide education in about the status of my habits (whether habit is good or bad), I got to know that many philosophers an interesting way, if from ancient Greece to modern day psychologists used judiciously. They are have already provided immense insights on ‘hab- it’. The one question that baffled me is whether a here to remain and it’s us great person is made great by his habits or wheth- who need to rethink our er he became great because he has some particular habits or whether my habits make me a common strategy and habits while man or I being a common man has different habits than great people. I didn’t get a simple answer to induced effect of this transfer was the increase in unending games and us infinite warriors who day interacting with these this question but I got some key insights that are the penetration of smartphones in a great number in and day out keep us engaged. The personalized platforms. We have to generally valuable to other people. of households with a student. In fact, almost 80% gaming characters and the audio visual stimuli Habits as they are mostly automatic responses of classes are being run through the usage of com- and connection with our friends stalks us to leave limit its potential abuse tend to save our times. Humans are, by our nature, puter and mobile devices. These phones provide the game and do something productive. creatures of habit. Approximately 45% of our re- the student the much needed bridge to communi- Yet another aspect is that of the video stream- and must cultivate the ported activities in a given day are habitual, per- cate with their teachers and peers in an effective ing and OTT Platforms. These platforms use flashy habit to keep ourselves formed automatically without much thought. Our and efficient way. With this positive side there is thumbnails to keep us stacked to the screen and morning routine, if we first check our phones or a big negative side of its compulsive usage. It has make it work as a habit triggering cues. These cues engaged in productive go for a walk when we wake up in the morning, is the potential to disrupt some of our valuable study dislodge our natural and other productive habit a habit. The route, the type of vehicle you prefer habits which we nurtured from the very first day of cues due to which we feel in an endless loop of go- work. We have to talk to when going to school or office is a habit. school. The abrupt shift of technology and disrup- ing down and down to find the video which will sat- our children about its For a common man, the term Habit is used in- tion of classical settings for providing education isfy our brain, wasting our precious time to use it terchangeably with automaticity. Like other auto- has raised some questions for all the stakeholders on other productive things. benefits and about its ill matic responses, habits are activated in memory in of education-teachers, students, parents etc. In the end, it can be said that these platforms effects an autonomous fashion without requiring executive The 3 key potential disruptions posed by com- are now reality and are very much part of our so- control. A variety of cues might trigger habit perfor- pulsive/ habitual usage of mobile were by social cial fabric. They have the potential to transform mance including aspects of physical environment, media. Its unabated usage is innately a problem. our personal and social life. They had immense other people and preceding action in a sequence. They simply lure us by sending out notifications potential to provide education in an interesting Once habits form perception of the relevant context numerous times in a day, which works like a cue way, if used judiciously. They are here to remain cues automatically activate the mental representa- to click it and reinforce its use practically makes and it’s us who need to rethink our strategy and tion of the habitual response. Once habitual respons- us habitual users after a certain time. The like but- habits while interacting with these platforms. We es are activated, people can act on the response in ton, dislike button, the comment button, the reply have to limit its potential abuse and must cultivate mind without making a decision to do so. Habits to comment button, the tag button, the stalker but- the habit to keep ourselves engaged in productive strengthen through associative and reward-learning ton all keep us hooked on and on, sometimes for work. We have to talk to our children about its ben- mechanisms that capture the slow, incremental na- good other times even we are unable to find why efits and about its ill effects. We need to actively ture of habit formation. With each repetition, small we are scrolling and scrolling again. engage with our children and let them use these changes occur in the cognitive and neural mecha- Similarly, mobile phone gaming is another devices only for a certain time period. We must not nisms associated with procedural memory. one. A decade ago mobile phones were installed let them cultivate any bad habits that these mobile Habit disruption due to increase in technology with simple games, the levels of which can be devices facilitate . usage in present circumstances: Prior to the pan- played within a few weeks. Once we completed all But as the Kashmiri proverb demic the education was only complemented by the levels it feels dull to replay it again and again. Maraz galih Vedh-wan Adat Katih galih? digital platforms for school going children their That spared us time to do other tasks physically It is indeed difficult to rewire our hard ac- primary education and nurturing was done in the like bathing in a nearby canal or cricket or some- quired habits physical setting of schools with face to face contacts thing else. But today the gaming industry is power with teachers and their peers. But as the whole edu- packed with all the resources and smart brains to The author can be reached cation came to standstill, the education was com- keep people hooked to it. They provided instant at [email protected] pelled to be transferred to an online system. The updates to add a level/challenge, that makes it

ou do not have to be white to be a reflection of the community and its cul- a white feminist,” Rafia Zakaria ture, and the former is seen as an indi- writes in the author’s note to Intersectional Solidarity in vidualistic crime both by the law and the Yher latest collection of essays, people. Against White Feminism: Notes on Dis- Gender justice requires parity ruption. It is also possible, she further among women of color and white wom- argues, to be white and feminist and still “Against White Feminism” en. A trickle-down version of feminism, “not be a white feminist.” The term, then, Zakaria argues, will not account for the seems to be one that Zakaria attaches to a BARATHI NAKKEERAN differences that exist across groups. specific definition. Rather than “describ- However, that recognition alone will ing the racial identity of its subjects”, ac- not do. Material realities necessitate cording to her, white feminism is instead into the epistemology of feminism. a redistribution of resources, such as “a set of assumptions and behaviors” It would appear that Zakaria antici- government welfare programs, legal as- that are intertwined with mainstream pated this kind of suspicion to be projected sistance for women of color, and so on. western feminism. However, she adds, by her readers. The concluding chapter, Solidarities must be built on transpar- it is also true that “most white feminists for instance, is filled with caveats for both ent conversations that do not shy away are indeed white, and that whiteness it- white women and women of color. She from disagreement and discussion. In self is at the core of white feminism.” In argues that, for a transformative form of Against White Feminism, Zakaria warns Zakaria’s opinion, a refusal to recognize feminism to work, it is crucial for femi- that any feminism that expects universal white privilege is fundamental to the def- nists to work out solidarities across identi- agreements is a branding exercise and inition of a white feminist. ties and “specialized groups.” Zakaria re- will ultimately elude accountability, for- Against White Feminism critiques peatedly reminds the reader that the book saking potential transformation for the the “whiteness” within certain feminist does not call for an “elimination of white sake of agreement. activism and what it has done to the women,” but instead urges the elimina- Chicago Review of Books movement. In the first chapter, Zakaria tion of “whiteness” from feminism. argues that Black and Brown women’s Zakaria’s own experience includes contributions to feminism are often ig- on-the-ground crisis-based legal assis- nored. For instance, she points out how tance to Black and Brown immigrant gender studies courses teach predomi- women in domestic violence shelters, nantly the work of white feminists, and involving issues related to immigration even if Black or Brown or Muslim femi- and child custody. Her book thus produc- nists are included in the curriculum, es a narration that marries scholarship Solidarities must be they are “offered as a condiment, the with conversation, critiquing the vari- built on transparent con- entrée being the white feminist texts”. ous forms of inequities within the femi- Where are the gender studies courses nist movement propped up by western, versations that do not shy that predominantly teach the works of white feminism. Her experience with the Black or Brown or Muslim feminists, she law and its violence informs the book. away from disagreement and asks. For instance, in chapter seven– “I built discussion. In Against White In her book, Novel Gazing: Queer a white feminist temple”– she discusses Readings in Fiction, Eve Kosofsky writes what she describes as “culturally coded Feminism, Zakaria warns that about “paranoid reading”—how certain crimes.” She argues that it is not that cul- kinds of readers experience fiction by an- turally coded crimes like “honor killing” any feminism that expects ticipating bad things, thus focusing their are not violent crimes, but the fact that universal agreements is a reading on eliminating “bad surprises.” there is such a ready attachment of a cul- While Zakaria’s book is not fiction, I ex- tural dimension to such crimes in order branding exercise and will perienced a sense of paranoia while read- to signal that they are more brutal than ing it the first time– sometimes, antici- similar crimes occurring among white ultimately elude account- pating the book to lead me somewhere communities is something that must be ability, forsaking potential wrong. Perhaps, a part of my paranoia recognized as a problem. For instance, was my own participation in what Za- she points to the different standards ap- transformation for the sake karia would argue is an aspect of white plied to intimate partner violence be- of agreement feminism, when a feminist of color is tween white couples and Brown or Black often read with doubt and refused entry couples. The latter, she argues, becomes LIFE & TIMES Sunday| 22-08-2021 8 People working night shift face increased risk of developing heart problems: Study

Agencies versity School of Public Health and Tropi- total of 283,657 of these participants did not have during the day. The risk increased to 18 equivalent combination, had a lower risk of cal Medicine, New Orleans, USA, investi- AF when they enrolled in UK Biobank, and per cent after ten or more years for those atrial fibrillation than those with non-ideal eople who work night shifts are at gated whether genetic predisposition to AF 276,009 did not have heart failure or stroke. who had a lifetime duration of night shifts. physical activity when exposed to a lifetime increased risk of developing an ir- could play a role in the increased risk. Information on genetic variants was Among people who worked an average of of night shift work. Thus, women and less regular and often abnormally fast They evaluated the overall genetic risk available for 193,819 participants without three to eight-night shifts a month for ten physically active people may benefit partic- Pheart rhythm called atrial fibrilla- on the basis of 166 genetic variations known AF, and 75,391 of them answered in-depth years or more, the risk of AF increased to ularly from a reduction in night shift work." tion (AF), according to a new study led by a to be associated with the condition but found questions about their lifetime employment 22 per cent compared to daytime workers. A strength of the study is its size, with de- team of international researchers. that the genetic risk levels did not affect the in a questionnaire sent out in 2015. Among Among participants currently work- tailed information on over 283,000 people. In The findings were published in the Eu- link between working night shifts and AF the participants free of heart disease and ing night shifts, or working night shifts for addition, it is the first study to link these data ropean Heart Journal. risk, regardless of whether participants had stroke when they joined the study, 73,986 ten or more years, or working a lifetime of with genetic information in a population that The study is the first to investigate the a low, medium, or high genetic risk. provided information on their employment three to eight night shifts a month, the risk also has detailed histories available on cur- links between night shift work and AF. Us- Prof. Lu said: "Although a study like history. During an average follow-up time of coronary heart disease increased by 22 rent shift work and lifetime employment. ing information from 283,657 people in the this cannot show a causal link between of over ten years, there were 5,777 AF cases. per cent, 37 per cent and 35 per cent respec- Limitations of the study include the fact UK Biobank database, researchers found night shifts and atrial fibrillation and heart The researchers adjusted their analyses tively compared to daytime workers. that it cannot show shift work causes heart that the longer and more frequently people disease, our results suggest that current for factors that could affect the results, such Prof. Qi said: "There were two more in- problems, only that it is associated with them; worked night shifts over their lifetimes, the and lifetime night shift work may increase as age, sex, ethnicity, education, socioeco- teresting findings. We found that women some cases of atrial fibrillation may have been greater their risk of AF. Night shift work the risk of these conditions. nomic status, smoking, physical exercise, were more susceptible to atrial fibrillation missed; lifetime employment was assessed was also linked to an increased risk of heart "Our findings have public health implica- diet, body mass index, blood pressure, sleep than men when working night shifts for only when people joined UK Biobank, was self- disease, but not to stroke or heart failure. tions for preventing atrial fibrillation. They duration and chronotype (whether some- more than ten years. Their risk increased reported, and, therefore, may have changed or In addition, the researchers, led by suggest that reducing both the frequency and one was a 'morning' or an 'evening' person). significantly by 64% compared to day work- been prone to some errors; there may be un- Professor Yingli Lu, of Shanghai Ninth the duration of night shift work may be ben- They found that people who currently ers. People reporting an ideal amount of known factors that might affect the results, and People's Hospital and Shanghai JiaoTong eficial for the health of the heart and blood worked night shifts on a usual or perma- physical activity of 150 minutes a week or the people in UK Biobank were mainly white University School of Medicine, Shanghai, vessels." The study included 286,353 people who nent basis had a 12 per cent increased risk more of moderate-intensity, 75 minutes a British and so it may not be possible to gener- China, and Professor Lu Qi, of Tulane Uni- were in paid employment or self-employed. A of AF compared to people who only worked week or more of vigorous-intensity, or an alise the findings to other ethnic groups.

