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 WHEN WE REACHED THE SITE, WHAT WE SAW was upon us," firing were as terrorists challenging The sniveling kid was kid was The sniveling Kashmir witnessed these CRPFa and civilian A " Observer Service News Divulging the details, the ACB the ACB the details, Divulging Lt Governor Girish Chandra Mur Chandra Girish Lt Governor the reviewing Murmu said this after age at the shootout site, site, shootout the at age sent shortly was kid the his arrival home where mourning. triggered seen inside a police jeep, biscuit, half-eaten with and clothes blood-stained be eyes, haunting tearful cop lapped a and com fore him. forted on early images devastating morning when Wednesday place be took a shoot-out and a para militants tween party military CRPF patrol in Sopore. at Model Town Sopore Shocker: ‘The Trauma Shall Trauma ‘The Shocker: Sopore A Lifetime’ Kid For The With Stay SRINAGAR: from scenes emerged of Sopore Apple town morning on Wednesday when a three-year-old on camera caught kid was body on the dead wailing of his slain grandfather. wondered While many the im who could click The Army Chief Ladakh visited The Army P-02 his stint in SICOP in various capaci in various in SICOP his stint said. the spokesperson ties,” said that in a search spokesperson year, last 14, on October conducted 1.834 weighing ornaments golden and kg 1.470 weighing silver kg, was cash amounting Rs 9, 57,400 digitisation of land records and digitisation of land records of deletion entries of the illegal lands in the name of private state said. persons, they the to clear directions mu has given the digitisa officials complete to end as a July by tion of land records said. final deadline, the sources of the digitisation progress the department of land records by by departmentthe of records land officers at dis inducting various commis as settlement trict levels speedy ensure to sioners recently week bitter border faceoff border with bitter week in the region, the Chinese troops added. sources during which on June 23 and 24 he held a series of with meetings officials and visited senior army in eastern areas forward various Ladakh. Gen Naravane  ------1441 Hijri | Vol: 1441 Hijri | Vol: | - l P-02  twitter.com / kashmirobserver / kashmirobserver twitter.com ainstream parties ainstream National Confer ence, Peoples hina on Wednesday welcomed the progress made in the progress welcomed hina on Wednesday talks to Sino-India senior military commander-level "disengage and deescalate the situation" at the LAC The Anti-Corruption Bu The Anti-Corruption  Observer Service News China Welcomes Progress China Welcomes Progress In Corps Commander Level Talks C implementing towards working sides are and said the two so far. the consensus reached Mainstream Mainstream Parties Condemn Killing, Seek Probe M and (PDP) Party Democratic on Wednesday JK Apni Party condemned the killing of a civilian in Sopore The visit is also aimed at “He had acquired these assets assets these acquired had “He In a bid to break this nexus and this nexus break In a bid to KashmirIn a handout issued to According to the sources, near sources, the to According the region with Gen Naravane, with Gen Naravane, the region Commander Lt Army Northern Joshi, Com Kumar Gen Yogesh Corps Lt Gen mander of the 14 senior Harinder Singh and other officials, said. sources Army of morale the army boosting in the seven- personnel engaged Ziqadat-ul-Haraam Singh Dua was taken into custody custody into taken Singh Dua was assets regarding questioning for according Dua, him. by acquired has amassed the spokesperson to a num and raised wealth massive name asber of in his own assets as in the names of well his family members close relatives. and earned money with the ill-gotten during practices corrupt through about 21 lakh acres of state and of lakh acres state about 21 been encroached land have forest the land Jammu and Kashmir by in offi mafia in league with revenue decades, several past the over cials orders of several advantage taking of governments. the earlier made in land re find changes Governor the Lieutenant cords, has strengthened administration Ex-MD SICOP Held In Disproportionate Assets Case JAMMU: detained on Wednesday (ACB) reau (MD) of Managing Director former Development Small Scale Industries ain (SICOP) Limited Corporation case. assets disproportionate said spokesperson an ACB Observer, Bhupinder MD SICOP that former fia have been and officially deleted, fia have the govern to the land restored said. they "on papers", ment only - - - 02 10 - -

23 PAGE - - - -  Bashir A Khan wail after his body was after his body was Bashir A Khan wail File Photo Defence Minister Minister Defence A civilian and a and a A civilian www.kashmirobserver.net www.kashmirobserver.net the survey and land records department by posting directors in districts of Doda, of Doda, in districts directors posting by department records and land the survey said. the sources on June 26, and others districts Udhampur and Rajouri Baramulla, IN THIS DIRECTION, THE ADMINISTRATION HAS To tackle land mafia and tackle To Press Trust Of India Of Press Trust Observer Service News FAMILY OF SLAIN FAMILY Bhat Photo Abid in to his home for last rites- KO brought Press Trust Of India Around 7:40 am today, 7:40 Around To be Chief accompanied by of To During his visit, Singh will SRINAGAR: SRINAGAR: killed CRPF personal were on injured others and three in So in a shootout Wednesday of north Kashmir’s town pore as even district, Baramulla of the slain civilian the family men the paramilitary charged of a ‘cold-blooded murder’. Family Alleges Cold-Blooded Murder, Alleges Cold-Blooded Murder, Family Police Refutes Charges Civilian, CRPFCivilian, Man Killed In Sopore Shootout troops in the region, government government in the region, troops said. sources Staff Gen M M Naravane, Army it will be minister's the defence the Ladakh after visit to first armies standoff the two between 5. began on May re carry out a comprehensive ofview in the security situation Rajnath, Army Chief To Review Military Review Chief To Army Rajnath, In Ladakh On Friday Preparedness NEW DELHI: Singh is scheduled to Rajnath take to visit Ladakh on Friday of India's military pre stock of a bitter wake in the paredness standoffborder with the Chinese The decision was taken after the after taken The decision was entries of about nine encroached land in and forest lakh kanal state the land ma by the Jammu region Recover Encroached Land Encroached Recover JAMMU: government encroached retrieve land, the Jammu and Kashmir ad a deadline has set ministration and survey complete to of 31 July across digitisation of land records official sources the union territory, said on Wednesday. learnt that illegal administration Govt To Digitise Land Records To To Digitise Land Records To Govt Pertinently, 40 militants were were 40 militants Pertinently, He said that as the joint team ofHe said that as the joint team op of search fire, exchange After give a slip to the forces, officials said. the forces, a slip to give in South Kash encounters killed in 15 mir in month of June alone (KNO) forces approached towards the sus towards approached forces the hiding militants spot, pected retali was fired upon them which an encounter. triggering ated the area in conducted was eration part of on till later remained which called it was However, today. the day to had managed as militants off later, AM

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He said that a joint team ofHe said that a joint team Police, An official ex said that after News of militants in the area on Tuesday on Tuesday of in the area militants pm. 10 night at around Army’s 42 RR and CRPF launched a launched CRPF and 42 RR Army’s spe on operation and search cordon cific about the presence information ning, search operation continued in operation search ning, afternoon. late till today the area estab wasn't no contact However, lished the militants. with exchange of on Tuesday. fire exchange government of between fire change eve on Tuesday and militants forces SRINAGAR: SRINAGAR: called off opera search Wednesday of area South Kashmir's tion in Tral militants after district Pulwama a brief flee following to managed After Militants Flee Tral Operation Called Off Tral Operation Called Off visited the spot to take stock ofvisited the spot to take the situation—(KNO) closed for the public in the year cracks 2019 after it developed of to the lives and posed threat officialscommuters. Meanwhile, Sopore, collapsed in the evening, Sopore, adding that the debris of the Jehlum.bridge fell into the river said the bridge wasSources bridge in Sopore area of north area bridge in Sopore district col Baramulla Kashmir’s evening. lapsed on Wednesday Officials said that an oldest ofbridge in Chankhan area Bridge Collapses Bridge Collapses In Sopore Srinagar: A three-decade-old Department rushed to the spotDepartment to assess the situation. The body the by taken of the beast was (KNT) wildlife team in custody. the bear dead. elderly man wasThe injured shifted to Sub-District Hospital Uri and Wild Life Police for treatment. Uri, officials said. In a bid to further his father from save mauling, his son Shabir Ahmed rifle and shot used his 12 Bore district after the beast attacked his father. and injured was Nazamuddin 75-yeard-old a bear by and injured attacked of area Dardkote at Shudwani Father Attacked on Wednesday Srinagar: A youth shot dead a bear in Uri area Baramulla of north Kashmir’s were no immediate reports of no immediate reports were loss of life or property. Son Kills Bear After night, the National Centre fornight, the National Centre Seismology said. The quake at 11.32 pm at a depthoccurred it said. There kilometres, of five Quake Hits J&K Quake New Delhi: A medium-intensity of magnitude 4.6 hitearthquake on Tuesday Jammu and Kashmir said, adding further details are said, adding further details are awaited. Medium Intensity session. The search operation operation session. The search other members down to track on when last was of the group came in, the officer reports the officer said. He said one killed and an AK 47militant was magazines rifle along with two his pos from recovered was intercepted the group when it the group intercepted into this 400 metres entered in Keri the LoC across side from 0555 sector of Rajouri around hours, triggering a gunfight, by a group of militants along a group by in Ra (LoC) the Line of Control jouri district of Jammu region, Troops officer said. an Army Rajouri, Says Army militant Jammu- A Pakistani as the killed on Wednesday was bid foiled an infiltration Army advocate Qausar Khan, advocate Militant Killed In the accused was suffering from suffering the accused was heart ailments, including various disease, and that his immunity by The plea, moved low. very was coronavirus pandemic. coronavirus made The submissions were Special Judge Dharmen before to a plea in a response draRana on behalf of Shah, claiming that arrested in two separate cases of separate in two arrested financing, is beingalleged terror with all the necessary provided medical facilities in view of the New Delhi: Tihar Jail superin tendent informed a Delhi Court that Kashmiri Wednesday leader Shabir Shah, separatist Shabir Shah Given ‘Proper’ Medical Aid From Front page... Thursday | 02-07-2020 02 Rlys Begins Process To Invite Pvt Players In Passenger Train Operations

NEW DELHI: The Railways on Currently, the IRCTC operates majority of these modern charges, energy charges as per ers will be completed in two parts. and Macquarie, they said. habad-Pune and Dadar-Vadoda- Wednesday formally kickstarted three trains -- the KashiMahakal trains are to be manufactured actual consumption and a share The first started on Wednes- Aimed at offering airline-like ra. its plans to allow private entities Express on the Varanasi-Indore in India as 'Make in India' and in gross revenue determined day with invite for RFQs where- services to train passengers, the Other prominent routes in- to operate passenger trains on route, the Lucknow-New Delhi the private entity shall be re- through a transparent bidding in private bidders will qualify. national transporter has said clude Howrah-Chennai, Howrah- its network by inviting request Tejas and the Ahmedabad-Mum- sponsible for financing, pro- process, the transporter said. The second step will be Request that the private players, apart Patna, Indore-Okhla, Lucknow- for qualifications (RFQ) for par- bai Tejas. curing, operating and main- "These trains shall be operated for Proposal (RFP). The details of from fixing fares, have to also Jammu-Tawi, Chennai-Okhla, ticipation on 109 pairs of routes "The objective of this initiative taining the trains. by the driver and guard of Indian revenue generation and routes provide facilities like catering, AnandVihar-Bhagalpur, Secun- through 151 modern trains, the is to introduce modern technol- "Trains shall be designed for a Railways. The operation of the will be decided during the latter cleaning and supply of beddings derabad-Guwahati and Howrah- national transporter said. ogy rolling stock with reduced maximum speed of 160 kmph. trains by the private entity shall process. to passengers. AnandVihar. The project would entail a pri- maintenance, reduced transit There would be a substantial conform to the key performance In the pre-COVID times, com- Earlier this year, the NitiAayog Each bidder would eligible for vate sector investment of about time, boost job creation, provide reduction in journey time. The indicators like punctuality, reli- panies such as R K Catering, Ad- and the Indian Railways came award of maximum three clus- Rs 30,000 crore, it said. enhanced safety, provide world- running time taken by a train ability, upkeep of trains etc," the ani Ports and MakeMyTrip and out with a discussion paper for ters, according to the paper. This is the first initiative for class travel experience to pas- shall be comparable to or faster Railways said. airlines, including Indigo, Vistara running 150 trains on 100 routes The Railway Board had in Octo- private investment for running sengers," the Railways said. than the fastest train of the In- Operation and maintenance and SpiceJet, had shown interest by private operators, envisaging ber last year formed an empow- passenger trains on the Indian The 109 origin-destination dian Railways operating in the of the passenger trains would be in participating in operating pri- an investment of Rs 22,500 crore. ered group of secretaries, headed Railways network. It began last routes have been formed into 12 respective route," it said. governed by standards and speci- vate trains, sources said. The discussion paper titled by NitiAayog CEO Amitabh Kant, year with the Indian Railway clusters across the Indian Railway The concession period for the fications, and requirements spec- Other players whose attention 'Private Participation: Passenger to chalk out the modalities of the Catering and Tourism Corpora- network. Each train shall have a project shall be 35 years and ified by Indian Railways, it said. has been attracted by this are Trains' has identified 100 routes, bidding process and take other tion (IRCTC) introducing the Luc- minimum of 16 coaches, it said. the private entity shall pay the The entire process of handing global majors like Alstom Trans- including Mumbai Central-New decisions to fast-track awarding know-Delhi Tejas Express. The Railways also said that Indian Railways fixed haulage over certain routes to private play- port, Bombardier, Siemens AG Delhi, New Delhi- Patna, Alla- of bids to private players.

