Month: May 2021

The last ten nights of Ramadan and Laylatul-Qadr

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The last ten nights of Ramadan and Laylatul-Qadr

Haroon Rashid Islam declared certain occasions and places the most sacred and significant. Laylatul-Qadr is one such occasion that is considered as the Holiest Night in the Islamic Calendar. This particular night is also known as the night of power or the night of decree. This night occurs during the final ten days of Ramadan, and although the exact date is unclear, it is generally assumed to be the 27th day of the Holy month. This is a night of great remembrance and worship to Allah (SWT) and ranks higher…

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Srinagar the City of Bridges

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Srinagar the City of Bridges

In Srinagar, river Jhelum passes through the different seven bridges thus making it ‘City of Bridges’ and the first one overpasses through the wooden Zero or Zo’er Bridge in the Rajbagh area. The Zero or Zo’er Bridge is the first bridge wherein Jhelum makes an entry into Srinagar. The bridge is believed to be constructed somewhere in 1956 by a deaf constructor and was named as Zo’er bridge that later was changed to Zero bridge. The bridge was built on an ancient cantilever principle, and a few years back it…

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Kashmir’s Travel Industry badly shattered by COVID19 Second Wave

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Kashmir's Travel Industry badly shattered by COVID19 Second Wave

The tourism sector in Jammu and Kashmir had picked up in November-December of last year with tourists coming to the valley in large numbers to enjoy the snowfall and serene views. However, the second wave of Covid-19 changed everything. The second wave of Covid-19 has badly hit tourism in Kashmir valley. According to the local tourist operators, tourism season gradually picked up from October last year. Heavy snowfall in the last winter attracted thousands of tourists in Kashmir especially in Gulmarg where the grand sports event ‘Khelo India’ was organized…

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Volkan Bozkir, UN General Assembly president says Kashmir Status should not be changed, acknowledges Shimla Agreement of 1972

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Volkan Bozkir, UN General Assembly president says Kashmir Status should not be changed, acknowledges Simla Agreement of 1972

General Assembly President Volkan Bozkir has said that the status of Jammu and Kashmir should not be changed while acknowledging the 1972 Simla Agreement between India and Pakistan making it a bilateral issue. “I call on all parties to refrain from taking steps that could affect the status of Jammu and Kashmir,” he said at a news conference here on Tuesday. “I support dialogue and diplomacy, and I encourage both Pakistan and India, neighbours, to resolve this dispute through peaceful means,” he said. While answering a reporter’s question about Kashmir,…

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South India’s N440K COVID variant 15 times more lethal, getting replaced by double mutant, UK variants: Data

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South India's N440K COVID variant 15 times more lethal, getting replaced by double mutant, UK variants - Data

Several variants of SARS-CoV-2 have been emerging across the globe, continuing to threaten efforts to stem the world’s worst virus outbreak. The variants with N440K spike substitution have been detected in several parts of India, which has been hit by the second wave of the pandemic. Scientists at the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) have found that lineages with N440K are not the dominant ones in the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic in India. It was CCMB that had discovered the new coronavirus variant N440K. Experts have…

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As on-campus facilities remain closed, Schools must reduce fees: Supreme Court

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As on-campus facilities remain closed, Schools must reduce fees - Supreme Court

While listening to a bunch of pleas by private unaided schools of Rajasthan against the state government’s order to forego 30 per cent of the tuition fee during the pandemic, the bench agreed that schools had to reduce the fees. Amid calls to slash school fees, Supreme Court has asked educational institutions to reduce fees as their running costs have come down with offline class and on-campus facilities remaining closed. Bench of Justices AM Khanwilkar and Dinesh Maheshwari said that schools must be sensitive to the problems faced by people…

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J&K Employees union protests dismissal of three employees

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J&K Employees union protests dismissal of three employees

One of the three dismissed employees, Nazir Ahmad Wani was accused of giving shelter to terrorists after an underground hideout was busted at his shop in Pulwama last year. Following the dismissal of three employees from the service of Jammu and Kashmir government for activities tantamount to posing a threat to the country’s security or anti-national activities has led to protests from the employees union in the union territory. Separate orders issued by the general administration department of the UT had dismissed Idrees Jan, a teacher of Government Middle School…

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Govt extends lock-down in four J&K districts till May 10

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Govt extends lock-down in four J&K districts till May 10

The government on Tuesday evening announced extension in Corona Curfew in four districts of Jammu and Kashmir till May 10, 2021. Directorate of Information and Public Relations (DIPR) in a tweet informed extension in Corona Curfew in four districts of J&K including Srinagar, Jammu, Baramulla and Budgam. As per the tweet, the government has announced that Corona Curfew will also be imposed in Samba district from tomorrow (Wednesday) evening till May 10 (Monday). The decision has been taken in wake of the spike in the COVID-19 cases across J&K. “In…

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COVID19 Blast: With 37 Deaths & 4650 Fresh cases coronavirus crises taking urgly turn across J&K

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The Jammu and Kashmir Union territory on Tuesday witnessed 37 deaths due to Covid pandemic while 4,650 fresh positive cases highest since pandemic were also reported, taking the number of total active cases in the UT to 37,302 . With 37 more deaths the death toll in the UT has reached to 2,457 and the active cases continue to increase and the recovery rate decreases with each passing day. 4,650 fresh positive cases reported on Tuesday pushed the tally of positive cases to 191,869. Of the exact number of 191,869…

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District Srinagar declared as Covid-19 Red Zone

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District Srinagar declared as Covid-19 Red Zone

Srinagar and three other districts are under curfew till Thursday and government officials say it could be extended further if the cases continue to rise, especially in the Red Zone. The Jammu and Kashmir administration has declared Srinagar district a Red Zone after the summer capital recorded 1,126 fresh Covid-19 cases on Sunday. All other 19 districts have been declared as orange zones.Srinagar and Jammu districts reported 1,126 and 486 fresh Covid-19 cases respectively on Sunday, taking the tally of active cases in the two districts to 9,554 and 6,478.…

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