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BUSINESS Sunday | 22.08.2021 09 Facebook enters loan Handicrafts dept fixes Apple world’s most valuable business to tap Indian SMEs MSP for hand spun, hand company at $2.4 trillion Agencies the partner lenders. In days to Agencies these 500 companies had com- come, Facebook plans to part- bined sales of $18.4tn, bigger BENGALURU: Facebook on ner with Non-Banking Finan- Hyderabad: Apple emerged as than the GDP of China, and em- Friday launched its lending cial Corporations (NBFCs) and woven Pashmina the world’s most valuable com- ployed 43 million staff, equiva- initiative for nearly 30 mil- other lenders to help expand pany, up 15 per cent to $2.4 lent to the working population lion small businesses which the initiative. Facebook has KO NEWS DESK from various organizations asso- purposes of benefit sharing. They trillion (tn) as of 15 July 2021. of Germany.” have a presence on Facebook, rolled out the programme ciated with Handicrafts and Han- have to be identified for the pur- The ‘World’s Big Four’ compris- “This year the Hurun Global Instagram and Whatsapp, by in 100 cities and will soon SRINAGAR, AUGUST 21: In a sig- dloom sector including Kash- poses of locus-standi in case of ing Apple, Microsoft, Amazon 500 added $8.5tn of value, on offering them small-ticket expand the initiative to 100 nificant step towards promotion mir Pashmina Karighar Union, any imitation of their craft. Sale and Alphabet created a value of the back of a maturing of the loans in the size of Rs 5-50 more cities across India. of Handicrafts, the Directorate Yender Society, Numani Welfare and purchase of counterfeit prod- $4tn, driven by the growth in digital economy and new tech- lakhs in collaboration with Mohan told TNIE that of Handicrafts and Handloom, Trust, and Traders Association. ucts shall also be kept under check cloud services amid a maturing nologies, especially in health- Indifi, a lending platform. endeavour will be to help of the digital economy, as per care post Covid, but also helped Indifi is a series C funded those businesses scale who the second edition of the Hu- by trillion-dollar economic debt financing platform, typically find it difficult to run Global 500 list. stimulus packages, which have backed by Omidyar Networks, access credit through the Facebook and Tencent added helped drive up stock markets Accel Partners and Elevar conventional lending chan- $700bn, semiconductor gi- to records heights, particularly Equity which has disburses nels. “Facebook’s role will be more than 20,000 loans and to assess business in terms of has 20 lenders on board. The its activity, behaviour on vari- social media giant has been ous platforms which includes eyeing the Medium and Small advertising as well as selling Enterprises (MSME) mar- online,” he added. ket in India for quite some- “The integration of business time now. India is the first through Facebook, Whatsapp

Kashmir has announced a Mini- After discussions and consid- prior to implementation of MSP. mum Support Price (MSP) for GI ering various types of expendi- As an initiative to promote certified Pashmina shawls. tures incurred during different women entrepreneurship, it shall The decision was taken con- stages of manufacturing, the also help in revival of hand-spun sidering the importance for pro- committee unanimously pro- and hand-woven products to motion of GI for hand spun and posed Minimum Support Price of generate employability and up- ants Nvidia and TSMC added in the US,” he added. hand woven Pashmina. GI has Rs. 12,000 for GI Certified Plain scale the economic prospectus of $600bn, whilst Tesla led the EV The rumbling US-China trade acquired importance due to as- Pashmina hand spun and hand women weavers. The stakeholders sector, adding $500bn of value. war has spilled over into an ac- market, where the company and Instagram platforms, an- sured quality and authenticity woven Shawl. expressed their satisfaction over the Between them, these 10 com- celeration of a decoupling of has launched a lending pro- nouncements of data sharing and has thus become a valuable Further, MSP for knotted Car- constitution of the committee and panies added $6tn of value, one the economies, fuelling com- gramme for small businesses. on business groups recently commercial asset. pets which is under the process demanded appropriate marketing third of the $18tn total value petition for high-tech sectors The loans will have a pre- signal a change in monetisa- Till date, 7 crafts including shall be announced shortly. platforms to ensure economic up created in the almost two years such as semiconductors. The defined interest rate of 7-20% tion strategy of the company, Pashmina, Sozni, Kani, Paper- Among the various benefits scaling. The participants included since the pandemic began. global shortage of chips, which per annum and will be dis- beyond social networking,” a mâchié, Walnut Wood Carving, of adopting Minimum Support Mohammad Abbas, Assistant Di- India has 12 companies in are now required in everything bursed within five days. top industry insider said. For Khatamband and Carpet have Price policy, it will help in re- rector, Handicrafts, Bashir Ahmad, the second edition of the list, from smartphones to cars, has Facebook’s Managing Di- the cash crippled SME indus- been registered under Geograph- viving hand spinning and hand Manager, Handloom and Handi- up one, led by Reliance Indus- sparked competition in their rector (India) Ajit Mohan said try, which has already borne ical Indication of Goods Act-1999. weaving and will help grass root crafts (S&E) Corporation Ltd. and tries with $188bn, up 11 per design and production. that the internet firm doesn’t the brunt of Covid and slowed The MSP of Pashmina was de- level artisans who work hard to all the representatives of Tahafuz. cent, and Tata Consultancy Ser- About 80 per cent of the plan to monetise through its consumption, digital sales of- termined after three consecutive promote these crafts by virtue of Meanwhile, it has been impressed vices with $164bn, followed by world’s most successful start- fresh initiative and the pro- fer a new avenue accelerated meetings that were held at In- which Kashmir is famous. upon all Govt. agencies to effect HDFC Bank with $113bn. ups, unicorns valued at over cedures/ eligibility of loan by changed shopping behav- dian Institute of Carpet Technol- The craftsmen are the focal purchases of Pashmina on the MSP The Hurun Research Insti- $1bn, are from the US and disbursal will be decided by iour during the pandemic. ogy between the representatives point of the GI Act, 1999 for the notified by the Government. tute released the 2021 Hurun China, suggesting that these Global 500, a list of the 500 two economies have the lion’s most valuable non-state-con- share of the next wave of po- trolled companies in the world, tential Global 500 companies. Intel unveils its Iqbal takes on-field assessment of various ranked according to their val- Only three individuals in his- ue, defined as market capitali- tory have created more than biggest shift in chip sation for listed companies and one Hurun Global 500 com- Agricultural activities across Srinagar valuations for non-listed com- pany. Elon Musk is co-founder KO NEWS DESK be safeguarded in the best pos- cultivation which in the long run panies. The cut-off date used is of three, led by Tesla in the architecture in a generation sible manner. will prove to be a game changer 15 July 2021. Top 10, PayPal and SpaceX. The Agencies Computing Systems and Graphics SRINAGAR, AUGUST 21: To take He said we are chasing the in enhancing the socio economic Rupert Hoogewerf, chairman other two are from China. Jack Group at Intel. on field assessment of differ- target of doubling the farmer’s status of the area . and chief researcher of Hurun Ma, despite his recent troubles, New Delhi: Chip-maker Intel “These architectural break- ent Agricultural activities dur- income by the year 2022 and are Chief Agriculture officer Sri- Report, said, “It is easy to see has two with Alibaba and Ant has unveiled its biggest archi- throughs set the stage for our ing the ongoing season, Director taking all possible steps and in- nagar, Mohammad Younis Chow- why the Hurun G500 repre- Group. The other is Shanghai- tectural shifts in a generation next era of leadership prod- Agriculture Kashmir, Chowdhary terventions to realize this dream. dhary on the occasion said that sents the most powerful group based Li Ge with biotech com- for CPUs, GPUs and IPUs to meet ucts, starting soon with Alder Mohammad Iqbal visited differ- During the interaction with Srinagar district is achieving new of companies in the world. panies WuXi Biologics and the crushing demand for more Lake,” he added. With a total value of $58tn, WuXi AppTec, both of which compute performance. At its ‘Ar- Koduri said that the highly they make up the backbone of have almost doubled in value chitecture Day 2021’, Intel set the scalable x86 microarchitecture the world’s economy. Together in the past year. stage for new generations of lead- addresses compute require- ership products. During the event, ments across the entire spec- Intel architects provided details trum of customer’s needs, from India cuts soyoil, sunflower oil import tax