to "disengage" from all the friction points in eastern Ladakh. August 5 last year, when the Centre also announced revocation of the Civilian, CRPF Man Killed... Sopore Shocker: ‘The... The first round of the Lt General-level talks were held on June 6 dur- special status to Jammu and Kashmir under Article 370. militants fired indiscriminately upon joint party of police and CRPF Soon after the video started doing rounds on social media and “ap- ing which both sides finalised an agreement to disengage gradually Three former chief ministers including National Conference presi- from the attic of a mosque near Model Town Sopore, a police spokes- prehending law and order situation”, Inspector General of Police from all the standoff points beginning with Galwan Valley. dent Farooq Abdullah and his son Omar Abdullah along with other person said. In the attack, the police spokesperson said that four Kashmir Vijay Kumar called a Press Conference. However, the situation deteriorated following the Galwan Valley leaders were released subsequently after revocation of the PSA CRPF personnel and a civilian were injured. Kumar, questioned those accusing CRPF for the killing. "I want to ask clashes as the two sides significantly bolstered their deployments in against them. Among the injured, a CRPF personal and a civilian succumbed to them if they were present at the site of the incident. Did they see most areas along the Line of Actual Control. Among others who have approached the home department in- their injuries,” the police spokesperson said, while identifying the who fired," Kumar asked. clude former ministers Aga Syed Roohullah, Mir Saifullah, Basharat civilian as Bashir Ahmad Khan of Mustafa Colony HMT Srinagar. Giving details he said, “When militants started firing in which a CRPF Bukhari and Mohammad Khalil Bandh. The police spokesperson said that the preliminary investigation have trooper attained martyrdom and three others were injured, a civilian revealed that the militants were hiding in a mosque and as the joint vehicle was going from the area. The man left the vehicle in panic Covid-19 Claims Six More... party were de-boarding the vehicles for naka duty, they were fired and started to runaway for safety by carrying his 3-year-old grand- Block as a case of hypertension, hypothyroidism with community Govt To Digitise Land... upon by the militants. son in his lap. The fire also hit and he died,” Kumar said. acquired pneumonia with Type 1 respiratory failure,” they said, add- of land records in J and K under the Digital India Land Records Mod- The spokesperson added that the CRPF personnel and the civilian Despite persistent police denials, the horrific images of the minor ing that she expired at 6 a.m. on Wednesday. ernization Programme (DILRMP) and expressed concern over the were hit by bullets before the state forces could retaliate. boy, unattended and wailing over his grandfather’s body on the Later in the evening, SKIMS confirmed two more Covid-19 deaths. slow speed and output of the work, they said. “The militants escaped from the mosque and our parties followed street took the social media by storm with many outraged netizens Among them was a middle-aged woman from Kandi Kupwara and a In this direction, the administration has strengthened the survey and them and retaliated,” he said, adding “Credible input indicates that calling the rescue claim of police as a mere ‘PR stunt’. man from south Kashmir’s Anantnag. land records department by posting directors in districts of Doda, 2 LeT militants, Osman, a foreigner and Nasir were involved in the Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said, “The patient was admitted on June 30 as a case of carcinoma of un- Baramulla, Udhampur and Rajouri and others districts on June 26, attack on the joint party. "Everything becomes a propaganda tool in the bloody violence in known origin with Right l/l dvt with anemia,” Medical Superinten- the sources said. The police spokesperson also claimed to have rescued a three-year-old Kashmir. A three year old toddler has to have his misery broadcast to dent SKIMS, Professor Farooq Jan said. The laws and acts were used to usurp the government lands in a grandson of the deceased civilian when the forces came under fire. the whole world to drive home the “we good they bad” message. We “The Patient had undergone peritoneal biopsy and developed post planned way, including under the Roshni Act, they said. Outrage On Social Media would have got the point without his misery being filmed & shared operation sepsis. She was admitted in medical observation on June Those who had state land under their cultivation in Kharif 1958 AD, Contrary to the police claims, the horrific images of the minor boy, so please don’t." 27 with complaints of vomiting and hematochesia,” he added. were given tenancy rights of such state land vide government noti- unattended and wailing over his grandfather’s body on the street "We would have expected no less from the men in uniform than Jan said that the Covid-19 swab was taken during that admission fication LB 6. Subsequently, vide S-432 notification, such tenants of took the social media by storm with many outraged netizens calling to rescue the young boy & for that they have our gratitude but we which came out positive following which patient was shifted to IDB. the state agricultural land were given proprietary rights, but without the rescue claim of police as a mere ‘PR exercise’ would expect better than for them to film & use a three year old’s “She expired on at 05:30 p.m. because of cardiopulmonary arrest,” right to alienate such land," a senior official said. “Oh Sopore! Blood-soaked cookies, he held on. Grandfathers love pain the way it’s being done today," he added. he added. In districts of Poonch, Rajouri and Doda as well as in other districts, kids to squat on chest, playway. As if, kid was granting last wish. But What shocked most people was the kid’s image wherein he is ex- Meanwhile, 45-year-old man from Undoo Shangus Anantnag died a major scam has happened wherein some corrupt revenue officers then cold body of grandfather turned the kid's face steel-cold. If bul- horting his grandfather to wake up. Oblivious of his fate, the crying “due to cardiopulmonary arrest” at 6 p.m. at the same hospital. have mutated land in favour of those under notification of S-432 lets, biscuits go together, it should torn souls. All awaiting 'rescue',” kid runs for help, before being taken away from the spot. Admitted on June 28, Professor Jan said patient was “k/c/o AML.” He who were even not born in 1958, the official sources said. senior journalist Pirzada Ashiq Tweeted. While reacting over the heart-breaking incident, many netizens came out positive or the covid-19 on June 28. A huge chunk of state land has been illegally mutated under notifica- In another Tweet, Ashiq hit out at the Cyber police for disclosing wrote that “This trauma shall stay with this kid for a lifetime. #So- With the deaths, 107 people so far have succumbed to the virus in tion S-432 in favour of undeserving people, they added. identity of the minor. pore.” J&K— 94 from the Valley and 13 from Jammu division. In 1970, when agrarian reforms were introduced vide J-K Agrarian “How Juvenile Justice Board is dumped, and law trampled with “Oh Sopore! Blood-soaked cookies, he held on. Grandfathers love Srinagar district with 25 deaths has the highest fatalities followed by Reforms Act, the then government had put a ban on LB-6 and muta- impunity. 74. (1) No one shall disclose identity of a minor victim or kids to squat on their chest, playway. As if, the kid was granting a Baramulla (17), Kulgam (13), Shopian (12), Anantnag (9), eight each tions under S-432. witness of a crime, under any other law for the time being in force, last wish. But then the cold body of grandfather turned the kid's face from Jammu and Budgam, Kupwara (6), Pulwama (four) while one But when Ghulam Nabi Azad became the chief minister of J-K, he nor shall the picture of any such child be published. Our cyber police steel-cold. If bullets, biscuits go together, they should torn souls. All death each has been reported from Bandipora, Poonch, Doda, Ud- deliberately removed this ban on S-432 to encourage illegal transfer does this,” Ashiq wrote in the Tweet. awaiting 'rescue',” senior journalist Pirzada Ashiq tweeted. hampur, Rajouri and Kathua (with GNS inputs) of state land to occupants born after 1958, the sources added. The angry netizens also vent ire on prominent TV anchor and jour- Last week, a six-year-old boy was killed in more or less similar cir- The revenue department has already missed three earlier deadlines nalist Burkha Dutt after she posted image of the child and claimed cumstances in Anantnag. -- February 2018, March 2019 and June 2019 -- for completion of the that the boy was saved by security forces while militants killed his Little Nihaan Bhat was sleeping in a parked car when he was hit by a digitisation of land records in the twin capital cities of Srinagar and grandfather. bullet.The child's killing drew widespread anger and condemnation. 25 Paramilitary Men, 5 Cops to the union territory recently, the officials said. Jammu in phase I, they said. “You are quick to give a clean chit to security forces. Says a lot about They said Baramulla district in north Kashmir recorded the highest The digitisation process was started by the revenue department in your 'unbiased' journalism,” replied a user to Dutt. number of COVID-19 cases -- 49 -- on Wednesday. It was followed by 2015 through its land records management agency, a nodal agency Another user Tatheer Hussain wrote, “The soldier can be seen lying Rajnath, Army Chief To... 32 each in Srinagar and Shopian districts. of the department. his foot on the dead body. They killed him and then kept his three earlier visited Leh on May 22. Six districts -- Pooch, Kathua, Reasi, Kishtwar, Ramban and Bandi- The official data presented by the then state government in the year old grandson on his body only to capture this moment in their The Indian and Chinese armies are locked in a standoff position at pora -- did not have any fresh cases detected in the past 24 hours, the erstwhile legislative assembly regarding digitisation revealed that cameras,” multiple locations in eastern Ladakh for the last seven weeks. The officials said. against the target of scanning 666.49 lakh revenue documents, only Cold-Blooded Murder, Says Family tension escalated manifold after 20 Indian soldiers were killed in a Among the 85 cases from SKIMS, include CRPF personnel from 185, 164.61 lakh revenue documents (58.77 lakh in Kashmir and 105.84 Talking to reporters, the family members of Khan said that early violent clash in Galwan Valley on June 15. 177, 162, 181 battalions from Pulwama, Sopore, Kupwara and Charar- lakh in Jammu) had been scanned till December 2017. morning he went to Sopore along with his grandchild to oversee his The Chinese side also suffered casualties but it is yet to give out the e-Sharief Budgam. Besides it, Chest Diseases hospital confirmed five work and bring back his granddaughter. details. cops from Police Station Shadi Pora Ganderbal, and two paramilitary “He left 6 am to Sopore to oversee his work. When the encounter The defence minister's visit to the region comes in the midst of India BSF men with travel history from Chandigarh, three paramilitary broke out, he was taken out of the car and shot dead by CRPF,” Khan’s Ex-MD SICOP Held In... significantly ramping up the number of troops and weaponry along men from SSB 14 battalion Fatehpora Ganderbal, and a soldier from the ACB spokesperson said. son Suhail told media persons. the Line of Actual Control(LAC) in the easern Ladakh region. BB Cant here Covid-19 positive. He said that Dua and his family had also acquired large number of Khan’s inconsolable daughter told reporters at her house that her Following the Galwan Valley clashes, the army has sent thousands With Wednesday's fresh cases, the total number of coronavirus- goods carriers, trucks besides four luxury cars and two houses and father was dragged out of the car and shot dead in front of his grand- of additional troops to forward locations along the border besides infected persons in Jammu and Kashmir reached 7,695. two plots. son. moving in heavy weapons. Of these, 6,065 are in Kashmir and 1,630 in the Jammu region, the “In addition, the retiree public servant has also raised a double storey “They have snatched my father forever. He was our only support sys- The IAF has also moved air defence systems as well as a sizeable officials said. palatial house in Posh Nanak Nagar area over a piece of land measur- tem. May his killers meet the same fate,” she said. number of its frontline combat jets and attack helicopters to several ing 2 kanals approximately which clearly indicates that the accused Police Refutes Charges key air bases. is having property disproportionate to his known sources which has Sopore police in a statement issued after the shootout rejected the On Tuesday, the Indian and Chinese armies held the third round of Lt been acquired by him through illegal and corrupt practices during news that the middle-aged man was brought down from the car and General-level talks during which both sides agreed on the need for Hurriyat (M) Meets... “APHC members advised people to be very vigilant at this time his service career,” the Bureau spokesperson said. shot dead. The police termed the allegations “totally baseless and far an "expeditious, phased and stepwise" de-escalation as a "priority" and not sell their land or any property to outsiders at any cost,” the He said that the accused was given ample time and opportunity to beyond the facts” to end the standoff. spokesperson said. provide details of the assets and properties acquired by him. “Sopore Police refutes and denies the news and legal action shall be However, military sources did not give any indications of early reso- He said the members recalled the events from 1931 and said that “Further investigations are going on,” he added. initiated against the false reports and rumours" the statement added. lution of the standoff, and said it may continue till winters. when the people of J&K stood up for the realisation of their aspira- The process of disengagement along the LAC is "complex", sources tions, till date those aspirations and there will have been repeatedly said but added that the 12-hour discussions on Tuesday reflected the compromised. commitment of both sides to reduce tensions in the region. PM Modi Quits Chinese... Mainstream Parties Condemn “Since 1947 there have also been attempts to change the demo- with Chinese President Xi Xinping, they noted, adding that it is dif- shootout and demanded a probe into it The Tuesday talks took place on the Indian side of the LAC in Chushul graphic character of J&K and in August 2019 a final nail in the coffin ficult to remove posts on Weibo in which pictures of Xi feature. In a statement issued here, a NC spokesperson expressed grief sector in eastern Ladakh. was hammered in this regard. These attempts at demographic engi- All the posts are deleted now, the sources said. over the civilian killing in Sopore and sought a time bound ju- The Indian delegation at the meeting was headed by 14 Corps Com- neering are completely unacceptable to the people of J&K who have The BJP's IT wing head Amit Malviya said Modi's decision to quit We- dicial probe into the circumstances which led to the “barbaric” mander Lt Gen Singh while the Chinese side was led by the Com- totally rejected it,” the members, according to the spokesperson said. ibo sends out a "loud and clear" message that if red lines are crossed, incident. mander of the Tibet Military District Major General Liu Lin. The senior Hurriyat leaders also reiterated APHC‘s basic stand that then there will be consequences. “Targeting civilians, minors is condemnable, such barbaric inci- It was the third senior military commander level engagement to dis- the dispute of Jammu and Kashmir has to be resolved peacefully as "Prime Minister Modi quits Chinese social media platform Weibo. dents cannot be tolerated. The heart wrenching site of a dead man cuss issues related to disengagement at the faceoff sites along the per the wishes and aspirations of the people of J&K among the three The message is loud and clear. If red lines are crossed, there will be with the kid atop his chest has shaken every sane person. Incidents LAC and de-escalation in the border areas. stakeholders India,Pakistan and people of J&K. consequences... What started at the borders has now acquired multi- like these agitate one's souls and conscience,” Party's Provincial In the previous two rounds of talks, the Indian side demanded im- “Dialogue among the three stakeholders is the best alternative ple dimensions. And it may just be the beginning," Malviya tweeted. Spokesperson Imran Nabi Dar said. mediate withdrawal of Chinese troops from various areas in the re- method to resolve the issue that APHC has consistently advocated Sources said Modi's followers' count at Weibo stands at 244,000 - “Such incidents can never be acceptable in any civilized society. It gion. and even participated in. While Resolution of the Kashmir issue is which was roughly the same when the deletion of posts began. is therefore imperative upon the government to establish the verity Following the Galwan Valley incident, the government has given the best guarantee of real peace and subsequent prosperity in the The Modi government recently banned 59 Chinese apps, saying that behind the unfortunate incident. The veracity of the different ver- the armed forces "full freedom" to give a "befitting" response to any subcontinent,” the Hurriyat spokesperson said. they are "engaged in activities which are prejudicial to sovereignty sions will only come to forth following a time bound judicial probe Chinese misadventure along the LAC, the 3,500-km de-facto border, The APHC members said that they will continue to pursue persis- and integrity of India, defence of India, security of state and public into the matter.” sources said. tently for peaceful resolution of Kashmir conflict, he added. order". “My heart goes out to families of the killed civilian and the CRPF The first round of the Lt General talks were held on June 6 during The meeting also condemned the killing of civilian in Sopore and The ties between India and China have come under strain due to trooper who lost his life in the incident,” the NC Spokesman said, which both sides finalised an agreement to disengage gradually from sought an end to such killings. their military standoff at Ladakh border. adding that the attack was a clear indication of the deteriorating se- all the standoff points beginning with Galwan Valley. curity scenario in J&K and puts a big question mark over the claims However, the situation deteriorated following the Galwan Valley of the government. clashes as the two sides significantly bolstered their deployments in Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) also demanded time-bound inquiry most areas along the LAC. NC Leaders Seek End... Shabir Shah Given ‘Proper’... into the “gruesome” episode. The situation in eastern Ladakh deteriorated after around 250 Chi- are suffering incarceration at their residences since August 5 last said Shah's medical condition made him prone to COVID-19. According to the party spokesman, the videos and the pictures of the nese and Indian soldiers were engaged in a violent face-off on May year, when the centre withdrew special status of the erstwhile Jam- The three-page report filed on Wednesday said that Shah has al- shootout and its aftermath have gone viral on social media with a 5 and 6. The incident in Pangong Tso was followed by a similar inci- mu and Kashmir state and divided it into two union territories. ready been put in a separate cell, as requested in his application, and 3-year-old kid becoming the unfortunate face of this mayhem. dent in north Sikkim on May 9. They said that no order for their detention has been served to them proper medical check ups and medication are being provided to him. He said that the family of the civilian killed in the shootout has till date. After the submission, the court disposed of the application. given a statement which goes contrary to the official statement They said their fundamental right of movement has been illegally Advocate Khan had said in the application, Looking at the recent oc- issued by the security agencies. “This needs to be probed at a and unlawfully curtailed and any movement beyond the confines of currences of COVID-19 in the central jail and the health condition China Welcomes Progress... the house has been restricted. of the accused, his life would be in danger if he comes in contact high level and time-bound inquiry and impartial probe into the Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said that Chinese and Indian No order, whether preventive or otherwise, justifying such confine- with the virus. Therefore, direct the jail authorities to put him in a matter is what we demand from the government at present,” military commanders held third round of talks on June 30. ment has till date been served upon them, they have said. separate cell. said the PDP spokesman. He said the "two sides continue working towards implementing the Sagar, the Public Safety Act against whom was recently quashed by The first case was registered against Shah in 2007 for alleged money Jammu and Kashmir Apni Party (JKAP) also demanded an impartial consensus reached at the two earlier rounds of commander-level the Jammu and Kashmir High Court, said that despite the court or- laundering in 2005 for terror financing. probe into the killing of Bashir Ahmad Khan, a resident of Mustafa talks and made progress in effective measures by frontline troops to der, his movement has been restricted by the police. Shah was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate on July 25, 2017 Colony HMT Srinagar who lost his life “near an encounter site” in disengage and deescalate the situation." The leaders said that either they should be given the order on their in connection with the August 2005 case in which the Special Cell Sopore. "China welcomes that," Zhao said in a reply posted on the Foreign detention or they would move a court to get directions for their re- of Delhi Police had arrested an alleged hawala dealer Mohammad In a statement issued here a party spokesman said that the family Ministry website to a query about the June 30 senior commander- lease. AslamWani. version of the deceased and the circumstantial evidence, prima facie, level talks. The leaders, who also included former ministers Mohammad Shafi ED claimed that Rs 63 lakh was recovered from Wani, out of which suggest that Khan was killed in “cold blood”. "We hope the Indian side will work with the Chinese side towards Uri, Abdul Rehman Rather, Choudhary Mohammad Ramzan and Rs 52 lakh was allegedly to be delivered to Shah, and money was “The government should order an impartial investigation into the the same goal, keep up close communication through military and Mubarak Gul, said despite repeated requests to either set them free received from "enemy countries" like Pakistan to promote terrorism circumstances that led to the killing of a civilian who was on the diplomatic channels, and ease the situation and reduce the tempera- or provide them with orders specifying the arrest and grounds there- in India. way to Sopore in connection with his personal work,” the spokes- ture along the border," he said. of, no steps have been taken till date. Wani was also arrested in the case but later got bail. man added. The Indian and Chinese armies are locked in a bitter standoff in mul- Demanding immediate removal of all restrictions on their move- In the second case, the NIA took Shah in custody in June 2019 in He said only a time bound and transparent probe into the incident tiple locations in eastern Ladakh for the last seven weeks, and the ment, the leaders threatened to take legal course to end their "illegal connection with probe into a separate terror funding case involving can reveal the veracity of claims made by the family of the deceased. tension escalated manifold after 20 Indian soldiers were killed in a confinement". Jama'at-ud-Da'wah (JuD) chief Hafiz Saeed, the alleged mastermind “The security forces should exercise maximum restraint in such situ- violent clash in Galwan Valley on June 15. The Chinese side also suf- Most of these leaders, including former ministers and legislators, of 2008 Mumbai terror attack. ations and ensure that no collateral damage takes place during such fered casualties but it is yet to give out the details. were taken into preventive custody or kept under house arrest on Shah is currently in judicial custody in both the cases. incidents,” he added. In the talks on June 22, the two sides arrived at a "mutual consensus" Thursday| 02-07-2020 3

