LAST PAGE...P.8 THURSDAY C MAY-2020 KASHMIR M 23 Y SRINAGAR TODAY : PARTLY CLOUDY Contact 28 : -0194-2502327 K FOR SUBSCRIPTIONS & YOUR COPY OF Maximum : 25°c SUNSET Today 07:35 PM Minmum : 13°c SUNRISE Humidity : 55% Tommrow 05:22 AM 05 Shawwal-ul-Mukarram l | 1441 Hijri | Vol: 23 | Issue: 112 | Pages: 08 | Price: `3 www.kashmirobserver.net twitter.com / kashmirobserver facebook.com/kashmirobserver Postal Regn: L/159/KO/SK/2014-2016 HERE’S hardly a field, domain or discipline that has not been affected by the Covid 19 pandemic. One such field is .....OPINION DO GOOD GRADES AND that of education which has been hit at all levels- primary, secondary and tertiary. While attempts have been and Tare being made to deliver education non-conventionally- online through zoom and other channels- but it is not the same thing as the ‘bricks and mortar’ stuff- that, actual and real class room learning. What may accrue from this is P4 MARKS MATTER? that in the future there might be a synthesis of online and real, classroom learning. But, all this obscures one important aspect of learning and teaching- grades, marks and the grading system(s)..... News Digest Top Army Brass Discusses After Joke, Altaf Bukhari Says, His Covid-19 Cases In Ladakh Rise To 54 Ladakh Face-Off Political Promotion An ‘Imagination Leh- Another person tested posi- tive for the novel coronavirus in Press Trust Of India Jyotsna Bharti Domicile Law and State- Leh district, taking the number of File Pic hood demand. This new cases in Ladakh to 54 on Wednes- NEW DELHI: Top command- NEW DELHI: Cooling his political pack had appar- day, the Health Department said. ers of the Indian Army on heels in the blistering ently followed the foot- The active cases of the corona- Wednesday began delib- capital where the political steps of Muzaffar Baig, the virus disease (COVID-19) rose erations on key security mercury is soaring at the senior unionist, who had to 11 — nine in Kargil and two in challenges facing India, in- moment, Altaf Bukhari is said that ‘it’s time to move Leh districts. Forty-three patients cluding the tense standoff playing it cool and calm, on from Article 370’. have been discharged from hospi- between Indian and Chinese despite his name as the Barring slight interven- tals after recovery, officials said. troops in Ladakh. chief of the so-called ad- tion that it sought from The department has received 297 The three-day conference is visory council—seen as a home minister Amit Shah, sample reports on Tuesday. A Image for representation total of 588 samples were sent to being presided over by Chief of political local face replac- Bukhari-led outfit largely the National Centre P-02 Army Staff Gen M M Naravane. ing bureaucratic non- to-day administration,” a Once this new political stood silent on the new The commanders are also ex- local advisory group in report quoting former Sec- arrangement starts ad- controversial law that 2 Held For Assaulting pected to delve into the overall Trump Offers Help To Diffuse J&K—doing rounds and retary-General of the Lok ministering J&K, the report triggered the fears of de- situation in Jammu and Kashmir. ‘Raging’ India, China Tension creating new whispers Sabha, P.D.T. Acharya, said. said, Statehood—one of the mographic changes in J&K Health Workers However, the main focus will and flutters in the valley. However, the real power two political pitches raised recently. n a surprise move, US President Donald Trump on Srinagar: Police on Wednesday be on the situation in eastern Bukhari’s name as a chief is vested in the LG, the re- by the new political force in Reportedly, around 12 Wednesday offered to “mediate or arbitrate” the rag- arrested two people for allegedly Ladakh where Indian and Chi- ing border dispute between India and China, saying he advisor—if not minister—of port said. “The head of the the valley—will be restored. members will be part of the misbehaving and assaulting I nese troops are locked in an was “ready, willing and able” to ease the tensions, amid the council, a virtual cabi- advisory council cannot get “In fact,” the report said, Bukhari-led council, with health workers at a hospital eyeball-to-eyeball face-off in the continuing standoff between the militaries of P-02 net, surfaced after BJP lead- the power of the CM. The “this [advisory council] is the likes of Usman Majid, in north Kashmir’s Baramulla sensitive areas like Pangong er Ram Madhav spoke about advisory council also cannot part of a larger deal with Vijay Bakaya, Sunil Sharma, district. Arif Dilawar Khan and Tso, Galwan Valley, Demchok “allowing” full-fledged po- make laws. The Constitution the state’s political class.” Sunil Sethi and Chowdhary Ghulam NabiTantray, both and