on two new x86 central pro- low-power mobile applications cessing unit architectures — first to many-core microservices. performance hybrid architecture “Compared with Skylake, Intel’s ent areas of Srinagar district. the representatives of Pan- strides in vegetable production and Intel Thread Director; Intel’s most prolific CPU microarchitec- During the visit, the Direc- chayati Raj Institutions and and is working to provide better next-generation data center pro- ture, the Efficient-core delivers tor inspected various vegetable Farmers of Fakir Gujri, Director marketing avenues to the farm- cessors; infrastructure processing 40 per cent more single-threaded fields, maize fields of the farm- assured them that the depart- ers. He further added that an FPO unit architectures; and upcoming performance at the same power, ers and Paddy Seed Villages laid ment is in a process to reach has been already established at India is the world’s biggest vegetable oil graphics architectures. or the same performance while by the department. He said that out these far flung areas with Danihama for tomato crops in importer and spends an average of $8.5-$10 “Today, we unveiled our biggest consuming less than 40 per cent a special approach must be ad- latest technological interven- the district. This FPO has already billion annually on edible oil imports. shifts in Intel architectures in a of the power,” he informed. opted while implementing dif- tions and schemes. been approved by the District generation. This includes the first Looking ahead, the world faces ferent schemes for the benefit of He urged upon them to keep Monitoring Committee (DMC) ndia has cut import taxes on crude and refined soyoil and in-depth look at Alder Lake, our a massive demand for compute – the farming community. close coordination with the field and the case has been submitted sunflower oil by 7.5%, according to a government order, as first performance hybrid architec- potentially a 1,000x need by 2025. The Director stressed the of- staff of the department to avail with NABARD. part of efforts to keep a lid on prices. ture with two new generations of “We face daunting compute ficers and field functionaries farmer’s friendly schemes. The Director was accompanied I India is the world’s biggest vegetable oil importer and spends x86 cores and the intelligent Intel challenges that can only be solved to work in a more professional On spot instructions were by Chief Agriculture Officer Sri- an average of $8.5-$10 billion annually on edible oil imports. Thread Director workload sched- through revolutionary architec- and coordinated manner. He im- passed to Chief Agriculture Of- nagar Chowdhary Mohammad The country produces less than half of the roughly 24 million uler; Sapphire Rapids, Intel’s new tures and platforms … Our talent- pressed upon them to work with ficer Srinagar to organize spe- Younis, Sub Divisional Agricul- tonnes of edible oil that it consumes annually. It imports the standard-setting data center ar- ed architects and engineers made added dedication to reach out to cial training programs regarding ture Officer Srinagar and other rest, buying palm oil from Indonesia and Malaysia, soyoil from chitecture,” said Raja Koduri, SVP, possible all this technology mag- the farmers and address their is- lavender cultivation, as this area senior officers and officials of the Brazil and Argentina, and sunflower oil, mainly from Russia and General Manager, Accelerated ic,” said Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger. sues so that their interests could is having a huge potential for its district. Ukraine. Cabinet approves National Mission on Edible Oils to boost palm oil production he Union Cabinet, on Au- official press release. Security Mission-Oil Palm pro- mula price will also be fixed to pay 14.3 percent of the crude gust 18, approved the "A financial outlay of Rs 11,040 gramme. 28 lakh hectares can be which will be 14.3 percent of palm oil price which will eventu- Rs 11,040 crore National crore has been made for the potentially cultivated crude palm oil price and will be ally go up to 15.3 percent. The TMission on Edible Oils- scheme, out of which Rs 8,844 The centre said that as per an fixed on a monthly basis," it said. sunset clause of the scheme is Oil Palm to boost palm oil pro- crore is the central share and Rs assessment by the Indian insti- "The government by assuring 1st November 2037. duction in India and reduce de- 2,196 crore is the share of states tute of Oil Palm Research (IIOPR), a transparent price mechanism "To give impetus to the North- pendence on expensive imports and this includes a viability gap some 28 lakh hectares of land based on last 5 years average has East and Andaman, the centre from South East Asia. funding component," it said. across the country can be used made sure that the farmer re- will additional bear a cost of 2 "Centre will come up with a The aim of the centrall spon- for palm oil cultivation. At pres- mains unaffected by price vola- percent of the CPO price to en- mechanism to fix and regulate sored scheme is to raise the do- ent only 3.70 lakh hectares is un- tility. Since it is a long gestation sure that the farmers are paid at palm oil prices, If the market is mestic production of palm oil by der oil palm cultivation. crop, initial improved support to par with the rest of India. The volatile, the difference will also three times to 11.20 lakh tonnes Tomar said that the centre the farmers will also encourage states who adopt the mechanism be paid by the centre through di- by 2025-26 and to 28 lakh tonnes will give a price assurance to quicker adoption and sustain- would benefit from the viabil- rect benefit transfer," said Agri- by 2029-30. oil palm farmers. This will be ability of this crop," said Balram ity gap payment proposed in the culture Minister Narendra Singh This will involve raising the area known as the viability price and Singh Yadav, Managing Director, scheme and for this they will en- Tomar at the post-cabinet media under oil palm cultivation to 10 will protect the farmers from the Godrej Agrovet Limited. ter into MoUs with the centre," briefing on August 18. The outlay lakh hectares by 2025-26 and 16.7 fluctuations of the international Govt assures protection the statement said. will be for a five-year period. lakh hectares by 2029-30. The spe- market. The viability price shall against price volatility To address the issue of short- "Due to the heavy dependence cial emphasis of the scheme will be be the annual average price of The viability gap funding will age of planting material in the on imports for edible oils, it is in India’s north-eastern states and the last 5 years adjusted with the be difference between the viabil- country, seed gardens will be important to make efforts for in- the Andaman and Nicobar Islands wholesale price index to be mul- ity price and formula price and if provided assistance up to Rs 80 creasing the domestic production due to the conducive weather con- tiplied by 14.3 per cent. the need arises, it would be paid lakh for 15 hectares in rest of of edible oils in which increasing ditions in the regions. "This will be fixed yearly for directly to the farmers accounts India and Rs 100 lakh for 15 ha area and productivity of oil palm The proposed scheme will sub- the oil palm year from 1st No- in the form of DBT, in North-East and Andaman re- plays an important part," said an sume the current National Food vember to 31st October. A for- The industry will be mandated gions. NEWS Sunday | 22.08.2021 10 ZyCov-D Vaccine Will Heavy Rains Cause Massive Hit Markets Soon: Waterlogging In Delhi, Cripple Traffic Union Health Minister Press Trust of India company has already started Press Trust of India potential of disruption in com- one place to another as vehicles drive between Hapur and Burari de-silted regularly. production of the vaccine mute with road and drain clo- crawled on important stretches. but today I reached home in four A senior PWD official said Ahmedabad: The ZyCov-D vac- which will soon hit the market. New Delhi: Record rains lashed sures and interruption of power People were also seen wading hours," Tyagi lamented. that the main reason behind the cine against COVID-19, which The company's indige- the national capital on Saturday, supply, for the city. through waterlogged streets in Due to the waterlogging, the flooding of the Minto Road un- was granted emergency use au- nously developed needle-free crippling the traffic movement According to Delhi Police of- different areas of the national Delhi Traffic Police in the morn- derpass was overflow of a Delhi thorisation (EUA) by the drug three-dose COVID-19 vaccine and causing heavy waterlog- ficials, a 60-year-old guard died capital. ing closed several crucial un- Jal Board (DJB) sewer line along regulator, will hit the market ZyCoV-D was granted emer- ging in many parts of the city, on Saturday due to electric shock Stretches that witnessed derpasses and traffic moved at with a "very high intensity' rain. soon as the drug firm has start- gency use authorisation (EUA) with places like Minto Bridge, in east Delhi's Anand Vihar area jams include ITO, Dhaula Kuan, a snail's pace at many stretches. "Very high intensity and re- ed its production, Union Health by the drug regulator on Friday, Rajghat, Connaught Place, and allegedly due to waterlogging. Mehram Nagar underpass near The traffic police took to Twitter cord rains occurred on Saturday. Minister Mansukh Mandaviya making it the first vaccine to be ITO being inundated. Public Works Department the airport, Vikas Marg, Mathura to inform commuters about which triggered overflow of a said on the last day of his "Jan administered to beneficiaries The India Meteorological (PWD) officials said 316 com- Road, Ring Road, Mukarba road closures. DJB sewer line near DDU Marg. Ashirwa Yatra" in Gujarat. in the age group of 12-18 years Department (IMD) said Delhi re- plaints of waterlogging were Chowk, Rohtak Road near "Traffic movement on Minto This resulted waterlogging in Mandaviya visited many in the country. corded 138.8 mm of rainfall, the received at the control room till Peeragarhi, Connaught Place, Bridge (both carriageways) has the Minto Road underpass. We temples starting by seek- Besides Mandaviya, whose highest one-day rain for August 4.30 pm on Saturday. The offi- Barakhamba Road, Dwarka- been closed due to waterlog- have all the system in place so ing the blessings of Lord tour concluded in his home- in last 14 years. cials said that the field staff was Palam flyover and Bhairon Marg. ging. Please avoid (the) stretch," traffic was stopped immediately Swaminarayan at a temple at town Bhavnagar, the last According to IMD officials, on the ground to address water- Narrating his tale of traffic the traffic police said in a tweet. and water was pumped out," the Gadhada in the Botad district stop for the yatra of his cabi- Saturday's rainfall of 138.8 mm logging complaints on priority woe, a commuter, Vikas Tyagi, Hours later, it informed peo- official said. earlier on Saturday. net colleague from Gujarat, is the ninth highest in the last basis. said that it took him over four ple that normal traffic move- He added that the underpass Talking to reporters in Parshottam Rupala, was the lat- 62 years for August and highest Waterlogging also damaged hours to reach Burari from ment had been restored at the was opened for traffic in three Botad about the Emergency ter's hometown Amreli. Their after 2007, in the last 14 years medicines at a state-run hospi- Hapur due to extensive water- Minto Bridge underpass. hours. Use Authorization granted yatras covered various districts (2007-2021) for August. tal in Rohini as the rain water logging on the city streets. Last month, Chief Minister On Saturday, the traffic police to ZyCov-D COVID-19 vac- in the Saurashtra region. Meteorological (MeT) officials entered pharmacy of the hospi- "It is a nightmare to get Arvind Kejriwal had said that a said that underpasses at Azad cine manufactured by Zydus Mandaviya and Rupala, who said that highest ever rainfall tal, an official said. stuck in a traffic jam. Today's "world-class drainage system" Market in central Delhi and Cadila, Mandaviya said it is the heads the Ministry of Animal for August since 1961 till 2021 According to data from the (Saturday) rains literally crip- would be developed across the Azadpur in north Delhi had been world's first plasmid DNA vac- Husbandry and Dairying, and is 184.0 mm. It was recorded on three civic bodies, at least 14 in- pled the traffic movement in national capital. closed for traffic, while vehicu- cine for COVID-19 which will Fisheries in the Union cabi- August 2, 1961. cidents of tree fall were reported the city as almost every street He had said drainage sys- lar movement was affected at be administered in three shots. net, embarked on the Yatra on The weather office has issued in the city. was clogged. Even the tribu- tems like the one at Minto Road Moolchand and Pul Prahladpur "Those above the age of 12 can Thursday to reach out to people an 'orange' alert, a warning for Commuters had a harrow- tary roads of key stretches were would be replicated across Delhi underpasses in south Delhi due take the vaccine shot", he said. and seek their blessings for their extremely bad weather with the ing experience travelling from jammed. Usually, it is two hours and drains and sewers would be to waterlogging. Mandaviya also said the induction in the Union cabinet.

