January 2023 | Kashmir POST

Obesity, Overweight can lead to diabetes: Study

January 12, 2023 Editor

Overweight and obese people have a higher chance of developing diabetes, but the exact mechanism is not well understood. A new study at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis may help explain how excess weight can contribute to diabetes and may provide researchers with a target to help prevent or delay diabetes in some of those at risk. The findings suggest that many people with elevated levels of insulin — an early marker of diabetes risk — also have defects in an enzyme important to the processing of…

Avalanches strike Ganderbal; one person dead, another missing

January 12, 2023 Editor

One person died and another is feared missing after avalanches struck two mountainous areas in Jammu and Kashmir’s Ganderbal on Thursday amid incessant snowfall in the region for the past few days, the police said. The identity of the deceased person is yet to be ascertained, the police said. Locals, however, claimed that the body was of a labourer working in the area. Meanwhile, weather officials have predicted more snowfall and rainfall from Thursday evening in the area. The minimum temperature in Jammu and Kashmir is also dipping below the…

‘Naya Kashmir’ is ‘Udta Kashmir’: JK Congress hits out at BJP

January 11, 2023 Editor

Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee Spokesperson Advocate Pushkar Nath today in a press conference at the party headquarters in Jammu came down heavily on ruling BJP for its “abject failure” in governing J-K. In a press statement, Advocate Deepika said, “BJP right after their unilateral decisions which not only abrogated Article-370 but also dismembered the erstwhile state into two new Union Territories has been running a rhetorical propaganda of an unfounded development in Jammu and Kashmir.” The statement further added: “Their repeated attempts of obfuscation however are exposed through…

IMHANS Study reveals nearly one-third of drug addicts in Kashmir are married

January 11, 2023 Editor

Despite being happily married and having a good job, 35-year-old Rahim (name changed) felt like something was missing in his life. That’s when his friend suggested he try something that would help him relax. His friend had recently started using drugs and claimed it helped him escape the stress and monotony of everyday life. Rahim was hesitant at first, but eventually gave in to the temptation. He reasoned that just a little bit would not hurt, and before he knew it, he was hooked. As weeks went by, Rahim found himself relying on drugs…

Arming VDCs admission of GoI’s failure in J&K: Omar Abdullah

January 11, 2023 Editor

Former Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Tuesday said the arming of village defence committees (VDCs) with weapons to defend villagers from militants negated New Delhi’s claim of normalcy in Jammu and Kashmir. Omar also said people would not beg the Centre to hold elections in J&K. “Arming the VDCs means the Centre has accepted its failure. On August 5, 2019, the nation was told that with the abrogation of Article 370, the influence of gun culture will start to subside. However, as is clear, that is not the case with…

Shehla Rashid ex-JNU student leader to be tried for sedition over ‘Anti-Army’ tweet

January 11, 2023 Editor

Delhi lieutenant governor Vinai Kumar Saxena has approved the prosecution of Shehla Rashid, former vice-president of the Jawaharlal Nehru University Students’ Union, for tweets about the Army allegedly “aimed at promoting enmity” and for “acts prejudicial to the maintenance of harmony”, officials aware of the matter said on Tuesday. Rashid was, in September 2019, booked on a complaint by lawyer Alakh Alok Srivastava’s over her tweets a month prior, which accused the armed forces of ransacking houses and “creating an environment of fear” in Kashmir. The Army rejected the allegations…

Higher reaches across Kashmir receive snow, plains witness rains

January 9, 2023 Editor

After more than a week of dry and extreme cold conditions, mountains in Kashmir received mild snowfall while certain areas were also lashed with rains on Sunday in the beginning of a week-long intermittent precipitation predicted by the meteorological department. The MeT department said that Pahalgam in south Kashmir and Kupwara in north Kashmir witnessed rains. “Rains have started in Pahalgam and Kupwara while moderate snowfall is expected during the night, even in Srinagar,” said meteorologist Mohammad Hussain Mir. Srinagar’s prominent weather spotter Faizan Arif said snow has been witnessed in…

LeT issues warning to people especailly Sikhs those helping the police in Kashmir

January 9, 2023 Editor

At a time when the Centre has gone on a spree of anti-terror crackdown by banning two proxy organisations of the dreaded Lashkar-e-Toiba and the Jaish-e-Mohammad and declared four individuals “terrorist” in the past four days, one of the LeT proxies, The Resistance Front (TRF), has issued a warning to the Sikh community living in Jammu and Kashmir against helping the police. In an open letter, the proxy for the Pakistan-based terror group Lashkar-e-Toiba, has recently said that several Sikh youth in J&K have been “working as Special Police Officers…

Congress must clear stand on Article 370 ‘Bharat Todo Yatra’ enters J&K : Devender Singh Rana

January 9, 2023 Editor

Unholy alliance of the dynasts is a sign of frustration who want to regain their lost power by hook and crook.. Castigating the Congress for “messing up” the situation in Jammu and Kashmir during its rule for decades, Senior BJP leader Devender Singh Rana today asked Rahul Gandhi to clarify his stand over the repeal of Article 370 before entering into the Union Territory for his yatra. Rana, in a statement, termed it ‘Bharat Todo Yatra’ instead of ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ “This is all the more important as the Congress bandwagon…

Will join BJP before next Parliamentary elections: Basant Rath

January 9, 2023 Editor

Former Indian Police Officer (IPS) Basant Rath has said he will join the Bharatiya Janta Party before the next Parliamentary elections. In a Tweet, Rath said he will work and stay in Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh. He also said he won’t go back to Odisha. “I’ll join BJP before the next Parliamentary elections. I’ll stay and work in J and K and Ladakh. No question of going back to Odisha,” he said. (KNO)