Month: June 2021

Children & Coronavirus Third Wave

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Children & Coronavirus Third Wave

Will the third wave of the Covid-19 pandemic in India hit children the most? Here’s what top expert Prof Muzaffar Jan, a noted pediatrician, Head Department of Pediatrics at GMC Srinagar, and a member of the J&K Government’s advisory panel for Third Wave preparation had to say. Q: How will the Third Wave affect children?A: The first wave that hit the World in 2020 affected the elderly and those with underlying illnesses the most. The mortality was also high in that age group. The Second Wave that hit in 2021,…

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UN should take note of rights violations: Mehbooba Mufti

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UN should take note of rights violations - Mehbooba Mufti

Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti on Monday said the United Nations had to “step in” as India’s own institutions have stopped taking notice of human rights violations. Mehbooba said anyone who raised voice against the wrong measures of the Government of India (GOI) was labelled as “Pakistani agent”. “Anyone who raises his voice against GOI’s draconian measures is conveniently labelled as a Pakistani agent. A pity that our own institutions have stopped taking notice of such brazen human rights violations & instead the UN has…

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High flying rumors become Don Quixote’s windmills in Kashmir

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High flying rumours become Don Quixote's windmills in Kashmir

Kashmir has been agog since the last five days with rumours running high that ‘something big like August 5, 2019’ is going to happen. In 2019 also rumours flew wild saying ‘Delhi was planning something big’ and those rumours came true when articles 370, 35A and the statehood were scrapped by the Indian Parliament. What fuelled the rumours of 2019? The official advisory to tourists to leave the Valley, the curtailment of the Amarnath Yatra which was in full swing when the government decide to cut it short. The huge…

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Post Sinha & Shah’s Delhi meet, demand for separate statehood rising from across Jammu region

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Post Sinha & Shah's Delhi meet, demand for separate statehood rising from across Jammu region

With J&K Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha meeting Union Home Minister Amit Shah, and more paramilitary troops being rushed to Kashmir, speculation has been rife that the Centre is about to make some major decisions on Jammu and Kashmir. This has prompted Jammu-based parties to come forward demanding that Jammu be made a separate state. Sinha met Shah and Home Secretary A K Bhalla in New Delhi for a security review meeting. Soon after the meeting, rumours have surfaced that the Centre is planning to give statehood to Jammu and may…

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LG Manoj Sinha’s meet with Amit Shah and AK Bhalla in Delhi trigger speculations in Kashmir

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LG Manoj Sinha’s meet with Amit Shah and AK Bhalla in Delhi trigger speculations in Kashmir

Heavy troop movement in J&K as CAPF companies return from poll duty The J&K Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha’s conferences with Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Home Secretary AK Bhalla in Delhi triggered speculations and rumors about attainable administrative and political adjustments within the Union Territory. However, a senior official within the administration knew that the conferences with Shah and others have been a routine train. The LG met Shah and Bhalla to debate the bottom scenario within the UT and different common administrative work. The LG is returning to…

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GoI comfortable with non-political setup in J&K: Sajjad Lone

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GoI comfortable with non-political setup in J&K - Sajjad Lone

Lone also made a veiled attack at former J&K chief secretary BVR Subrahmanyam, stating that the latter nursed hatred towards the people of Kashmir People’s Conference chairman and former minister Sajjad Lone on Sunday said the current government is comfortable with a non-political setup in Jammu and Kashmir. Lone’s party was in alliance with the Peoples Democratic Party-Bharatiya Janata Party combine in Jammu and Kashmir till the saffron party withdrew support from the government led by Mehbooba Mufti in 2018. He later became part of the Peoples Alliance for Gupkar…

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Spat on between Doctors & Bureaucrats for what is scientific or unscientific over COVID19 vaccination

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Spat on between Doctors & Bureaucrats for what is Scientific or Unscientific over COVID19 vaccination

A row ensued as influenza expert Dr Nisar-ul-Hassan, who heads a faction of Doctors’ Association of Kashmir, stated that people allergic to any ingredient of Covid vaccine should not receive the jab. A verbal spat over what is scientific or unscientific over Covid-19 vaccination is playing out between a health expert and a prominent bureaucrat in Kashmir. The row ensued as influenza expert Dr Nisar-ul-Hassan, who heads a faction of Doctors’ Association of Kashmir (DAK), stated that people allergic to any ingredient of Covid vaccine should not receive the jab.…

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At 31.9°C Srinagar recorded the hottest day of the season so far

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After witnessing considerably low temperatures in May, the mercury is gradually rising in the valley as summer capital Srinagar recorded a 31.9  degree Celsius on Sunday, which is the highest temperature of the season so far. Deputy Director Meteorological Centre, Mukhtar Ahmad told Kashmir Post that Srinagar had recorded the hottest day of the season so far on Sunday and this trend will continue for the next few days in the valley. “We are expecting dry weather to continue and there will be an increase of 2-3 degrees in temperatures…

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The man behind ‘Black Diary’ of Scams in J&K

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The man behind ‘Black Diary’ of Scams in J&K

With the transfer of Chief Secretary BVR Subrahmanyam, conjectures over his Diary of Scams gain momentum By: Naseer Ganai Despite being transferred to the Union ministry of commerce, outgoing chief secretary B.V.R. Subrahmanyam is yet to leave Jammu and Kashmir. He continues to meet officials and visit places. Besides his extended stay, what has generated a lot of curiosity in bureaucratic circles is Subrahmanyam’s ‘black diary’. “I have a black diary and its three pages are full of scams,” he had said last year, in a briefing in August. “If…

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Qazigund-Banihal tunnel likely to be operational very soon

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Qazigund-Banihal tunnel likely to be operational very soon

The construction work on the double-tube four-lane tunnel between Qazigund and Banihal along the Srinagar-Jammu highway is in the final stage with the trial run of traffic expected by the end of this month, officials told Kashmir Post. Officials said that the trial of the various facilities inside the tunnel including the ventilation set up and CCTVs installed inside the tunnel had already started and the tunnel is expected to be thrown open in coming weeks. The construction work on the 8km tunnel cutting across the Pir Panjal mountain range…

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