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Gunfight In Tral to beef up security and create “fortress India” Govt Okays BJP, Congress Fumes don’t talk about Article 370 discourse. to safeguard against any militant operations Wow so (yo)u become a part of a national there was no collateral damage in the against India. lease on behalf of the government. president Ravinder Raina lashed out at opposition which abandons 370 and (yo)u irk operation. The former Army chief said talk of sending Pertinently, the order by revenue depart- Mehbooba for her remarks, and said she “is and irritate a ruling party, not known for toler- “It was a very difficult operation and con- Indian troops to beef up US and allied troops in ment comes two weeks after Lieutenant under some misconception. India is a power- ance and hence put even statehood at risk. cluded without any collateral damage. We holding Afghanistan which had cropped up in Governor Manoj Sinha laid the foundation ful country and our Prime Minister is Narendra For heaven’s sake. Let us at least resolve that cordoned off the target area, offered them sur- the last two decades “was unwise as we (Indian of office-cum ‘Yatri Nivas’ here on August 6. Modi unlike (US president) Joe Biden who if we can’t facilitate we will not impede either. render, but they fired and were killed in retali- Army) had no means to reinforce or supply During the event, the LG had stated that a simi- withdrew from Afghanistan. Whether it is the Leaders from J and K should either get the na- ation,” he said. them except by air and that route was fraught lar facility for pilgrims to accommodate 3200 Taliban, Al-Qaeda, LeT, JeM, or Hizbul anyone tional opposition endorse demand for 370 so The IGP said the militants used to exploit the with grave danger.” yatris was also coming up at Chanderkote in who conspires against India will be destroyed.” that at the national level there is some hope at families of the Gujjar community where they He also warned that while Prime Minister Ramban district. The PDP president has committed a great a future date or just keep out of it, he said. were hiding. Modi and Bangladesh premier Sheikh Hasina According to an official spokesperson, the up- sin against the country. People of Jammu and Hitting back, the NC denounced the jibes of In a stern message to the militants, he said were on good terms, opposition forces in coming SASB office-cum-Yatri Nivas in Srinagar Kashmir are patriots who love their nation and Lone on the opposition parties meeting as “un- there was no hiding place for them. Bangladesh which included “the entire radical will be completed in a period of 18 months and are keeping the national flag flying high. They founded and out of sync with reality”. “I want to tell the terrorists and their fami- set-up” would be re-invigorated by the Taliban will be able to accommodate over 3000 pilgrims. are helping the police, Army and paramilitary In a joint statement, party’s leaders includ- lies that do not think that you will hide in the victory and “may not let this chance slip by.” Mehbooba Mufti forces in combating terrorism, he said. ing Choudhary Muhammad Ramzaan, Mir mountains after killing civilians and no one There has been disquiet in India’s security He further claimed that Mufti has lost Saifullah, Qaiser Jamsheed Lone, Kafeelur will do anything. Our force is professional and community about the possibility of Jamaat- government to mend its ways, understand ground in Jammu and Kashmir and the people Rehman, Shafqat Watali said the rants against we will track you there also and neutralise you Ul-Mujahideen, Bangladesh drawing upon the situation, and see what is happening in have rejected her. Dr Farooq Abdullah were coming from a person like we have been,” Kumar said. released Bangladeshi Taliban fighters and in- your neighbourhood.” Now, she is remembering the Taliban which who is “hopelessly inconsistent” in his views. Major Gen Bali said the militants were oper- creasing their activities in that country and in “America, a superpower, had to pack their has destroyed Afghanistan, killed innocent “Known for changing narratives, his only ating in the area for a long time. bordering Indian states. bags and flee. You (the Centre) still have the women and children, and trampling on the permanent character is that of a pendulum “A solid message from us has gone out The retired general also said, “We need to opportunity to start a dialogue process in J&K rights of people, including journalists and which keeps on swinging from one extreme through this operation that there is no place reach out to like-minded people in this sub- like (former PM) Vajpayee had and mend your sportspersons, Raina said. to another. From joining PAGD to leaving it, he for them, not even in the forests. We will get continent to oppose the spread of the ideology mistake of snatching the J&K’s identity illegally Congress spokesperson Jaiveer Shergill also has only damaged the cause of restoration of information about them and we will neutralise associated with the Taliban.” and unconstitutionally and splitting of J&K, condemned her remarks. Art 370 and 35 A,” a NC spokesperson said. them. We will continue eliminating them by Will Handle Taliban otherwise it will be too late, she said, referring “Mehbooba Mufti quoted speech is highly He further said that the NC and likeminded launching suitable operations whenever there to the decisions of August 5, 2019. condemnable & provocative . Rather than parties and individuals do not need Lone’s “cer- is any information,” he said. harmed by such elements. Addressing her party workers in Kulgam preaching peace, exposing Govt on policy is- tificate” on their commitment to fight for res- The GoC said two AK 47 rifles, an SLR, a UBGL If there is a major incident, the locals will district of south Kashmir, Mehbooba also ap- sues if your politics requires you to threaten toration of Art 370. and a huge amount of ammunition were recov- be the first to suffer, tourists will fear coming pealed to the youth not to pick up arms, say- the establishment with violent consequences “In fact he needs to come clear on his desert- ered from the encounter site. here, so whose economy will it impact? It is the ing the issue cannot be resolved with guns or then clearly you are steering to wrong path- ing of the cause and subsequent unabashed Asked if there were inputs on the presence local economy. So, I request the people to share stones. Sad & Shameful,” Shergill said. lapping up with the RSS in Pahalgam recently,” of more RPGs in the valley after it was recov- with police or security forces any such infor- The Government of India should return NC, PC Spat the leaders said, as per party spokesperson. ered from the site of an encounter in Kulgam mation, he added. what it has snatched from us and address the The NC spokesperson further said that the on August 13 where Pakistani militant Usman Asked about attacks on political workers, Kashmir issue according to the wishes and as- not persuade the opposition parties about leaders reiterated party’s stand on the restora- was killed, IGP Kumar said the Govt forces have Kumar said they were a soft target for militants. pirations of the people of J&K, she said. the demands put forward in the Gupkar tion of abridged democratic and constitutional no information about the presence of such a Political workers have been continuously Citing the example of Afghanistan, the PDP Declaration? he asked. rights of people of J&K weapon in the hinterland. targeted as they are soft targets like policemen president said the issues cannot be resolved by The Centre had abrogated the J&K’s special “NC never claimed a national consensus on We have activated our intelligence and will when they visit their homes or journalists who guns or stones. status under Article 370 on August 5, 2019. restoration of 370/35-A. There are parties who neutralise any such threat if there is. The forces speak the truth. It has happened before as well, The Taliban are now controlling Afghanistan The JKPC spokesperson said constructive support our stand but others who don’t and are ready and the counter-insurgency grid has he said. and they made the US to flee. But, right now, ambiguity was a better option than criminal we continue to engage with all of them to con- been made stronger, and if there is any such The IGP said while the police were provid- they are saying the gun will not do. The whole unambiguity expressed through silence of the vince them,” he said. threat we will neutralise that timely, he added. ing security to maximum such persons, it is not world is watching them, how they will behave, 19 opposition parties. However, the leaders, as per the party Replying to another question, Kumar said possible to provide security to all. whether they will do the same strictness or be- The fact of the matter is that the easiest spokesperson said, it was unacceptable to be so far, only one foreign militant was killed this However, if anyone has a threat percep- have well with the people, she said. way to restore Articles 370 and 35A is through “lectured” by a party led by an individual who year who had recently infiltrated . tion or lives in a vulnerable area, then he will Mehbooba said there was a lesson