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Srinagar: Kashmir Small Scale Indus- ing about 200 industrial units in Jammu RAILWAYS trial Association (KSSIA) Industrial Es- and Kashmir jobless. • SRINAGAR: 0194-2103259 tate Baghi Ali Mardan Khan on Tuesday “The members demanded a probe into • ANANTNAG: 01932-228243 expressed its anguish over the alleged the decision, taken by authorities to pro- • BARAMULLA: 0194-102029 failure of the government to save the rem- cure steeply priced Godrej and Chinese • BIJBHERA: 01932-228243 nants of local industrial units, most of furniture for Panchayat houses and other • PAMPORE: 01933-294132 which have already culminated in a debt ordinary departments worth crores, that • PATTAN: 01954-293507 trap and breathed its last due to unprec- severely affected the viability of hundreds • QAZIGUND: 01951-296153 edented business interruptions and “cal- local units engaged in this activity,” the lous attitude of authorities”. spokesperson said. HIGHWAY STATUS In a meeting held under the chair- Speaking at the meeting, the Presi- • Sgr-Jammu highway - ( Open ) manship of President KSSIA Syed Fazal dent KSSIA expressed his dismay over • Mughal Road - (Open) Illahi, the members warned of a volcanic the “insensitive behavior and callous atti- • Srinagar- Leh- (Open) situation ahead where the local entrepre- tude” of the authorities that has resulted neurs would be forced to close down all in the depression of the local enterprises. their establishments and retrench their He said that the government needs to labor force, a KSSIA spokesperson said. come clean on the revival of distressed The members, he said have put the industry or else the time may not be far Prayers blame of such volatile situation square- away when the existing entrepreneurs ly on the shoulders of the government would prefer to take an exit route besides and bureaucracy that is probably wait- that no prospective entrepreneur would FAJR 3: 39 ing for “putting the last nail in the cof- venture in setting up new units in Jammu fin of local industry”. and Kashmir. Hijri ZUHR 12: 35 “Even though the Government of Illahi expressed his concern that huge India woke up within a month of COV- evant authority here or at the Centre,” ed by nonlocal contractors who procure amount of payment due to the enterprises Calendar ASR 5:35 ID lockdown to announce various mea- they added. their industrial goods from outside,” the was withheld by various government de- sures for making up the losses of trade They alleged that instead of extending spokesperson said. partments despite an assurance for its im- Magrib 7:50 and industry, the local bureaucrats any relief, the local industry is fast being While quoting some examples, the mediate release by Union Finance Minis- 10 Zu al-Qa’dah continue to be in deep slumber here de- deprived of its due share from the devel- members mentioned that the major ter several months back. ISHA 9:30 spite such a lockdown for almost a year opmental works and ongoing projects schemes of power development depart- The president assured the members 1441 now”, the members, according to the resulting in sharp fall in the demand and ment for laying and installation of trans- of formalizing future strategy for saving spokesperson said. marketing of their products. mission system has been entrusted to the dilapidated industry in consultation “No concrete proposal for affording “The members informed that all ma- non-locals and now the material like with other industrial estates of Jammu any relief to the local enterprises has so jor developmental schemes in Jammu transformers, conductors etc is also being and Kashmir and their apex organiza- This Day In History far been devised or submitted to any rel- and Kashmir are presently being execut- procured from outside enterprises leav- tions, the spokesperson added. • 1298 - Battle on Hasenbuhl (Gollheim) between German kings Adolf and Albrecht I • 1582 - Battle of Yamazaki: Toyotomi Hideyoshi defeats Akechi Mitsuhide • 1600 - Battle at Newport: Earl Mauritius van Nassau beats Spanish Army DM Budgam urges Imams, 12 Top Militant Commanders • 168 - 7 King James II disbands English parliament • 1698 - Thomas Savery patents the first steam engine Muftis for adhering • 1794 - Second Battle of Seneffe: France-Austria Prime Targets: IGP • 1823 - Bahia Independence Day: the end of Portuguese rule in Brazil, with the final defeat of the Portuguese crown loyalists COVID-19 related SOPs in the province of Bahia Agencies Jaish. Ghazi Rashid is believed to • 1839 - Slaves aboard a Spanish schooner La Amistad revolt to BUDGAM: District Magis- The DM urged upon be an ex-Pakistani army man,” he secure their freedom while being transported from one Cuban port to another trate Budgam, Shahbaz Ah- imams to coordinate and co- Srinagar: Police on Wednesday said, adding, “LeT’s Usman Bhai, • 1916 - Lenin says Imperialism is caused by capitalism mad Mirza today convened operate with the Village Level said that twelve top command- Ishfaq and Yousuf Kandroo, who is • 1916 - Russian offensive in Armenia a meeting of religious schol- Committees already set up ers from various outfits were from Budgam, are also our targets.” • 1921 - Warren G. Harding signs a joint congressional resolution ars, aimas, muftis of various for the purpose of creating “prime targets” of police and se- He said that list also includes “Dr declaring the official end of war with Germany jamia masajids, dargas locat- awareness among people re- curity forces in the Valley. Saifullah, who took over command • 1940 - Indian independence leader Subhas Chandra Bose is ed across the district. garding do’s and don'ts of co- Addressing reporters here, IGP of Hizbul Mujahideen after the kill- arrested and detained in Calcutta • 1947 - Military coup discovered in France While addressing the vid-19 pandemic. Kashmir Vijay Kumar said that ing of Riyaz Naikoo, and Farooq • 1949 - The State of Vietnam is internationally recognised, meeting, the DM said that He further instructed 118 militants were killed this year Nali, Ashraf Molve and Zuhaib governing the southern half of Vietnam, with Bảo Đại as chief the aim of this meeting is to all SDMs to conduct public including 57 from Hizb-ul-Mujahi- Wani, who have been involved in a of state apprise the participants to awareness programme on deen, 24 from Lashkar-e-Toiba and number of killings of policemen,” • 1971 - USSR performs underground nuclear test adhere to the instructions COVID-19 pandemic in con- 22 from Jaish-e-Mohammad besides Kumar said. • 1972 - India and Pakistan sign Simla Agreement peace accord • 1982 - Soyuz T-6 returns to Earth envisaged under lockdown cerned division of the Dis- seven militants from ISJK and one Terming Narcotic-related • 1985 - Andrei Gromyko appointed president of USSR guidelines and ensure that trict. The DM emphasized slain from Al-Badr. crimes as second important for po- • 1985 - European Space Agency launches Giotto (Halley’s no gathering of any kind as- that, ‘‘as responsible citizens He termed as big success in kill- lice after militancy, he said, it spoils Comet Flyby) sembles in any mosques or of the society, everyone has ing top commanders of the militant “our youth. • 2001 - Bush Administration announce that it will seek to let shrines in the district. to come forward and show outfits that include Reyaz Naikoo of “We are doing lot on this front oil companies drill on about 1,500,000 acres of the Gulf of and don not highlight it in media. Mexico He said these steps have an element of discipline and Hizb-ul-Mujahideen, Haider of LeT, • 2001 - UN Security Council, facing an almost certain Russian been taken to control the sense of responsibility in Qari Yasir of JeM, Burhan Koka of Last six months alone, 304 cases veto, agrees to postpone indefinitely a vote on the US-led spread of deadly COVID-19 fighting war against Covid-19 AGH and Fouji Bhai of JeM. “HM’s dren to return back. “We promise we have been registered and 496 people “smart sanctions” package for Iraq virus and as aimas and muf- pandemic. All aimas, muftis poster boy (Junaid Sehrai) who was will facilitate their return and won’t involved in this have been arrested. • 2006 - Sri Lanka’s Sanath Jayasuriya (152) and Upul Thar- tis are respected citizens all present during the meeting luring youth towards militancy rais- lodge any case against them,” the 22.56 Heroin worth Rs 200 Crore as anga (109) compile world record cricket ODI opening stand of over, they shall impart guid- assured the DM of following ing funds was also killed. IGP said. per market price beside 200 kg cha- 286 vs England at Headingley • 2010 - Oil tanker truck explosion in South Kivu, the Democrat- ance and ensure that people all guidelines and instruc- The police officer said local mili- He said 12 top commanders are rus, 10 thousands bottles of syrups ic Republic of the Congo, kills at least 230 people abide by all norms and main- tions that were discussed in tant recruitment has come down this “prime targets and said their move- used by youth, 800 injections etc • 2014 - Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy is criminally tain social distancing. the meeting. year by about 48 per cent and termed ment is being tracked so that they have been seized. Also Rs 1.37 Crore charged with corruption by French prosecutors the same a major big success for the are killed soon. has been seized as well.,” he said. • 2015 - 62 people are killed after the Kim Nirvana ferry cap- police and other uniformed forces. “The Pakistani militants include The top police officer also announced sizes off the coast of the Philippines • 2016 - Large lorry bomb in Baghdad kills at least 125 people J&K Bank opens ATM at “Among the 67 new recruits, 24 were Jaish’s Lambu, who is also known that recent Handwara case is being and wounds 150, Islamic State claims responsibility killed, 12 were arrested,” he said and as Adnan Bhai, then there is Walid handed over to NIA. (GNS) • 2017 - World Health Organization declares Ebola outbreak in urged parents to appeal their chil- bhai and Ghazi Rashid, also from Democratic Republic of Congo over (4 deaths) Tarigam in Kulgam • 2018 - British divers discover 12 boys and their coach alive in Srinagar, Jul 1: J&K Bank to- gam Iftikhar Abdullah Sofi, Tham Luang Nang Non cave, Thailand after being trapped for 9 days by monsoon flooding day commissioned an Auto- LDO Kulgam Ghulam Rasool mated Teller Machine (ATM) Mir and Head Business Unit in Tarigam area of south Tarigam Mir Shakeel Ah- Kashmir’s district Kulgam. mad. Valuable customers, From Ko Archives PROVISIONAL SELECTION LIST. While maintaining the locals, and officials of the social distancing norms, bank and local administra- Provisional selection list of below mentioned candidates to be engaged on Contractual basis under National Mental Valley Rivers Swell As Glaciers Melt District Development Com- tion were also present on the Health Programme, Budgam in response to our earlier advertisement No: CMOB/NHM/19-20/2786-92 dated 09-10-2019 for missioner (DDC) Kulgam occasion. the posts of Clinical Psychologist, Psychiatric Social Worker, Psychiatric Nurse and Programme Manager given below Pulwama Areas Under Laar Waters Showkat Aijaz Bhat and On the occasion, the shown at annexure “A”. Observer News service bank’s Zonal Head Kashmir DDC interacted with the lo- ANNEXURE “A” (South II) Fayaz Ahmad Bhat cals and hailed the bank’s A. Clinical Psychologist. SRINAGAR Rivers and streams in the valley have reg- jointly inaugurated the ATM management especially its istered an alarming increase in water levels due to the housed in the premises of Chairman and Manager Di- intense spell of heal gripping the region. Several government departments have been put on alert Business Unit Tarigam in rector Rajesh Kumar Chhib- to deal with an imminent threat of floods, even as over two presence of ADC Shabir Ah- ber for providing the finan- hundred households have been displaced in Pulwama due to mad Bhat, Cluster Head Kul- cial touchpoint in the area. waters from the swollen Laar nullah entering inhabited areas. Glaciers melting under the abnormally high tempera- tures have raised levels in the Jhelum and other rivers and streams of the valley. In Pulwama a sudden surge in the Laar stream has inundated a large area in Jora village,displacing 250 of its Public Notice six hundred households, a KNS re-ort said. Scores of houses have come under water and hundreds of I have lost the RC of my vehicle bearing Regd No: JK13B 9323 . kanals of land have been submerged, the report said. People Now I have applied for the duplicate of the same . If any body have fled their homes seeking higher ground for safety. having any objection in this regard he/she may file his/her ob- The Aribal area, located on the banks of the Laar too jection in the office of the ARTO Pulwama within a period of has been inundated. Water has entered dozens of residential seven days from the date of publication of this notice . After houses the report said.

that no objection shall be entertained. A delegation from the affected areas has met the addi- Terms and Conditions: tional deputy commissioner Pulwama to apprise him of the Arif Ahmad Sofi 1. The provisionally selected candidates are directed to report to the Office of the Chief Medical Officer Budgam within 7Page 1 of 2 situation. The ADC has directed the tehsildar concerned to M JA R days from the date of publication of this list along with all the necessary original documents failing which they shall dispatch a team to review the situation and organise relief forfeit their claim for Hiring engagement without any further notice in this regard; and the candidate next in the merit list for the flood-hit population as per the unit of selection shall be considered for the contractual engagement. Water has entered paddy fields in several places in the 2. The selection is subject to the verification of original documents from the respective quarters. utile} because of rivers over-flowing their banks. Public Notice 3. The Hiring appointee shall be terminated in case of any adverse from the verification of testimonials. Experts fear that a flood situation is imminent if the heat 4. The Hiring appointee shall be required to work at the place and against the post to which s/he has been appointed and spell persists with its present intensity, The govt has ordered I have applied for the issuance of pesticides license under shall not be eligible for transfer from place of posting. the departments concerned at the district level to be on alert to deal with any eventuality. The metrological department the name & style "Wani Pesticides & Fertilizers." If anybody 5. The selected candidates shall have no claim for monthly honorarium till the certificates are verified from the recognized competent authority. says that although the maximum temperature is 5 degrees having any objection in this regard he/she may contact Plant Celsius above normal and the minimum temperature 7 de- Protection officer Lalmandi Srinagar withn a period of seven 6. Errors and omissions are accepted. Chief Medical Officer grees Celsius above normal, the present situation cannot be days from the date of publication of this notice. After that no (Vice Chairman District Health Society) characterised as an intense or extraordinary heat wave objection shall be entertained. Budgam The rest of the Country is experiencing normal mon- Sameer Ahmad Waqni No. CMOB/NHM/20-21/303926-33 soons and rainfall can be expected in the valley within the S/o Mohammad Ramzan Wani Dated: 30-06-2020 next two to three days, a spokesman of the metrological R/o Shirpora (Pattan) DIPK-2377/20 department said. T PT (Kashmir Observer, 02 July, 2005)

