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Vol 10●No 11●Pages 16●JULY 15, 2017 ﻮر य ﯽ اﻟﻨ गम ﻟ ोत ﺖ ا ﻤ ٰ ा ﻠ ﻈ म ﻟ ो ا ﻦ स ﻣ म त U N IR IV M ER H SITY OF KAS MERCMEDIA EDUCATION TIMES RESEARCH CENTRE, UNIVERSITY OF KASHMIR ALMONDS PRODUCTION HITS A NEW LOW Students ferried in overloaded Robbers prowl at Sufism: A healing talent Illahi Bagh vehicles; authorities unmoved P16 P4 P9 ﻮر य ﯽ اﻟﻨ गम ﻟ ोत ﺖ ا ﻤ ٰ ा ﻠ MEDIA EDUCATION RESEARCH CENTRE, UNIVERSITY OF KASHMIR ﻈ म ﻟ ो ا ﻦ स ﻣ म त U R NI I VE HM RSI AS Vol 10●No 11●Pages 16●July 15, 2017 TY OF K 2 JKSJA organizes One Day Conference on ‘Cyber Law’ SMC organized workshop on v B. M Hussain He further said that the country is ushering into an era solid waste management of digitalization, wherein everything is put in the cyber Srinagar: Jammu & Kashmir State Judicial space vis-à-vis communication, banking, commerce, Academy (JKSJA) organized one day Conference on trading, storage of data, etc, which inherently provides ‘Cyber Law’ for Sub-Judges and Munsiffs of Kashmir criminals ample opportunity to penetrate and commit province, here today. offences like theft, defamation, intimidation among Justice Sanjeev Kumar, Judge, High Court of Jammu others. and Kashmir inaugurated the Conference. He commended the State Judicial Academy for The conference hosted eminent Resource Persons organizing conference on Cyber Law which is very including District & Sessions Judge, East District, important for the judiciary as no lawyer or Judge today Kakardooma Courts, Delhi, Talwant Singh and can afford not to know about electronic evidence. Deputy Director, Data Security Council of India, ‘Detection of cyber crimes, their proper investigation Venkatesh Murthy K, who shared a plethora of and active prosecution are the new challenges of the knowledge on the subject with the participants along day and equally important is the challenge of effective with special anecdotes from their personal experience adjudication’, Justice Kumar added in cyber law. The conference deliberated in detail on the importance Sub-Judges and Munsiffs from District Srinagar, of Cyber Law for Judicial officers, Emerging Threat v Imran Ali Buth Ganderbal, Budgam, Anantnag, Kulgam, Pulwama, Landscape of Cyber Crimes, Information Technology Shopian, Baramulla, Bandipora and Kupwara Act 2008 and Admissibility of Digital Evidence Srinagar: In a two day workshop organized by Srinagar participated in the workshop. besides Search and Seizure of Digital Evidence. Municipal Corporation at SKICC Srinagar, experts from During the welcome address, Justice Sanjeev Kumar, There were brainstorming sessions in which Judicial outside states stressed upon modern scientific techniques highlighting the importance of Cyber Law for Judicial Officers interacted with the Resource Persons and for adept solid waste management in the Srinagar city. The Officers, said that the advent of cyber space has sought clarification on different issues relating to issues of inappropriate solid waste management which revolutionized communication networks, but with appreciation of Electronic Evidence. hampers the overall fragile Eco-system of the valley were its susceptibility to misuse, there is a need to equip Director, J&K State Judicial Academy Abdul Rashid highlighted and discussed in detail. ourselves with cyber laws. Malik introduced the programme by highlighting Explaining the methods at workshop, Rajesh Babu an “We need to take necessary measures to prevent its objective behind organizing the Conference on Cyber expert said, “Biological treatment method which involves misuse, regulate its use, monitoring its operations, Law and moderated the sessions. He welcomed the using of micro-organisms to decompose the biodegradable and provide proper deterrence to prevent recurrence Dignitaries and the Judicial Officers and concluded components of waste would be useful, also sanitary landfills of such offences”, Justice Kumar said. the programme with the vote of thanks. can facilitate in controlling disposal of waste on land.” Pointing out that the seventy percent of waste generated here is untreated, Sunil Kumar, a Nagpur based scientist said, “this untreated waste finds its way into water bodies which eventually leads to contamination and eutrophication.” He FOUR YEARS ON SPORTS POLO GROUND said that scientific methods include incineration, recycling, thermal treatment, and gasification can be used for solid AWAITS COMPLETION waste management. “Incineration has several advantages including waste At that time, it was announced volume reduction, cutback on transportation costs and that the indoor sports hall will reduction of greenhouse gas emissions”, Kumar added. be completed within six months Experts emphasized the role of local governance to ensure but the Jammu and Kashmir appropriate solid waste management practices in all the State (JKSSC) Sports Council cities and towns of the state. has failed to complete the