for the Parliament. The court process is time-consum- left the PAGD and “abandoned” the struggle to “The foreign terrorist killed in Bandipora be provided with security after assessment, people of J&K in the situation in Afghanistan. ing. The BJP has, in past, made it clear that they fight against 5th Aug 2019. was a recent infiltration, all the others were Kumar said. I request the youth to resist by staying alive will never restore the special status of J&K. The “His dithering approach gives slip to his dis- either six months ago or one-and-a-half years He said the police have got a lead in the re- and do not lose your lives. When you lose your stance taken by opposition parties after the honesty about the cause. He has never been ago,” he said. cent killing of Apni Party leader Ghulam Rasool lives, everything is over. The people at the meeting makes it clear that they will not re- honest either to his supporters or the general Eye On Taliban Lone in Kulgam district. other end do not understand that the youth of store J&K’s special status in Parliament, he said public. His singular act of deserting the PAGD We have got leads and very soon we will ei- Kashmir should not sacrifice their lives. They in a statement. was the biggest blow to the unity that had been leaders under detention. Since then, Prime ther arrest them or neutralise them, in an en- are not bothered. So, I appeal to all the young- Asserting that both the PDP and the NC have forged to fight for the restoration of J&K’s dig- Minister Narendra Modi has tried to reach out counter, he added. sters not to pick up guns or stones. If you can- endorsed the stand of the opposition parties nity. He has been rewarded for this by being and hold talks with Kashmir’s political leaders Lone was shot dead by militants in the not speak with your tongue, then remember through their participation at the meeting, invited to the high table of RSS backed confer- earlier this year. Devsar area of Kulgam on Thursday. the wounds in your heart, she said. Mir alleged that Abdullah and Mehbooba have ences in J&K,” the NC leaders said, as per the “We need to understand that the victory in Taliban Attacked She said America talked to the Taliban and nailed the coffin of the special status of J&K. spokesperson. (With PTI inputs) Afghanistan is being seen (by terror groups) is everything that matters to them. “He is in quarantine the previous governments in New Delhi, It seems NC and PDP are over enthusiastic to LG Greets People as a Pakistani victory and an Indian defeat…. and will come back home after 20 days for holidays,” she including the BJP government led by A B jump into the frame and be seen courting the We have to organise ourselves for a renewed said. Vajpayee, also talked to militants in J&K and a national opposition. But at what cost? To find sister’s prayers of protection and a brother’s offensive by elements like the JeM,” said Gen time will come when they will bend on their a seat on the high table, Mehbooba Mufti and promise of the same for her,” the LG said, as per Roychowdhury, a veteran of the 1965 and 1971 Ravi was discharging duties in Afghanistan knees and ask us what we want . Farooq Abdullah have traded off their demand an official spokesperson, adding “The festival wars besides counter-insurgency operations for 2 years. The US talked to the Taliban, India talked to for restoration of peoples’ rights and most im- teaches us to imbibe the feelings of brother- within the country. Meanwhile, the family of Tanveen, a resident Pakistan and a ceasefire happened. There is no portantly betrayed the commitments made to hood, togetherness and harmony amongst all, “We have to be prepared for Pakistani inten- of Sandur in Bellary, staying in Afghanistan other option but to talk. Whatever is happen- people of J&K. he added. tions (covert operations) supported by radical with Afghan husband Syed Jalal has been res- ing behind the doors, God willing, a day will If these 19 opposition parties will not sup- On the occasion, the LG prayed for greater elements here,” he added. cued successfully and they are returning safely come and they will have to talk to everyone port the demand of the people of J&K, then communal harmony between different com- During the period Taliban rode to power in from Afghanistan. be it the people of J&K or the people across as what is the fun of attending such a meeting? munities of the society. the mid-1990s, India steadfastly refused to do Abdul Sattar, father of Tanveen said that Kashmir issue is alive, she said. Mir asked. Tourist Dies After business with the regime which it saw as bru- the Indian embassy has confirmed their re- Saying that India is an idea of various reli- He said both the NC and the PDP will have tal proxy for Pakistan’s military. It continued to turn. Tanveen met Syed Jalal while studying gions, diversities and ethnicities, Mehbooba to explain that if both the spectrums of Indian picturesque Thajwas glacier in the tourist support the remnants of the Afghan govern- engineering and got married in 2018. They are said the Congress party saved the country and polity -- the ruling party and the opposition resort of Sonmarg, reports said Saturday. The ment and later the Northern Alliance, aiding reaching New Delhi on Saturday or Sunday. kept it together and accused the BJP of trying parties -- are against the restoration of special female tourist suffered serious injuries in the them with training and supplies. Teressa Crasta, a nun from Mangaluru has to divide it. status then who will restore it in Parliament. fall as she hit a sharp edged stone. The 1999 hijacking of Indian airlines’ jetliner sent a voice message to her colleagues that she What has been happening since the last five- The current ruling dispensation is not ex- She was removed to the Primary Health to Kabul by four Pakistani militants, was made is safely returning from Afghanistan. Teressa seven years, it seems the BJP is trying to split actly known for its tolerance. On one hand, Centre (PHC) Sonmarg for treatment. However, possible with the cooperation of the Taliban had gone to Afghanistan through an Italian this country and divide the people in the name Mufti-Abdullah breaks bread with an opposi- before the doctors could treat her, she suc- regime. India exchanged three top militants, NGO and she was in charge of an institute for of religion, she said. tion group that does not have the exigencies of cumbed to her injuries, reports added. who included Maulana Masood Azhar, founder mentally challenged children. Referring to Jammu and Kashmir’s accession being in power. Boy Drowns of JeM, for passengers and crew of that aircraft. She has told colleagues in the Sister of with the Union of India, the PDP president said “Yet they refuse to endorse the stand of peo- A study by French think-tank Centre d’ Charity Institute that an Italian NGO has had the BJP been in power then, J&K might not ple of J&K. If this is the stance of these parties Bridge Watalbagh area of Lar Ganderbal. analyse du terrorisme (Centre for Analysis of made arrangements for her departure from have joined the country. out of power surely they will be more hardline When locals failed to retrieve the body, po- Terrorism) published last week warned of the Afghanistan. As of now her journey to India has “The accession did not take place because of when they are in power, he said. lice called an SDRF team and after hard efforts renewed possibility of “more operational coor- been postponed as there is chaos at Kabul air- the BJP. It happened when Jawaharlal Nehru Mir said JKPC has always maintained that the body of the boy was retrieved from the dination between Pakistan-supported groups port and entry is restricted. was in power, who was secular and democratic there is a national consensus on Article 370 be- stream. like the Lashkar e Toiba and JeM (on the one She has also said in the audio that she has and who believed in brotherhood. He assured tween the Left, Right and the centrist parties. Pertinently, the district administration has hand) and the Taliban.” already registered with the Indian Embassy the people of J&K, which was a Muslim major- Earlier, JKPC chairman Sajad Lone, in a series already issued an order asking locals not to The former Army chief said, “We should and they are arranging for her safe return. ity, of a special status to accede to a Hindu ma- of tweets, said the leaders from J&K should ei- take bath or swim in the gushing Sindh stream try and help the son of Ahmad Shah Masood (Agencies) jority India. ther get the national opposition endorse the (KNT) (guerrilla leader nicknamed Lion of Panjshir). J&K Reports The Congress had joined J&K with India on demand for the restoration of Article 370 so 5 Gamblers Held The non-Pashtun minorities such as Tajiks, these conditions. Had the BJP been there, then I that there is some hope in the future or just Uzbeks and Hazaras have had good relations Covid-19. Five districts of Udhampur , Kathua, do not think J&K would have been a part of this keep out of the united platform. of Shadipora, a police spokesperson said with us…. Taliban too has many factions and Samba, Ramban and Reasi reported no new case country, she said. No mention of Article 370 in opposition par- Saturday. He said playing cards and an amount it should not be difficult to reach out to them.” of coronavirus. On the criticism that she did not talk about ties’ meet. In wonderment how can J and K of Rs 4,680 was also recovered from the General Roychowdhury also said India’s role Also, the officials said that 126 more Article 370 at a virtual meet of 19 opposition leaders justify their presence in the meeting accused. in Afghanistan needs to be to give training, re- Covid-19 patients have recovered—43 from parties called by Congress president Sonia if they could not convince the leaders to talk “They have been arrested and shifted to a police lief materials and above all refuge to those who Jammu Division and 83 from the Valley. Gandhi on Friday, Mehbooba said she talked about 370. BJP’s anti-370 stance is clear. What station where they remain in custody. Accordingly, needed it. “People of Afghanistan remain our Meanwhile, no coronavirus related death about the issue and noted that it was the is the national opposition stance, Lone said on a case vide FIR No. 106/2021 under relevant sec- friends and we must be willing to give them was reported from J&K on Saturday. So far 4401 duty of the Congress to safeguard the people Twitter. tions of law has been registered in Police Station refuge,” he said. people—2161 in Jammu and 2240 in Kashmir— of J&K and see their situation and understand Lone asked why the leaders from J&K were Sumbal and further investigation has been taken However, at the same time, there is need have succumbed to the virus. difficulties. becoming a part of a process which endorses up,” the police spokesperson added. 