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.Page 2 of 2 With COVID-19 positive cases emerging every day all over the Valley, the

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Printed & Published by Sajjad Haider on behalf of the BLAMEDBLAMED FOR FOR EXPECTING EXPECTING GroupGroup itsits age-oldage-old policypolicy ofof age-oldage-old policypolicy ofof WhileWhile NewNew DelhiDelhi maymay bebe an-an- lighteninglightening tendertender youngyoung mindsminds hashas becomebecome aa lack-lustrelack-lustre andand (UNMOGIP)(UNMOGIP) onon ‘letting‘letting thethe sleep-sleep- noyednoyed atat Malik’sMalik’s ‘request’,‘request’, thethe Kashmir Observer LLP THE IMPOSSIBLE? ‘letting‘letting thethe sleepingsleeping uninspiringuninspiring activity activity devoid devoid of of its its sorely-needed sorely-needed spirit, spirit, mainly mainly bebe- THE IMPOSSIBLE? thethe LoC LoC in in Jammu Jammu inging dogsdogs lie’lie’ toto peoplepeople of of India India will will perhaps perhaps remain remain and Kashmir. dogsdogs lie’lie’ toto bringbring upup thethe bring up the ever grateful to the Pakistani Inte- causecause successive successivePublished leaderships leaderships from: # 5- Boulevard, (if (if they they deserve deserve Srinagar-190001 that that name) name) have have been been and Kashmir. bring up the ever grateful to the Pakistani Inte- XPECTINGXPECTING THATTHAT thethe DeclaringDeclaring thatthat UNMOGIPUNMOGIP issueissue andand UNMOGIPUNMOGIP issueissue riorrior MinisterMinister forfor enlighteningenlightening themthem tootoo occupied occupiedPrinted with with at: other, KTother, Press more more Pvt. lucrative, lucrative,Ltd, Rangreth concerns concerns Ind Area, to to bother botherSrinagar. about about venomvenom ofof hatredhatred infusedinfused “UNMOGIP’s“UNMOGIP’s role role andand thethe timingtiming itit withwith the the fact fact that that Shahrukh Shahrukh Khan Khan is is into their people over the has been over- thethe timingtiming itit chosechose chose to do so, “a movie star!” whatwhat is is the theRNI corner-stone corner-stone Registration ofNo: of the the 69503/98 well-being well-being of of a a people. people. This This has has had had into their people over the has been over- chose to do so, “a movie star!” yearsyears byby thethe leadersleaders onon takentaken byby thethe toto dodo so,so, defiesdefies defiesdefies compre-compre- CanCan bilateralbilateral tiesties betweenbetween IndiaIndia aa direct direct bearing bearing on on the the condition condition of of schools schools and and their their performance. performance. both sides could easily Shimla Agreement hension. So, and Pakistan improve if Pakistan Postal Registration No-L/159/KO/SK/2014-16 both sides could easily Shimla Agreement comprehension. So, hension. So, and Pakistan improve if Pakistan ByBy an an ironic ironic twist twist of of circumstance, circumstance, the the teaching teaching profession profession has has andEandE quicklyquickly bebe remediedremedied merelymerely byby ofof 19721972 betweenbetween comprehension. So, whilewhile nothingnothing agreesagrees that that the the UNMOGIP UNMOGIP is is not not re- re- Editor-in-Chief : Sajjad Haider beenbeen for for long, long, the the last last resort resort of of the the capable capable and and the the destination destination of of thethe antidoteantidote ofof ‘Confidence‘Confidence Build-Build- IndiaIndia andand Paki-Paki- whilewhile nothingnothing camecame outout camecame outout ofof thisthis quiredquired any any longer longer in in J&K J&K and and India India Legal Counsel: Tasaduq Khwaja inging Measures’Measures’ (CBMs)(CBMs) whilewhile theythey stan,stan, signedsigned byby of this debate, old debate,debate, oldold reciprocatesreciprocates byby providingproviding ShahrukhShahrukh choicechoice for for those those who who are are unable unable to to fit fit in in anywhere anywhere else. else. When When the the themselvesthemselves continue continue to to foster foster an an en- en- thethe HeadsHeads ofof thethe of this debate, old woundswounds werewere re-re- KhanKhan ‘Z’ ‘Z’ category category security? security? screeningscreeningSwitchboard: process process for for entry (0194)entry into 2106304into this this field field - - on on which which the the entire entire social social vironmentvironment of of mutual mutual mistrust! mistrust! twotwo governmentsgovernments woundswounds werewere reopenedreopened openedopened andand ThoughThough the the recent recent exchanges exchanges bebe- TheThe reactionreaction ofof NewNew DelhiDelhi andand andand ratifiedratified byby normalisationnormalisation ofof tweentween New New Delhi Delhi and and Islamabad Islamabad may may Editorial: (0194) 2502327 andand normalisationnormalisation ofof edificeedifice rests rests - - should should have have been been highly highly stringent, stringent, it it had had largely largely bebe- IslamabadIslamabad to to the the recent recent incidents incidents on on theirtheir respectiverespective thethe bilateralbilateral tiesties bringbring a a whiff whiff of of humour humour into into our our lives, lives, comecome a a hit- hit-Email and-trial and-trial editorial: exercise exercise [email protected] with with the the barest barest minimum minimum regard regard for for thethe LoCLoC servesserves asas aa grimgrim reminderreminder parliaments,”parliaments,” thethe thethe bilateralbilateral tiesties betweenbetween NewNew thethe dismal dismal future future of of the the bilateral bilateral rela- rela- talent, skill and temperament. thatthat thethe basicbasic philosophyphilosophy ofof ‘build-‘build- IndianIndian representa- representa- betweenbetween New New Delhi Delhi DelhiDelhi andand tions,tions, whichwhich thethe presentpresent ‘line‘line ofof en-en- talent, skill and temperament. inging bridges’ bridges’ through through CBM CBM initiatives initiatives tivetive suggestedsuggested itsits IslamabadIslamabad hashas gagement’gagement’ portends,portends, isis disquietingdisquieting HavingHaving been been active active partners partners in in ruining ruining the the state-run state-run school school sys- sys- byby increasing increasing ‘people ‘people to to people’ people’ con- con- termination.termination. andand IslamabadIslamabad hashas takentaken yetyet anotheranother andand sendssends shiversshivers downdown thethe spine.spine. tem,tem, the the ruling ruling classes classes now now abdicate abdicate all all responsibility responsibility by by dumping dumping tacttact is is flawed. flawed. AsAs expected,expected, takentaken yetyet anotheranother bodybody bodybody blow.blow. ItIt is is high high time time that that leaders leaders of of both both Flawed,Flawed, not not because because the the concept concept PakistanPakistan stronglystrongly IslamabadIslamabad tootoo countriescountries stop stop behaving behaving like like schoolschool- thethe educational educationalPoint sector sector into Ofinto the the Order private private lap. lap. This This is is seen seen in in the the lavish lavish inin itselfitself isis wrong,wrong, butbut becausebecause thethe denounceddenounced NewNew blow.blow. IslamabadIslamabad tootoo seemsseems toto bebe itch-itch- childrenchildren andand remedyremedy thethe seriousserious supportsupport to to fashionable fashionable and and prohibitively prohibitively expensive expensive private private schools schools leadersleaders themselves themselves don’t don’t seem seem to to be be Delhi’sDelhi’s contention contention seemsseems toto bebe itchingitching forfor inging forfor aa chancechance ‘foot-in-the-‘foot-in-the- mouth’mouth’ disease,disease, whichwhich andand the the mushrooming mushroomingn Monday, of of lesser lesser an copycats copycatsorder from who who J&K’s are are making making Food departa a finan- finan-- interestedinterested inin settingsetting anan exampleexample byby byby sayingsaying thatthat nono aa chancechance toto ‘take‘take toto ‘take‘take on’on’ NewNew seemsseems to to have have afflicted afflicted them. them. Till Till this this ment asked oil companies to stock up on LPG displayingdisplaying confidence confidence in in each each other. other. bilateralbilateral agree-agree- Delhi.Delhi. JustJust aa dayday happens,happens, ‘Aman ‘Aman ki ki Asha’ Asha’ will will remain remain cialcial killingkilling inin thethe absencecylindersabsence ofof in aa Kashmir dependabledependable Valley. andand The affordableaffordable order evoked publicpublic Though,Though, bothboth countriescountries areare nownow mentment betweenbetween thethe on’on’ NewNew Delhi.Delhi. afterafter thethe Jamaat-Jamaat- aa distantdistant dreamdream andand bilateralbilateral rela-rela- structure.structure. It It is is nothing nothinga sense short short of of ofde a a javuscandal scandal among that that peopleparents parents as should should they wereavoid avoid showingshowing somesome sanitysanity inin theirtheir deal-deal- twotwo nationsnations hadhad ud-Dawaud-Dawa Chief,Chief, tionstions willwill becomebecome anotheranother ‘comedy‘comedy Oquickly reminded of the successive government orders ings,ings, thethe damagedamage donedone toto thethe pre-pre- “overtaken“overtaken oror affected”affected” thethe rolerole oror HafizHafiz SaeedSaeed offeredoffered ‘asylum’‘asylum’ toto circus’!circus’! sendingsending their their wards wards to to government government schools schools on on account account of of the the latter’s latter’s in the run up to revocation of Article 370 on August 5. cariouscarious bilateral bilateral relationship relationship between between legalitylegality of of the the UNMOGIP. UNMOGIP. BollywoodBollywood star star Sharukh Sharukh Khan, Khan, Paki- Paki- dismal record, and prefer seedy and crowded private options no the two by irresponsible statements New Delhi initiated the stani Interior Minister Rehman Malik dismal record,Then also and an prefer order seedy had calledand crowded on pilgrims private and options tourists no the two by irresponsible statements New Delhi initiated the stani Interior Minister Rehman Malik like “there can be no business as UNMOGIP debate under the garb of too joined in by saying that though NILOOFAR QURESHI is based in New Delhi and mattermatter how howin the mercenary mercenary state to “immediately” they they are. are. curtail their stay and leave like “there can be no business as UNMOGIP debate under the garb of too joined in by saying that though NILOOFAR QURESHI is based in New Delhi and usual”usual” andand “war“war mongering”mongering” hashas betterbetter spendingspending ofof resourcesresources allo-allo- SharukhSharukh Khan Khan “is “is a a born born Indian Indian and and cancan be be reached reached at: at: niloofar niloofar.qur.qureshi@[email protected] StudentsStudentsthe state clearedcleared “as soon byby the theas possible”. state-runstate-run The schoolschool order systemsystem cited an inin unspecKashmirKashmir- oftenoften barely barelyified make make looming the the grade securitygrade in in rudimentary threatrudimentary for the literacy, literacy, extraordinary particularly particularly mea in -in Hindi-Chini Bye –Bye sure. This had instantly triggered panic. People rushed ruralrural and andout remote remote of their areas. areas. houses This This is isto sought sought stock to upto be beon cloaked cloakedthe essentials. by by the the perfor- perfor-Hun- mancemance ofofdreds aa handfulhandful of vehicles ofof privateprivate lined schools,upschools, for fuel withwith at the nono thoughtfillingthought stations. forfor thethe CivilizationalTiredTired ofof Thinking?Thinking? exchanges, insularity ComeCome andtoto aanational ConclusionConclusion rivalries Many people without vehicles were seen carrying fuel in colossalcolossal amounts amounts spent spent on on running running a a vast vast network network of of under-per- under-per- If he were a cricketer — which I rather of marks, remember.” of total freedom to pursue the pathways of cans, bottles and even vacuum flasks. And then also the If he were a cricketer — which I rather of marks, remember.” of total freedom to pursue the pathways of KKEVINEVIN M MARTINARTIN doubt since he possessed not one jot of cricket This generally got the ashen-faced ones one’s own mind, frolic in the fields of an idyl- formingforming institutions.government institutions. Howsoever hadHowsoever asked peoplesound sound the notthe system tosystem worry may may and appear appear termed on on doubt since he possessed not one jot of cricket This generally got the ashen-faced ones one’s own mind, frolic in the fields of an idyl- vocabulary in his speech — but if he were a moving a few feet forward in a determined lic nature and dream of writing lines that paper,paper, ononthe thethe order groundground as routine. itit isis asas ricketyricketyEven the andand then run-downrun-down Governor asas theSatyathe schoolschool Pal vocabulary in his speech — but if he were a moving a few feet forward in a determined lic nature and dream of writing lines that ‘IN‘IN CONCLUSION’CONCLUSION’ was was a a favourite favourite cricketercricketer Mr Mr P P would wouldhat have have has been been shaped categorised categorised the self- efforteffort to to overcome overcomeChina, their their writes resisting resisting AtulKohli wills. wills. eyelashes’rhymedrhymed and and . described described life life in in a a more more natural natural houseshouses spread spreadMalik all allhad over over assured rural rural Kashmir Kashmirpeople thatchronically chronically the situation starved starved was of of staff staff hunky and and as an all rounder. Thisperceptions is because he ofwas Indians three inChemistry his recent periods book were Imperialism about tables way — a Theway thatpost-colonial had nothing India to do of with phrasephrase of of a a teacher teacher of of mine mine — — a a man man of of scien- scien- as an all rounder. This is because he was three Chemistry periods were about tables 1950way and— awar way ofthat the had 1962, nothing are makto do- with dory. But as August 5 proved it, all such assurances came and Chinese? How have and Developing World had grown science? properproper equipment. equipment. Reports Reports of of under-manned under-manned schools, schools, particularly particularly tifictific qualification; qualification; a a man man who who looked looked at at you you sciencescience teachers teachers rolled rolledthey into into viewed one. one. He eachHe taught taught other withwithinto cryptic cryptic insular, symbols symbols self and and satisfied water water that that civiliza changed changed- ingscience? interesting comparisons to to nought and there was nothing normal about the order. Makhdoommohi-Ud-Din andand perceived perceived atoms atoms and and molecules. molecules. Mr Mr P, P, let’s let’s Physics,Physics,inW Chemistry Chemistryhistorical and and past? when when Some the the frogs frogs allusions were were colourcolourtion magically magicallythat was with with wary the the introduction introductionof foreigners. of of dif- dif- the ApresentA young young man mancrisis. dreaming dreaming Home is is Ministerhow how I Icome come to to atat the the primary primaryNow level, level, this are aretime a a routine routineagain the feature feature Food such suchdepartment, areas, areas, while while has insti- saidinsti- callcall him, him, for for he he very very well well may may still still be be alive alive plentifulplentifulto thishe he was was can found found be found in in the the in the book‘The Colonialismferentferent was powders. powders. making I Ionce once strides remem- remem- Vallabhaiviewview my my school school Patel reports reports cautioned of of that that day dayNehru and and age age tutestutes inin thethe ordercitycity appearappear was routine, toto burstingbursting issued atat thetothe prevent seamsseams withawith shortfall needlessneedless of monitoring the masses that passed through Biology rooms giving lessons ber naively being drawn into when I glance at them occasionally these “essential commodities”. The department has said that monitoring the masses that passed through BiologyArgumentative rooms giving lessons Indian’ byAmartya and slicingber open naively breaches being drawn in the into againstwhen I glancedreamy at idealism.them occasionally The in -these staff, Schools in far-flung areas function at the sweet discretion of his hands. on dissectionSen. The which Nobel non-bi- laureate writesLIFELIFE “the IN IN Abulwarks A takingof old a Asiandeep sniff empires. from a vasiondays yellowing on Tibet in ain plastic 1950 sleeve. was a Mr rude P obvi- staff, Schools“some in people far-flung are areasspreading function false at information the sweet discretion regarding of his hands. on dissection which non-bi- taking a deep sniff from a days yellowing in a plastic sleeve. Mr P obvi- It was the Sixties, of course. The Hippie ology-inclinedreach of ones Buddhism like my- andCLASSROOM the pres- India OF and bottleChina, of sufferedchlorine that colonial nearly jolt.