work Appreciating the efforts of Srinagar Municipal Corporation on the Indoor Sports Hall. for organizing such events, Deputy Chief Minister Nirmal The Indoor sports hall was Singh, said that the authorities must sensitize the general approved at a cost of 1.82 crore public about the importance of implementation of Solid and it have facilities for playing Waste Management Rules. many indoor games. Speaking at the occasion, SMC Commissioner Dr. Shafqat As per people, the inability Khan told that the workshop aims to highlight globally of concerned authorities to adopted standard practices of solid waste management, complete the work on Indoor and to educate concerned stakeholders about the ways and Sports hall have impacted the means to tackle waste in scientific manner. condition of whole Polo Ground Srinagar Municipal Corporation at present has only one Waseem Ahmad as well. dumping site at Syedpora Achan which comprises of 540 "The building material for the indoor sports hall is kanals of land where the waste is being dumped. Srinagar: Started in 2013, multi-purpose Indoor spread all over the Polo Ground which is very pathetic. The exiting site of dumping waste is said to be improved sports hall at polo ground, Srinagar awaits completion Polo Ground was once one of the beautiful playgrounds and modernized into scientific engineered landfill site with for Four years. of the valley but now it is in shambles," Basit, a Football financial and technical guidance from Asian Development The foundation stone of the indoor sports hall was player said Bank (ADB), the official website of Srinagar Municipal laid by then Minister for Medical Education, Youth Despite repeated attempts no one in the JKSSC was Corporation shows. services and sports, Taj Mohi-ud-din on 2013 and the available for the comments about the Indoor Sports work was started soon after that. hall. ﻮر य ﯽ اﻟﻨ गम ﻟ ोत ﺖ ا ﻤ ٰ ा ﻠ MEDIA EDUCATION RESEARCH CENTRE, UNIVERSITY OF KASHMIR ﻈ म ﻟ ो ا ﻦ स ﻣ म त U N IR IVE M RS ASH Vol 10●No 11●Pages 16●July 15, 2017 ITY OF K 3 Crafting Hands: a flashing opportunity to avail v Munawar Hussain per kilogram, we accumulate the discarded paper in the design outline is drawn. Charcoal powder or simply quantity; the first phase starts with immersing it into a white-powder, depending on the surface color, put in a cotton SRINAGAR: The Kashmir valley is bestowed with beauty, tub containing water and keep it there for few days. After cloth is then rubbed on the trace paper after positioning it on not only of having infinite natural bounties but also gifted moistened, we grind the slackened paper normally in a the object”, explained artist Fida Hussain. with exceptional skills. Handicrafts of Kashmir are famous stone-mortar with wooden-pestle”. Shabir Ahmad – a After getting the design outline on the object, the Naqash throughout the world, whether we talk about Pashmina Sakht-kar describing his work. brings life to the object. shawls, carpets of varied designs, or papier-mâché products, The other materials like straw of rice plant and copper Preserving the work culture; an alternative to tackle all attain a special fame. sulfate are then mixed with grinded paper to make a pulp unemployment Retaining the opulence of art, it is quite fascinating to easy to apply on a mold. With the increasing bleak job market in the state, the youth observe the process how papier-mâché products are shaped After completing the layering of pulp over the mold, it is left could ponder upon other available sources and opportunities initially. Before reaching the hands of the Naqash, artifacts for few days to dry up. whereas, the government needs to create such apparatus, are molded, shaped, and smoothened, for that exquisite There is wide range of objects made in papier-mâché craft. to counsel the unemployed youth, provide them accessible stroke of the brush, which has down the centuries remained “Since I came to this field, I made a number of objects tools and resources to find other means of job. the epitome of Kashmiri craft. But the most alluring part depending on the taste of customers. It includes Samovars, “There are possibilities to create abundance of opportunities is, using the discarded paper adeptly to make decorative flower vases, boxes of varied shapes and sizes, balls and bells, if these crafts be taught to earn livelihood in the valley. It artifacts, inspiring to bring soul in dead things, reuse them to pen holders and so on”, Said Shabir Ahmad, while showing would not only cater unemployment but also preserve our recreate their essence in completely different and delightful the objects he made. cultural heritage”, said Shabir Ahmad. style. Finally, the object reaches to the painter, locally called as “These crafts should be inserted in school-curriculum to Sakht-kar, who makes the products from paper pulp, Naqash, to get decorated with multiple designs. make the students familiar at their early stage of life.