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Pulwama Encounter Fresh Snow Fifth Round Today, Spell From 299 Candidates In Fray Voting Also On 58 total 1412 Panch vacancies noti- “The journey is what Friday: MeT fied in this phase, 218 constituen- brings us happiness 3 Militants Killed, Vacant Sarpanch, cies will go for elections with 527 not the destination.” Dept 218 Panch Seats: SEC candidates including 137 female —Dan Millman candidates. Srinagar: The meteo- Observer News Service “ 2104 polling stations have been rological department on setup across the UT for this phase, Civilian Injured Wednesday predicted fresh Jammu: The fifth phase of of which, 914 are in Jammu division snow spell across Jammu District Development Council and 1190 are in Kashmir division. Observer News Service and Kashmir and Ladakh (DDC) elections in 37 constituen- Of 2104 polling stations, 1193 are from Friday evening, even cies and by-polls to 58 Panchayat Hyper sensitive, 472 are sensitive Srinagar: Three local mili- as the weather conditions and 218 Panch vacancies across and 439 have been categorized as KU Organises tants were killed and a civil- improved across the Valley Jammu and Kashmir will be normal,” Sharma said ian injured in an encounter in while Drass and Sonamarg held on Thursday, State Election SEC said that out of these 2104 Webinar On south Kashmir’s Pulwama dis- continued to receive snow- Commissioner, KK Sharma said polling stations, there shall be a Domestic Violence trict, police said Wednesday. fall for the second consecu- Wednesday. poll for Sarpanch vacancies on 271 Acting on a specific input tive day today. Addressing a press conference polling stations and Panch vacan- Srinagar: Kashmir University’s about presence of militants, MeT Deputy Director, here, Sharma said that of 37 DDC cies on 229 polling stations, along Centre for Women’s Studies and special operations group (SOG) Mukhtar Ahmad said constituencies, voting will be con- with the DDC polls. Research (CWSR) on Wednesday of police, army’s 55 and 182 RR Wednesday that the weather ducted on 17 from Kashmir division “Polling for this phase shall be organised a webinar on domestic and the personnel of CRPF 183 would remain mainly dry and 20 from Jammu division. In the conducted on 10th December, 2020 violence. batallion laid a siege around on December 10-December fifth phase, he said, out of the total from 7am to 2 pm,” he added. Registrar Dr Nisar Ahmad Mir Tiken area of the district on 11 evening across J&K and 280 DDC constituencies in J&K, 37 SEC further said that all the req- inaugurated the day-long webinar Wednesday morning and Ladakh. He said that there are going to poll tomorrow. uisite arrangements for this phase “Domestic Violence: Chronicling launched a search operation, a were less chances of wet spell “In the 17 DDC constituencies are in place including manpower,

the Ordeal and the Way Out”, police spokesperson said. The File Photo: Abid Bhat KO during this period in the high- of Kashmir division, there are 155 election material and security ar- organised in collaboration with militants hiding in a residential er reaches. candidates in fray including 30 fe- rangements in all poll going areas. the University Grants Commission house, he said, turned down 4 Civilians Injured In Car Used In HMT “From December 11 evening males. In Jammu division, there are “In view of Covid-19 pandemic, (UGC). surrender offer and opened fire to December 12 afternoon, 144 candidates in fray for the 20 adequate arrangements have been In his presidential remarks, upon the joint team. Pattan Grenade Blast Attack Found: Police there is a possibility of light DDC constituencies in this phase, put in place to ensure safety of all Mir as per a statement, referred “In the ensuing encounter, Srinagar: Four civilians on Srinagar: Police on Wednesday to moderate rains, snowfall including 40 females,” Sharma said. stake holders including the voters. to recent news More On P2 three militantswere killed and Wednesday were injured in a recovered the car used by militants across J&K and Ladakh,” he He further said that there are 125 Sanitizers, thermal scanners and their bodies were retrieved grenade blast in Singhpora area of in last month’s attack in the HMT said. Sarpanch vacancies which have been face masks have been arranged at Two ‘Drug Peddlers’ from the site of the encounter. Baramulla district. area of the city outskirts that left He further said that the notified in the 5th phase and out of the polling stations to ensure that As per police records, the killed Around 9:55 am Wednesday, two soldiers dead. night temperature across these, 30 have been elected unop- SOPs issued by the concerned au- Held In Rajouri militants were part of groups unknown militants hurled a Army’s 2 RR and police recovered Kashmir has increased due to posed. There shall be contest in 58 thorities, including wearing face Jammu: Two drug peddlers were involved in many cases includ- grenade towards the vehicle of the Maruti 800 car ( JK04A-6535) the fresh snowfall and rains constituencies and 175 candidates masks and maintaining social dis- arrested with heroin in Jammu ing planning & executing several paramilitary Sashastra Seema Bal during a cordon and search op- while the day temperature has including 51 females are in fray. tancing are strictly followed at the and Kashmir’s Rajouri district on major attacks More On P2 (SSB) personnel in More On P2 eration in Mustafa- More On P2 gone down. More On P2 Similarly, he said that out of the polling stations,” Sharma added. Wednesday, officials said. A police team on routine highway patrolling in Tandwal Thandikassi area of Rajouri spot- ‘Illegally Detained’ For India-China Ties In Most Difficult ted the two pedestrians moving 6 More Corona suspiciously, they said. During frisking, 385 grams of Third Time: Mehbooba Deaths In J&K, Phase In Last 40 Years: Jaishankar heroin was recovered from their possession after which they were 369 New Cases New Delhi: External Affairs relationship with China, cer- rest of the relationship to prog- arrested on the spot, they said. Srinagar: Six more people suc- Minister S Jaishankar said on tainly in the last 30 to 40 years ress. You can’t have the kind of The accused were identified cumbed to coronavirus in Jammu Wednesday China has given India or you could argue even more,” situation you have on the border as Mohammad Arif, resident of and Kashmir on Wednesday while “five differing explanations” for and say let’s carry on with life in Dabbi Balakote in Poonch, and 369 fresh cases of Covid-19, includ- deploying large forces at the LAC, all other sectors of activity. It’s Mohammad Asif, resident of ing eight soldiers and as many trav- adding this violation of bilat- just unrealistic,” he said. Samattee Challas in Doongi area elers were detected in the Union eral pacts has “very significantly Jaishankar further said, “We of Rajouri, police added. Territory in the last 24 hours. damaged” their relationship have this problem because from In Kashmir Valley, three more that is now at its “most difficult 1988, our relationship had its Bear Kills 10 Sheep people lost the battle with the phase” in the last 30-40 years. hiccups, we had our issues and deadly disease while three others The comments by Jaishankar differences but the direction of In Handwara died of Covid-19 in Jammu division, during an online interactive the ties broadly were positive.”

SRINAGAR: At least ten sheep File Photo: Abid Bhat KO taking the number of virus related session organised by Australian The external affairs minister were mauled to death by a black deaths in J&K to 1767, officials said. think tank Lowy Institute came Jaishankar said highlighting var- said the relationship progressed bear in Drangsoo Mawar area of If my movements are curbed due to Among the three victims from against the backdrop of the ious aspects of the bilateral ties in trade, travel and various other Handwara in Kupwara district, Valley, the officials said, included a over seven-month-long mili- in the last three decades. domains as both sides inked sev- reports said Wednesday. ‘security concerns’ then why are BJP 70-year-old woman from Kupwara, tary standoff between India “The relationship this year has eral pacts to maintain peace and The ferocious beast barged a 60-year-old man from Bandipora and China at the Line of Actual been very significantly damaged.” tranquillity along the LAC. into cowsheds belonging to Mo- ministers allowed to campaign freely” and a 61-year-old woman from Safa Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh. “We are very clear that main- “All of this was posited on the hammed Maqbool Chopan, Abdul Kadal Srinagar. “We are today probably at taining peace and tranquillity fact that while we were trying to Ahad Chopan and Nazir Ahmad Srinagar: PDP president former chief minister also upload- Regarding Jammu region, they the most difficult phase of our along the LAC is the basis for the solve the boundary More On P2 Pir last night killing at least ten Mehbooba Mufti on Wednesday ed an image of a letter purportedly said, one death each was reported sheep before being chased away claimed that authorities detained written by the Budgam district from Kathua, Samba and Reasi to nearby forests, locals said her at Gupkar Road residence here authorities to the Special Security districts. Wednesday. for the third time in a fortnight. Group (SSG) that protects her. With these deaths, the total fatal- We’ll Make Election Sopore Youth Blaming the Wildlife Depart- “Illegally detained today for the “In view of the prevailing secu- ity count in the Valley has reached ment of lackadaisical approach, third time in less than a fortnight. rity scenario and recent inputs re- 1136 and 631 in the Jammu region. Completes the affected families alleged Too much democracy indeed. If ceived from intelligence agencies Srinagar district with 428 deaths Hat-Trick In J&K: BJP that despite all attempts made my movements are curbed due to regarding movement of terrorist tops the list followed by Jammu LLB In Jail to reach the department con- ‘security concerns’ then why are groups in the subject area, it is re- (318), Baramulla (165), Budgam Srinagar: Senior Bharatiya largest political party in the cerned, “no official or even any BJP ministers allowed to campaign quested that the tour programme (104), Pulwama (86), Kupwara (87), Janata Party (BJP) leader and world because it knows the SRINAGAR: A 26- year- old employee has so far bothered to freely in Kashmir while I’ve been of the VIP may be deferred till the Anantnag (81), Doda (58), Bandipora Union Minister of State for heartbeat of India and delivers youth, who is languishing in jail visit us to assess the damage.” asked to wait until the culmina- culmination of the (DDC) elec- (56), Kulgam (52), Udhampur Finance and Corporate Affairs, on its promises. His party, he for seven years, has completed The inhabitants have in the tion of DDC elections?” Mehbooba tions,” the letter sent on Tuesday to (52), Rajouri (50), Kathua (44), Anurag Singh Thakur said on said, believes in proactive mea- his LLB degree from the depart- meantime demanded the au- tweeted. the SSG Director reads. Ganderbal (40), Shopian (37), Samba Wednesday that his party sures that not only touch but ment of Law in the University of thorities concerned to act swiftly Officials, however, did not com- The letter suggests that the SSG (34), Poonch (22), Ramban (21), will claim election hat-trick in also transform lives and create Kashmir. and catch the roaming beast to ment on the claim. had informed the district admin- Kishtwar(20), and Reasi (11). Jammu and Kashmir also, fol- livelihoods for every citizen. Feroz Ahamd Dar, a resident avert any future tragedy. (GNS) Mehbooba had claimed on istration about Mehbooba want- Meanwhile, 369 more people, lowing its success in Hyderabad “We do not do part time of Alsafa Colony Sopore, was ar- Tuesday that she was not allowed ing to visit Budgam district on including eight soldiers and as and Rajasthan. politics; we are devoted to the rested on 18 April 2013 and is 2 Held With to leave her residence as she wanted Wednesday. The election to the many travelers were among 369 Thakur, who is also in-charge socio-economic welfare of the currently languishing in Central to visit Budgam district to meet the District Development Councils people, who tested Covid-19 posi- of Jammu and Kashmir DDC people in J&K. We are here for Jail Srinagar. However, despite Narcotics In Uri families who have been evicted from (DDC) is underway in Jammu and tive in J&K in the last 24 hours, of- elections, said that the BJP has the long run, shoulder to shoul- all odds, Feroz didn’t give up on Srinagar: Police on Wednesday a forest land by the authorities. The Kashmir. —PTI ficials said. More On P2 emerged More On P2 as the der to make this More On P2 his studies. More On P2 arrested two people and claimed to have recovered contraband drugs from them in Uri area of Baramulla district. In a statement issued today, a police spokesperson said that acting on inputs, a naka was es- Sibling Sendoff Invokes ‘Farewell To Arms’ Plea In Poonch tablished by police in Gingal Uri during which two persons were Kamran Ali “The human treatment towards the “Their sendoff makes you believe bleed civilian lives for decades now. apprehended from a vehicle. two girls has become one of the rare that humanity still exists in these But the blazing guns at the inter- He said that the driver of fter their frontier wrong turn, heartwarming gestures in our seven- terrible times. We’ve seen enough national border in Poonch have only the intercepted vehicle tried when two teenage sisters decade-long unending trauma here,” lives getting wasted here due to the intensified since last year when New to flee the spot, however was A received a grand repatriation Khan said. constant border shelling. May those Delhi claimed countering the Pulwama caught and during interrogation in Poonch’s Chankan Da Bagh, Rashid little angelsnow become the beginning bombing with theBalakot strike. deposed himself as Mohammed Khan’s eyes turned moist over his long- of the end of our long torment!” “Guns are still blazing here,” Khan Hanief Quershi of Paranpilla departed clan progeny’s safe passage Khan’s village falls in the firing lamented. “And we continue to cower besides another on-board as- to home. range of PirPanjal, where belligerent in fear.” sociate as Jahangir Ahmad Khan This battered border resident who borders are known to explode and Amid this terrifying situation, two (alais Pappu) son of Mohammad lost some of his tribe members to teenage sisters lately landed in Poonch C Hussain Khan residence Mohura. divisive frontlines and combative guns All of us are happy for the girls, but at the same time, as the cross-border “intruders”. M

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packet containing Heroine like sub- ing” of the two girls as a sign of hope those shells should stop rain and ravage our lives now. voiced their human tragedy which of- K stance about 1 Kg was recovered,” amid growing hostility. We want to live in peace. Let these guns fall silent now” ten gets sidelined under More On P2 the police spokesperson said. C