‘Chineseously had a kind ambitions heart too in for this his remarks- theirtheir often oftena communication lone lone teachers, teachers, and withand instances instancesrespect to of of the just just LPG one one stock.” or or two two tutors tutors It was the Sixties, of course. The Hippie ology-inclined ones like my- CLASSROOM OF bottle of chlorine that nearly ously had a kind heart too for his marks Movement was winking naughtily from out- selfself found foundence hard ofhard Chinese to to stomach, stomach, Buddhists in India experience.tooktook Trajectory my my sinuses sinuses of two,for for a a waswalk walk spectawardedawarded not to onlyto me me coverin in their their the own own Himalayan scientific scientific way way handling multipleBut bitten classes by theand past hundreds experience, of students this assurance are common. has MovementChinese was winking had naughtily imperial from out- THETHE SIXTIES SIXTIES handling multiple classes and hundreds of students are common. side classroom windows, “Come out and taste especiallywould the have drawing done something of to chal- however rightdistinct. out of Colonial my body. pres- slopesreflectreflect a ona kindness. kindness. our side but also include hardly calmed the nerves in the Valley. People are rightly side classroom windows, “Come out and taste especially the drawing of right out of my body. TheThe standards standards of of such such schools schools and and the the education education they they impart impart can can the freedom!” bloodblood lengeor or the the severingthe severing tendency of of flesh flesh to in in seeorder order the to to peerworld peer encePhysicsPhysics in was Indiawas about about was equations, equations,long, deep, balance balance ex- importantIfIf the the dissecting dissecting parts ofof of a aAssam’, frog frog taught taught Patel me me any- any- questioning the order and its timing. Kashmir has hard- the freedom!”impressions of tensive and ruinous. It was not wrote to Nehru.Nehru made a visit The band Uriah Heep did indeed sing, atat the thein undercoating undercoating narrowly Indianand and the the terms”.Whenin insides. insides. andand sticking sticking pins pins in in paper paper while while trying trying to to thingthing it it pointed pointed me me in in the the direction direction of of veg- veg- wellwell be be imagined. imagined.ly witnessed such type of orders in the middle of summer. The band Uriah Heep did indeed sing, the fifth century Faxian visited less calamitous for China. British to China in 1954. He was greeted plaintively,themselves Free Me, which as may well. well have “One“One has has to to have have a a stomach stomach for for these these tracetrace angles angles of of reflection reflection and and refraction refraction etarianismetarianism and and a a kindness kindness to to all all animals animals great great The situationMore so, haswhen been it explains allowed the to urgencydrift for farof stockingtoo long upin theon plaintively, Free Me, which may well have Buddhist monastery at Jetavana imperialism dealt a body blow to with standing ovationsin Chinese The situation has been allowed to drift for far too long in the been the anthem of many a classroom bound things,”things,” Mr Mr P P would would instruct, instruct, directing directing his his throughthrough a a thick thick glass glass slab. slab. andand small. small. Science Science provided provided me me with with an an inin- LPG “due to closure of the National Highway on account been the anthem of many a classroom bound in India, the monks were intrigued national self-belief, cohesion and cities. He wrote to his friend Edwi- hopehope that that with with time time the the growing, growing, engineered engineered preference preference for for pri- pri- schoolboyThere of that was time. “Sinic Core” wordswords at at the the ones ones who’d who’d gone gone a a whiter whiter shade shade MostMost things things in in Mr Mr P’s P’s class class started started out out as as sightsight into into laterality. laterality. That That is, is, you you could could be be of frequent landslides”. The National Highway hardly schoolboy of that time. by the Chinese coming all the way any pretence of unity. It gave rise na Mountbatten: ‘I had welcome in vate schools would phase the government system out of existence. ItIt was was also also still still the the Years Years of of Collusion Collusion — — ofof pale palefrom and and generally agenerally border stood country.stood in in the the back back rows rows premisespremisesto civil before before war graduallyand gradually warlordism working working theirsapped their way way Chinaseatedseated insuch in the the aslap lap Iof ofhave science science in andthe and bebig be totally totallycit- at at vate schoolscloses would during phase summer, the government nor are there system any landslides. out of existence. then non-Chinese between teacher and parent to ensure at all atat the the dissecting dissecting Xuanzang,table table so so they they missed anothermissed a a good goodChi- throughthroughmuch a a seriesof series the of ofcivilizational reasoning reasoning stages stages strength. to to a a finely finely ieseaseease of contemplating contemplatingIndia ….that poetry. poetry.is saying some- ItIt remains remains to toThis, be be seen seen in no how how way, well well inspires measures measures the takenconfidence taken in in desperation, desperation, of the people. like like between teacher and parent to ensure at all costcost that that Johnny Johnny put put his his head head down down peered peered dealdeal of ofnese what what Buddhist was was going going pilgrim on. on. travelled in drawndrawnDid conclusion. theconclusion. struggles for national liber- thing’.ScienceScience didn’t didn’t care care because because ultimately ultimately it it To cite again the example of last year, the government Manchus, Mongols, recruitmentsrecruitments scrounged scrounged in in haste, haste, are are able able to to turn turn the the tide tide for for soci- soci- intointo the the laboratory laboratory microscope microscope and and averted averted PREPARINGPREPARINGIndia in TO TO the FACE FACE seventh LIFE: LIFE: “Life “Lifecentury is is going going stayed to to ationDisputeDispute bring that, that, any he’d he’d broad say, say, cooperationpointing pointing to to a a seemsseems Earlier everything everything border is is relative. relative. clashes There There and is waris no no end, end, order asking outsiders to leave the Valley had followed ety, particularly low-income, rural and agrarian classes for whom hishis gaze gazeUighurs, from from the the classroom classroom Turks windows. windows.and The The tosstoss things thingsat ancient at at you you that that university are are a a lot lot harder harder atNalanda. to to take, take, solvedsolvedbetween equation equation nationalist on on the the blackboard. blackboard. elites Of ofOf course, course,two innono 1962conclusion conclusion put Nehru to to be be drawn drawn on weak because because wicket. like like some some ety, particularlywithin an low-income, hour of an assertionrural and byagrarian the state’s classes top forsecurity whom worldworld outside outside can can wait, wait, a a good good education education soso get get Monksused used to to it. madeit. In In any any pleas case, case, you toyou Xuanzanghave have to to do do it itto whowhocountries? could? could? Especially Especially Not really. who who could could The who whonational had had his his Hiswisewise fulminationsperson person once once said, said, against “A “A conclusion conclusion Chinese is is the the state-runstate-runbrass schools schools at a were werepress the the conference mainstay mainstay in of of Srinagar hope. hope. that the security stay on and make India his home liberation struggles have been too were not of any help: ‘It [China] couldn’t.couldn’t.Tibetans who had to beyourself yourself come come exam exam time. time. It It carries carries a a good good deal deal headhead wrapped wrapped around around other other notions notions — — those those placeplace where where you you got got tired tired of of thinking.” thinking.” forces had reigned in the once runaway separatist mili- saying ‘India is land of Buddha…. riveting and restrictive. Support believes in the inevitability of war tancy and brought the situation under control. controlled for security China is a country of mlecchas of for each other’s national movement and does not want the tensions in was not entirely absent, it was how- the world to lessen’. OTHEROTHERFormer Chief OPINIONOPINION Minister Omar Abdullah has rightly criti- NONOunimportant HOLDSHOLDS barbarians who de- BARREDBARRED ...... cized the move and asked the government “to explain these reasons and ‘Outer ...... spise the religion and the faith ….. ever spasmodic. Jan Sang ideologue DeenDaya- Buddha was not born there…... The Rabindranath Tagore lUphadhay criticized Nehru ‘for orders”. And the Government should. But then the admin- Zone’ of barbarians mind of people is narrow and their was first among the big national- having more faith in Panchsheel istration’s credibility is now so low that even an explana- coarseness profound’’. ist icons of India to venture to look perorations than in preparations ... DiscriminationDiscriminationtion won’t do. As Omar has put it, “after AgainstallAgainst the lies & false CricketersCricketerswho are nonetheless Xuanzang, the guest, ex- East and Far East. Shantinikitan, a and performance’. assurances last year even if/when the government explains ercised restraint, but overween- university he founded in 1901 had Ramachandra Guha nar- HEHE PAKISTAN PAKISTANthese women’s women’s orders cricket cricket hardly team’s team’s any visit visit of usThisThis will discrimination discrimination take the assurances is is undoubtedly undoubtedly at face unfair unfair etersetersexpected will will be be able able to to stay stayto in inpay Mumbai Mumbai tribute in in the the ing self-righteousness hurt his staff and students from China and rates an empathetic and literary TTtoto India India for for the value”.the World World Cup ForCup has hasits turned turnedorders into into andand andexplanations puts puts our our team team to at atcarry a a significant significant faith disadvan-with disadvan- currentcurrent climate climate if if we we reach reach the the final. final. national pride. His rejoinder was Far East. Tagore was received and illustration for Nehru’s failure in aa security security and and logistical logisticalpeople, nightmare. thenightmare. government First, First, the the needstage.tage. to The Therebuild team team hasits has credibility.been been conciliatory conciliatory about about TheTheand ICC ICC also also acknowledge needs needs to to consider consider if if India India should should stately:“in my country magistrates welcomed by Chinese intellectual RukunAdvani’s novel Beethoven 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- are clothed with dignity and laws and nationalist Liang Qichaoin among Cows: ”Nehru a decent matchesmatches were were originally originallyother scheduled, scheduled, after opinonafter the the CouncilCouncil (ICC) (ICC) should should take take note note of of this. this. mentsmentsChinese at at a a time time when when superiority. it it can’t can’t guarantee guarantee safety safety are everywhere respected. The 1923. Qichao was effusive in his man, was betrayed by perfidious 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. emperor is virtuous and subject praise:“our old brother [India] af- communists”. againstagainst visiting visiting Pakistani Pakistani teams. teams. PakistanPakistan over over justified justified security security fears. fears. It It seems, seems, ItIt is is now now too too late late to to reschedule reschedule the the World World loyal…..humanity and justice are fectionate and missing for more Advani composed Hindi cou- Now,Now, hotels hotels at at the the alternative alternative venue venue of of however,however, that that if if we we simply simply put put international international CupCup and and our our pulling pulling out out of of the the tournament tournament highly esteemed’. than thousand years is coming to plets to reflect the mood of times. On India-China stand-off call on his little brother [China]”. CuttackCuttack andand neighbouringneighbouring citycity teamsteams at at clubhouses clubhouses in in stadiums stadiums and and refuse refuse inin protest protest will will only only heighten heighten tensions. tensions. We We Chinese had imperial impres- Bhubaneshwar have refusedfter lodging weeks ofto moreour diplomaticto let them wording,go anywhere the else,statement the security should make clear that we are only playing sions of themselves as well. There Tagore was however fiercely op- Jaisedood our maliai, Hindi-Chini Bhubaneshwar have refusedby the lodging Ministry to our of Externalto let them Affairs go anywhere (MEA) on else, June the 26 security should make clear that we are only playing was “Sinic Core” then non-Chinese posed by the Chinese radicals, Bhai Bhai playersplayers out out of of fear. fear. appears to signal thatproblemproblem patience would would in dealing apparently apparently with be be Beijing solved. solved. underunder duress duress and and that that such such conditions conditions are are Manchus, Mongols, Uighurs, Turks booed, heckled and narrowly es- Hosh me ao, Hosh me ao, Chou Mao OurOur cricketers cricketers now now have have isto to playreaching play this this all-im- all-im- a dead end.NoNo Thecountry, country, statement of of course, course, said would would publicly, accept accept such such unacceptableunacceptable if if any any of of our our sportspersons sportspersons tour tour and Tibetans who had to be con- caped an assault. Pankaj Mishra Hosh me ao portantportant tournament tournamentforA the under under first virtual virtualtime sincehouse house reportsar- ar- conditionsconditions of the stand-off, to to play play cricket cricketthat the in in Pakistan. Pakistan.Chinese Yet, Yet, our our IndiaIndia again. again. Instead Instead of of appeasing appeasing the the anti- anti- trolled for security reasons and ‘Out- in his well acclaimed book ‘From Jaise noodle, vaise pulao, Nehru rest,rest, with with their theirbuild-up accommodation accommodation and clashes being being with pro- pro- Indianwomenwomen troops, cricketers cricketers including are are expected expected the Galwan to to put put up up with with PakistanPakistan extremists, extremists, the the Indian Indian government government er Zone’ of barbarians who are none- the Ruins of Empire’describes the saathchowmeinkhao, videdvided at at the the clubhouse clubhouseValley incident of of the the onstadium stadium June 15in in in whichthisthis in in 20India. India. 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Other questions remain about Prime Minister Modi’s insistence and Drugs for Covid-19 infection the MEA’s consistent stand that Chinese troops have not come across the LAC, and that there have only been “attempted trans- ith ever-increasing an oral tablet used for patients with infection will improve faster. It is less very difficult to give a nod for the man- gressions” by the PLA. Satellite pictures and media accounts cases of COVID-19, the comorbid conditions like diabetes, expensive than Remdesivir, and clini- ufacturing of this drug. point to the contrary. The government must now ensure some situation is becoming heart disease and other mild to mod- cally successful in treating more than The search for an ideal vaccine clarity. The nation must be apprised on the challenges and the Wworse in India. Drugs erate symptoms. The price of the ge- 80 percent of the patients. This drug against COVID-19 is still incomplete. steps planned beyond ongoing military and diplomatic exchang- Controller General of India (DCGI) neric version of the tablet is Rs 103 per can be used for emergency purposes. Some vaccines are in the final phase es, to ensure that the status quo ante, prior to May, is restored has approved the Glenmark Phar- tablet, with the recommended dose of However, many doctors suggest of the trial and need to be carefully ex- by China. Each step, whether it involves military action, inter- maceuticals’ Fabiflu, the branded 1800 mg on day one, followed by 800 that the drug lacks robust evidence, amined. Post-market surveillance re- national support, or sanctions by banning Chinese products or version of Favipiravir and Covifor, mg twice for the next 14 days. Soon it and should undergo additional trials ports must be followed until we reach the participation of Chinese telecom and other companies, will and the new version of Remdesivir. will be available in the retail market as it lacks the efficacy. It can be used a final conclusion. come with serious consequences, and the government must en- Doctors have claimed that these for the treatment of patients infected for emergency purposes only. Since sure wide consultations, simultaneously preparing the people drugs could be used for treating with COVID-19. The drug had been in many cases a normal person can MuneerShamsee for what may follow. early stages of COVID-19 infection. used successfully in countries like be cured automatically in self-quar- [email protected] The Hindu Glenmark has been given nod for China, Russia and Japan. The com- antine, many have raised questions experimental purpose. Favipiravir is pany claims that patients with less about its 14-day trial. As of now, it is Thursday| 02-07-2020