11 SUNDAY | 22.08.2021 Babar Azam, Fawad Alam Lift Parveez Rasool Seeks Sri Lanka’s Wanindu Hasaranga Pakistan After Horrendous Joins RCB, Simon Katich Steps Start Against West Indies BCCI Intervention In Rift Down As Head Coach Press Trust of India Hasaranga, Tim David and Dushmantha Chameera couldn't With JKCA Committee NEW DELHI: Sri Lanka leg- have come at a better time dur- spinner Wanindu Hasaranga, ing the replacement window, Observer News Service who played a pivotal role in his as we aim to continue with the team's T20 series win against a momentum, building on our SRINAGAR: J&K star cricketer depleted Indian side, has been performance from earlier this Parvez Rasool has sought BCCI picked by Royal Challengers year," he added. intervention over a notice is- Bengaluru, which maintained When asked, if Hasaranga's sued by J&K Cricket Association its trend of picking players who series winning-seven wickets in Committee Members. do well against 'Men In Blue'. three T20 Internationals against The Members in the notice Along with the world num- India including best figures of have accused Rasool of appropri- ber two T20 bowler Hasaranga, 4/9, prompted RCB to select the ating a pitch roller and other JKCA who replaced Adam Zampa, RCB leg-break bowler, Hesson said machinery. The notice had also also picked Sri Lankan pacer it's one of the reason but not the threatened police action against Dushmantha Chameera who re- only reason. the well-known cricketer. placed Daniel Sams of Australia. "It's certainly not a recency “In the mail, they said, do we have Big Bash Sensation Tim David factor and we certainly not sur- enough proof to nail him down. will come in as replacement of prised by his success in recent Agencies Azam and Alam dug in to with- Does that mean you have come here New Zealand's Finn Allen. times. We like his skill-set. We stand the early seam movement to nail me down? Their intention The franchise also informed like the fact that he is multi- KINGSTON: Babar Azam and and post resilient half centuries. looks different,” Rasool was quoted that their head coach Simon skilled cricketer and offers to Fawad Alam combined in a 158- On a hot, attritional day, both saying by The Indian Express. Katich has stepped down from bat deep as well if we plan to run stand to guide Pakistan to batsmen played and missed ini- Rasool’s comment came in his post due to "personal rea- play an overseas spinner along 212-4 at stumps Friday after the tially and had some false shots reference to an email in which sons" and Director of Cricket with Chahal. West Indies took three wickets but eventually got on top of the JKCA Committee Member and BJP Mike Hesson will now double "That gives us an exciting op- in the first four overs on Day 1 of attack. spokesperson, Brigadier (retd.) up as team's chief coach as well. tion. The fact that he performed the second cricket test. They moved the total to 160 Anil Gupta had allegedly asked, The Indian players, support against India is great but not West Indies captain Kraigg before Alam had to retire hurt “Do we have enough proof to nail staff and the team management surprising at all," the former Brathwaite won the toss and because of cramping. He faced him (Parvez Rasool) down?” you have any doubts, they have done for its promotion in UT of J&K. will be assembling in Bengaluru Black Caps coach said about elected to bowl first, a decision 149 deliveries for his unbeaten 32-year-old Rasool further re- my phone number, they can call “I think BCCI should intervene on August 21 following which Hasaranga, who has picked 33 rewarded immediately when 76 before leaving the field. vealed to the newspaper about a me. It takes mere seconds to clari- now. Please see my work. I’m try- the team will undergo a seven- wickets in 24 T20I games at an Kemar Roach and Jayden Seales Azam continued with now-deleted social media comment fy,” Rasool told The Indian Express. ing to promote cricket on my part,” day quarantine. economy rate of 6.56. had Pakistan reeling at three Mohammad Rizwan, adding made by an unnamed JKCA official Parvez Rasool, who has repre- the report quotes Rasool saying. They will also undergo COVID "We have a scouting pro- wickets down for two runs after eight to the total, before his al- saying that he (Rasool) needed a sented the Indian senior team twice, Jammu-based JKCA Sub- tests thrice days during the period. gramme that has been in place 3.5 overs. most five-hour innings ended bigger rope to hang himself. also said that a pitch roller is not like Committee member, Anil Gupta The team will then depart for at least last two years. We Roach had Abid Ali (1) caught when he got a thick edge to “I have the screenshot of it. Can a tennis ball that he can keep in his has maintained that the notices via a chartered flight from know every player is playing at slip and, six balls later, had Roach and Jason Holder took anyone tell me what wrong I have pocket. He also talked at length about were sent in order to maintain the Bangalore August 29. The other cricket at a decent level. We Azhar Ali (0) caught behind in a a catch low to his left at sec- done that I need to be hanged? If his love for cricket and things he has Association’s ledger books. international players and staff have an extensive scouting pro- hostile opening spell. ond slip in the 61st over. Azam will assemble in the UAE start- gramme and Wanindu has been Seales broke through when scored 75 from 174 deliveries in ing August 29 onwards. There on our radar for a long time. Imran Butt (1) pushed forward a captain’s knock. will be another six days of quar- "If we needed a replacement in defense and feathered an Rizwan finished unbeaten on antine in the UAE. last time, Wanindu would have edge to wicketkeeper Joshua Da 22 and Faheem Ashraf was not Khelo India Taekwondo Academy "We have made some changes been the person, we would have Silva. A confident appeal was out on 23. to the squad pertaining to the called upon," he explained. rejected by the on-field umpire The West Indies used seven situation. We have come a long The RCB media person de- but a review showed a slight bowlers, with Roach’s 3-49 from Open Trials On August 23 way and have shown steady flected questions on star Indian edge on Butt’s bat and the West 17 overs spearheading a weary at- progress as a team," Hesson said. players, which were not sent Indies had a third wicket. tack before bad light stopped play. Observer News Service "The addition of Wanindu across to Hesson. After one of Pakistan’s worst West Indies won a tense first starts to a test match, captain test by one wicket. SRINAGAR: Khelo India Centre Kashmir on Saturday announced open selection trials for boys and Amit Khatri Wins Silver In girls for its Taekwondo academy. Ending Years Of Feud, The trials are scheduled to 10,000m Race Walk At World take place on August 23 at Indoor AICF & Chess Association of Sports Complex, Polo View, U-20 Athletics C'ships Srinagar at 04:00 pm. India Announce Merger The Centre is a Sports Authority Press Trust of India of around 1800m from sea level. Press Trust of India of India (SAI) and Jammu & "It is not the result I expected Kashmir Sports Council (JKSC) NAIROBI: Amit Khatri won a silver but I am happy with the silver LUCKNOW: Putting an end to initiative and has been extended in men's 10,000m race walk event medal. Even though I came here internal fighting, the All-India for other sports disciplines as to clinch India's second medal five days before the event to accli- Chess Federation and the break- well. at the World U-20 Athletics matise, the high altitude affected away Chess Association of India The Centre for Taekwondo has Championship here on Saturday. me," Khatri said after his race. on Saturday announced that asked the participants to bring The 17-year-old Khatri, the "At some point in the race, I they have merged into one Aadhar card, 2 passport size pho- “All the interested may contact details,” an official statement said. national record holder and would not breath properly but I single entity to administer the tographs, water bottle, mask and Incharge, Indoor Sports Complex “For more queries they can also world U-20 season leader, am happy with the silver med- sport in the country. sanitizer with them. Pologround, Srinagar for further contact us on +91 6005193465.” clocked 42 minute 17.94 seconds al," he added. AICF president of Sanjay to finish second behind Kenya's It was also the youngster's first Kapoor said that the warring Heristone Wanyoni (42:10.84) international competition. His coach factions, not only at the national bring everybody together for the on the fourth and penultimate Chandan Singh said Khatri's Kenyan level but also in various states, sake of the sport." day of the championships. rival had the advantage as he knows have now come together under Apart from the wrangling Afghanistan Series: PCB Puts National The mixed 4x400m relay team the local high altitude conditions. the umbrella of the federation. at the national level, chess has had won a bronze on the first day "I feel Amit could have won "I have personally had sev- suffered a great deal in Uttar of competitions on Wednesday. the gold but the high altitude eral rounds of talks with all the Pradesh too, with two different Camp, Team Selection On Hold Khatri was leading after the conditions had affected him. stakeholders and have brought bodies UP Chess Association and Press Trust of India September 3 in Hambantota official said they would soon get 9000m mark but the local athlete The Kenyan was training in everybody on the same platform UP Chess Sports Association at in Sri Lanka with the Sri Lanka the permission and details of Wanyoni pulled ahead with less those home conditions and it for the development of chess loggerheads in the state. KARACHI: The Pakistan Cricket board hosting the matches on how and when their players will than two laps left in the race to win was advantageous to him. and all the chess players in the "This has been a long-running Board has put on hold a training behalf of the ACB. fly out of Kabul to Colombo. gold with a personal best time. "Amit was leading for most part country," Kapoor was quoted as feud and as I myself am from camp that was scheduled to start The official said the Afghanistan Pakistan is expected to rest Paul McGrath of Spain won of the race but the Kenyan took a saying in a press release. Kanpur, I believed it was my on Saturday in Lahore and also the cricket authorities