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from front page Panic grips Budgam villagers after Reports said major roads and highways in the Valley continued to remain closed for the second straight day. The Srinagar- forest dept issues eviction notices 3 Militants Killed ... Leh highway as per the officials continued to remain closed to- on security forces,” the police spokesperson said. He identified the day for the vehicular movement. Budgam: Several villagers in Budgam Branwar said that panic has gripped best to create awareness on FRA in re- trio as Mehraj-ud-Din Lone of Arigam Pulwama, Umar Farooq of Official statement issued by the traffic department stated district are living in fear of losing their village after receiving the notices. mote areas. Sugan Shopian and Umer Ali of Dadsara Tral, all affiliated with that in view of inclement weather prediction issued by MeT de- their homes after they were served “We are all scared. We feel like we “People are protesting but no gov- militant outfit Al-Badr. partment (rain and snowfall) in J&K for next few days, there are with eviction notices from the Forest are foreigners on our own land,” he ernment official is ready to listen to According to the reports, Ali’s brother Shahnawaz was also a chances of blockade of highway, thus the people are advised to department. said. them. I recently met 108-year-old militant, who was killed by state forces in a gunfight in July 2013 avoid journey on Jammu-Srinagar highway. Locals alleged that two weeks ago A 105-year old woman from the vil- Zooni Begum in Zilsidara Branwar in in Mandoora village of Tral. However, subject to fair weather and better road condition, the forest department issued eviction lage of Branwar said that she would Budgam district. She was in tears after The police spokesperson further said that Zamir Sadiq Lone, Light Motor Vehicles (passenger) shall be allowed from Jammu notices to people citing that their or- not leave her home, come what may. “I getting eviction notices from Forest in whose house the militants were hiding, also received gunshot towards Srinagar tomorrow while commuters are advised to fol- chards fall under “encroached” for- have been living here since ages, I am Department,” Muzaffar said. injuries. low the SOP issued by the government to prevent the spread of estland, news agency KNO reported not leaving from my home,” she said. “If the Supreme Court has stayed all “He was evacuated to hospital for the treatment of his injuries COVID-19. Wednesday Similar scenes were witnessed in eviction proceedings across India, how where his condition is stated to be stable,” he said. The statement urged security forces not to ply against the The villages, where notices have Kanidajan villagers also. can the government ask people to sur- “Incriminating materials including arms & ammunition were traffic advisory in view of traffic congestion on Jammu-Srinagar been issued in Budgam district, include, “The authorities have axed hundreds render the land in Jammu & Kashmir,” recovered from the site of encounter. All the recovered materials highway. “They may ply from Jammu towards Srinagar,” the Kanidajan, Batiwudar, Jabbad, Branwar, of apple trees and dismantled our mud he said. have been taken into case records for further investigation and to statement said. Nagbal, Yusmarg, and Darwan. ‘dokas’,” the villagers said. “It is true An official said they are only retriev- probe their complicity in other crimes,” he added. Pertinently, there shall be no traffic movement on Jammu- Jabbad villagers said they were that we are living in the forest area but ing the forest land which has been ille- The police spokesperson said that in view of pandemic, the Srinagar highway on Friday from either side in view of mainte- scared that they would be rendered we are residing here for centuries now, gally occupied. bodies of militants shall be sent to Baramulla for their burial and nance, repairing of the road. homeless after receiving the eviction Where shall we go.” “We have not dismantled any dokas, last rites after completion of medico-legal formalities. Meanwhile, officials said that the Mughal road also re- notices from the Forest department. RTI movement chairman Raja the allegation are baseless,” an official “The nearest family members of the killed militants shall be mained closed today for the vehicular movement due to snow Mohammad Shafi, a resident of Muzaffar said that they are trying their said—(KNO) allowed to participate in the last rites at Baramulla. In this con- accumulation. nection a case under relevant sections of law has been registered Meanwhile, the Disaster Management Authority has issued a and investigation has been initiated,” he said. He also urged peo- high danger (Orange Alert) avalanche warning for higher reaches ple to cooperate with police till the area is completely sanitized of Bandipora District particularly Gurez Tehsil. and cleared of all the explosive materials, if any. “Medium Danger (Yellow Alert) avalanche warning for high- Fear of losing polls has forced er reaches of Poonch, Kishtwar, Kupwara, Ganderbal and Kargil Districts and Low Level (Yellow Alert) Avalanche warning for up- Sibling Sendoff ... per reaches of Ramban, Anantnag, Kulgam , Baramulla and Leh,” BJP to send central ministers for the heightened vigil of watch towers and frontline sharpshoot- officials said, adding that the people living in these areas have ers. Border residents say that any wrong move can prove fatal been cautioned not to venture in the Avalanche prone areas for for them. the next 24 hours. campaigning in J-K: Cong Lamenting over the loss of their father—“the butcher who died due to heart attack some fortnight ago”—the two siblings Jammu, Dec 9 (PTI) Senior Congress “Fear of losing these polls lurks in the Addressing the meeting, J&K had abandoned their home apparently to “get some moments of We’ll Make ... leader Rajni Patil on Wednesday said hearts of BJP high command, forcing it Congress chief G A Mir said the BJP has respite and solace” from the escalating tempers and tensions in region amongst the most developed and world class in India,” the fear of losing elections in Jammu to dispatch several central ministers indulged in politics of divide and de- their bereaved family. he said. and Kashmir lurks in the hearts of the and film celebrities to campaign for ceit for political interests, and has been But on the sundown of December 5, when Laiba and her “The people of J&K and India are with the BJP, they believe in BJP high command, forcing it to dis- the party, the senior AICC leader and running away from holding early as- younger sister Sana Zubair didn’t show up, their brother filed the reformist and development oriented agenda of PM Narendra patch several central ministers and in-charge J&K affairs said at a workers’ sembly elections even more than two- a missing report in Abbaspur Police Station, falling in Rawalkot Modi. Whether its state elections or Municipal elections or celebrities to campaign for the party in meeting in Bishnah. and-half-years of governor rule. area of other Poonch. Panchayat elections, time and again people have reposed their the Union territory. She alleged common people are “Post August 5 last year, the histor- On the heels of that report, government forces posted in faith in the leadership provided by BJP,” he added. She said if people are happy with the highly annoyed with “multiple fail- ical state has been reduced to a UT Poonch leaked the capture of two uncanny “infiltrators” at Thakur said that in the recently concluded Hyderabad performance of its government, why ures” of the BJP and its arbitrary actions which is no better than a municipal border. Municipal polls, his party won 48 seats in comparison to 4 in does the BJP need the help of a battery in Jammu and Kashmir. corporation people want to know the “From the word go itself, it was clear that the two girls were 2016. In the state of Rajasthan, he said, the BJP won 1989 seats of national leaders and other star cam- “Each and every section of the soci- reasons behind punishing the people, running from their distressed home situation,” said a police of- out of 4371 Panchayat Samiti seats. paigners, including film celebrities, to ety, especially the youth and farmers, especially of Jammu region, who gave ficer posted in Poonch. “Our army men hosted and treated them “The incumbent Congress received 1852 seats; this shows go to every nook and corner of the UT are feeling cheated due to BJP’s false a huge mandate to the BJP and brought well. And later they were sendoff with gifts.” a clear lack of trust for the party at its activities. In fact in the to seek votes in the polls to the pancha- promises and its anti-farmer and an- it to power in Jammu and Kashmir, he Even girls made no bones about their hosts’ “good gesture”. Zila Parishad elections, the BJP won 353 seats in comparison to yat development councils. ti-poor programmes, Patil said. said. Back home, the other administration is presently trying to en- the Congress 252 seats. In the by-elections of UP, Gujarat and sure a friendly family atmosphere to avert such wrong turns at Madhya Pradesh as well we saw how people reposed their faith the blazing borders. in BJP,” he said. “But this fresh humanistic display should not be confined to a “This clearly shows a strong wave of support in favour of the single instance only,” Khan said. BJP at all levels of the democratic system. BJP fights elections PM to lay foundation of new “All of us are happy for the girls, but at the same time,those with all the energy of its karyakartas and supporters. We win shells should stop rain and ravage our lives now.We want to live because we serve the interest of people not like the selfish inter- in peace. Let these guns fall silent now.” ests of Gupkar Gang leaders,” he added. Parliament building on Thursday Launching a scathing attack on J&K mainstream parties, the senior BJP leader said that it was a fact that the “Gupkar Gang” New Delhi, Dec 9 (PTI): Prime cultural diversity of the country. Hopefully, for 888 members, while Rajya Sabha 4 Civilians Injured ... not only “looted” the state of its resources, but also neglected Minister Narendra Modi will lay the in the 75th year of Independence (2022), will have 384 seats for members. The Singhpora area of Pattan along the Srinagar-Muzaffarabad high- basic healthcare, education, infrastructure, employment needs foundation stone of a new Parliament Parliament session will be held in the new Lok Sabha chamber will have an option way, a police spokesperson said. However, the grenade, he said, of J&K. building on Thursday at an event that building,” he said. to increase its sitting capacity to 1,224 missed the intended target and exploded on the roadside.“In this There is dejection amongst the karyakartas of PDP, INC and will be attended by leaders from vari- The existing Parliament building will members during joint sessions. incident, four civilians received splinter injuries and were evac- NC as they know the people will reject them once and for all on ous political parties, cabinet ministers be conserved as it is an archaeological This has been done keeping in mind uated to nearby hospital for treatment,” the police spokesperson 22nd Dec. The people of J&K are ready to vote for a development and ambassadors of different countries. asset of the country, Birla said. the future increase in the number of said. oriented vision under PM Narendra Modi and J&K will be the Modi will also perform the The existing building is a British-era members for the two houses. However, a local news agency KDC reported injuries to six hat-trick in the victory”, he added. (KDC) ground-breaking ceremony for the structure, designed by Edwin Lutyens At present, Lok Sabha has a sanc- people in the grenade blast. The injured civilians have been building, which is expected to be com- and Herbert Baker who were respon- tioned strength of 543 members and identified as Ghulam Mohammad Parray , Gulzar Ahmad Khan, pleted by 2022 at an estimated cost of sible for planning and construction of Rajya Sabha 245. Manzoor Ahmad Bhat, Zubair Ahmad Dar—all residents of 6 More Corona ... Rs 971 crore. New Delhi. In September this year, Tata Projects Singhpora, Tabasum of Doodipora Handwara and Farman Ali, a While the Kashmir division reported 179 new cases of coro- Some chief ministers and governors The foundation stone of the existing Limited won the bid to construct the resident of Uttar Pradesh.. navirus, the remaining 190 were confirmed by officials from the will also attend the event virtually. Parliament House was laid on February new Parliament building. The new According to the reports, soon after the grenade attack, gov- Jammu division. The event will begin at 12:55 pm 12, 1921 and the construction took building will be constructed close to ernment forces cordoned off to area to nab the attackers Giving district-wise details, officials said, Srinagar report- and the foundation stone will be laid at six years and cost Rs 83 lakh at that the existing one under the Central Vista “Police has registered a case in this regard under relevant sec- ed 86 cases, Baramulla 19, Budgam 19, Kupwara 12, Pulwama 1 pm, officials said, adding that a ‘sarva time. The opening ceremony was per- redevelopment project. tions of law. Investigation is in progress and officers continue to 13, Anantnag 8, Bandipora 4, Ganderbal 10, Kulgam 4, Shopian dharma prarthana’ (inter-faith prayer) formed on January 18, 1927 by the then The existing Parliament House work to establish the full circumstances of this crime,” the police 4, Jammu 89, Udhampur 27, Rajouri 12, Doda 12, Kathua 24, will be held at 1.30 pm. The prime min- Governor-General of India, Lord Irwin. building will be suitably retro-fitted to spokesperson said Kishtwar 5, Samba 8, Poonch 1, Ramban 7 and Reasi 5. ister will deliver his address on the oc- The new building will have an area of provide more functional spaces for par- Moreover, they said, 342 more COVID-19 patients recovered casion at 2.15 pm, they said. 64,500 square metres. liamentary events, to ensure its usage and were discharged from various hospitals— 156 from Jammu Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla had The new building will also have a along with the new building. Car Used In ... Division and 186 from the Valley. (With GNS inputs) earlier said, “The existing temple of grand Constitution Hall to showcase The existing building is a massive Abad area of HMT on the outskirts of this capital city, news democracy is completing 100 years... India’s democratic heritage, a lounge circular edifice of 560 feet in diame- agency KDC reported Wednesday. However, no reports of any It is a matter of pride for our country- for members of Parliament, a library, ter. The Parliament House Estate is en- arrests were received during the search operation. Sopore Youth ... men that the new one will be built by multiple committee rooms, dining ar- closed by an ornamental red sandstone He initially passed his B.SC from central jail Baramulla in 2016 our own people as a prime example of eas and ample parking space. wall or iron grills with iron gates that and simultaneously completed his Diploma in Human Rights Aatmanirbhar Bharat.” In the new building, the Lok Sabha can be closed when occasions demand. India-China Ties ... from IGNOU. Dar’s father, Bashir Ahmad said that his son was “The new building will showcase the chamber will have a seating capacity The building has twelve gates. question, we would maintain peace and tranquillity along the arrested in 2013 in a militant related case and the family tried border areas,” he said, adding there were incidents of arguments their best to get him out on bail. between patrols along the border “but you never had a major “I was a class IV employee. After my retirement, I spend all my breach of understanding”. savings in his case to get him released, but to no avail,” Ahmad He said multiple agreements between the two sides were said. “But we are happy that he completed his LLB, though inside India’s Weapons Procurement From The inked from 1993 with a commitment that both parties will not we are broken.” bring large forces to the border areas. Ahmad said that Feroz’s mother is a heart patient and belong- “Now for some reason, for which the Chinese have to date giving to a middle-class family, they are facing many severe finan- US Jumps To USD 3.4 Billion In 2020 en us five differing explanations, the Chinese have violated it. cial crunch from the last seven years. The Chinese have literally brought tens of thousands of soldiers Meanwhile, the family members of Feroz Ahmad have ap- Washington: India’s weapons pro- and USD 282 million in 2018. Between per cent increase since fiscal year 2019. in full military preparation mode right to the LAC in Ladakh. pealed the LG, Manoj Sinha, and police department to show curement from the United States 1950 and 2020, US sale of weapons to The overall value of State Department- Naturally the relationship would be profoundly disturbed by some mercy on their son and release him keeping in view his jumped from a meagre USD 6.2 million India under Foreign Military Sales (FMS) authorised government-to-government this,” he said. good behaviour—(KNO) to a whopping USD 3.4 billion in the final category was USD 12.8 billion. FMS cases implemented by the Defense Referring to the Galwan Valley clashes in eastern Ladakh in year of the Donald Trump’s administra- For Pakistan, the official figures re- Security Cooperation Agency decreased which 20 Indian soldiers were killed, Jaishankar said the inci- tion, according to official data. flected that sale of weapons under FMS 8.3 per cent from USD 55.39 billion in dent “completely changed national sentiment”. KU Organises ... As per the data released by the Defense did happen, even though there was a Fiscal Year 2019 to USD 50.78 billion in The external affairs minister also said the “very big issue” is reports which suggested that within just four months of Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA), the freeze in any military and security as- Fiscal Year 2020. how to get the relationship back on track. Covid-19 pandemic, women in the country filed more domestic jump in the sale of American weap- “The dollar value of poten- He also mentioned various diplomatic and military engage- violence complaints than recorded in the same span of time in ons to India comes at a time when tial FMS sales, formally notified ments between the two sides in the last few months including the last 10 years. sale of weapons from the US to oth- to Congress, also rose by more his meeting with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi in Moscow as “One such report said that about 86% women who experi- er countries has dipped to USD 50.8 than 50 per cent from USD 58.33 well as talks between the two defence ministers. enced violence never sought help while 77% of the victims did billion in 2020 from USD 55.7 billion billion to USD 87.64 billion. This “We have multiple layers of communication. Communication not even mention the incidents to anyone,” he said, adding that in 2019. was driven by the July potential is not the issue, the issue is the fact that we have agreements and the report also highlighted that of 14.3% of victims who sought In 2019, the sale of US weapons to sale of USD 23.11 billion worth of those agreements are not being observed.” help, only 7% reached out to relevant authorities or social service foreign countries was USD 55.7 bil- F-35 aircraft to Japan, which was Asked about his stint in China as India’s ambassador and his organisations, even as over 90% of victims sought help only from lion. In 2017, it was USD 41.9 billion, the second largest single FMS no- views on Chinese President Xi Jinping, Jaishankar referred to his their immediate family. it said. tification ever authorised by the observation made in his book “The India Way: Strategies for an Mir said it is important to change attitudes of people through Major buyers of American Department of State, Cooper said. Uncertain World”. mass awareness to put an end to domestic violence. “Alongside, weapons in 2020 were India (USD The Direct Commercial Sales “I think there has been an evolution in China, my book basi- we need to put in place a robust couselling system and a serious 3.4 billion up from USD 6.2 million in fis- sistance to Islamabad from the Trump (DCS), which is the Department of State- cally makes the case that 2008-09 was the tipping point for that community-level engagement-cum-communication strategy to cal year 2019), Morocco (USD 4.5 billion administration. authorised commercial export licenses, to- change. And you have today a China whose engagement with the address the concerns related to domestic violence,” he said. up from USD 12.4 million), Poland (USD In 2020, US sale of weapons to talled USD 124.3 billion in fiscal year 2020, world is very different from the way it used to be conducted 20 Keynote speaker Rashmi Anand, a noted author and social ac- 4.7 billion up from USD 673 million), Pakistan was USD 146 million, in 2018 it and this was up from USD 114.7 billion in years ago,” he said. tivist, talked at length about the dynamics of domestic violence Singapore (USD 1.3 billion up from USD was USD 65 million and in 2017 it was fiscal year 2019, he said. “Now you could argue that it is natural as (when) a country and its larger impact on the victims as well as the society at large. 137 million), Taiwan (USD 11.8 billion up USD 22 million. “This represented an 8.4 per cent in- goes up the power hierarchy that its behavioural pattern would Sharing what she called her “personal ordeal” with domes- from USD 876 million), and the United In 2019, there was no sale of US mili- crease. This total value covers authori- change, I reserve comment on it, but clearly no question that you tic violence, Rashmi referred to ways of addressing domestic Arab Emirates (USD 3.6 billion up from tary weapons to Pakistan. In fact, the US sations of hardware, defense services, have a very much more nationalistic China and that is expressed violence with a positive bent of mind within homes and in the USD 1.1 billion), the data showed. refunded USD 10.8 million to Pakistan, and technical data. The total number of sort of down the line in variety of ways and often in policies as vicinity. Several countries reported a drop in taken for the purchase of weapons. licences issued decreased by 20-per cent well,” Jaishankar said. “It is important to understand where the roots of domestic purchase of weapons from the US. Between 1950 and 2020, Pakistan pur- from 36,111 in Fiscal Year 2019 to 28,800 Asked how India’s ties with the US will be under Joe Biden’s violence exactly lie in our social and economic structures and Prominent among them were Saudi chased weapons worth USD 10 billion in Fiscal Year 2020,” Cooper said. administration, Jaishankar said the US president-elect has good- devise effective ways and means to uproot the same from such Arabia which came down from USD from the US under FMS. The top commercial DCS notified to will for India and made positive contributions in growth of the structures,” she said. 14.9 billion in 2019 to USD 1.2 billion in However, the total supply of American Congress in Fiscal Year 2020 includ- ties between the two countries. He said the structural and ob- Coordinator CWSR Prof Tabasum Firdous underscored the im- 2020, Afghanistan (USD 1.1 billion down military weapons to Pakistan is much ed a USD 8.39 billion sale to Australia, jective part of the relations brought the countries together. PTI portance of highlighting the issues relating to domestic violence from USD 1.6 billion), Belgium (USD 41.8 more, as a major chunk of weapons to Canada, Denmark, Italy, Japan, and the and its perils in our day-to-day lives. She also highlighted the million down from USD 5.5 billion), Iraq Pakistan has gone from United States as United Kingdom for F-35 components. CWSR’s regular interventions in trying to offer plausible solu- (USD 368 million down from USD 1.4 military and security assistance. This also included a USD 3.2 billion C Fresh Snow Spell ... tions to address such problems by means of generating aware- billion), and South Korea (USD 2.1 billion According to the Assistant Secretary of sale to Australia for P-8 aircraft parts, M

