Year: 2015

Acer India launches new Windows 10 Notebooks

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Acer India has launched two new PCs that come preloaded with Windows 10. The devices include Aspire E5-573, Aspire V Nitro-Black Edition gaming and the Aspire R 13 that comes with Acer’s Ezel Aero Hinge that allows the six different modes of usage. Acer also announced that the entire 2015 Windows-powered product lineup and those currently shipping Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 will support the free Windows 10 upgrade for 1 year. The Aspire E5-573 notebook comes in a number of colour options in 14-inch and 15.6-inch displays. Powered by…

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‘ Receding glaciers’ will affect JK’s economy, hydropower potential: Report

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Glaciers in Jammu and Kashmir are receding and the state government should initiate “ corrective measures” in this regard, an official report has revealed. The State Action Plan on Climate Change Report says the government should promote operation of solar- driven transport system in eco fragile environs and tourist destinations in the Valley. “ Use of vehicles by locals as well as forces in upper regions of the Valley and helicopter services to fragile zones are among numerous causes of depletion of glacial mass in J& K as emission of…

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Ration cards procurement, bill payments to get easier

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The government has decided to outsource the services like payment of electricity bills and procurement of ration cards to private-run IT centres. According to top government officials, it has been decided that the services delivered by the different departments including the Social Welfare department, Power Development department and Public Health Engineering department would be outsourced. State’s Information Technology department would help in the creation of infrastructure to set up the IT-enabled kiosks in the State and would also use the existing Khidmat centres for this purpose. “We have decided that…

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British trekkers rescued amid flash floods in Himalayas

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A group of British trekkers have been airlifted from a remote part of Kashmir after becoming trapped following flash flooding in the Himalayas. The group of 20 students and three teachers were trekking in Ladakh region when they became trapped on Tuesday. They were located by ground teams after a two-day search and 10 have since been airlifted to safety by the Indian Air Force, Kashmir officials said. The rest will be rescued on Friday, after bad weather hampered efforts. A Foreign Office spokesman said: “We are providing consular assistance…

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No room for a Kashmiri

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I finished my medical studies from the alluring port city Chittagong, Bangladesh in the year 2012. It was honestly the encyclopedic studies, very comprehensive and detailed. But more importantly it was my parents’ dream to be a doctor, so I choose this profession in a more honoured way. I hail from Kashmir, called the heaven on earth but only the inhabitants of this place have felt the hell part of it. Be it in inside the Valley or the other side of famous Jawahar Tunnel, almost two and a half…

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After PG degrees, fake PhDs concern academicians

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As the furor over proposed screening test for Rehbar-e-Taleem teachers is far from over, education and other department are gripped with a more severe crisis in the form of PhD degrees obtained through illegal means. “There are hundreds of PhD degree holders who have completed their doctorate degree from outside state under suspicious circumstances and many have even purchased the same. Now these so called scholars, many of whom are working in the higher education department, are applying for higher posts and if everything goes as planned, they will be…

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Police puts more check-posts on Kashmir highways

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In the wake of a militant attack in Udhampur area of Jammu yesterday, security agencies have stepped up surveillance on two key highways in Kashmir, official sources said Thursday. Following the attack yesterday in which two constables and a militant were killed, the police top brass has passed directions to its lower-rung officials that they must step up vigil on highways to prevent “occurrence of such attacks.” More check points are now being established on highways to ensure safety and security of commuters, a police official said. Inspector General of…

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Kashmir to become hotspot of Global Warming

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• Gulmarg, Pahalgam could show a rise of 4-7 degrees Celsius by century’s end: Study • ‘Climate change may lead to sweeping vegetation changes in Valley’ Kashmir valley is heading towards a widespread transformation in its flora population due to global warming which could jeopardise water resources and species unique to the Himalayan region, a study has warned. Researchers from University of Kashmir, Indian Institute of Science (IISc) and Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Bangalore estimated the maximum and minimum temperatures in two stations they studied, Gulmarg and Pahalgam, could show…

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Biscoe School, Delhi in final of Children’s Hockey Championship

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Technical Director J&K National Sports Club, Mr. Mohammad Rafeeq Baba has informed that the 1st Children’s Hockey Championship – 2015 under the auspices of Hockey J&K and Hockey India is being organized successfully. The first semi final of the championship was held between teams of Tyndale Biscoe School and J&K National Sports Club at Amar Singh College Ground, which was won by Tyndale Biscoe School with 1-0 goal margin. The Principal, Amar Singh College was the chief guest on the occasion. The second semi final of the championship was played between the…

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Govt to go ahead with the screening test: ‘Protests and sloganeering not going to scare me’ ‘I am the guardian of 16 lakh students: Akhtar

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Amid raging controversy over the screening test of Rehbar-e-Taleem (ReT) teachers, Minister for Education Nayeem Akhtar Thursday said that it is a wrong notion that Government wants to disgrace the teaching community. He said that his ultimate aim is to bring the education track on the right track and throw the deadwood out that have crept into the system. “The protesting teachers can’t scare me by raising slogans against me. Whole society is involved in it and the matter is directly related with the society. If society supports me, I…

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