are yet to con- senior players including cap- the bronze with a timing of sudden lead around one and half "Like other federations, we duty to resolve this problem on announcement of its squad for the firm when their players will leave tain Babar Azam, Muhammad 42:26.11 minutes. laps to go. Amit could not antici- too are struggling to organise a priority. Today, I am happy to One-Day series against Afghanistan Kabul for Colombo and also the Rizwan and pacers, Hasan Ali and The Rohtak lad rued that he pate that and could not catch up our annual events and champi- announce that both the groups next month in Sri Lanka. schedule of the matches. Shaheen Shah Afridi for the se- could not produce his personal him up," Chandan told PTI from onships due to the Covid pan- are here," Kapoor said. With Taliban taking over the "Once they give us the com- ries which is the first bilateral se- best of 40:40.97 which he had re- Army Sports Institute in Pune. demic and could not afford to let UP Chess Association president reins of Afghanistan and the plete series travel plans and itin- ries between the two countries. corded while winning gold during Chandan, who has been with our internal differences derail P C Chaturvedi (IAS Retd), Sr Vice country facing its worst crisis in erary we will have the camp and The four senior players are the Federation Cup Junior National Khatri since 2018, said he had the sport even more," he added. President of Chess Association last two decades, the PCB wants also release our squad," he said. being rested to be fresh for the Championships in January. put his ward for high altitude AICF secretary Bharat Singh of India S L Harsh, and Secretary a confirmation from Afghanistan The ACB is said to be in talks home series against New Zealand The high altitude conditions training for five months last year Chauhan said, "Once we formed General of Chess Association of Cricket Board whether the series with the Taliban authorities and and England and the World T20 in the Kenyan capital had af- in Nainital and Mukteshwar in the new body, one of our first India and Secretary, UP Chess is on and only then will they an- US troops which are controlling all Cup in UAE. Afghanistan is also fected Khatri's performance as Uttarakhand after it became goals was to address all the Association SK Tewari were all nounce the squad. flights in and out of Kabul airport. among the participating nations he struggled for breath during known that Nairobi will host the concerns of every member and present at the press conference. The series is due to begin on One senior Afghan cricket at the WCT20. the race. Nairobi is at an altitude World U-20 Championships. Football Officials Trying To Liverpool Beats Burnley 2-0 Before A Full House At Anfield Agencies goalkeeper Nick Pope. Evacuate Players From Afghanistan Mohamed Salah, needing two LIVERPOOL: Liverpool marked goals to reach 100 in the Premier Agencies its first game in front of a capac- League after barely four seasons, ity crowd at Anfield in nearly 18 had a goal disallowed for a nar- LONDON: Football officials are months by beating Burnley 2-0 row offside midway through the liaising with governments to on Saturday, with goals by Diogo first half, after which Mane vol- try to evacuate players from Jota and Sadio Mane earning leyed over from another pass Afghanistan after the Taliban re- their team a second straight win from Alexander-Arnold. gained control, the world players’ to open the season. Burnley was quite dangerous union said Friday. Jota, who scored the first on the break and off set pieces Concerns have been raised goal in Liverpool’s 3-0 victory at — from one long free kick, James about the safety of female players Norwich last weekend, glanced Tarkowski beat Liverpool goal- who have spoken up for women’s in a header off a cross by left back keeper Alisson in the air but rights and against the Taliban. Konstantinos Tsimikas in the headed just wide from the edge “As a champion of activists, 18th minute in front of The Kop. of the area — but was subjected we are greatly concerned about Mane struck home a powerful, to wave after wave of attacks those athletes who have, for many low shot from a central position from the home side in the sec- years, been outspoken advocates Multiple people were killed have been paid more widely. from Trent Alexander-Arnold’s remembrance, with Liverpool squad numbers 1-11, a rarity in ond half. for improved human rights in the when hundreds of Afghan civil- “FIFA has been shocked and deft pass in the 69th. captain Jordan Henderson lay- modern-day football. Indeed, Salah had a shot cleared from country,” world players’ union ians desperate to leave the coun- saddened by the tragic death of Since the last time there was a ing a wreath at the center circle it was the first time it had hap- near the line by Dwight McNeil FIFPRO said on Twitter. try swarmed a C-17 cargo plane Zaki Anwari, a former under-17 full house at Anfield — in March before kickoff in memory of pened in the Premier League and Mane had a low effort saved “Over the past few days, FIFPRO as it was attempting to take off Afghanistan national youth team 2020 — Liverpool has won the Andrew Devine, who recently since 1998, according to British by the feet of Pope, who could has been liaising with govern- from Kabul airport on Monday. player,” world soccer’s governing league title for the first time in became the 97th person to broadcaster BT Sport. do little about the Senegal for- ments to establish an evacuation The U.S. Air Force said human re- body said in a statement. 30 years and relinquished it to die as a consequence of the Tsimikas is set to lose his ward’s thumping shot to make plan for athletes at risk. Central to mains were found in the plane’s “Our deepest condolences are Manchester City. Hillsborough stadium disaster place in the team, with Andrew it 2-0. It came at the end of a this rescue effort, is the ambition to wheel well after it landed at al- with Zaki’s family and loved ones.” So there was something of a in 1989. There was a mosaic on Robertson returning to fitness sweeping move from Liverpool, bring as many people to safety as Udeid Air Base in the Gulf state Calling the situation “unstable party atmosphere for what ended The Kop displaying the num- after a minor ankle ligament featuring a long ball forward possible.” of Qatar. and very worrying,” FIFA said it was up being a routine win against bers “97” as well as a minute’s injury. The Greek defender’s by Virgil van Dijk, who again The Afghan government fell A teenage male footballer is in contact with the Afghanistan Burnley, which had claimed a shock silence. parting gift was an assist from a played the full game on his much faster than publicly antici- reported to have been among the Football Federation and was receiv- victory in the same fixture last sea- A walkway outside Anfield has pinpoint delivery into the pen- comeback from injury, and some pated by the United States, allow- victims, according to a post by ing updates from players. son to end Liverpool’s 68-game un- been renamed in tribute to Devine. alty box, where Jota got in front neat touches by young midfield- ing the Taliban to take back control Afghanistan’s sports federation on “We are supporting them through beaten run at Anfield in the league. Burnley fielded a lineup with of Burnley center back Ben Mee er Harvey Elliott, who also com- of Kabul on Sunday after 20 years. a verified Facebook page. Tributes this difficult time,” FIFA said. There was also time for players wearing jerseys with the and guided a header low past pleted 90 minutes. OUTPOST Sunday | 22.08.2021 12 Assam: 14 People Arrested UP Teen Survives Critical For Supporting Taliban Taliban Breifly Detain 150 Surgery As Sisters Donate Takeover Of Afghanistan Indians For Questioning Portions Of Livers Agenceis lives a month later, doctors said. Agenceis from Kamrup Metropolitan, Dr Arvinder Soin, Chairman, Barpeta, Dhubri and Karimganj Near Kabul Airport NEW DELHI: A 14-year-old boy, Medanta Liver Transplant ourteen people were arrest- districts, police said. who was terminally ill with Institute and Chief Surgeon in ed from across Assam for One person each was arrested Agenceis liver failure, has received a new the case, said, "The decision to Falleged social media posts from Darrang, Cachar, Hailakandi, lease of life, thanks to his two embark on a first-of-its kind supporting the Taliban takeover South Salmara, Goalpara and group of Indian nationals is elder sisters who donated por- surgery for a critically-ill child of Afghanistan, police said on Hojai districts, they said. learnt to have been stopped tions of their organs to him for by putting all three siblings on Saturday. Deputy Inspector General Aand taken to an unknown a challenging transplant sur- the operating table together was The arrests were made since Violet Baruah said the Assam location near the Kabul airport gery, doctors said on Saturday. a very tough one not just for the Friday night and they have been Police is taking stern legal action on Saturday for questioning and The teenager from Budaun in team but also for the parents." booked under different sec- against pro-Taliban comments verification of travel documents, Uttar Pradesh had undergone "For a successful transplant, tions of the Unlawful Activities on social media that are harmful triggering some confusion and the surgery recently at a lead- it is essential that the newly (Prevention) Act, IT Act and to national security. concerns in India. ing private facility in Gurgaon, transplanted liver weighs at CrPC, a senior police officer said. "We are registering crimi- People tracking the develop- and the hospital authorities least 0.8 to 1 per cent of the "We were on alert and moni- nal cases against such persons. ments in Kabul said there were claimed that it was "the coun- patient's body weight. In this toring social media for inflam- Please inform the police if any no specific reports of any harm to try's first pediatric dual lobe case, a single donor liver half matory posts," the officer said. such thing comes to your no- Indians in Kabul so far. liver transplant". weighed only 0.5 to 0.55 per Two people each were arrested tice," she tweeted. The Indians were among 150 On the eve of Rakhi festival cent of Akshat's weight. Hence people who were heading to- Indians were taken away for ques- people including the ambassador that marks the bond between two liver halves were needed wards the Kabul airport when tioning and it is not unusual under and other staffers of its embassy in a brother and a sister, Akshat to make up the required liver they were stopped by Taliban the current circumstances. There