In Kashmir, We Have Become Obituary Writers. We Grieve Our Orchards, The Fragrance Of Apples Little boy who sat atop his grandfather’s body on roadside in Sopore took one final ride

ow does one wrap his head around this traves- ty? A three-year-old, crying inconsolably, on his Sadiq Shaban grandfather’s body. Surrounded by cop cars and soldiers, the child — his legs astride — sits atop Hthe bloodied dead body. There is a powerful abruptness about this trauma. The incident took place in my hometown of Sopore, around 50 kilometres from Srinagar, the capital of Jammu Imagine the and Kashmir. The cops say the man was killed in a cross- kid’s mental state. fire between militants and soldiers. The slain man’s family says he was stopped and killed by soldiers in cold blood. Imagine someone Like every time there is going be a crossfire of versions. There is the version of the family and then there is suddenly taking away the version of cops. By evening, these comparative narra- tives will take the shape of the most asinine TV debates. the love of a For the media — there is where it ends. The news cycle will change tomorrow. For Kashmiris this will be grandfather from another injustice heaped upon a pile of injustice in their collective conscience. For the family that lost their dear you. Last week, a one, and the kid that lost his granddad today, it is an emo- six-year-old boy was tional void they may find hard to fill. This is how the narrative of war plays out in the val- killed during an ley. The place where the car came to a screeching halt and this tragedy unfolded today is very near to an orchard attack on soldiers in where we stole apples while growing up. That era of innocence is over, I regret to inform. Anantnag. That kid We have now become a land of obituary writers. We grieve our orchards, the fragrance of apples. We mourn was sleeping in a the innocence of three year olds. bullets or he stopped the car himself and then got off and of politicians, activists, Hindutva hate factory bots along parked car when he Emotional trauma was then killed — may continue. There will be many ver- with pseudo nationalists are already at each other’s Imagine the kid’s mental state. Imagine someone sud- sions. Only the child bears the true witness, but he is just 3. throats, spamming each other with their version of to- was hit by a bullet. denly taking away the love of a grandfather from you. Former J&K CM Omar Abdullah, someone not day’s incident. That incident too Last week, a six-year-old boy was killed during an at- known to watch his statements much these days, perhaps tack on soldiers in Anantnag. That kid was sleeping in a summed it aptly, noting the 3-year-old boy’s misery was Gut wrenching images drew widespread parked car when he was hit by a bullet. That incident too being “broadcast to the whole world to drive home the ‘we Earlier in the day I requested a cousin not to forward drew widespread anger and condemnation. Those images good, they bad’ message.” me the pictures but how long can one run away from a jinx? anger and too went viral. Then everyone moved on. A quick look at social media and the endless stream You try to scoot but it finds a way to confront you. The violence in Kashmir, exacerbated after August Disturbed by the images, I closed condemnation. Those 2019 when India’s prime minister Narendra Modi sudden- my eyes, trying to shut out the hurt. ly stripped the province’s limited political autonomy, has Trills of robin, singing like a drunk images too went hit a new low. No one seems immune now. That includes bard, rang in my ears. Those childhood children. sounds came from the orchard nearby. I viral. Then everyone Images of the little boy, who was made to witness the kill- remembered my own grandfather, who moved on. ing of his grandpa today, may fade away from public memo- owned many apple trees. ry soon. When we are done with the current orgy of sharing For kids, grandparents are often grisly images, we will patiently wait for the next lot. magicians, creating magic. Sometimes But what all of us forget, conveniently, is this: along they become our proverbial horses. The with our men and women who are falling to whatever little boy who sat atop his grandfather’s frenzy this is — the luxury of innocence of our kids too body on the roadside in Sopore took one is being taken away. It has come to such a pass now that final ride today. Then the cops hauled something clearly seems amiss if a few mornings do not him up. The images, for the lack of a bet- start with mourning in Kashmir. ter word, are already viral. In a distance, innocence rode away. A war of versions Therefore this debate about whether the gentleman Gulf News was made to alight his vehicle first before he was hit with

Photographing The Beauty Of My Mother’s Decline Making images of my mother as her dementia progresses is bringing us closer

Cheryle St. Onge Minutes later she will point at the shadow mov- New York Times ing across the wall and laugh, saying, “I wonder what that is?” Five years into her dementia, she is active and y mother has vascular dementia. Her engages with life, even if the specifics of it are lost. brain, damaged from a slow decline in cir- culation, has left her with memory loss. Lessening my depression At 81 years old, she can climb stairs I began photographing my mother in April 2018. Mand sign her name. Knitting has fallen away, as has Joni Sternbach and Mary Ellen Bartley, two artist her use of a spoon. She can count hay bales in the field friends, suggested that my depression might be less- but will want to eat grain out of the horse’s bucket. ened if I made work. She speaks in sentences using a perfect pitch I picked up my iPhone and found a patch of morn- and emotion. While the words are real, they are far ing light in the living room. She blossomed, turning from correct. her face to the sun, pulling her shoulder in when I From 1988 to 2003 my mother worked at the Uni- gestured for her to slide to the left. She seemed to en- versity of New Hampshire [in the United States] as joy the attention and the process. This was a surprise an administrator in the Thompson School, an agri- to me. culture and life science college within the university. Now, hundreds of portraits later, she seems will- In the evenings, she worked in her studio, carving ing to try anything. She is happy to take direction and barred owls, chickadees, finches and eagles from reacts to my reaction. When I am over the moon at the chunks of wood. changing light and how her face is framed, she also My mother was open with me, sharing her tears smiles, happy at my happiness. and angst at being left so suddenly. We had many years My mother doesn’t recognise her reflection, or of conversations about love, loss and ways to cope her own image. Most adults avoid having their pic- She knew every bird call, every feather, their ture made. My mother is more childlike in that she feeding and flight patterns. When the dementia wors- has no concern. ened, those words left, migrating elsewhere. With my camera, I document the joy and the light In the beginning, in 2015, she knew she was dying. of her last years of life — the ways that she circles She was at first angry, then resigned. In the car she back home, even as she is leaving. asked me: “How can I die? Can you help me die? Why rupt the sermon. When we are at a bakery, she lunges Cheryle St. Onge is an artist and educator. In 2009 am I losing my mind?” 'We are loved' at the basket of rolls and grabs as many as she can fit she was the recipient of Guggenheim Fellowship in Hands on the wheel, I told her I had no plan. As her “We are not struggling through life alone,” she in her hands. photography. mind began to abandon her, those questions ebbed. told me. “We are loved.” Sometimes we will fold laundry together, dump- My mother and I cut our teeth on my father’s In the late 1990s, my husband built an apartment ing the mix of sheets and socks on the kitchen table. My mother was death. In 1975, he died on a surgery table after a car addition onto our house where my mother has lived If I run upstairs to put the clothes away, she will get accident. A young driver swerved into our lane. We for decades. Next to the horse paddock she planted up from the table and dart to the pantry, breaking off open with me, were in the car with him and unharmed; he had a rup- beds of perennial flowers and rows of shrubs to at- one banana after another. Sometimes she eats three tured spleen that prompted a fatal heart attack. tract birds. bananas in quick succession. sharing her tears and He was 39 years old. I was 14. My mother was 37. The tomatoes she grew and canned fed us Ten minutes later she will look at the remaining angst at being left I am their only child. My father’s death was the lens throughout the winter. She sewed dress-up clothes few of the bunch and ask, “Can I have one of those?” through which I saw every aspect of my young life. for my children — sequinned capes and tulle skirts On the best days, her behaviour is amusing. Her so suddenly. We had I learned to appreciate the meditative qualities of — and saddle pads for each horse with their initials laugh is so easy and contagious. She is effervescent knitting, of running, of being alone in a rural field, embroidered on the side. She drove cautiously, with and finds joy in the smallest places. many years of screaming in rage. snow tires in the winter. My mother hasn’t cried in four years; tears are My mother was open with me, sharing her Now my mother has no sense of consequences, my release. When she sways to a Dolly Parton song conversations about tears and angst at being left so suddenly. We had no boundaries. When, in the time before the corona- and tilts her head up, I sob for the person she was. love, loss and ways many years of conversations about love, loss and virus, we saw young children at church, she would Seeing this, she holds and comforts me; I feel an emo- ways to cope. try to make them laugh, their squeals joining to inter- tional connection. to cope Life&Times Thursday| 02.07.2020 06 Here’ What Makes People Happy With THEIR NEIGHBOURHOOD

Agencies with how satisfied you are with it.” satisfaction,” Neal said. “Previ- faction with the neighbourhood. communities is critical for people on the neighbourhood,” Neal its schools are good, even if the Published in the journal Urban ous research about what matters “Each study included an ICC, or whose jobs are connected with said. “Agreeable people are likely schools aren’t actually that great.” eople have been confined Studies, Neal’s research revisited has been mixed, which made me intraclass correlation coefficient, building and maintaining neigh- to be satisfied with their neigh- With millions of people staying to their homes amid the findings from 27 earlier stud- wonder if this research is looking which indicates how similar sat- bourhoods, such as local officials, bourhood, but there will always home during the COVID-19 pan- pandemic and recently a ies that spanned 11 countries for something that doesn’t exist isfaction is among people in the developers and city planners. be others who think that the demic, Neal said there’s a chance Michigan State University in North America, Europe and and that maybe neighbourhoods same neighbourhood,” Neal said. Additionally, enormous amounts grass is greener elsewhere.” they might see their communi- Presearcher conducted a study Asia, and included a sample of really don’t have much to do with “Across these studies, the ICC val- of money go into neighbour- The second possible determi- ties through a different lens. to quantify what makes people more than 400,000 adults living how satisfied people say they are.” ues were quite low, which means hood maintenance; but, if people nant relates to a resident’s per- “It’s still early to tell, but the happy with their neighbour- in those neighbourhoods. Each By combining each study’s there is a lot of variation in satis- aren’t so concerned with neigh- ception of the neighbourhood as longer we are confined to our own hoods and discovered that it has study estimated how much an estimate using meta-analysis, faction even among people in the bourhood characteristics, then opposed to what it actually is. neighbourhoods, the more per- almost nothing to do with the individual’s satisfaction with his Neal computed a more precise same neighbourhood. That tells these efforts may not translate “Perhaps neighbourhood satis- ceptions of them might change,” neighbourhood itself. or her neighbourhood depended estimate of the true impact of us something besides the neigh- into increased satisfaction. faction, like beauty, is in the eye Neal said. “I’m collecting new data “It’s all in our heads,” said Zach- on the neighbourhood itself. neighbourhoods. He found that bourhood itself is responsible for So, what does satisfaction de- of the beholder,” Neal said. “We about neighbourhood satisfaction ary Neal, associate professor of “I was interested in what makes all the characteristics of a com- how much satisfaction each per- pend on? Neal shared two likely might expect residents to be more in Michigan during the stay-at- psychology at MSU and author of people satisfied with their neigh- munity neighbourhood -- from son reports having.” prospects. satisfied with their neighbour- home order and hope to collect the study. “Contrary to what many bourhoods and whether there’s curb appeal to its services, like Neal explained that having “One possible explanation is hood if its schools are good. But, these data again after the order is would think, characteristics of your anything the residents or city snow ploughing -- account for a clear understanding of what that a person’s satisfaction may in practice, they will be more lifted so we can understand how neighbourhood have little to do planners could do to improve just about 16% of a person’s satis- makes people satisfied with their depend more on the person than satisfied if they merely think things are changing.” Experiences Of Cyberbullying Victims Staring At Deep-Red Light May Differ By Their Ability To Handle Emotions Improve Declining Eyesight

Agencies sonal emotional competence, the Agencies male, 12 female) aged between ability to handle one’s own emo- 28 and 72, who had no ocular hile it is known the tions, and interpersonal emotional LONDON- Researchers have disease, were recruited. All par- victims of bullying can competence, the ability to handle found that staring at a deep-red ticipants were then given a small Whave higher risks of fu- others’ emotions. light for three minutes a day can LED torch to take home and were ture health and social problems, “We thought that intrapersonal significantly improve declining asked to look into its deep-red however different victims expe- emotional competence showed eyesight. 670nm light beam for three min- rience a broad range of responses buffering effects against cyber- Published in the Journals of utes a day for two weeks. and some may not suffer at all. bullying because the ability to Gerontology, the study could sig- Researchers found the 670nm Researchers felt this implied handle one’s own emotions is nal the dawn of new affordable cell's mitochondria, whose role light had no impact in younger there might be factors that could known to have a positive impact home-based eye therapies, help- is to produce energy (known individuals, but in those around protect against some conse- on our mental health,” said Urano. ing millions of people globally as ATP) and boost cell function, 40 years and over, significant quences of bullying. In a study of “On the other hand, we thought with naturally declining vision. also start to decline. improvements were obtained. over 6,000 adolescents in Japan, interpersonal emotional compe- "Our study shows that it is Mitochondrial density is The cone colour contrast sen- they found a strong candidate in tence showed the opposite effect. possible to significantly improve greatest in the retina's photo- sitivity (ability to detect colours) the moderation of what is known Because the ability to understand vision that has declined in aged receptor cells, which have high improved by up to 20 per cent as emotional competence. emotional states in others may individuals, by using simple energy demands. As a result, in some people aged around 40 Online bullying, or cyberbully- encourage individuals to dwell on brief exposures to light wave- the retina ages faster than other and over. Improvements were ing, is not a new phenomenon, but 4,478 female) for their study. percussions of cyberbullying.” the bully’s intentions.” lengths that recharge the low- organs, with a 70 per cent ATP more significant in the blue part as the world becomes more depen- “We chose users of a social net- What the researchers found The researchers hope this study ered energy system in the retina reduction over life, causing a sig- of the colour spectrum that is dent on online communication, it working app as participants of the may at first seem counterintuitive, could pave the way to investiga- cells," said study lead author nificant decline in photoreceptor more vulnerable in ageing. does become a greater threat. Lead study because they were likely to but after careful analysis, their re- tions about the different roles of Glen Jeffery from University Col- function as they lack the energy Rod sensitivity (ability to see in author Yuhei Urano, Associate Pro- experience more online interac- sults showed that higher emotion- intrapersonal and interpersonal lege London in the UK. to perform their normal role. low light) also improved signifi- fessor Ryu Takizawa and Professor tions than others,” said Urano. al skills were not always associat- emotional competence, both the "To try to stem or reverse this Researchers built on their pre- cantly in those aged around 40 Haruhiko Shimoyama from the “The surveys explored instances ed with better mental health; they positive and negative effects they decline, we sought to reboot the vious findings in mice, bumble- and over, though less than colour Department of Clinical Psychol- of cyberbullying victimization and may actually make things worse may have. However, given the retina's ageing cells with short bees and fruit flies, which all contrast, the researchers said. ogy at the University of Tokyo and a cross-section of other personal depending on the social context. inherent complexity of the topic bursts of longwave light," Jef- found significant improvements "The technology is simple and their team investigated protective and social information. These al- It depends on the individual’s in question, they suggest that in fery added. in the function of the retina's very safe, using a deep-red light factors for the adverse effects of lowed us to investigate whether specific emotional competence, order to correctly determine the In humans, around the age of photoreceptors when their eyes of a specific wavelength that is cyberbullying victimization. They the ability to handle emotions, defined as the ability to identify, causal relationships behind their 40, cells in the eye's retina begin were exposed to 670 nanometres absorbed by mitochondria in the analyzed data from 6,403 adoles- called emotional competence, cor- understand, express, regulate and results, more longitudinal studies to age, and the pace of this age- (long wavelength) deep-red light. retina that supply energy for cel- cents aged 12 to 18 (1,925 male, related with the severity of the re- use emotions. There is intraper- should be conducted in the future. ing is caused in part when the For the study, 24 people (12 lular function, the authors wrote.