In Valley, the weather remained cloudy throughout the day in ness and holding counseling programmes. down from USD 2.7 billion). State for Political Military Affairs Clarke and a USD 2.48 billion sale to United Y

plains as well as higher reaches, officials said. However, Drass, The webinar was, among others, attended by several students According to the 2020 edition of the Cooper, fiscal 2020 saw a total of USD Kingdom and Australia for E-7 airborne K Sonamarg, Gumad and other areas received snowfall today as and scholars, who also joined an ensuing question-answer ses- Historical Sales Book, India purchased 175.8 billion in US government-autho- early warning and control aircraft, well. sion with the expert speaker. weapons worth USD 754.4 million in 2017 rised arms exports. This is overall a 2.8 Cooper said.—PTI Thursday| 10-12-2020 3 CUK’s DCJ invites UAE-India Food Security Summit, 2020 DIAL-EMMA applications for admission • TRAFFIC POLICE : 9419993745, 01998-266686 Ganderbal, Dec 9: Depart- submit the application • PCR: 0194-2452092,2455883 ment of Convergent Jour- form in the prescribed for- • PDD: 0194-2450213 nalism (DCJ), Central Uni- mat at the DCJ, Tulmulla, • FIRE AND EMERGENCY SERVICES : Kashmir Traders 2479488,2452222,2452155 versity of Kashmir (CUK) along with attested copies has invited applications of certificates. The last date • CAPD: 18001807011 from eligible and interested for submission of forms is • SMC HEALTH OFFICER: 9469409081 candidates for admission 15th of December, 2020. The AIRPORTS to M.A Convergent Jour- candidates can get further Attend UAE Summit SHIEK UL ALAM AIRPORT: 01942303311 nalism programme on the details from the university format available in the de- website www.cukashmir. DUBAI: The geographical indica- partment and university ac.in and can also contact tion (GI) tagged Saffron from Kash- RAILWAYS website. the department on mobile mir was launched in Al Maya Super • SRINAGAR: 0194-2103259 The candidates shall number 7006061838. Market, Dubai by Principal Secre- • ANANTNAG: 01932-228243 tary Agriculture Production and • BARAMULLA: 0194-102029 Farmers Welfare Department, J&K, • BIJBHERA: 01932-228243 Navin K. Choudhary on Wednesday. • PAMPORE: 01933-294132 Dwivedi Meets PHD Chamber, A GI tag is a sign used on prod- • PATTAN: 01954-293507 ucts that have a specific geographi- • QAZIGUND: 01951-296153 Lassipora Food Park Owners cal origin and possess qualities or a reputation that are due to that ori- HIGHWAY STATUS SRINAGAR : A delega- tary said that most of the gin. Saffron from Kashmir stall will • Sgr-Jammu highway - ( Open ) tion of PHD Chamber of issues will be resolved with remain available in Al Maya Supper • Mughal Road - (Open) Industry and Commerce, the announcement of new Market, which is headed by Group strengthen food security in the entire ri bakery is one of the best in quality • Srinagar- Leh- (Open) Kashmir, today called on industrial policy which will Director Kamal Vachani. Middle East and North Africa region. in world besides apple, cherry, wal- Commissioner Secretary, boost the industrial sector Pertinent to mention that a del- The summit brings several key nut, basmati rice and saffron. The Industries and Commerce, of entire J&K. Meanwhile, egation of traders and government stakeholders from both the coun- delegation has completed a “fruit- Manoj Kumar Dwivedi, re- he appreciated the willing- officials from Jammu and Kashmir tries on one platform to share their ful” meeting with the Dubai Cham- garding various issues for ness of the members to in- led by Navin Chaudhary is partici- experiences, deliberations on solu- ber of Commerce. PRAYERS promotion of industrial sec- vest in the education sector. pating in UAE-India Food Security tions and explore ways to further Al Maya Group, UAE agreed to tor and development of re- Earlier, Director NIFT, Summit, 2020. increase the collaboration in the visit Kashmir in the month of June FAJR 5: 54 lated infrastructure. Dr Javid also called on Com- Ajaz Ahmad Bhat, Director Hor- food security. 2021 to see more trade agreements. The delegation led by missioner Secretary and ap- ticulture Kashmir alongwith Jahan- Delegates comprising busi- The UAE and India aim to increase ZUHR 12: 22 its President, Baldev Singh prised him of several issues gir Hashmi, Additional Secretary, nessmen from J&K include Farooq the volume of trade in food products HIJRI Raina, discussed different including water supply to Horticulture and K. K. Sharma of Amin, Owais Altaf Bukhari, Umer mani folds in the next five years. issues with the Commis- NIFT. Agriculture Department are also ac- Tramboo, Manan Tramboo, Sanjay The summit also saw discus- CALENDAR ASR 3:45 sioner Secretary including Manoj Kumar Dwivedi companying Principal Secretary. Puri, Kulbhushan Khajuria, Sha- sions and presentations on food Magrib 5:25 revival of industrial sec- directed for formulating the During the meeting with Consul- hid Kamili, Mushtaq Chaya, Khur- processing equipment’s & technol- 24 Rabi-us-Sani tor, announcement of new estimates of water supply ate General of India, Dr. Aman Puri, ram Mir, Ehsaan Javid, Maajid ogy, dairy product development ISHA 6:50 industrial policy, exten- scheme for submission to he said India is on radar for import Waffai, Izhan Javeed and Shahjah- and infrastructure including devel- 1442 sion of two years duration administrative department of best quality fruits and food prod- an. They also attended the event and opment of logistics and integrated in implementation of SME for commencement of water ucts and formulation of trade agree- held several roundtable discussions cold chains, infrastructure develop- projects, cluster financing supply to NIFT. ments with UAE. with UAE business leaders. ment for fishing harbours, floricul- scheme of J&K Department The proprietors of Las- Puri remarked that UAE-In- Principal Secretary said during ture with multi-national companies This Day In History Financial Corporation and sipora Food Park also called dia partnership in food trade can round table conference that Kashmi- of UAE. J&K Bank by opening SME on Commissioner Secretary • 1510 - Muslim ruler of Goa, Yusuf Adil Shah and his Ottoman al- branches in each industrial and apprised him regarding lies surrender to Portuguese forces led by Afonso de Albuquer- estate, land for warehouses, the progress on RFK Green que who puts the Muslim population to the sword facilitation centers, diag- and Khizar Agro Lassipo- • 1684 - Isaac Newton's derivation of Kepler's laws from his nostic study of industrial ra. The commissioning of theory of gravity, contained in the paper De motu corporum in gyrum, is read to the Royal Society by Edmond Halley units etc. these units was discussed • 1899 - Battle at Storm Berge South Africa - Boers vs British The delegation request- in threadbare and it was army ed Commissioner Secretary decided that issue of land al- • 1905 - Austrian pacifist and writer Bertha von Suttner be- to provide them land located lotment to the prospective comes the 1st woman to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize near highway in the valley food processing units will • 1906 - US President Theodore Roosevelt is the 1st American awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for establishment of ware- be resolved. • 1913 - Bengali poet Rabindranath Tagore becomes the first house zones so the effect It was informed that non-European to be presented with the Nobel Prize for Litera- of the closure of National RFK Green will come up ture for "Gitanjali" Highway will be minimum with the timeframe of • 1914 - French government returns to Paris on industries. Commissioning of the unit • 1919 - Nobel Peace Prize awarded to US President Woodrow Wilson President PHD also re- while Khizar Agro will • 1926 - 2nd part of Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf published quested for establishment start production in the • 1931 - Manuel Azaña becomes Prime Minister of Spain with of facilitation centers at in- month of December. Niceto Zamora as President dustrial estates and units Among others Director • 1940 - British anti-offensive in Libya (Sidi Barrani) to help new entrepreneurs. Industries and Commerce, • 1941 - Japanese troops overrun Guam Further, the delegation Mehmood Ahmad, mem- • 1943 - British 8th Army (1st Canadian Infantry Division) occu- pies Orsogna/Ortona Italy demanded to expedite an- bers of PHD Chamber of • 1948 - UN General Assembly adopts the Universal Declaration nouncement of new indus- I&C including Bilal Ahmad of Human Rights trial policy and provision Kawoosa, Himayu Wani, • 1961 - USSR & Albania break diplomatic relations of soft loans from banks in- Jaan Muhammad Koul, • 1964 - Nobel Peace Prize presented to Dr Martin Luther King stead of SIDCO. Showket Mirani and Iqbal Jr. in Oslo • 1966 - Nobel for chemistry awarded to Robert S. Mulliken Commissioner Secre- Fayaz Jan were present. • 1967 - Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine awarded to Rag- nar Granit, Haldan Keffer Hartline and George Wald "for dis- coveries about the make-up of the eye • 1967 - Guatemalan author Miguel Ángel Asturias is awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in Stockholm • 1968 - Japan's biggest heist, the still-unsolved "300 million yen robbery", occurs in Tokyo. • 1976 - Samuel C. C. Ting is the first person to deliver a Nobel Prize lecture in Mandarin, during the ceremony to award him and Burton Richter the Nobel Prize for Physics for discovering the J/ψ particle • 1977 - Soyuz 26 carries 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 6 space station • 1978 - Menachem Begin and Anwar Sadat accept the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo • 1980 - Soyuz T-3 returns to Earth • 1980 - USSR performs underground nuclear test • 1982 - Soyuz T-5 returns to Earth, 211 days after take-off dated : 8/12/2020 J&K Public Service commission • 1982 - CDC report on a transfusion recipient who developed AIDS symptoms • 1984 - 1st "planet" outside our solar system discovered • 1984 - South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu is presented with his Nobel Peace Prize • 1986 - Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel accepts 1986 Nobel Peace Prize • 1989 - President Gustav Husak of Czechoslovakia, resigns • 1990 - Hindu-Muslim rebellion in Hyderabad-Aligargh India, 140 die • 1990 - Soyuz TM-10 lands • 1990 - Space Shuttle STS 35 (Columbia 11) lands From KO Archives Rapist released, victims in lock-up Observer News Service