Kabul in two C-17 heavy-lift trans- and his siblings, Neha (29) and volume. We are delighted it all Indian Children At Extremely fighters, according to Afghan me- was no immediate official com- port aircraft of the IAF after the Prerna (22), shared their senti- worked out well," he said. dia reports. ment or reaction on the matter. Taliban seized control of Kabul on ments in a media interaction, Dr Neelam Mohan, Director, High Risk Of Climate The Indians were learnt to Meanwhile, India on Saturday Sunday. The first evacuation flight along with a few doctors of the Pediatric Liver Diseases and have been released subsequently. evacuated around 80 Indian nation- brought back over 40 people, Medanta Hospital where the Transplantation, Medanta said, Crisis Impacts: UNICEF Kabul Now news portal ini- als from Kabul by a transport mili- mostly staffers at the Indian em- transplant took place mid-July. "While the patient's sisters were tially reported that the group tary aircraft of the Indian Air Force. bassy, on Monday. "The patient was fighting for eligible donors, the situation re- was "abducted" by the Taliban The aircraft landed at Dushanbe The second C-17 aircraft evac- his life just over a month ago, quired both of them to donate fighters but it later updated the in Tajikistan after evacuating the uated around 150 people includ- terminally ill with liver failure portions of their livers. While report saying all the people were Indians from Kabul, they said, add- ing Indian diplomats, officials, resulting in deep jaundice. He the initial period of recovery in released and on their way back to ing it is expected to arrive at Hindon security personnel and some was in a pre-coma state. The ICU was complex for the patient, the Kabul airport. airbase near Delhi in the evening. stranded Indians from Kabul on case was made even more com- eventually all the three siblings The people cited above said the India has already evacuated 200 Tuesday. plex since the patient was over- recovered well." weight, weighing around 92 kg," The story of these siblings will the hospital said in a statement. certainly bring cheers on the oc- While two of his sisters were casion of Raksha Bandhan. Pakistan Interest In Afghanistan To eligible donors, they were both "This is a unique example of much lighter. Therefore, he re- the power of organ donation to quired half-a-liver from both save lives. It draws attention to Counter Indian Influence, Says US Report his sisters. To fit in both halves the fact that any healthy per- Agenceis polluted air in 2020 were in India. Agenceis while keeping him from sinking son can save a loved one's life Dr Yasmin Ali Haque, UNICEF through the long surgical proce- by donating half their liver or a NEW DELHI: India is among four India Representative, said, WASHINGTON: Pakistan's stra- dure was challenging. single kidney without suffering South Asian countries where "Climate change is a child rights tegic security objectives in Akshat, who now weighs 65 any harm," Dr Naresh Trehan, children are most at risk of crisis. The Children's Climate Afghanistan almost certainly kg, and his sisters had an excel- Chairman and Managing the impacts of climate change Change Index data has pointed to continue to be countering lent recovery after the surgery Director, Medanta Hospital, was threatening their health, educa- the serious deprivations faced by Indian influence and mitigat- and are now enjoying normal quoted as saying in a statement. tion, and protection, according children due to the intensifying ing spillover of the Afghan civil to a new UNICEF report. effect that climate and environ- war into Pakistani territory, a ''The Climate Crisis Is a Child mental shocks have on existing US government report has said, Rights Crisis: Introducing the inadequate access to essential citing inputs from the Defence FIR Lodged Against Children's Climate Risk Index'' (CCRI) services such as water and sanita- Intelligence Agency. is UNICEF's first focussed on children. tion, healthcare and education." "Pakistan continues to support Munawwar Rana For It ranks countries based on children's "Understanding where and peace talks, while maintaining exposure to climate and environ- how children are uniquely vul- ties with the Afghan Taliban," US Comparing Valmiki To Taliban mental shocks such as cyclones and nerable to this crisis is crucial Department of State Office of the heatwaves, as well as their vulner- to building our resilience and Inspector General noted in its latest ability to those shocks based on their effectively addressing climate quarterly report on Afghanistan. efforts were now commonplace spoke openly of a 'second resis- access to essential services. change. UNICEF hopes the find- "According to the DIA, in the towns and cities of Quetta, tance' to the Taliban, and some of Pakistan, Bangladesh, ings of the report will help pri- Pakistan's strategic security ob- Kuchlak Bypass, Pashtun Abad, the leaders began to mobilise anti- Afghanistan and India are among oritize action to protect those jectives in Afghanistan almost Ishaq Abad, and Farooqia," it said. Taliban forces under their respec- four South Asian countries where most at risk and to ensure that certainly continue to be counter- According to the report, the tive commands," the report said. children are at extremely high children inherit a livable planet." ing Indian influence and mitigat- DIA, citing media reports, said that The Northern Alliance com- risk of the impacts of the climate India's neighbours Nepal is ing spillover into the Pakistani Iran welcomes the withdrawal prised militias of primarily Tajik, crisis, with a ranking of 14th, ranked 51st and Sri Lanka 61st. territory," the report said. of US and coalition forces from Uzbek and Hazara ethnicity, while 15th, 25th and 26th respectively. Bhutan is ranked 111th, with The report for the quarter April Afghanistan but "almost certainly" the Taliban was largely of Pashtun Agenceis cause, fear or alarm to the public) CCRI has placed India as one of children at relatively lower risk. 1 to June 30 said the Pakistani remains concerned about the re- ethnicity. The period of direct con- and the SC/ST atrocities prevention the 33 extremely high-risk coun- "For the first time, we have clear government is concerned that a sulting instability in Afghanistan. flict between Northern Alliance n FIR was Friday registered act. Bharti in his complaint alleged tries with flooding and air pollution evidence of the impact of climate civil war in Afghanistan would have According to the DIA, Iran will and the Taliban included signifi- against poet Munawwar that Rana, in his statement, hurt being the repeated environmental change on millions of children in destabilising effects on Pakistan, continue to pursue influence cant violence, often targeting ci- ARana for allegedly inciting feelings of Dalits by comparing shocks leading to socio-economic South Asia. Droughts, floods, air including an influx of refugees and in any future Afghan govern- vilians because of their ethnicity. religious feelings by comparing Talian with Valmiki and hurt feel- adverse consequences for women pollution and river erosion across providing a potential safe haven for ment through relations with the According to the Afghanistan Valmiki, who wrote Ramayana, ings of Hindus. and children. Approximately 1 bil- the region have left millions of anti-Pakistan militants. During the Afghan government, the Taliban, Analysts Network, a resumption with Taliban, police said. Rana while talking to a lion children live in one of the 33 children homeless and hungry, and quarter, financial contributions to and power brokers, but Iran op- of conflict between the Taliban “FIR has been registered against channel had said: “Valmiki be- countries classified as "extremely without any healthcare and water," the Afghan Taliban increased in the poses the reestablishment of the and the elements, which formerly Rana on complaint of one PL Bharti, came a God after he wrote the high-risk", including the four said George Laryea-Adjei, UNICEF Pakistan border regions, according Taliban's Islamic Emirate, it said. made up the Northern Alliance, who alleged that he hurt religious Ramayana, before that he was a South Asian countries. Regional Director for South Asia. to media reports, citing eyewit- As a resurgent Taliban contin- risks a recurrence of such violence. feelings by comparing Valmiki with dacoit. A person’s character can It is estimated that more than "Together, climate change and ness sources. Solicitation efforts ues to occupy new territory and an In April, Ahmed Massoud -- a Talilban,” a senior official said. change. Similarly, the Taliban, 600 million Indians will face the COVID-19 pandemic have traditionally targeted mosques, overtaxed Afghan National Defence militia commander and son of the The FIR was registered at for now, are terrorists but peo- ''acute water shortages'' in the created an alarming crisis for but Afghan Taliban terrorists now Security Force is increasingly unable Northern Alliance's most promi- Hazratganj police station under ple and characters change.” coming years, while at the same South Asian children. The time to openly visit the bazaar areas in to provide security in certain areas, nent leader Ahmed Shah Massoud Sections 153A (Promoting enmity “When you talk about Valmiki, time flash flooding is to increase act is now - if we invest in water, nearby Pakistani towns, it said. Afghan power brokers have increas- who was killed by al-Qaeda short- between different groups on ground you will have to talk about his significantly in the majority of healthcare and education, we can "The militants typically solicit ingly begun raising private militias, ly before the attacks of September of religion, race, place of birth etc.), past. In your religion, you make India's urban areas once the global protect their futures from the im- contributions of USD 50 or more it said, citing media reports. 11, 2001 -- said in a media inter- 295 A (deliberate and malicious acts anyone god. But he was a writer temperature increase rises above pacts of a changing climate and from shopkeepers. Local residents "During the quarter, leaders view that his followers were pre- intended to outrage religious feel- and he wrote the Ramayana, but 2 degree Celsius. Twenty-one of degrading environment," Laryea- told reporters that solicitation related to the Northern Alliance pared for the "failure of peace". ings of any class), 505(1)(B) (with we are not in competition here,” the world's 30 cities with the most Adjei said. intent to cause, or which is likely to Rana had said.

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