It’s About Talent, Not Platform: Tiktok Influencers Turn To Other Platforms After App Ban Press Trust Of India curity of the country. my bread and butter, but I un- ers in India, most in the 16-24 age “So what if TikTok is banned. “We are content creators and it derstand the need for this gov- bracket, a company insider said. Its Awesome content won’t stop he’s just 23, had 2.8 mil- is our talent that makes us popu- ernment move. I completely arrival in India in 2017 opened the coming and will never end,” the lion followers on Tik Tok lar. If not on TikTok, I can use some support Mr Narendra Modi,” doors to fame for many ordinary influencer said. and was making up to Rs other platform to showcase my the young woman said. There Indians — be it Jain or a schoolgirl “It’s our talent that brought 30,000 a month but Ni- talent,” Jain told PTI. The mass are several others like her. from Delhi, a couple from a town us here, and I’m sure that if not Sharika Jain, one of the many ‘in- communication graduate was They may have found stardom in Rajasthan or a dancer from a vil- on this platform, then on some fluencers’ who found money and freelancing with different reality and even a possible career on Tik lage in Jharkhand. other. But we will surely rise fame on the short form video shows before taking a leap of faith Tok but view the government While these influencers are again soon,” he added. app, is not complaining about to become a full time influencer ban as just a temporary setback thankful for getting a platform Sukrit Jain has already started ex- the government ban. After all, it on Tik Tok, posting videos about and say they will soon find their to showcase their skills — from panding his content on other plat- is about talent and she can quite trending styles and fashion hacks. groove on another platform. dance and music to fashion and forms like YouTube and Instagram. easily switch to another plat- She joined the platform in TikTok is a short-form mobile food – many said the sole reason TikTok might not have been a form, Jain said on Tuesday, a day August and quickly gained 2.8 video — dance, lip-sync, com- for their popularity is their talent. source of income for BJP leader after the government banned 59 million followers, making Rs edy — sharing platform. It is Faridabad-based Sukrit Jain, Sonali Phogat but she was quite apps with Chinese links, includ- 15,000-30,000 for every brand owned by ByteDance, a Beijing- also 23, created content under a star on the platform, where ing the hugely popular TikTok, video or a campaign. So yes, the based internet technology com- the handle TheGreatIndian- she would post videos of herself saying they were prejudicial to government ban was a shock. pany founded in 2012. Foodie and said he is unaffected dancing. Phogat had over 280,000 the sovereignty, integrity and se- “Posting videos on TikTok was TikTok had over 200 million us- by the ban. followers on the platform. Business

news Thursday| 02-07-2020 7 Global Employment Crisis PIA halts operation to Deepening, Equivalent Of Europe after EU’s ban on 400M Jobs Lost, Says UN its flights for 6 months Agencies Agencies reflected the worsening situation in “PIA sincerely hopes that many regions in recent weeks, espe- Islamabad: Pakistan’s scandal- with reparative and swift actions GENEVA: The coronavirus crisis cially in developing economies. hit national carrier on Tues- taken by the Government of Paki- has taken a much heavier toll on Its report pointed out that 93 day announced to discontinue stan and PIA Management, earli- jobs than previously feared, the percent of the world’s workers live its operation to Europe after est possible lifting of this suspen- UN said on Tuesday, warning that in countries still affected by some the EU’s aviation safety agen- sion can be expected,” it said. the situation in the Americas was sort of workplace closures, with cy banned its flights for six The EU ban came after Avia- particularly dire. the Americas experiencing the months over safety concerns. tion Minister Ghulam Sarwar In a fresh study, the Interna- greatest restrictions. The United The European Union Air Khan in a major embarrassment to tional Labour Organisation (ILO) States and Latin America are cur- Safety Agency (EASA) said that his nation told the media last week estimated that by the mid-year rently the areas hardest-hit by the the suspension of the Pakistan In- that nearly a third of the PIA pilots pandemic, which has killed more ternational Airlines (PIA) flights had fake licenses. than 500,000 people worldwide and would be effective from July 1. He also said at least three infected more than 10 million. However, the PIA can appeal crashes in the recent history, in- Soaring transmission rates against it. cluding the latest on May 22, were in the United States, which alone In a statement, the PIA said caused due to negligence of pilots. accounts for a quarter of all infec- that all passengers booked on its The world reacted in horror tions and deaths globally, and in flights to European sectors will while opposition in Pakistan de- countries like Brazil, which ac- have the option to either extend manded that the minister should counts more than 1.3 million cases, their bookings for a later date or be sacked for washing the prover- have hit the labour market hard. point, global working hours were The crisis is “hitting particu- down 14 percent compared to last larly hard the Americas, where December — equivalent to some we see the loss of jobs as being the 400 million full-time jobs. worst in the world,” Ryder said. Trump Refuses To Lead As That is more than double the Overall, the Americas lost over number forecast by the UN organ- 18 percent of working hours during isation back in April, when it ex- the second quarter, equivalent to 70 Pandemic Worsens And Allies pected 6.7 percent of working hours million full-time jobs, the ILO said. to be lost by the end of the second South America has shed a full three-month period of the year. 20.6 percent of all working hours, Desert Him On Masks It is also far higher than the while North America has seen its ILO estimate in late May, when working hours dip 15.3 percent, the Stephen Collinson | CNN him politically. on US soldiers in Afghanistan it expected 10.7 percent of global study found. By comparison Eu- Biden slams Trump on coro- was a “hoax.” He also fixated working hours to vanish during rope, the Arab states, and most of Washington: Most Presidents navirus: 'Our wartime presi- on protecting monuments from the period. “Things are getting Asia saw working hours dwindle would try to stop the United dent has surrendered' protestors, Joe Biden, economic get full refunds. bial dirty linen in the public. worse. The job crisis is deepen- by around 13 percent, while they States from barreling toward di- Biden slams Trump on coro- growth, the stock market, cable It said that the PIA admin- The PIA grounded more than ing,” ILO chief Guy Ryder said in fell just over 12 percent in Africa. saster. But Donald Trump has navirus: ‘Our wartime president news ratings and police reform. istration was in contact with the 140 pilots and wrote to foreign mis- an interview. “We are not through The crisis had also hit women nothing to say and no answers to has surrendered’ But he did not offer any plans for EASA to allay their concerns and sions and international aviation this yet,” he warned. harder, threatening decades of mitigate a calamity unfolding on “We must have no stigma, tackling the virus crisis or offer to take necessary corrective mea- watchdogs that it was addressing The ILO said the new figures progress, said Ryder. his watch that he seems resolved none, about wearing masks condolences to the victims. sures along with filing the appeal the problem but apparently every- to ignore. when we leave our homes and Undeterred by the deepening against the decision. body was not convinced. PTI On the day when the gov- come near other people. Wear- national crisis, Trump is press- ernment’s top infectious disease ing simple face coverings is not ing ahead with plans for an early specialist Anthony Fauci said he about protecting ourselves, it is July Fourth celebration at Mount would not be surprised to see the about protecting everyone we en- Rushmore that will bracket him Hong Kong Makes First Saudis Stock Up, Brace US record 100,000 new coronavi- counter,” Senate Majority Leader symbolically and without irony rus cases per day, Trump refused Mitch McConnell said on the Sen- alongside four of America’s Security Law Arrests As For Tripled VAT In to break his deafening silence. ate floor Monday. most revered Presidents, George And the day after his White But Trump on Tuesday tweet- Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Thousands Defy Protest Ban Kingdom’s Austerity Push House described record-breaking ed cryptically “THE LONE WAR- Abraham Lincoln and Theodore new infections that are sweeping RIOR!” -- apparently embracing Roosevelt. The social distancing Agencies the nation as “embers that need his isolation from even political advised by Trump’s government to be put out,” Trump’s campaign allies and the scientific approach- will not be enforced. Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: Saudis braced Wednesday for a tripling in claimed credit for the “phenom- es that have proven elsewhere The White House did hold value-added tax, another unpopular austerity measure after the twin enal” success of his botched pan- to at least slow the spread of the a briefing on Wednesday, but it shocks of coronavirus and an oil price slump triggered the kingdom’s demic leadership. coronavirus in the short term. appeared to be a premeditated at- worst economic decline in decades. Trump is now pretty much Trump’s morning Twitter tempt by White House press sec- Retailers in the country reported a sharp uptick in sales this the sole figure in authority in ei- spree showed that his current pre- retary Kayleigh McEnany to fog week of everything from gold and electronics to cars and building ther party -- including his major occupations involve anything but the water around another drama materials, as shoppers sought to stock up before VAT is raised to Republican allies -- who refuse to the virus, despite Fauci saying on rocking Trump -- claims that he 15 percent. wear or endorse face masks that Tuesday that “we’re going in the did nothing about a Russian mili- The hike could stir public resentment as it weighs on household are proven to slow the spread of wrong direction.” The President tary intelligence scheme to put a coronavirus but that he has stig- tweeted or retweeted claims that bounty on the heads of US troops matized as a liberal plot to harm a story that Russia put a bounty in Afghanistan. Agencies rested under the new legislation of possessing independence flags, Hong Kong, China: Hong Kong po- stickers and flyers. At Least 52 Killed In Ethiopia lice arrested more than 300 people “Advocacy for independence Wednesday -- including nine un- of Hong Kong is against the law,” der China’s new national security security minister John Lee told Protests Over Singer’s Death law -- as thousands defied a ban on reporters. Agencies protests on the anniversary of the Still, many of those protest- been set on fire. Abiy, Haacaaluu and Jawar city’s handover to China. ing on Wednesday chanted in- Addis Ababa: At least 50 people “We were not prepared for are all Oromo, Ethiopia’s larg- Police used water can- dependence slogans -- itself now were killed in Ethiopia’s Oromiya this,” he said. est ethnic group, which has long non, pepper spray and tear gas against the law. region in protests following the Police said late on Tuesday complained of being excluded throughout in a series of con- “What this authoritarian re- fatal shooting of a popular singer, that a policeman was also killed from power. frontations with protesters, a day gime wants to do is to terrorise a regional spokesman said on in Addis Ababa, and three explo- Jawar was a prominent sup- after China drew global criticism the people and stop them from Wednesday, laying bare splits in sions there had killed and injured porter of Abiy’s appointment, but for imposing the controversial coming out,” Chris To, a 49-year- the prime minister’s political heart- an unspecified number of people. became more openly critical last legislation on the financial hub. old protester, told AFP. land ahead of next year’s polls. Prominent Oromo opposition year. Jawar’s popular Oromo Me- Beijing said the law would incomes, pushing up inflation and depressing consumer spending as Musician Haacaaluu Hun- leader Bekele Gerba and media dia Network gives him the abil- restore stability after nearly - Broken promise? - the kingdom emerges from a three-month coronavirus lockdown. deessaa was shot dead on Monday mogul Jawar Mohammed were ity to mobilise support quickly a year of unrest, but instead it Opprobrium over the law “Cuts, cuts, cuts everywhere,” a Saudi teacher in Riyadh told night in what police said was a also arrested when Jawar’s body- across Oromiya and his power sparked the worst street violence poured in from critics and west- AFP, bemoaning vanishing subsidies as salaries remain stagnant. targeted killing. guards refused to disarm during a base could pose a significant in months. ern governments -- led by the “Air conditioner, television, electronic items,” he said, rattling Protests reflecting anger at stand-off with police. challenge to Abiy’s party in next Police said one officer was United States and Britain -- over off a list of items he bought last week ahead of the VAT hike. the killing of a popular figure and Haacaaluu, whose funeral year’s elections. stabbed in the shoulder as he fears the law will usher in a new “I can’t afford these things from Wednesday.” a sense of political marginalisa- will be held Thursday, provided Ethiopia’s federal structure tried to make an arrest. era of mainland-style political re- With its vast oil wealth funding the Arab world’s biggest econo- tion broke out the next morning a soundtrack to a generation of means power was traditionally Under the new law, certain pression. my, the kingdom had for decades been able to fund massive spending in the capital and other towns and young protesters. Their three years derived by claiming the sup- political views and symbols be- Under a deal ahead of the 1997 with no taxes at all. cities in the surrounding Oromi- of bloody street demonstrations port of large ethnic voting blocs. came illegal overnight -- includ- handover from Britain, authori- It only introduced VAT in 2018, as part of a push to reduce its ya region. forced the unprecedented resigna- Under the previous administra- ing showing support for Hong tarian China guaranteed Hong dependence on crude revenues. The dead included protesters tion of the previous prime minister tion, voting was rarely free or Kong, Taiwan, Xinjiang and Tibet Kong civil liberties as well as ju- Then, seeking to shore up state finances battered by sliding oil and members of the security forc- and the appointment of Prime Min- fair and opposition activists independence. dicial and legislative autonomy prices and the coronavirus crisis, it announced in May that it would es, spokesman Getachew Balcha ister Abiy Ahmed in 2018. were often jailed, torture or Details released by police until 2047 in a formula known as triple VAT and halt a cost-of-living monthly allowance to citizens. said. Some businesses had also driven into exile. Wednesday accused those ar- “One Country, Two Systems”.

news makers China Orders Four Goodbye Dubai: Photographer captures Trump's Niece Book That Dubs Him US Media Outlets To Disclose Finances, Staff laid-off expat families as they leave "Dangerous Man" Blocked By Judge Beijing: China on Wednesday or- UBAI: Louisa Sumagui and ew York: A New York judge The order from Hal Gre- dered four US news outlets to dis- her family wanted a final on Tuesday temporarily halt- enwald of the New York Su- close details of their staff and finan- momento of their 12 years ed the publication of a "tell- preme Court now requires cial operations in the country within in Dubai before returning to all" book by Donald Trump's Mary and her publisher re- seven days, as a media row escalates Australia after losing jobs in Nniece that dubs the US president "the spond to Robert's lawsuit. between Washington and Beijing. the tourism industry due to world's most dangerous man." Mary's attorney vowed The Associated Press, United the coronavirus pandemic. The temporary restraining order to immediately appeal. Press International, CBS and NPR The moment was cap- prevents the release of the 240-page "The trial court's tem- must report the information -- as well tured for Sumagui, her hus- book until at least a July 10 court porary restraining order as details of any real estate they hold band and two children on a hearing that will see Mary Trump and her is only temporary but it still is a prior re- in China -- in retaliation for Wash- sun-drenched beach courtesy publisher, Simon & Schuster, defend its straint on core political speech that flatly ington's crackdown on four Chinese of photographer Paula Hain- publication. The president's brother, Rob- violates the First Amendment," her counsel, state media outlets, foreign ministry ey, who is offering free photo ert Trump, had initially asked a court in Theodore Boutrous, said in a statement. spokesman Zhao Lijian said. sessions to some of the tens of The photographer, state does not offer citizenship Queens to issue the temporary restraining "This book, which addresses matters China's actions are "entire- thousands of expatriates leav- whose own business slowed routes to non-nationals. order, which was rejected. of great public concern and importance ly necessary countermeasures ing the United Arab Emirates. as weddings were cancelled A regional tourism and He said Mary was violating a non-disclo- about a sitting president in an election year, against the United States' unrea- The majority of the fami- and people practiced social business hub, Dubai has sure agreement she signed in 2001 after the should not be suppressed even for one day." sonable oppression of Chinese me- lies I have been photograph- distancing, has done 60 free been hit hard by the pandem- same court settled a contentious fight over Charles Harder, Robert's attorney who dia organisations in the US", Zhao ing are senior staff that have shoots and plans another 100. ic though authorities recent- the estate of real estate tycoon Fred Trump -- has also represented the president, said his said at a regular press briefing. been fired. They have lived Expats make up the ma- ly lifted a curfew and have the father of Donald and Robert and of Mary's client was "very pleased" with the order. The US State Department on in Dubai for 15-20 years, its jority of the population of the removed most restrictions, father Fred Trump Jr, who died in 1981. In the book, Mary, a 55-year-old clinical June 22 reclassified four Chinese their life, and they are be- UAE, which includes Dubai including allowing foreign The Queens judge said he was not the psychologist, recounts what she witnessed state media outlets as foreign mis- ing sent home. But here is emirate. Residency is tied to visitors to enter the emirate right jurisdiction to seek an injunction of the "toxic family" in the home of her sions in the United States, adding to home,” Hainey said. employment and the Gulf Arab from July 7. against the book. grandparents, according to her publisher. five others designated in February. K K Y Y THURSDAY   Observers OUT POST