SRINAGAR: People of Darpora in Lolab area have expressed grave concern over the continued ‘detention’ of two women who had been raped by two counter-insurgents last month. The alleged rapists have been released to the chagrin of the indignant villagers who have demanded their immediate arrest. According to the president of the Human Rights Front, Muhammad Ahsan Untoo, who led a team of his activists to the village today, two Ikhwanis, Manzoor Ahmad Lone alias Shalla s/o Abdul Jabbar and Nazir Ahmad Tantray s/o Ghulam Rasool, residents of Darpora and working with army’s 18 RR, forced their entry into the house of one Ghulam Nabi Mir at the village on the night intervening November 18 and 19 last. Finding two women alone in the house, Untoo alleged, the two renegades picked them up at gun point, took them to a deserted place in the forests and raped them throughout the night. The two victims arrived in the village in the morning in a battered condition sparking a spontaneous protest by the people. The victims were identified as Shafiqa w/o Ghulam Nabi and Atiqa w/o Fayaz Ahmad Mir. Reports said the villagers staged a demonstration disrupt- ing traffic on the road. On receipt of the reports, the deputy commis¬sioner and the superintendent of police visited the village and or¬dered immediate arrest of the counter-insurgents. Police registered a case and arrested the two next day. Untoo said both the accused Ikhwanis were released on the next day following intervention by the security forces. Instead, their vic¬tims were arrested. He said the two women have been in the police lock up for the past 12 days. When the HRF team I an audience with the deputy Commissioner Syed Haq Nawaz, and the superinten¬dent of police, Singh, Untoo said, both avoided meeting them .The police station officials also did not make any comment on why the two women had been detained. (KASHMIR OBSERVER, 10 DECEMBER, 2000)