Daulat Beg Oldie, govern- 'Overall Stable, Controllable': litical process in J&K. allows the President to ad- Notably, a group of de- Zulfikar Ali being sworn in residents of Pattan were ar- ment sources said. “The advisory council minister UT through LG, but fectors that Bukhari leads as early as late June. rested after they entered Trauma China On LAC Situation “All aspects of India’s secu- hina on Wednesday said the situation at the border in UT helps the Lieutenant only the Parliament has the as the Apni Party chief had If it shapes up, many say, Hospital and started capturing video there, reports said. When rity challenges, including along with India is "overall stable and controllable", and Governor (LG) in the day- power to make law.” based its politics around advisory council PAGE 02 employees objected and asked borders with Pakistan and Chi- Cboth the countries have proper mechanisms and them not to disturb them, they na, will be discussed at length communication channels to resolve the issues through a NOTABLY, A GROUP OF DEFECTORS THAT BUKHARI LEADS allegedly misbehaved with them by the commanders,” said a se- dialogue and consultation. P-02 and one of them even assaulted nior military official on condi- as the Apni Party chief had based its politics around Domicile Law and Statehood a health professional. tion of anonymity. presence in all sensitive areas in The situation in eastern Lada- demand. This new political pack had apparently followed the footsteps of Muzaffar Following the incident, P-02 Both India and China have the region, in an indication that kh deteriorated after around 250 Baig, the senior unionist, who had said that ‘it’s time to move on from Article 370’. significantly increased their neither side is ready to back off. Chinese and Indian PAGE 02 SUV Crushes Woman To Death Srinagar: A woman was killed and another injured on KCCI Urges Govt To Govt Rejigs Admin, 3 DCs 2 More Covid-19 Deaths In Valley, J&K Toll At 26 Pak Army Says Wednesday after being hit by an SUV in Chattergam area Evacuate Kashmiris Observer Monitoring Desk The other is a 55-year-old Indian Spy Drone of central Kashmir's Budgam Among 10 Officers Shifted resident of Fateh Kadal Sri- 162 More Test Stranded Abroad Agencies Shot Down district. A Hyundai Creta SRINAGAR- Two more people nagar who had tested posi- Covid-19 Positive vehicle hit two women near Observer News Service have died due to novel coro- tive earlier this month and Press Trust Of India Suthsoo area of Chattergam SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Advisor Bhatnagar’s navirus in Kashmir Valley, ultimately died of cardiac ammu and Kashmir on Wednesday this morning leaving both of SRINAGAR: The Kashmir Kashmir government on officials said on Wednes- arrest, they said. ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Duties Assigned To recorded biggest them injured, reports said. The Chamber of Commerce and Wednesday ordered reshuffle day. These fatalities Principal GMC J Army claimed on Wednes- injured women were removed Sharma ever daily spike coro- day that it shot down an Industry on Wednesday urged in the bureaucracy by trans- take the death toll Anantnag, Dr navirus cases as 162 to Srinagar’s Bone and Joint Indian "spying quadcop- government to evacuate hun- ferring ten officers, including he Jammu and Kash- due to the disease Showkat Jeelani, more people tested Hospital for treatment. dreds of Kashmiris stranded in three deputy commissioners mir on Wednesday in the Jammu and said that sep- ter" for allegedly violating However, one of the women Covid-19 positive, tak- various foreign countries due in the Valley. Tassigned charge of Kashmir to 26— tuagenarian man ing the total number of the airspace along the Line succumbed to her injuries at the to coronavirus lockdown. As per an order issued here departments held by advi- 23 in Valley and 3 from Sarnal with of Control. hospital. The condition of an- cases across the Union In a statement issued here, by the government, Ravinder sor Rajeev Rai Bhatnagar in Jammu. underlying ail- Territory to 1921, of- The incident happened other is said to be stable. P-02 to advisor KK Sharma till a spokesperson said that KCCI Kumar (IAS) , Managing Direc- One among the ments like pneumonia ficials said. P-02 in Rakhchikri Sector of the has been receiving distress tor, SIDCO, holding additional the former remains P-02 victims includes a was admitted to the LoC, according to military 3 Gamblers Held From messages from stranded mem- charge of Managing Director, 70-year-old man from Sarnal hospital on May 25. “He died was detained at mortuary and spokesman Major General Habbak: Police bers of the business communi- JK Trade Promotion Organiza- G.A.