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M 08 02 07 2020 K O C C India To Ban Govt Plans Cashless Chinese Companies Treatment Scheme For Road Accident Victims With From Highway Rs 2.5 Lakh Cap Per Case Projects: Gadkari NEW DELHI: The govern- that the scheme envisages ment on Wednesday said it “to provide compulsory in- ndia will not allow har Aramane) and NHAI is ready with a blueprint to surance cover to all road us- Chinese companies to Chairman (SS Sandhu) to implement a cashless treat- ers in the country”. participate in highway hold a meeting for relax- ment scheme for road acci- The fund would be utilised projects, including those ing technical and financial dent victims. for treatment of road acci- Ithrough joint ventures, norms so that our companies The scheme will have an dent victims and for payment Union Minister Nitin Gadkari can qualify to work," he said. insurance coverage cap of of compensation to the in- said on Wednesday amid the Elaborating on the deci- Rs 2.5 lakh per case, as per a jured or to the family of per- border standoff with China. sion, Gadkari said if a con- communication to transport son losing life in hit and run Gadkari also said the gov- tractor can qualify for a secretaries and commission- cases, the statement said. ernment will ensure that small project, he can also ers of the states. The proposed modalities Chinese investors are not en- qualify for a large project. The scheme assumes sig- of the scheme have been tertained in various sectors "Construction norms are nificance as India accounts for designed in a way that they like Micro, Small and Me- not good so I have asked to about 5 lakh road accidents allow access to quality care dium Enterprises (MSMEs). change it. We are changing it per annum, one of the high- at the right time for all indi- The senior minister's as- so that we can encourage In- est globally, in which about viduals, irrespective of their sertions assume significance dian companies," he added. 1.5 lakh people are killed and capability to pay, it added. against the backdrop of bor- According to him, qualifica- about 3 lakh are crippled. NHA’s robust IT platforms der standoff between India tion norms for projects are be- “Ministry of Road Transport which are used for imple- and China in Ladakh that also ing rationalised to ensure In- and Highways has prepared menting PM-JAY may be saw the deaths of 20 Indian dian companies do not require a blueprint for implement- leveraged to provide cash- Army personnel last month. to enter into pacts with foreign A NOMAD GIRL CARRYING a goat in her hands enroute to greener pastures of Sonmarg ing the scheme of cashless less treatment for road ac- Amid escalating tensions, partners to grab projects. on Wednesday. Pic Abid Bhat treatment of motor accident cident victims for treatment victims, as contemplated un- including the golden hour der the MV Act, 2019. This in- (first hour of the accident), cludes treatment the communica- of victims dur- tion to the states ing the crucial said. Record 507 Covid golden hour,” the “All road acci- ministry said in a dent victims of statement. Indian or foreign In this regard, nationality will the Transport be considered Deaths In Single Day In Ministry has eligible for the written to principal secretar- scheme as its beneficiary. The ies and secretaries in charge scheme will have a cap of Rs of transport in all states and 2.5 lakh/person/accident,” as the government on Mon- "Even if we have to go for union territories soliciting per the communication. day banned 59 apps, mostly foreign joint venture in the ar- India; 18,653 New Cases their views on concept note Trauma and healthcare having Chinese links, citing eas of technology, consultan- of the scheme by the 10th of services to road accident vic- threats to national security. cy or design, we will not allow NEW DELHI: India registered the this month. The scheme also tim will be financed through "We will not give permis- Chinese," the Minister said. highest single-day COVID-19 deaths includes creation of a Motor an account which will be sion to joint ventures that About the MSME sector, at 507 on Wednesday with Maha- Vehicle Accident Fund. established under the road have Chinese partners for Gadkari said the effort is to rashtra, Delhi and Tamil Nadu ac- “The National Health ministry for the implemen- road construction. We have enhance the capacity of local counting for over 70 per cent of the Authority being the nodal tation of the scheme, it said. taken a firm stand that if production but at the same fatalities, while 18,653 new infec- agency for PM-JAY (Ayush- “The funds will have con- they [Chinese companies] time foreign investment is tions were reported taking the total man Bharat Pradhan Man- tributions from the insurance come via joint venture in being promoted. tally to 5,85,493, according to the tri—Jan Arogya Yojana) and companies through general our country, we will not al- However, he made it clear Union Health Ministry data. having footfall across the insurance council for ensured low it," Gadkari told PTI in that despite decision to en- This is the fifth consecutive day country with over 21,000 vehicles and for hit-and-run- an interview. courage foreign investment, that coronavirus infections have in- hospitals on board has been cases,” the communication The Road Transport, High- Chinese investors would not creased by more than 18,000. The entrusted to implement the said and added that the min- ways and MSME minister be allowed. country has seen a surge of 3,94,958 scheme,” the statement said. istry will pay for the accidents said a policy will be out soon "For upgradation of tech- infections from June 1 till date. The ministry further said for uninsured vehicles. banning Chinese firms and nology, research, consultan- The number of active cases stands relaxing norms for Indian cy and other works, we will at 2,20,114, while 3,47,978 people companies to expand their encourage foreign invest- have recovered, and one patient has eligibility criteria for partici- ment and joint ventures in migrated, according to the updated pation in highway projects. MSMEs but in case of Chi- data at 8 am. Shopkeepers To Operate Currently only a few proj- nese we will not entertain “Thus, around 59.43 per cent of ects which were undertaken them," he said. patients have recovered so far,” an Assam and Himachal Pradesh. with 1,201, Uttar Pradesh with 697, much earlier involve some On stopping of consignments official said. The country had recorded a mas- West Bengal with 668, Madhya Only After Testing Chinese partners. When from China at Indian ports, the The total number of confirmed sive spike of 2,003 deaths on June 17 Pradesh with 572, Rajasthan with asked about this, the Minis- minister said there is "no arbi- cases include foreigners. following a data reconciliation ex- 413 and Telangana with 260 deaths. Negative: DC B’pora ter said that the new deci- trary stopping of goods" at In- Of the 507 deaths reported in ercise carried out by states and UTs The COVID-19 death toll reached sion will be implemented in dian ports and the government the last 24 hours, 245 are from which brought to the fore large num- 246 in Karnataka, 236 in Haryana, BANDIPORA: Deputy Com- Mir urged the shopkeepers current and future tenders. is initiating path-breaking Maharashtra, 62 from Delhi, 60 ber of fatalities previously reported 187 in Andhra Pradesh, 144 in Pun- missioner (DC) Bandipora, to cooperate with the district With respect to exist- reforms to help MSMEs and from Tamil Nadu, 25 from Ut- in Maharashtra and Delhi which jab, 101 in Jammu and Kashmir, 67 Zahoor Ahmad Mir Wednes- administration to prevent ing tenders and future bids, businesses in a bid to make the tar Pradesh, 20 from Karnataka, were not attributed to COVID-19. in Bihar, 41 in Uttarakhand, 25 in day said that only those spread of virus and added Gadkari said rebidding country self-reliant. 19 from Gujarat, 15 from West According to the ICMR, a cumulative Odisha and 24 in Kerala. shopkeepers that test nega- that the shops shall remain would be done if there are "It is a good step. The im- Bengal, eight each from Madhya total of 88,26,585 samples have been Jharkhand has registered 15 tive and attended manda- closed on Sundays and the any Chinese joint ventures. ports from China will be dis- Pradesh and Rajasthan, seven tested up to June 30, with 2,17,931 deaths, Chhattisgarh 13, Assam tory training on COVID-19 business hours shall start "We have taken a decision couraged and the country will each from Telangana and Andhra samples being tested on Tuesday. and Puducherry 12 each, Himachal shall be allowed to operate from 9 am to 5 pm and night to relax norms for our com- take large strides towards self- Pradesh, six each from Jammu and Of the total 17,400 deaths report- Pradesh 10, Chandigarh six, Goa their businesses. curfew shall continue to re- panies to ensure that they reliance," the Minister said Kashmir and Punjab, five from Bi- ed so far, Maharashtra accounted three and Meghalaya, Tripura, La- He said the shopkeepers main in place in the district. qualify in bidding in large and added that he is among har, four from Haryana, two each for the highest 7,855 fatalities fol- dakh and Arunachal Pradesh have of the Bandipora town from Earlier Mir inspected the projects. I have directed the the strongest proponents of from Kerala, Odisha, Puducherry lowed by Delhi with 2,742 deaths, reported one fatality each, accord- Nussu to Kaloosa including lockdown measures and Highways Secretary (Girid- 'Atmanirbhar Bharat'. and Uttarakhand and one each in Gujarat with 1,846, Tamil Nadu ing to the Health Ministry. Khadim Market, Shops on imposition of restrictions Ajar-DC Office Road shall opin the town amid COVID19 erate on alternate days with pandemic. shops located on right side He appealed to the people Govt Allows Ramdev To Market Coronil (East-Side) on one day and of Bandipora town to co- Existing System Of Stamp shops located on left-Side operate with the medical NEW DELHI: The Union AYUSH Min- Ramdev said, referring to Coronil scribing Coronil as a “treatment” for (West Side) on other day teams dealing with COVID istry Wednesday said Patanjali can and the two other products Patanjali COVID-19, the company stuck to its from Wednesday onwards. by ensuring their tests are Duty Payment To Continue sell Coronil but only as an immunity is promoting together. claim that its trial on mild to moder- The DC directed the shop- done for the wellbeing of booster, days after yoga guru Ram- The company claimed that the AYUSH ately ill patients was successful. keepers to strictly ensure that the society. Till Further Orders: Govt dev’s company launched it as a med- Ministry has “categorically agreed” that The company’s statement said the they shall display their nega- Mir said a special sample icine for COVID-19 and is now calling Patanjali had “appropriately worked on trial, conducted after the necessary tive test reports and certifi- collection centre shall be JAMMU : The Government duty in Union Territory of it a product to “manage” the disease. COVID-19 management”. approvals, showed 100 per cent re- cate of having attended CO- established at Government today clarified that the ex- Jammu and Kashmir after Patanjali Ayurved Ltd said there is 'Now there is no difference of opin- covery of patients within seven days. VID19 training on entry of the Middle School Branch Band- isting system of payment of issuance of Notification SO no disagreement now between it and ion between AYUSH Ministry and Pa- “Some people feel research is a shop and shall keep record of ipora for the convenience of Stamp duty shall continue 201 dated 24th June, 2020, the Union ministry, which had last tanjali,” it added in a statement. monopoly of those who wear a suit the customers with basic de- the shopkeepers and asked to be a mode of payment of regarding, The Jammu & week asked it not to sell the ayurvedic The ministry confirmed that Pa- and tie. They think a saffron-wearing tails on a daily basis. the CMO Bandipora to en- stamp duty in the Union Ter- Kashmir Stamps (Payment drug till the issue it examined. tanjali can sell the product but not as sanyasi has no right to do any re- The shopkeepers have also sure samples of shopkeepers ritory of Jammu & Kashmir of Duty by Means of e- At his press conference in Harid- a cure for the disease.“AYUSH Minis- search. What sort of untouchability been directed to ensure ade- are taken for testing. after issuance of The Jammu Stamping) Rules, 2020. war, Ramdev lashed out over the flak try has only given permission to sell and intolerance is this?' he said. quate social distancing among He said the precaution- & Kashmir Stamps (Pay- In this connection it is clari- he received after the launch of the this particular formulation as immu- “As per the ministry, Patanjali is al- customers and shall keep san- ary measures are the only ment of Duty by Means of fied that the existing system drug, saying some people are hurt nity booster and not as a medicinal lowed to manufacture and distribute itzers on the front desk of the solution to break the chain e-Stamping) Rules, 2020, till of payment of stamp duty by the “rise of Indian culture”. cure for COVID-19,” it said. its Divya Coronil tablet, Divya Swasari- shop besides keeping masks of spread of virus and the further orders. shall continue to be a mode of 'I want to tell people who want Ramdev claimed that the ministry had vati and Divya Anu Talia across India, available in the shop. situation may go out of hand “Doubts have been ex- payment of stamp duty in the to try these medicines that there is asked him to use the term “Covid man- as per the manufacturing licences He however directed the if people neglect adopting pressed about continuation Union Territory of Jammu and no restriction on their sale now and agement” in place of “Covid treatment” granted by State Licensing Authority, shopkeepers not to sell precautionary measures as of physical stamp vending Kashmir till further order” the they will be available in a kit every- and he is following the instruction. Ayurvedic and Unani Services, Govt of items to those customers is being witnessed in some mode of payment of stamp Government clarified. where in the country from today,' Even while backtracking on de- Uttarakhand,” the company said. who are without masks. parts of the country. NEWS MAKERs Kissan Credit Card Mandatory For Every Farmer Centre's Cyber Security Agency Cautions Users Officer masturbates in front of SRINAGAR: Director Agriculture nomic empowerment of farmers. Arvind Kumar Baru Chief Agriculture woman at UP police station, gets Kashmir, Altaf Aijaz Andrabi to- Director requested all the farm- Officer, Srinagar 9419195832, Mohd About Google Chrome Extensions day appealed farmers, growers of ers and growers for enrolment to Qasim Ganie Chief Agriculture Officer, NEW DELHI: Internet users scanners and more," it added. suspended after video goes viral the valley to get them-selves reg- contact nearby Chief Agriculture Pulwama 9419458960, Muzafer Hurra should exercise caution while The federal cyber security DEORIA: A station house officer (SHO) of Bhatni police istered under Kisan Credit Card Officer, Zonal Agriculture Officer, Chief Agriculture Officer, Kupwara installing Google Chrome ex- agency suggested users to un- station in Uttar Pradesh's Deoria was suspended for alleg- Scheme to avail benefits under it. Junior Agriculture Extension Of- 9622459771, Mohammad Yousuf tensions as the company has install Google Chrome exten- edly masturbating in front of a woman. Elaborating the facilities being ficer, Agriculture Extension Assis- Shah, Chief Agriculture Officer, Baram- removed over 100 malicious sions with IDs given in the IOCs The woman, who had gone to file a complaint in the police provided through this scheme, he tants or any other field functionary ulla 9419063283, Gh. Mohammad links after they were found (organisational chart) section. station, filmed the incident which said that this scheme aims to provide of respective district at an earliest. Dhobi, Chief Agriculture Officer, Gan- collecting "sensitive" user Users can visit the chrome ex- has now gone viral on social media. hassle free credit facilities for raising Andrabi said that in case of any que- derbal 9697918511, Rafiq Ahmad Kuk- data, country's cyber security grab user keystrokes to read tensions page and subsequently The video then sparked contro- crops at effective rate of interest at ry farmers or growers are requested roo, Chief Agriculture Officer, Kulgam agency said today. The Comput- passwords and other confi- enable developer mode to see if versy in the area with the local peo- 4 percent (subject to the terms and to please feel free to contact any offi- 9419032219, Farooq Ahmad Dandroo er Emergency Response Team of dential information, it said. they have installed any of the mali- ple seeking action against the officer. conditions if repaid within a year cer, official of the department on their Chief Agriculture Officer, Bandipora India (CERT-In), the national tech- "It has been reported that cious extensions and then remove The woman has alleged that the of borrowing). He added that the mobile numbers, Altaf Aijaz Andrabi, 9419040056, Mohammad Iqbal Khan nology arm to combat cyber at- Google has removed 106 ex- them from their browsers, it said. officer Bhishm Pal Singh, was touching his private parts in scheme has been made mandatory Director Agriculture Kashmir 0194- Chief Agriculture Officer, Anantnag tacks and guard the Indian cyber tensions of the Google Chrome The agency advised Internet front of her when she was taken to his chamber to lodge for every farmer and no guarantee and 2310675/ 9419008391/7889399102, 9419050568, Mohammad Syed Peer space, said it has also been found browser from the chrome web users to only install extensions a complaint. The complainant woman said: "I ignored his no mortgage for KCC loan is required Mohammad Iqbal Chowdhary, Joint Chief Agriculture Officer, Shopian that these extensions contained store which were found col- which are absolutely needed misbehaviour for the first 2-3 times and wanted him to up to Rs.1.6 lacs. The Director said Director Agriculture Kashmir (Exten- 7006950751, Mohammad Shafi Khar, code to bypass Google Chrome's lecting sensitive user data," the and refer user reviews before lodge our case in the land dispute. But then one of my rela- that this scheme is designed to extend sion) 9419104117, Amir ud Din Andrabi, Chief Agriculture Officer, Budgam web store security scans. agency said in the advisory. doing so. They should uninstall tives had said that she also faced a similar incident at the credit facilities for purchase of quality Joint Director Agriculture Kashmir (In- 9858839577, Gh. Hassan Magray, The malicious extensions "These extensions, reportedly extensions which are not in hands of this officer. This is when I decided to film him." inputs and its timely subsequent use puts) 9906662640, Dr. Syed Waseem Plant Protection Officer 9149602396, had the ability to take screen- posed as tools to improve web use, it said, adding that users SP Deoria Shripati Mishra said: "An FIR has been regis- for maximizing the production and Ahmad Shah, Deputy Director Agricul- Wahid-ur-Rehman, Assistant Ento- shots, read the clipboard, har- searches, convert files between should not install extensions tered against him, and he has been suspended. Action is

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