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

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This is sought to be cloaked by the perfor- rural andbringing remote areas.tour andThis istravel sought operators to be cloaked from by theacross perfor- View from the Foyer mancemance ofof aa handfulhandful ofof privateprivate schools,schools, withwith nono thoughtthought forfor thethe Tired of Thinking? Come to a Conclusion the country. Recently, around 70 travel opera- Tired of Thinking? Come to a Conclusion colossalcolossaltors amounts amounts along spent spent with on on running somerunning writers a a vast vast network network and journalists of of under-per- under-per- IfIf he he were were a a cricketer cricketer — — which which I Irather rather ofof marks, marks, remember.” remember.” ofof total total freedom freedom to to pursue pursue the the pathways pathways of of KKEVINEVIN M MARTINARTIN formingformingfrom institutions. institutions. Mumbai Howsoever Howsoever visited sound Kashmirsound the the system systemand travelled may may appear appear to on on doubtdoubt since since he he possessed possessed not not one one jot jot of of cricket cricket ThisThis generally generally got got the the ashen-faced ashen-faced ones ones one’sone’s own own mind, mind, frolic frolic in in the the fields fields of of an an idyl- idyl- paper,paper, onmanyon thethe groundscenicground itspots.it isis asas ricketyrickety andand run-downrun-down asas thethe schoolschool vocabularyvocabulary in in his his speech speech — — but but if if he he were were a a movingmoving a a few few feet feet forward forward in in a a determined determined liclic nature nature and and dream dream of of writing writing lines lines that that ‘IN CONCLUSION’ was a favourite cricketercricketer Mr Mr P P would would have have been been categorised categorised efforteffort to to overcome overcome their their resisting resisting wills. wills. rhymedrhymed and and described described life life in in a a more more natural natural Ever since the revocation of Article 370 on Au- ‘IN CONCLUSION’ was a favouriteProsaic In Power houseshouses spread spread all all over over rural rural Kashmir Kashmir chronically chronically starved starved of of staff staff and and phrasephrase of of a a teacher teacher of of mine mine — — a a man man of of scien- scien- asas an an all all rounder. rounder. This This is is because because he he was was three three ChemistryChemistry periods periods were were about about tables tables wayway — — a a way way that that had had nothing nothing to to do do with with properproper equipment.gust equipment. 5 last Reports year,Reports the of of under-manned under-mannedtourism sector schools, schools, in the particularly particularly Valley tifictific qualification; qualification; a a man man who who looked looked at at you you sciencescience teachers teachers rolled rolled into into one. one. He He taught taught withwith cryptic cryptic symbols symbols and and water water that that changed changed science?science? atat the the primary hasprimary been level, level, in a are arefreefall. a a routine routine The feature feature tourists such such fled areas, areas, Kashmir while while insti- oninsti- andand perceived perceived atoms atoms and and molecules. molecules. Mr Mr P, P, let’s let’s Physics,Physics, Chemistry Chemistryxperts and and such when when as the the Yogendra frogs frogs were were colourpeoplecolour magically magically instigated with with bythe the the introduction introduction enemy. of Ifof dif- dif-new farmAA young young laws man man repealed. dreaming dreaming It is iswill how how beI Icome come to to August 3 last year. The flight followed a govern- callcall him, him, for for he he very very well well may may still still be be alive alive plentifulplentiful he he was wasYadav found found of in Swarajin the the India, and the anti-CAAferentferent and powders. powders.NRC opponents I Ionce once remem- remem- recalledviewview my mythat school school during reports reports the of of CAAthat that day dayand and and age age tutestutes inin thethe citycity appearappear toto burstingbursting atat thethe seamsseams withwith needlessneedless P. Sainath, author of the were called Pakistani agents, the NRC protests, students, not just in ment order calling upon tourists and the pilgrims monitoringmonitoring the the masses masses that that passed passed through through BiologyBiology rooms rooms giving giving lessons lessons berber naively naively being being drawn drawn into into whenwhen I Iglance glance at at them them occasionally occasionally these these staff,staff, Schools Schools in in far-flung far-flung areas areas function function at at the the sweet sweet discretion discretion of of his hands. onon dissection dissectioninfluential which which non-bi- non-bi- book EveryoneLIFELIFE IN INPunjab A A farmerstakingtaking have a a deep deep been sniff sniff called from from a aJamiadaysdays yellowingMilia yellowing Islamia in in a a plastic plastic and sleeve. JNU,sleeve. butMr Mr P P obvi- obvi- his hands. ELoves a Good Drought, have ar- Khalistanis. This was especially indeed in universities all over the to the annual Amarnath pilgrimage to cut down their often lone teachers, and instances of just one or two tutors ItIt was was the the Sixties, Sixties, of of course. course. The The Hippie Hippie ology-inclinedology-inclined ones ones like like my- my- CLASSROOMCLASSROOM OF OF bottlebottle of of chlorine chlorine that that nearly nearly ouslyously had had a a kind kind heart heart too too for for his his marks marks their oftentheir lone visit teachers, and leave and instancesthe Valley of justwithin one or24 twohours. tutors gued that the new farm laws, which so after Canadian Prime Minister country, including my university, MovementMovement was was winking winking naughtily naughtily from from outout- selfselfsnatch found found hard hardaway to to stomach, thestomach, ground beneathTHE SIXTIES Justin Trudeautooktook tookmy my sinuses sinuses up the for for cud a a walk -walktheawarded awardedUniversity to to me me of in in Pune,their their own ownplayed scientific scientific a way way handlinghandling multiple multiple classes classes and and hundreds hundreds of of students students are are common. common. especially the drawing of THE SIXTIES right out of my body. reflect a kindness. The Government buses were pressed into service sideside classroom classroom windows,R. windows, Raj R “Come “Comeao out out and and taste taste especiallythe farmers’ the drawing feet, so ofto speak, are gels on behalfright of theout offarmers, my body. and majorreflect role a kindness. in opposing the new TheThe standards standardsto ferry of of tourists such such schools schools and and pilgrimsand the the education education from across they they theimpart impart Val can -can thethe freedom!” freedom!” bloodblooddetrimental or or the the severing severing to of theof flesh flesh farming in in order order to tocom peer peer- expressedPhysicsPhysics was washis about aboutdispleasure equations, equations, over balance balance citizenshipIfIf the the dissecting lawsdissecting that of of adiscriminate a frog frog taught taught me me any- any- wellwell be beley imagined. imagined. and rush them to Srinagar airport and bus ter- TheThe band band Uriah Uriah Heep Heep did did indeed indeed sing, sing, atat the munity.the undercoating undercoating Dispensing and and the withthe insides. insides. the mandi andtheand sticking policesticking pins assaultingpins in in paper paper protestorswhile while trying trying to toagainstthingthing Muslims.it it pointed pointed me me in in the the direction direction of of veg- veg- plaintively, Free Me, which may well have system“One has without to have guaranteeinga stomach for thesethe tracewithtrace angles waterangles of cannonsof reflection reflection in and theand refractionchilly refraction etarianismetarianismA democratically and and a a kindness kindness elected to to all all animals animalsgov- great great TheTheminals situation situation to has facilitatehas been been allowed allowedtheir exit. to to drift driftWithin for for far farfollowing too too long long twoin in the the plaintively, Free Me, which may well have “One has to have a stomach for these beenbeen the the anthem anthem of of many many a a classroom classroom bound bound things,”things,”farmers Mr Mr P P ofwould would a minimuminstruct, instruct, directing directing support his his throughwinterthrough aweather. a thick thick glass glass slab. slab. ernmentandand small. small. needs Science Science to be provided humble,provided me menot with with ar- an an inin- hopehope that thatdays, with with Kashmir time time the the was growing, growing, empty engineered engineered of all the outsiders.preference preference for for pri- pri- schoolboyschoolboy of of that that time. time. wordswordsprice, at at the the the ones ones experts who’d who’d gone gonesay, a a exposewhiter whiter shade shadethe MostBrandingMost things things isin in Mra Mr colonial P’s P’s class class started act.started The out out as asrogant.sightsight Ifinto into it haslaterality. laterality. erred, That Thatit must is, is, you you have could could be be vate schoolsThis would inflicted phase the a governmentcrippling blow system on out the of existence.state’s ItIt was was also also still still the the Years Years of of Collusion Collusion — — ofof pale vulnerablepale and and generally generally farmers stood stood to in thein the the gamble back back rows rows of premisesBritishpremises branded before before gradually gradually various working working indigenous their their way waytheseated seatedhumility in in the the to lap lap accept of of science science its mistakesand and be be totally totally at at vate schools would phase the government system out of existence. A predictable market forces. people when they ruled India. Some and surrender to the wishes of the It remainstourism to be seen industry how well during measures its peaktaken season.in desperation, Hotels like betweenbetween teacher teacher and and parent parent to to ensure ensure at at all all atat the the dissecting dissecting table table so so they they missed missed a a good good throughthrough a a series series of of reasoning reasoning stages stages to to a a finely finely easeease contemplating contemplating poetry. poetry. It remains to be seen how well measures taken in desperation, like cost thattactic Johnny ofput his head down peered deal of whatThis wasaccounts going on. for the recent drawntribes conclusion.were called thieves, as the people.Science Such didn’t humility, care because it seems ultimately it which until then had enjoyed 80 percent occu- cost that Johnny put his head down peered dealfarmer of what protests was going in on. India which drawn conclusion. Science didn’t care because ultimately it recruitmentsrecruitments scrounged scrounged in in haste, haste, are are able able to to turn turn the the tide tide for for soci- soci- into the laboratory microscope and averted PREPARING TO FACE LIFE: “Life is going to Dispute that, he’d say, pointing to a seemsseems everything everything is is relative. relative. There There is is no no end, end, pancy turned into ghost houses, among them governmentsinto the laboratory microscope is to and averted PREPARINGhave generated TO FACE LIFE:support “Life isto going the to Dispute that, he’d say, pointing to a ety,ety, particularly particularly low-income, low-income, rural rural and and agrarian agrarian classes classes for for whom whom hishis gaze gaze from from the the classroom classroom windows. windows. The The tosstoss things things at at you you that that are are a a lot lot harder harder to to take, take, solvedsolved equation equation on on the the blackboard. blackboard. Of Of course, course, nono conclusion conclusion to to be be drawn drawn because because like like some some premium hotels in famous scenic resorts of Gul- farmers and criticism for the Gov- This was especially so after Canadian state-runstate-run schools schools were were the the mainstay mainstay of of hope. hope. allegeworldworld outside outside that can can wait,itwait, is a a good good education education soso get ernmentget used used to to it.bot, it. In In any locallyany case, case, youas you well have have asto to do indo itit whowho could? could? Especially Especially who who could could who who had had his his wisewise person person once once said, said, “A “A conclusion conclusion is is the the yourself come exam time. It carries a good deal head wrappedPrime around Minister other notions Justin — those Trudeauplace where youtook got tired up of the thinking.” marg and Pahalgam whose rooms go for as much oppositioncouldn’t.couldn’t. parties that yourselfternationally. come exam time. It carries a good deal head wrapped around other notions — those place where you got tired of thinking.” as Rs 25000 a night in the peak season. The government, though, has cudgels on behalf of the farmers, and Tourism sector forms 6.8 percent of Kash- are behind any protests, acted typically in character. OTHEROTHER OPINIONOPINION NONOA predictable HOLDSHOLDS tactic of govern- expressedBARREDBARRED his displeasure over the police ...... mir’s GDP and employs 2 million people. But the always with a view to ...... ments is to allege that it is opposi- seven month siege following erasure of the re- tion parties that are behind any assaulting protestors with water cannons in gion’s autonomy followed by Covid-19 pandemic, bringing down a duly protests, always with a view to DiscriminationDiscrimination AgainstAgainst CricketersCricketers bringing down a duly elected gov- the chilly winter weather. the sector is in bad shape. A significant number elected government. In ernment. In this case, however, the HEHE PAKISTAN PAKISTANof people women’s women’s cricket associatedcricket team’s team’s visit visit withThisThis it discrimination discrimination have either is is undoubtedly beenundoubtedly laid unfair unfair eterseters will will be be able able to to stay stay in in Mumbai Mumbai in in the the farmers have made it abundantly Ttoto India India for foroff the the orWorld World are Cup Cup in has has the turned turned process into into andand of puts putslosing our our team team their at at a a significant jobs.significant disadvan- disadvan- thiscurrentcurrent case, climate climate if ifhowever, we we reach reach the the final. final. the clear that the protests are entirely T their own, and not the brainchild Marathi writer Laxman Gaikwad, to me, is singularly lacking in the aa security security and and logistical logisticalSimilarly, nightmare. nightmare. there First, First, the the aretage. tage.also The The around team team has has been been25000-30000 conciliatory conciliatory about about farmersTheThe ICC ICC also also needs haveneeds to to consider consider made if if India India it should should teamteam could could not not go go to to Mumbai, Mumbai, where where its its itsits treatment treatment but but the the International International Cricket Cricket bebe allowed allowed to to hold hold multi-nation multi-nation tourna- tourna- of any political party. In fact, the himself a victim, says in his auto- current dispensation. Once they vehicles engaged with tourism which have little farmers have gone to the extent of biography. When a nation begins to set their heart on something, they matchesmatches were were originally originally scheduled, scheduled, after after the the CouncilCouncil (ICC) (ICC) should should take take note note of of this. this. abundantlymentsments at at a a time time when when itclear it can’t can’t guarantee guarantee that safety safety work now. The number of tourists who visited banning political parties from com- brand its own people, it takes on the obstinately cling to it. On Tues- ShivShiv Sena Sena started started issuing issuing its its usual usual threats threats InternationalInternational teams teams have have refused refused to to visit visit ofof all all players. players. ing with their banners anywhere role of colonial oppressor. When day evening, the day of the Bharat againstagainst visiting visitingKashmir Pakistani Pakistani teams. teams.through AugustPakistanPakistan to overDecember over justified justified security security last fears. fears.year It It seems, seems, theItIt is is protestsnow now too too late late to to arereschedule reschedule entirely the the World World close to the protestors. On the Nirad Chaudhuri was described by Bandh, Home Minister Amit Shah Now,Now, hotels hotelswas at at the the justalternative alternative 43,000 venue venue and of of fromhowever,however, January that that if if we we simply simplyto Septem put put international international- theirCupCup and and own,our our pulling pulling and out out of ofnot the the tournament tournamentthe contrary, the farmers allege that his critics as pro-British and anti- attempted to effect damage control CuttackCuttack andandber thisneighbouringneighbouring year, it hascitycity beenteamsteams a at atmeagre clubhouses clubhouses 19,000,in in stadiums stadiums with and and refuse refuse inin protest protest will will only only heighten heighten tensions. tensions. We We it is the government that has devi- Indian, he saw it as an act of abuse. by holding an emergency meeting Bhubaneshwar have refused lodging to our to let them go anywhere else, the security should make clear that we are only playing ously planted some farmers from The protests by farmers in with some farmers unions. But the Bhubaneshwarmost have ofrefused these lodging arrivals to our tobefore let them March. go anywhere However else, the security brainchildshould make clear of that any we are only playing playersplayers out out of of fear. fear. problemproblem would would apparently apparently be be solved. solved. underunder duress duress and and that that such such conditions conditions are are Haryana who claim that they sup- Delhi at the end of this year are farmers are unanimous in their de- OurOur cricketers cricketersthe now now good have have to tonews play play this this is all-im- all-im- that bookingsNoNo country, country, and of of course, course, inquiries would would accept accept by such such politicalunacceptableunacceptable if if partyany any of of our our sportspersons sportspersons tour tour port the three new farm laws, albeit an exact replica of the anti-CAA mand that they will settle for noth- portantportant tournament tournamentthe visitors under under virtual virtual have house house reportedly ar- ar- conditionsconditions gradually to to play play cricket cricket increased in in Pakistan. Pakistan. Yet, Yet, our our IndiaIndia again. again. Instead Instead of of appeasing appeasing the the anti- anti- with amendments. protests at the beginning of this ing less than a complete abolition of rest,rest, with with their their accommodation accommodation being being pro- pro- womenwomen cricketers cricketers are are expected expected to to put put up up with with PakistanPakistan extremists, extremists, the the Indian Indian government government Yet if protests serve as a cata- year. To the extent that it was el- the new farm reforms. over the past several weeks. lyst to bring the opposition togeth- derly women who braved the cold Whether the Modi government videdvided at at the the clubhouse clubhouseCovid-19 of of the the stadium pandemicstadium in in this thisremains in in India. India. Additionally, Additionally, a dampener the the final final of of the the mustmust ensure ensure the the safety safety and and comfort comfort of of our our which all their matches will be played. Every tournament is supposed to be held in players. er, motivating 24 political parties weather and stayed put at Shaheen will win or be forced to backtrack; which all theirthough. matches will With be played. the Every countrytournament bracing is supposed for a tothird be held in players. to seek an appointment with the Baug through January and Febru- only time will tell. otherother team team will will be be staying staying in in five-star five-star hotels. hotels. Mumbai.Mumbai. India India needs needs to to explain explain how how our our crick- crick- -EXPRESS-EXPRESS TRIBUNE TRIBUNE President, they safeguard a de- ary, insisting that they would not wave of infection, the situation could go back to mocracy in danger of turning into end their agitation till the contro- Views expressed in this article square one. International travel will take a long a dictatorship. This happened dur- versial CAA and NRC bills were are author’s own and do not way to return to normal. This, in a sense, offers AllAll letters letters intended intended for for publication publication must must include includeing the the theCAA writer’s writer’s and NRC name name protests, and and address, address, and even withdrawn,even if if a a pseudonym pseudonym here it is elderlyis is used. used. grand Letters Letters- are are edite editednecessarilyd as as clarity, clarity, representspace space that of tourist places like OBSERVERKashmirOBSERVER some hope. Indian MAILMAIL andand accuracy accuracy of of expression expression require. require. Our Our publishing publishingit is happening a a letter letter oncedoes does again,not not mean mean proved we we agree agreemothers with with everything everythingwho are out or or evenin even the anything anything open in in it. it. -EDI -EDITORTOR Kashmir Observer by the unanimous support given to with a supply of rations to cook for tourists who can’t visit abroad, can visit Kash- Tuesday’s Bharat Bandh, not just their agitating farmer sons, refus- Dr. R. Raj Rao is an Kashmir’sKashmir’smir within the country. FateFate Here’s hopingisis JustJust for a bum - Consequential!Consequential!by political parties, but also by cru- HailingHail to budge till Kiran Kiranthe government BediBediinternationally known Indian per tourist season in winter. saders like Anna Hazare. Workers gives in to their demands. English novelist, poet and critic. DEARDEAR EDITOR, EDITOR, ofof mistrust. mistrust. Could Could you you also also tell tell us us who who countries,countries, one one wanting wanting to to and and the the theretherefrom is is somethingother something sectors that that too seems seemsobserved to to the DEARDEARHad EDITOR, EDITOR, it not been for corona, killingskillingsHe was and and Professor heinous heinous and crimes crimes Head of I would like to comment on the beheaded and mutilated the bodies of other avoiding its role in Kashmir. inviteBharat and inciteBandh the in elements solidarity to with whichApropos has necessitated news, ‘AFSPA the closureImmu- committedthe Department by itsof English army and at the such I would likeOTHER to comment onOPINON the beheaded and mutilated the bodies of other avoiding its role in Kashmir. invitetheir and farmer incite brothers. the elements to of campuses;Apropos news,it is almost ‘AFSPA certain Immu- Universitycommitted of Pune by in its Maharashtra. army and such letter,letter, written written by by one one Shoaib Shoaib Bhat, Bhat, thethe Indian Indian soldiers? soldiers? This This should should not not ItIt is is not not in in the the interest interest of of any any of of Kashmir.Kashmir.As It It always,is is part part of of the the history historygovernment of of the the nitythatnity college For For Forces’ Forces’ and university Sex Sex Crimes Crimes students Must Must allall other otherHe has agencies agencies also been that that a Visiting too too with with KashmirKashmir Observer, Observer, Jan Jan 22, 22, titled, titled, "Who "Who havehave happened happened in in any any case. case. twotwo countries countries India India and and Pakistan Pakistan to to sub-continent.sub-continent.has been quick to brand people End’,tooEnd’, would Kashmir Kashmir have Observer Observerjoined the, ,January Januaryfarmers’ Professorthethe help help at of universitiesof Indian Indian puppets puppetsin Canada of of isis Responsible ResponsibleFlip For For LoC LoC Killings?" flopKillings?" I Iin J&KUNUN roles roles in in Kashmir Kashmir has has been been indulgeindulge in in any any misadventure misadventure here here or or whoWeWe need disagreeneed to to overcome overcome with its it policiesit for for our our as 28,protests28, I I want want to haveto to say say the that that government’s we we the the KashmiriKashmiri origin. origin.and Germany must say to Shoaib that, you seem to minimised post 1971 for India. It is anywhere. eternal peace. Unfortunately, people of Kashmir appreciate -M. R. BABA must say to Shoaib that,he government’s you seem to petitionminimised before post the 1971Jammu for India.& Kash It -is anywhere. eternal peace. Unfortunately, people of Kashmir appreciate -M. R. BABA knowknow a a lot. lot. mir High Court seekingjustjust symbolica symbolic review now. ofnow. its October 9 rul- NoNo one one should should man man Kargil Kargil or or other other Kashmir'sKashmir's fate fate is is just just consequential! consequential! whatwhat Dr.Kiran Dr.Kiran Bedi Bedi said said but but who who Via:Via: emailemail IfIf it it is is true, true, there there ingshould should that be bethe Roshni Act ItwasIt seems seems “illegal, that that theunconstitutional the United United Nations Nations higher reaches, the rough terrain and Shoaib,Shoaib, keep keep writing writing and and stay stay safe. safe. hashas to to initiate initiate the the action. action. higher reaches, theOBSERVER rough terrain and All letters intended for publication must include the writer’s name and investigationinvestigation and and appropriate appropriateand unsustainable” action action reekshashas not notof hypocrisy.played played any any The role role legislation, in in this this sector sector allall this this is is in in the the extreme extreme frigid frigid cold cold KhudaKhudaaddress, Hafez! Hafez! even if a pseudonym is used. LettersItIt is is India India are who editedwho has has as to toclarity, take take the the X X X X MAIL MAIL YOUR YOUR LETTERS LETTERS Tformally titled the Jammu and Kashmir State Land (Vesting taken against those who provoked for a long time. In my view, it is more and hostile environment. The military spaceand accuracy of expression-VORSHAL require.action, Our but publishing this country a letter is never does P.O.P.O. Box Box # # 337, 337, GPO, GPO, Srinagar-190 Srinagar-190 001 001 taken againstof thoseOwnership who provoked to the Occupants)for Act,a long 2001, time. was In enactedmy view, by it isthe more and hostile environment. The military -VORSHAL action, but this country is never peace and created this environment a political point on part of both these on both sides shouldMAIL be minimised but not mean we agree withVia: everything email readyor even to anything bother for in it.innocent -EDITOR email:email: edit [email protected]@[email protected] peace and createdNational this Conference environment governmenta political of the pointday, to on regularise part of both both these on both sides should be minimised but Via: email ready to bother for innocent encroached and leased government lands. The stated intent was to raise money for power projects. The original cut-off date of 1990 was extended by subsequent governments. In 2018, then Governor Satya Pal Malik halted the further implementation of Manels: Male only Panels in Kashmir the Act due to allegations of corruption. When the High Court fter the pandemic forced There may be one or two pictures of speakers from different parts of the verse views and fewer ideas become struck down the Act, and ordered a CBI investigation against classes online, a very good women also, but they are mostly la- world including USA and Malaysia available, narrowing the collective officials who had implemented it, the BJP jubilantly declared it trend of holding webinars belled as organizers and coordinators; and 3 organizers out of whom one was imagination of society. to be a “surgical strike against land jihad”. started among the govern- that is, they do not speak at the event a woman. Similarly, GDC Pulwama It would be stooping too low if the From the start, the narrative on the Roshni Act sought to Ament degree colleges of the Kashmir but do invisible work in the back- held a webinar on 5 September 2020 on question of competency of women and project that political and other elites in “Muslim” Kashmir were region. Though these colleges might ground, behind the scenes. “A teacher in the digital age: Perspec- other genders is brought here. There- usurping government land, and were backing less privileged be holding seminars and other guest For instance, GDC Sopore held tives and challenges” but the way they fore, without defending the manels Muslims to do the same in “Hindu” Jammu. The government talks earlier, it was only after online a one-day webinar on Development had a manel of 7 speakers and organis- by comparing the competencies of used the Court order asking it to publicise the names of benefi- platforms were used that such events of Islamic Culture in Kashmir on 15 ers, it appeared they were concerned different genders, colleges and other ciaries to give out the names of Kashmiri political leaders and became accessible to the larger public September where 8 people in all were with the perspectives and challenges academic institutions should regu- others who had benefited from the act just ahead of the District outside the colleges. One is thrilled to involved in the event as per the poster. of male teachers only. late these events and make sure that Development Council elections. If the timing of this “naming attend these events that cover a range There were 6 men in all including the Epistemically speaking, there is an equal representation of all and shaming” was suspect, the list itself was selective. Now of relevant themes, but one is disap- speakers. Pictures of two women were manels are dangerous that not only the genders, including LGBTQIA in with the full lists showing that the main beneficiaries are not pointed to see that all these events are also present there on the poster- one of seek men’s hegemony over knowl- all the panels. All the genders have Muslims, but Jammu Hindus, who are furious about losing their manels- male-only panels. After at- them was labelled as coordinator and edge but ethically harm individual the right to be heard and the society property rights imminently, the “land jihad” narrative appears tending a few webinars organized by another as director of the webinar. women and have larger social con- has the right to be exposed to different to be unravelling. Egregiously, the government, which had ear- various colleges on different themes, There was no female speaker at the sequences as well. On an individual ideas and perspectives coming from lier said it would start retrieving state lands from the beneficia- it appears that men have a monopoly event. Similarly, GDC Hadipora Rafi- level, it prohibits women from exer- different genders. ries expeditiously, now wants the Court to do two things — one over speaking rights in academic cir- abad held a one-day international we- cising their full range of reasoning aimed at protecting a political constituency, and the other itself. cles across Kashmir. Looking at the binar on “Religio-Behavioural Strate- capabilities because their ideas are Ahmad Hussain Indian Express posters that announce these events, gies during Pandemic Times” on 28 not heard and validated. On a social Ahmadh@rediffmail one finds them full of men’s pictures. September 2020. There were 5 all-male level, it deprives the society of di-

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e did not enter the staff room, he barged in; he did not speak with respect, he shouted at; Mir Abas he did not talk like a fellow Hteacher, he addressed a bonded labourer, because he was a permanent college Professor speaking to a Lecturer ap- pointed on ‘academic arrangement’. This apartheid Feeling humiliated and rebuked, the Lecturer felt silent and spoke no system emerges, not word. Few minutes later, he groaned and said, “Aah – my hard Luck – my re- from the qualification and search, my experience, my education - worth of the people, but got me a job of Rs. 28,000 – and left me to vultures who know-me-not”. In the from the nature of sea of pain, he murmured, “At home, appointment, salary and I am a Lecturer, to students I am con- tractual, for government I am an Aca- status. The people, who demic Arrangement, permanent faculty members treat me like a bonded have permanent labourer, and non-teaching staff find appointment, get over a lakh writing Dr. as my title as abominable”. As he sighed, I was reminded of Col- monthly salary and have a leen Wilcox, an educator and admin- istrator, who describes teaching as the prefix of a professor deem it greatest act of optimism, and I could necessary to maintain a gap see pessimism at its peak. While, academic arrangement cul- against the un-equals who ture is a regressive system that works on a ‘hired to be fired’ policy, wherein have been selected for an Damocles’ sword constantly hangs academic session, with one over their heads of the appointees, without any certainty of future due to third of their salary, and lack of job security, it is also a segrega- banned from using tionist system that matches the Apart- heid, wherein ‘Haves’ (read perma- The rulers of the day are happy that highly educated people are competing for ‘Assistant Professor’ tag nent faculty members) prejudicially peanuts, the society is happy that their wards are graduating, the permanent distinguish the ‘Have-nots’ (read non- despite doing the same job permanent academic arrangement fac- faculty members enjoy reign over the bonded labourers, and in the midst of this, ulty members). This apartheid system emerges, not from the qualification the cream of the society – that harboured talent, was energetic and owned power and worth of the people, but from the to create a learned generation- is lost in hopelessness and humiliation. nature of appointment, salary and status. The people, who have permanent appointment, get over a lakh monthly good remuneration is to be done by the els for teaching professionals. der because it is their children who salary and have a prefix of a professor permanent folks; they are to take the The rulers of the day are happy that are ruined in this hopeless educa- deem it necessary to maintain a gap credit of all good happening around, highly educated people are competing tion system. against the un-equals who have been the academic arrangements will collect for peanuts, the society is happy that My personal experience with the selected for an academic session, with money for excursions from students their wards are graduating, the per- Academic Arrangement system and one third of their salary, and banned and make lists of students who are to manent faculty members enjoy reign with the permanent faculty members from using ‘Assistant Professor’ tag de- be penalized. over the bonded labourers, and in the has been horrific, and I would wish no spite doing the same job. To this rule, the existence of a Staff midst of this, the cream of the society young lad fall to this crisis of immense In this system, the salary of an aca- Association/Council of an annual ten- – that harboured talent, was energetic magnitude. Before we lose our youth- demic arrangement faculty member ure for the permanents is a must, but and owned power to create a learned ful days in this temporary system that is deducted for his late arrival to the no such permission shall be granted generation- is lost in hopelessness and creates a permanent impairment in duty, and the permanent faculty mem- to those who actually need it the most. humiliation. our thought and practice, it is better to ber is free to come and leave as per his The humiliating and exploitative expe- The conscience of rulers will not revolt and rise. own wishes and whims. In this culture, rience of teachers who do not receive awaken as it has consistently been a professor avoids having more than the full salary, are temporary and face none of their concerns, the rich and The author is a Lecturer of one teaching session a day and an aca- apartheid of a kind, nullifies the very established people will never inter- English and can be reached at demic arrangement faculty member objectives of the educational policy vene as their children do not enrol [email protected] has to hold five classes for the same (NEP-2020) which supposedly seeks re- in these institutions; it is for the duration. Every act/duty that earns spect, dignity, and autonomy at all lev- poor and middle class people to pon-

pplications to universities in sessment was tailored towards knowl- the UK have increased dur- edge and skills required in employment. ing the COVID-19 lockdown. In 2020, this will be achieved through UCAS, the Universities and the content created for students that will AColleges Admissions Service, has re- be delivered both in person and virtu- ported a 1.6% increase from last year, ally. Students are likely to have access and over 40% of all UK 18-year-olds have to more resources this year than ever now applied to university. before. They will be able to access these This rise may come as a surprise. materials in their own time and at their The university experience for those own pace, giving greater flexibility to starting in autumn 2020 will be very how they access their studies. different. Some teaching will take This rise in applications provides place online. Freshers’ week may turn a glimmer of hope for universities at a into weeks or even months: universi- time when their efforts are focused on ties may look to avoid crowding by ensuring that university campuses are spreading out events and reducing at- COVID-safe. At the same time, they must tendee numbers. Student unions will reassure prospective students that their be planning events that are both in experience will still be valuable. person and virtual. However, there are a number of rea- By Arrangements With sons why young people may be choos- The Conversation ing to apply to university for next year, including an uncertain job market and a lack of other opportunities. Fur- thermore, my research shows that the There is evidence things that really matter to new university students are feeling like they be- to suggest that long, the academic staff they work with, and how teaching is delivered. Even during recessions, under changed circumstances, universities can still meet these needs. education becomes a Young People Still Want choice for many school Choosing education In recent years, students have been leavers who are facing increasingly likely to choose clearing unemployment. The – when applicants are matched to un- University Education filled places – as their entry point to economic impact of the application cycle. The reasons for this move towards later applications Catherine Carroll-Meehan the coronavirus include concerns about tuition fees and uncertainty about making future pandemic is a long way choices before school studies are com- are looking unlikely, with travel shows students seeking not just educa- journey to becoming a graduate. pleted. Now, though, there may be ad- limited or discouraged and borders tion but the “full student experience”. “Being, belonging and becoming” from being fully ditional reasons. closed. The choice for many students For many, this means living in student are central ideas that make a difference understood, but the Experts have never been more im- will be to look for education options accommodation, face-to-face interactions to the student experience. The establish- portant. Help us raise their voices. to improve future employment pros- with tutors and peers, and joining clubs ment of online communities to augment daily news reports There is evidence to suggest that pects, and hope they can ride out the and societies. face-to-face interactions will be extreme- during recessions, education becomes a recession with the safety net of a For students starting in 2020, the ly important to students who are in tran- about large and choice for many school leavers who are place in full time education. whole experience will be new. Most will sition from school to university. This facing unemployment. The economic There is also a risk that students who never have been to university, so their enables them to form social connections trusted high-street impact of the coronavirus pandemic is put off applying until 2021 will be com- experience will be shaped by the com- with peers and tutors. These online com- retailers cutting jobs a long way from being fully understood, peting for places with A-level students munication and perceptions they have munities can be a source of information but the daily news reports about large whose results are not impacted by the before they arrive. and provide an opportunity for affilia- and closing stores send and trusted high-street retailers cutting government decision to abandon exams My own research on the transition tion and belonging. jobs and closing stores send a strong mes- and give predicted grades. from school to university shows that for My research also found that students a strong message to sage to school leavers that the job market students, they are more satisfied with value working with academics and how may be difficult. Rite of passage their university experience when they teaching is delivered. Students reported school leavers that the Similarly, dreams of travelling Moving away from home for univer- feel like they belong and have developed that teaching from experts in their field job market may be the world on a gap year to Australia, sity is a rite of passage for many young a good sense of who they are within their both in practice and research made the New Zealand and other destinations people. Popular TV show Fresh Meat social and academic contexts on their teaching authentic, especially when as- difficult. C

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Life & Times 6 Y K Children learn more effectively from storytelling than demonstrative activities, study reveals A new study has revealed that children learn more effectively about evolution when they are engaged through stories that are read through a teacher, rather than them going through doing tasks to demonstrate the same concept.

n a randomized method produced better revealed that the abstract examples of evolution surprised by the results, we preconceptions of controlled trial outcomes in terms of the along with the story-based approach were the expected that pupils would what works best.” conducted at the children’s understand- most effective ones. be more engaged with an stated Laurence and Milner Centre ing of evolution. The The aforesaid study goes completely against activity rather than listen- concluded optimisti- Ifor Evolution at the researchers looked at the educational orthodoxy which states that in ing to a story cally by saying “We University of Bath, the whether using examples order to produce the best results; a pupil-cen- and that children only tested the teaching researchers concluded of evolution that were tered approach should be the best for learning, would identify more of evolution in this way - that storytelling, which human-based, like with examples that are human-based which strongly with the it would be interesting to is the oldest form of comparing arm bones children correlate to. human-based examples see if these findings also teaching, is also the most in humans with The study which was led by Professor of evolution than the applied to other subjects effective one for teaching those in animals or using Laurence Hurst, Director of the Milner Centre somewhat abstract example of of the curriculum.” primary school children abstract examples that were harder to engage for Evolution at the University of Bath, recruited trilobites, but in fact, the opposite was true.” Professor Momna about evolution. emotionally with, like 2500 primary school students for understand- He further explained, “This is the Hejmadi, who is the Associate Dean During the study, the scientists investigated comparing the patterns of ing the evolutionary concepts. first large randomized controlled of the University’s Faculty of Science, and also using various types of methods for teaching trilobites, was better. Professor Laurence expressed his trial that is evaluating the effec- helped to design the study and co-authored evolution in primary schools. They did so in or- Even though all the surprise and said “We tiveness of different methods of the paper, said: “Evolution was introduced to der to test whether a teacher-centered approach methods were helpful were really teaching, using similar scientific the national curriculum for primary schools in (where the teacher read the story to pupils) or in improving the pupils’ methods to those used in drug 2014”. a pupil-centered approach (where pupils took subject knowledge, interaction trials to test whether a She further explained its importance and part in the activity), led to better improvement the study which was new treatment works.” said “It’s a really important subject as it forms in understanding the topic. published in the journal “Our results show that we the foundation for many parts of biology.” They compared results to determine which Science of Learning should be careful about our —Agencies

Cambridge just added 'accha' to its dictionary and Twitter has no chill iewed as the benchmark for the Eng- made it to The Cambridge Dictionary. Mean- But the keyboard mafia is straight-up an- lish language, the Cambridge Inter- while The Cambridge Dictionary referring it noyed can someone please tell cambridge V national Dictionary of English, by the as Hindi English. it’s acha and not accha yh jis nay Cambridge Cambridge University Press has just become While others aren't quite convinced. dictionary mein acha ka word add kia h tell more inclusive, having added the word 'ac- Joe them Its "achaa" wth is this "accha" ? cha' formally to their list of over 140,000 Cambridge dictionary totally underesti- However, Urdu enthusiasts are raising words, phrases, and meanings. mated how we use acha. their hands up to rejoice Given the latest (and might we add, sur- the angry acha Joun M Ali Raza prising) addition, many from the desi com- the query acha? The " Acha " Word From Urdu Has been munity have some thoughts on the update. The derision acha Added in English Dictionary. The word will be be Some are conflicted the ok cool , acha used as feeling of ok and Expression of surprise. While some find it amusing, the Hindi and It IS a little weird, isn't it? Urdu Being Universal . Urdu language descendants are fighting for Zorayt The suggestions have started rolling in.... ownership. Here's how Twitter is responding The word "accha" has now been rec- hmmm in chaos. ognized as a real word and added into the Jawad Yousafzai Abhijit Rajkhowa Cambridge dictionary. Kinda weird After the word “Acha” added into the Reportedly the word "accha" has been add- The students are truly grateful Cambridge Dictionary, we are now looking ed to the English dictionary of Oxford & Cam- Muazumair for the word "Hmmmm" to be added as well. bridge. Etymology finds it to be of Urdu origin. acha is now in the Cambridge Dictionary, The word could be define as "Hmmm" is the Sundas Mahmood so it's a word acceptable by O/Alevels now, word which break two beautiful things - the Pakis be like; our Urdu word "Accha" hehehe silence & the Conversation. Negative career thoughts in people with ADHD might be linked with quality of parental relationships: Study

new study published in The counsellors as they consider the influ- Career Development Quarterly ence of family relationships on the ca- looked for potential links be- reer choices of adolescents with ADHD. tween negative or dysfunc- My collaborators and I Future research should incorporate Ational career thoughts and the quality are very excited about the influence of gender and race/ethnic- of parental relationships in high school the findings and the im- ity on such relationships and also focus students with attention-deficit/hyper- plications of this study. on paternal relationships. activity disorder (ADHD). We hope they spur more “My collaborators and I are very ex- In the study of 102 adolescents (76 research to understand cited about the findings and the impli- boys, 26 girls) with ADHD, male par- how dysfunctional ca- cations of this study. We hope they spur ticipants’ dysfunctional career thoughts reer thoughts develop in more research to understand how dys- were related to their relationships with functional career thoughts develop in their mothers. Those who had positive relational contexts and relational contexts and aid in evidence- relationships with their mothers exhib- aid in evidence-based, based, contextually driven relational ited less external conflict about their ca- contextually driven rela- interventions,” said lead author Abiola reer choices. tional interventions” Dipeolu, PhD, of Texas A&M University, The findings may be useful for career Kingsville. -Agencies Pacman like game reveals origin of emotions in brain fter analysing the feelings, pathways are two of the areas involved fellow in the Department of Fundamental expressions and physiological in this synchronisation, thereby validat- Neurosciences (NEUFO) in UNIGE. responses of video gamers as ing the idea that emotion is grounded "What's more, it's likely that, al- they played an Pacman-like ar- in action-oriented functions in order to though these images represent emo- Acade game, scientists have decoded the allow an adapted response to events," tions well, they don't evoke them." To origin of emotions in the human brain. according to the team from University of dig deeper, the Geneva neuroscientists The video game was specially devel- Geneva (UNIGE). devised a video game similar to the oped to arouse different emotions de- Emotions are complex phenomena famous Pacman. "The aim is to evoke pending on the progress of the game. that influence our minds, bodies and emotions that correspond to different The results, published in the journalÂ behaviour. A number of studies have forms of evaluation," said Leitao. PLOS Biology, confirm that emotions are sought to connect given emotions, such "Rather than viewing simple images, the brain's synchronised response to as fear or pleasure, to specific areas of participants play a video game that puts events. the brain, but without success. them in situations they'll have to evalu- The findings showed that different Most studies use passive stimulation to ate so they can advance." The results emotional components recruit several understand the emergence of emotions, also indicated that a region deep in the C neural networks in parallel distributed showing the participants photos or vid- brain called the basal ganglia is involved M throughout the brain, and that their eos, and record their brain activity. "The in this synchronisation. Y

transient synchronisation generates an problem is that these regions overlap for This structure is known as a conver- K emotional state. different emotions, so they're not spe- gence point between multiple cortical "The somatosensory and motor cific," said Joana Leitao, a post-doctoral regions, said the authors. -Agencies IRAN FM IN SYRIA

Thursday|10-12-2020 Imran defiant as opposition Number of displaced alliance threatens mass people globally tops 80 resignations by lawmakers million in 2020: UN Agencies The exact timing of stomp- Agencies said preliminary figures through ing out of assemblies would be the first half of 2020 showed that Islamabad: The political crisis decided later, said Rehman. United Nations: Despite calls violence in Syria, the Democrat- in Pakistan has deepened after Soon after the election in for ceasefires and compassion ic Republic of Congo, Mozam- an 11-party opposition alliance 2018, he had urged the opposi- amid the coronavirus pandem- bique, Somalia and Yemen drove announced that its lawmakers tion leaders not to take oath to ic, violence and persecution fresh displacement. will resign en masse by the end join Parliament due to alleged have continued to force people Africa’s central Sahel re- of this month from parliament rigging. But his idea was over- from their homes, with record gion also saw significant new to paralyse the government ruled by others, chiefly by the numbers now displaced, says displacement due to violence, and force Prime Minister Im- Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) the United Nations. including rape and executions, ran Khan to call snap polls. and the The Pakistani Muslim By the end of 2019, 79.5 UNHCR said. “With forced dis- The decision was taken League-Nawaz (PML-N). million people were living up- placement doubling in the last after the Pakistan Democratic It is believed that en masse rooted and displaced, includ- decade, the international com- Movement (PDM), an alliance resignation is the only way to ing nearly 30 million refugees munity is failing to safeguard ... of 11 opposition parties formed bring the government on its knees – more than one percent of the peace,” Grandi said. in September this year to over- and force it to call early elections. world’s population. throw Prime Minister Khan’s The PPP government in The UN refugee agency COVID-19 ‘disrupted human life’ government, held a marathon the Sindh province was con- (UNHCR) on Wednesday said The UN agency pointed preliminary figures showed out that instead of calming The MSF has urged pharmaceutical companies such as Pfizer and Moderna to scale up production of the vaccine doses and make more people had been forced to the conflicts, the coronavirus it available to poor countries as soon as possible [File: Andres Martinez Casares/Reuters] flee in 2020, pushing the num- crisis has “disrupted every as- ber past 80 million. pect of human life and severe- “We are now surpassing an- ly worsened existing challeng- other bleak milestone that will es for the forcibly displaced COVID-19: Poor Left Behind As continue to grow unless world and stateless”. leaders stop wars,” UNHCR, the It said measures to curb UN’s refugee agency chief Filip- the spread of COVID-19 had Rich Nations ‘Hoarding Vaccine’ po Grandi said in a statement. made it more difficult for refu- In March, UN Secretary- gees to reach safety. AGENCIES of the total stock of the most- 88 percent of its population of General Antonio Guterres had At the peak of the first promising vaccines as of last more than 50 million people. called for a global ceasefire wave of transmission back in LONDON: A new report has month. Meanwhile, the Philip- while the world fights the pan- April, for instance, 168 coun- found that as many as 90 That includes the Euro- pines, considered a develop- demic, which has now killed tries fully or partially closed percent of the population in pean Union, United States, ing country, has so far se- more than 1.5 million people. their borders, including 90 that dozens of poorer countries Britain, Canada, Japan, Swit- cured only 2.6 million doses However, while some fac- made no exception for people meeting in Islamabad. sidered as a hurdle as it was will miss out on the coro- zerland, Australia, Hong Kong, for delivery next year. That tions heeded the call, UNHCR seeking asylum. PDM chief Maulana Fa- not sure whether it would sac- navirus vaccine next year Macau, New Zealand, Israel only covers 1.3 million people zlur Rehman announced on rifice its government to help because most of the supply and Kuwait. out of its total population of Tuesday night that a consen- the opposition alliance. has already been taken by “The hoarding of vaccines more than 100 million. sus was reached on resigning The leaders also agreed rich nations. actively undermines global ef- “No one should be blocked China uses big data to from parliament. “All law- to go ahead with a rally in La- The People’s Vaccine Alli- forts to ensure that everyone, from getting a life-saving vac- makers will submit their res- hore on December 13 as a show ance says that rich countries everywhere can be protected cine because of the country ignation letter to their party of power to the government. have hoarded enough doses to from COVID-19,” said Steve they live in, or the amount of select Muslims for arrest chiefs by 31st December,” he It will be the sixth rally after vaccinate their entire popula- Cockburn, Amnesty Interna- money in their pocket,” Anna said, flanked by PML-N leader similar gatherings held in Gu- tions nearly three times over. tional’s head of economic and Marriott, Oxfam’s health poli- Maryam Nawaz and PPP chief jranwala, Karachi, Quetta, Pe- That leaves at least 67 poor social justice. cy chief, said. in Xinjiang: HRW Bilawal Bhutto Zardari. shawar and Multan. countries with only enough to “Rich countries have clear “But unless something Agencies vaccinate one out of 10 people, human rights obligations not changes dramatically, billions unless governments and the only to refrain from actions of people around the world Beijing: A big-data program in China’s Xinjiang “arbitrarily selects” pharmaceutical industry take that could harm access to vac- will not receive a safe and ef- Muslims for detention, flagging behaviour such as wearing a veil, Aliens exist? Donald Trump urgent action, the alliance, cines elsewhere but also to co- fective vaccine for COVID-19 studying the Quran or going on the Hajj pilgrimage as reasons for ar- which includes Amnesty Inter- operate and provide assistance for years to come.” rest, according to Human Rights Watch (HRW). national and Oxfam, warned. to countries that need it.” The United Kingdom start- In a new report on Wednesday, the rights group said it analysed knows about them Five of the 67 – Kenya, ed rolling out its vaccine on a leaked list of more than 2,000 Myanmar, Nigeria, Pakistan ‘Dramatic action required’ Tuesday, becoming the first detainees in Xinjiang’s Aksu and Ukraine – have reported According to Oxfam, Can- country in the world to ad- prefecture and found that the nearly 1.5 million coronavirus ada has bought enough doses minister the much-anticipated programme – known as the cases between them. to vaccinate its population five inoculation against a disease Integrated Joint Operations In contrast, rich nations times over. that has already infections Platform (IJOP) – also flagged and economies that are home South Korea, another millions of people around the people for their relationships, to 14 percent of the global pop- leading world economy, has world and killed about two mil- their communications, their ulation had bought 53 percent bought sufficient vaccine for lion others. travel histories, or for being related to someone the authorities consider suspicious. “The Aksu List provides US regulators post positive further insights into how Chi- na’s brutal repression of Xin- jiang’s Turkic Muslims is being turbocharged by technology,” said former security chief Trump is also aware of the fact. review of Pfizer vaccine data Maya Wang, senior China researcher at HRW. made an astonishing Eshed, who led Israel’s space Agencies A panel of independent sci- real vaccine while the rest had “The Chinese government owes answers to the families of those disclosure by claim- program for almost 30 years, entists will pick apart the FDA’s received a dummy shot. on the list: Why were they detained, and where are they now?” ing that the United stated that the Galactic Federa- Washington: Documents re- first-pass review before recom- That was measured soon The United Nations estimates that more than one million AStates and Israel are in contact tion of aliens and their coopera- leased by US regulators on mending whether the vaccine ap- after study participants got Turkic Muslims – most of them ethnic Uighurs – have been de- with extraterrestrials from a tion with the US includes a se- Tuesday confirmed that Pfizer pears safe and effective enough their second dose. Still un- tained in camps in far-western Xinjiang. Activists say the pur- “galactic federation.” cret underground base on Mars. and BioNTech’s COVID-19 vac- for millions of Americans. The known is how long that pro- pose of the detention was to “erase the ethnic and religious iden- In a recent interview, “Trump was on the verge cine was strongly protective FDA, which typically follows the tection lasts. “We’re looking tities of” Turkic Muslims and ensure their loyalty to the Chinese Haim Eshed (87) stated that, of revealing [aliens’ exis- against COVID-19 -- offering the committee’s advice, is expected to at the best possible data”, Dr. government. “The Unidentified Flying Ob- tence], but the aliens in the world’s first detailed look at the issue a decision in the days follow- Paul Offit of Children’s Hospi- Beijing denies the accusations, describing the camps as voca- jects have asked not to publish Galactic Federation are say- evidence behind the shots. ing the review. If given the green tal of Philadelphia and an FDA tional training centres to help stamp out “religious extremism” in the that they are here, humanity is ing, ‘Wait, let people calm The Food and Drug Admin- light, the first recipients would be adviser recently cautioned. troubled province. not ready yet.” down first’. They don’t want istration posted its analysis on- health care workers and nursing People worry, reasonably, how HRW said the Aksu List – which dates from late 2018 – shows The segment of that par- to start mass hysteria. They line even as across the Atlantic, home residents according to plans about six months later? further evidence of the role big data and technology plays in helping ticular interview which went want to first make us sane and Britain on Tuesday began vac- laid out by each state. The other critical issue: officials select targets for “coerced thought transformation”. Earlier on air on Friday was published understanding.” cinating its oldest citizens with Pfizer and its German Safety. Pfizer has reported this year, campaigners documented how officials in Xinjiang’s Kara- in the English daily Jerusalem The 87-year-old further the Pfizer-BioNTech shots. partner BioNTech previously no serious side effects. Some kax used the IJOP to assess whether an individual should remain in Post on Tuesday. claimed that aliens have come But the U.S. judges experi- reported the shots appear 95 recipients experience flu-like detention. A Karakax official dismissed that report as a “fabrication”. The former Israeli space to an agreement to keep their mental vaccines in a unique per cent effective at prevent- reactions—including fever, ‘Pseudo-scientific fig leaf’ chief further claimed that the moves under wraps. way: On Thursday, the FDA ing mild to severe COVID-19 fatigue or muscle aches—espe- HRW said it obtained the Aksu list – a spreadsheet titled: List of aliens were equally curious “They have been waiting for will convene what’s essen- disease in a large, ongoing cially after the required second IJOP trainees – from an anonymous source in Xinjiang and verified about humanity and were look- humanity to evolve and reach tially a science court that will study. That’s based on the first dose. It’s a sign the immune the list’s authenticity by checking it against official records, social ing to understand “the fabric a stage where we will gener- debate—in public and live- 170 infections detected. Only system is revving up, able to media records, and consulting Uighur diaspora communities and of the universe.” ally understand what space and streamed—just how strong the eight of the infections were recognize and fight back if the two experts who have extensively documented Beijing’s crackdown Furthermore, Eshed stated spaceships are,” said Eshed. data backing the shots really is. among volunteers given the real virus comes along. in Xinjiang. that the US President Donald Agencies NEWSMAKERS TIME declares 2020 to be German woman gives away $7.5 million to the worst year in history neighbours before her death he TIME magazine for the recurrence of natural upend the lives of virtually ERLIN: In the pres- responsibly, develop our has declared 2020 disasters that confirm just everyone on the planet and ent world, when no- community for the benefit to be the worst how much we have betrayed end the lives of roughly 1.5 body wants to will- of all and keep an honorable Tyear - and we can nature; for an election con- million people around the ingly part with even memory of both,” said the all relate. world,” it continued. Ba single penny, to any other district’s statement. “There have been The United States person, a woman in Germany worse years in US his- is struggling with a re- shocked everyone by giving tory, and certainly worse surgence of the virus, away property worth $7.5 years in world history, with record infections million to her neighbours be- We will but most of us alive today and a daily death toll fore her death. have seen nothing like that has exceeded 2,000 Renate Wedel, a woman deal with it this one,” said the maga- in recent days. More from Berlin, died in Decem- very responsibly, zine on Instagram. than 281,000 Americans ber 2019 at a nursing home in “You would need to be have died from the CO- Frankfurt at the age of 81. develop our over 100 to remember the VID-19 disease. For 40 years, she had devastation of World War I At least 6,609,427 lived with her husband Al- community for and the 1918 flu pandemic; cases of the highly conta- fred, in a small village in the only original heir, who had sets, including cash at bank, roughly 90 to have a sense gious novel coronavirus Waldsolms district. already died, and all the the shares, property and other the benefit of all of the economic depriva- have been reported in the Alfred, who died in 2014, assets were passed along to valuables should be distrib- and keep an tion wrought by the Great United States and its ter- was in investing in stocks, said her community Waldsolms. uted among her neighbours. Depression; and in your ritories, according to a a statement from the district. However, this remained The district administra- honorable 80s to retain any memory Reuters tally of state and He left a substantial unknown to all and the dis- tion informed the neighbours of World War II and its local government sources. amount and other valuables, trict administration revealed that the inheritance would be memory of both horrors.” tested on the basis of fantasy; The US diagnosed its first which were transferred to his a few months ago that Renate used for “community facili- “The rest of us have had for a virus that originated, COVID-19 case in Washing- wife Renate. had stated in her will before ties and infrastructure.” no training wheels for this— possibly, with a bat only to ton state on January 20. Renate’s sister was her her death that all her as- “We will deal with it very

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Partici- pating in protests, "chanting slogans hostile to the C M Y K C M Y K ------8 On farmers’ fears that mandis fears On farmers’ may On concerns that farmers get On the issue of not farmers will that big corporates On fears under farmland On attaching of about the scrapping On fear In 2018, the Pakistan govern Pakistan the 2018, In The archaeology department The archaeology home, ancestral Kapoor’s Raj peals the Kisan unions to end their end to unions Kisan peals the it said. agitation,” laws, the new after weaken would said an amendment the government govern state can be made wherein oper the traders can register ments can also States mandis. ating outside used in and cess as they tax impose Market Produce APMC (Agricultural them. mandis on Committee) a just having be duped as anyone outside trade to is allowed pan card APMC mandis, the government apprehen out such rule said to can governments sions, the state such register to power the begiven in keeping rules and make traders mind the local situation of farmers. civil in appeal to right the ting the resolution, dispute for courts mak said it is open to government an for provide ing an amendment to the Currently, courts. appeal in civil is at SDM level. resolution dispute govern the farmlands, over take been madement said it has already clar for but still, clear in the laws, that no it can be sake, written ity’s farm loans against can take buyer condition will be such land nor any farmers. made to the government farming, contract is clear provision said the existing it can bebut still clarified further if required. and shifting ofthe MSP regime the gov players, private to trade a give to ernment said it is ready that the existing assurance written MSP will continue. —PTI of the country. The government ap The government of the country. ment decided to convert the Kapoor convert ment decided to a a museum, heeding to into Haveli Rishi Kapoor who died by request the in Mumbai. However, this year effect this not did announcement to 1,800 around are There materialise. the in Peshawar, structures historic Pakhtunkhwa, of capital Khyber 300 old. over years are which the to request has sent a formal releas for government provincial purchasing for Rs 2 crore ing over buildings, where the historic both of greats the Indian cinema the two in their early born and raised were the Partition. before days is situated as Kapoor Haveli, known It Bazar. in the fabled Qissa Khwani by and 1922 1918 built between was grandfather actor’s legendary the Raj Kapoor. Basheswarnath Dewan Kapoor Kapoor and his uncle Trilok It hasborn in the building. were by been national heritage declared government. the provincial ------s thousands ofs con farmers at various protest tinue to ofborders the national capi The government also proposed The government agi 13 sent to proposal draft a In in Amit Shah Home Minister ofThe sixth round talks between has tried to “The government The owners of buildings The owners the two of the owner Kapoor However, tal, demanding the repeal of repeal demanding the tal, three government the laws, farm new a give to proposed on Wednesday that the existing assurance” “written Minimum Support Price (MSP) re will continue. procurement gime for necessary on amendments make to issues, including one seven at least about the weakening fears allay to of the mandi system. unions, the govern farmer tating provide to said it is ready ment also all necessary clarifications on their laws farm concerns about the new but it did in September, enacted the about mention anything not farm main demand of protesting of the repeal ers for the laws. 13 with meeting night’s Tuesday union leaders had said the govern proposal send a draft ment would the farmers by issues raised on key even laws, farm the three regarding had failed to though the meeting union lead the ice with farm break repealing for insisting ers who are these laws. unionfarm and the government scheduled for was leaders, which beenalso morning, has Wednesday canceled. sent by In the proposal, Ministry Joint Secretary Agriculture the government Aggarwal, Vivek consider with an to said it is ready open heart the objections which laws. farm on the new have farmers the concerns ofaddress farmers with an open heart and with re community the farming spect for Ready to give written assurance to give written Ready Govt’s MSP: on continuing agitating farmers proposal to A to 272.25 square feet or 25.2929 feet square 272.25 to Dilip actor metres.square Veteran an 100-year-old over Kumar’s cestral house is also located in house is also located cestral The house is in the same locality. na as declared was and shambles then the by in 2014 tional heritage Sharif government. Nawaz pastthe in attempts many made constructing demolish them for to of plazas in view theircommercial moves prime location but all such as the archaeology stopped were preserve to departmentwanted his their view in keeping them, importance. toric said in the past Ali Qadar, Haveli, demolish to want that he did not con the building and made many depart with the archaeology tacts and pre ment officials protect to which structure this historic serve de national pride. The owner is a manded the pro 200 Rs from crore sell it out to to vincial government the government. - - - Raj Kapoor's ancestral home, known as Kapoor Haveli, is situated in Qissa Khwani Bazar. is situated in Qissa Khwani Haveli, as Kapoor home, known ancestral Raj Kapoor's akistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pakhtunkhwa Khyber akistan’s has determined government the price of the ancestral The provincial government in government The provincial Deputy Commissioner of ofunit traditional a Marla, houses of legendary Bollywood ac houses of Bollywood legendary tors Dilip Kumar and Raj Kapoor in and Raj Dilip Kumar tors heartthe of Rs 80,56,000at city this and Rs 1,50,00,000 respectively. purchase decided to September conserve houses to their ancestral in are buildings which the historic condition and facing dilapidated build The two demolition threat. in the heartings, located of this been have city, northern Pakistani as national heritage. declared Muhammad Ali Peshawar of a report following Asghar, Works and Communication the the price ofDepartment, fixed Dilip Rs house for Marla four Kumar’s 80,56,000 (USD 50,259) while that house for six Marla Kapoor’s of Raj Rs1,50,00,000 (USD 93,529). and used in India, Pakistan area as equal Bangladesh, is considered Pakistan Determines Price Of Price Determines Pakistan Raj Kapoor's Dilip Kumar, In Peshawar Houses Ancestral P ------The Home Minister meeting had failed to had failed to meeting The Home Minister has been these defending The government The government had also proposed to make to had also proposed The government sues, including one to allay fears about the fears allay sues, including one to of the mandi system. weakening leaders. union the ice with the farm break will benefit in they the farmers saying laws, their incomes. —PTI the long run and raise the main demand of protesting farmers which farmers the main demand of protesting the laws. repeal is to is seven necessary on at least amendments - The Supreme Court on Wednesday Court on Wednesday The Supreme added court, however, The apex Ashok Justice A bench headed by jus The bench, also comprising the top told had earlier The Centre The Supreme Court on Wednesday Court Wednesday on The Supreme guidelines of the Centre’s note took and signage and said that posters the authori be affixed by should not the homes ofties outside COVID-19 in the countrypatients guidelines of the Centre’s note took and signage and said that posters the authori be affixed by should not the homes ofties outside COVID-19 in the country. patients can be affixed only posters that such in specific cases when the competent specificissues directions authority Act. Management under the Disaster on a verdict Bhushan said this in its away do to directions seeking plea of posters with the practice pasting the homes ofoutside those infected coronavirus. the by Shah, dis R and M Reddy tices R S posed of the Centre the plea, saying issued guidelines, andhas already and union territories states therefore, affix posters. should not such contain guidelines do not court that its affixing regarding instructions any homesthe outside signage and posters can and there patients, of COVID-19 it. to attached stigma be any not SC says posters should not be affixed outside homes of COVID patients ------Several journalists and people from other pro other and people from journalists Several Meanwhile, senior Bengal minister and TMCand minister senior Bengal Meanwhile, Banerjee, who had recent Rajib Minister Forest Jahan said the media Nusrat TMC MP and actor caused by damages political, from only “Not fessions have also slammed Moitra on social me also slammed Moitra have fessions and judging “belittlingdia for a noble profession” terms. monetary through worth its have “We reporters, Mukherjee told leader Subrata said... but we what she had exactly as to enquire to ties with the media, irre cordial in keeping believe com of Moitra’s us”. about reports it what spective politicians, several condemnedalso by were ments including members of party. her own about dedicated, long-time his grievance aired ly de the TMC, said, “Such being by ignored loyalists more individual, any against comments rogatory the media, is unacceptable. regarding and focused on humane stories has been tirelessly unfortunate. are the remarks the effect of to Amphan the COVID-19 Cyclone people, the mediaon pandemic beenhas tirelessly mediarun cannot we focusedstories; on humane Party Parliamentary Jahan said. Congress down,” said “such Chowdhury Adhir in Lok Sabha leader one of an MP against the pillars of by comments is unacceptable.” democracy Thursday | 10.12.2020 Thursday It did not, however, mention anything about anything mention however, not, did It The farmer leaders also demandedThe farmer that a the farmer sent to proposal In the draft - - - acted in September. acted boycott establishments and services owned by by and services owned establishments boycott and Ambani.” Adani to backing legal give to beshould brought law the MSP mechanism. had also said it was unions, the government all necessary clarifications on provide to ready en laws farm their concerns about the new - The SFJ has been attempting The SFJ has been attempting said basedThe spokesperson During the course of the investi of NIA, “Based therequest on the being used “to propagate sedition being propagate used “to as enmity on the grounds as well radicalise to of and religion, region cause to youth, impressionable peace and harmony to disturbance ac terrorist for funds raise to and tivities”, the NIA said. tivities”, the security of undermine to the Sikh instigating by Indian State rise to personnel in the Indian army India besides try against in mutiny of youths Kashmir radicalise ing to support extending and openly the secession offor Kashmir from India, it said. the by on the dossiers provided the chief agencies, NIA and other of patrons Gurpatwant SFJ namely Singh Hardeep Singh Pannun, Singh alias and Paramjit Nijjar been desig already have Pamma under UAPA. as ‘Terrorist’ nated said, “the the spokesperson gation, proper NIA identified immovable Pannun terrorist ties belonging to Hardeep and terrorist in Amritsar in Jalandhar. Singh Nijjar of India, Ministry ofGovernment of pow Home Affairs, in exercise under Section 51-A ers conferred (Prevention) Activities of Unlawful attachment has ordered 1967, Act — PTI of these properties.” - - - - Expressing dismay over Moitra’s counter, counter, Moitra’s over dismay Expressing what she wanted can comprehend “Everyone express hope that she will withdraw it immedi withdraw will she hope that express ately and tender her apology,” it said. Moitra took took it said. Moitra her apology,” and tender ately asserting that her observa respond, to Twitter to the mean, hurt “I apologise for accurate. tion was meme editing things I said... My skills ful, accurate she said. improving,” are onSnehasis Sur said president Club Kolkata Press “she hurt at the way are that journalists Tuesday made light of her initial comments”. Sur said. The TMC post,” in the Twitter convey to comments. be for contacted MP could not Farmer leader Jangvir Singh said, “We will “We said, Singh Jangvir leader Farmer He said the new draft contained draft what had He said the new high all block will protesters the said He ways to the national capital on December 14, on December the national capital 14, to ways and also BJP headquarters, district and gherao not are offices.district laws If farm the three all the roads will block the farmers scrapped, one, Kakka said. Delhi one by leading to already been proposed to them by Union Union them by been to proposed already in Singh Tomar Narendra Minister Agriculture leaders. with farmer meetings his previous ------These people, according to the to These people, according According to the NIA spokesper to According numerous this campaign Under NIA, members of are Sikhs for de (SFJ),Justice an organisation Sarabjit Singh Bannur, Kulwant Kulwant Singh Bannur, Sarabjit Dupinderjit Singh Singh Mothada, the UK) Singh (from and Kulwant and Jatinder Singh and J S Dhaliwal Canada). (from Grewal clared as ‘Unlawful Association’ Association’ as ‘Unlawful clared under the UAPA. in the case showed son, the probe a secessionist Justice, Sikhs for that ofoutfit in the garb floated ‘human officits with group’ advocacy rights likecountries foreign es in various is the US, Canada, the UK, Australia, of organisation Khalistan a frontal for from outfits operating terrorist eign soils including Pakistan. social media on Facebook, accounts YouTube WhatsApp, Twitter, Channels and a number of websites are which been launched, have - - - ednesday re ednesday

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Addressing a press conference here, farm here, conference a press Addressing Farmer union leaders termed the proposal the proposal leaders termed union Farmer of the gov The sixth round talks between ‘Delhi leaders, a new the union to According the country plazas across said all toll They the farm sent to was proposal The Centre’s had offered the government In the proposal, said the leader, farmer another Darshan Pal, In videos widely circulated on social media, the circulated In videos widely paisa“Who (two has called ‘du poisar’ press decried in a statement, Club Kolkata, The Press unwarranted is undoubtedly “Her statement “The his for a journalist fight by and struggle The NIA charge sheet alleged sheet The NIA charge filed under was sheet The charge The accused included named in the charge The others jected a government proposal to amend the to proposal a government jected would and announced they agri laws, new the blocking by their agitation intensify expressways and the Delhi-Agra Jaipur-Delhi a nation and escalating it to Saturday, by December on 14. wide protest an “insult” to the farmers of the country. They, They, of the farmers the country. an “insult” to sends a fresh said if the government however, of consider it. proposal may talks, they to Delhi)’ call is being given to (march chalo’ December in the north India for 14, all farmers pro while those in the South will be to asked on December 12. will be made toll-free that the farmers to assurance” a “written give to Minimum Support Price (MSP) re the existing amendments proposed the rejected farmers less than a nothing wanted as they in the laws of the legislations. withdrawal complete er leader Shiv Kumar Kakka said there was was Kakka said there Kumar er leader Shiv proposal, in the government’s new nothing the by rejected” “completely and that it was on meeting in its Kisan Committee’ ‘Sanyukta Wednesday. was union leaders, which ernment and farm morning, has been scheduled Wednesday for cancelled. headquarters. at district test Home Union after a day ers on Wednesday, representa 13 their met Shah Amit Minister legislations. the contentious over tives will continue. procurement crop gime for Krishnanagar MP can be seen gesticulating to a to MP can beKrishnanagar seen gesticulating of in Nadia the venue the meeting leave person to him he had introduced after on Sunday, district the from these elements Do remove here? worth) Some of such venue. our party members invite see their faces closed-door to meetings people to in saying heard was she done,” not is This TV. on one of the videos. and said she should withdraw remarks Moitra’s and apologise. her comments the importance and humiliating as in a democracy is his/her profession for of and respect a journalist universally. recognised is social responsibility and his/her profession insult a me has the right to all. None to known ing, where she purportedly described as she purportedly the press ing, where paisa worth”. “two self as a reporter. and comment condemn the MP’s dia person, we T ‘two paisa worth’ comment on media comment worth’ paisa ‘two apologise should said she and Press Club Kolkata decried Moitra’s remarks The TMC’s Mahua Moitra faces backlash for for backlash faces Mahua Moitra TMC’s that the seven accused from the accused from that the seven from the UK and three US, six from in an or involved Canada were of sections the Indian Penal various Activities Code and the Unlawful the before (UAPA) Act (Prevention) courtdesignated here. Hardeep Singh Pannun, Gurpatwant Singh who and Paramjit Singh Nijjar been as terrorists designated have notification home ministry a by Pannun law. under the anti-terror in present at is Nijjar US, the in stays Canada and Singh is in the UK. Singh Pannun, Avtar are sheet Singh Amardeep Singh, Harpreet Singh, Sarabjit Harjaap Purewal, Singh and S Himmat Singh (all Singh Baagi, the US); Gurpreet from ing enmity on the grounds ofing enmity on the grounds re in the country. gion and religion launching for ganised conspiracy campaign a concerted secessionist under the banner of ‘Referendum of the creation 2020’ for ‘Khalistan’. The National New Delhi: The National (NIA) on Agency Investigation sheet filed a charge Wednesday people based in the 16 against Kingdom the United States, United and Canada under the anti-terror indulging allegedly for UAPA, law, and promot in seditious activities

in Referendum 2020 Case in Referendum are members of Sikhs for Justice, an organisationThey UAPA under Association’ declared as ‘Unlawful NIA Charge-sheets 16 Khalistanis NIA Charge-sheets call is being given to all farmers in the north India for December 14 the north India for December given to all farmers in call is being leaders W New Delhi: Farmer According to the union leaders, a new ‘Delhi chalo’ (march to Delhi)’ new ‘Delhi chalo’ (march the union leaders, a According to agitation with nationwide protest with nationwide agitation Farmers reject govt proposal, to intensify proposal, govt reject Farmers