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Climate Change Threat: Study highlights formation of Three New Lakes in Ladakh due to Glacial Retreat, Poses Flood Risk

July 29, 2023 Editor

Field surveys by geologists have indicated that three new glacial lakes of different dimensions are likely to form in the area of the Parkachik Glacier in Ladakh as a result of glacial retreat, which could have the potential to cause floods if they burst. Scientists from the Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, have conducted a study that describes the morphological and dynamic changes of the Parkachik Glacier in the Suru river valley of Ladakh Himalayas, using medium-resolution satellite images from 1971–2021 and field surveys between 2015 and 2021. The Parkachik…

Alarming: Close to 10,000 Women Reported Missing in Jammu and Kashmir Since 2019

July 28, 2023 Editor

Nearly ten thousand women have gone missing from Jammu Kashmir since 2019, Minister of State for Home Ajay Mishra told Rajya Sabha. The Indian Parliament was informed that 9765 women the categories above and below 18 have gone missing from their homes in Jammu Kashmir since 2019. This information was revealed by Minister of State for Home Ajay Kumar Mishra in response to a question in the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday. The figures from the report state from 2019 to 2021 are disturbing for Jammu Kashmir. In these three years,…

Amit Shah alleges conspiracy behind viral video leak ahead of monsoon session

July 28, 2023 Editor

The Union home ministry has told the Supreme Court that seven cases connected to the ethnic violence in Manipur — including the May 4 assault of two women by a mob, a viral video of which sparked an outcry — have been handed over to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and requested the top court to shift these trials outside the strife-torn state, home minister Amit Shah said on Thursday. Briefing the media in details about the genesis of Kuki-Meitei conflict since the 1990s to the present situation in…

Kapil Sibal to Represent DPAP in Article 370 Hearings

July 28, 2023 Editor

Senior lawyer Kapil Sibal will appear on behalf of the DPAP during hearing on a batch of petitions challenging the abrogation of Article 370 in the Supreme Court, the Ghulam Nabi Azad-led party said on Wednesday. The Supreme Court will commence day-to-day hearing from August 2 on a batch of petitions challenging the abrogation of Article 370 that bestowed special status on the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir. A five-judge Constitution bench headed by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud fixed July 27 as the deadline for filing of written submissions…

Jammu and Kashmir’s Land Scheme Raises Fears of Demographic Change

July 28, 2023July 28, 2023 Editor

Is the administration’s new land scheme an attempt to realign the region’s dynamics before the next Assembly election? By: Anando Bhakto A government programme to dole out land to the homeless in Jammu and Kashmir has reignited the contentious discourse on “demographic change” through a slew of government initiatives over the past four years, be it the delimitation of Assembly constituencies, land reforms, or the much-diluted domicile provision. The National Conference and the Peoples Democratic Party have framed the government’s latest land endowment scheme as a covert bid to absorb…

UN Report Warns of Al Qaeda’s Efforts to Establish Affiliate and Expand Operations in Kashmir

July 28, 2023July 28, 2023 Editor

Terror group Al Qaeda is “shaping” its regional affiliate in the Indian subcontinent to spread its operations into Jammu and Kashmir, Bangladesh and Myanmar, according to a UN report. The 32nd report of the Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team of the 1267 ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida Sanctions Committee of the UN Security Council, released this week, noted that “one Member State assessed that Al-Qaida is shaping AQIS (Al-Qaida in the Indian Subcontinent) to spread its operations into neighbouring Bangladesh, Jammu and Kashmir and Myanmar”. “That Member State also noted…

Education Department in Kashmir Implements Ban on Corporal Punishment in Schools

July 28, 2023 Editor

The Kashmir school education department on Thursday ordered ban on corporal punishment and other forms of child abuse in the educational institutes across the Valley. The school education authorities urged the education officers, headmasters and heads of institutions to ensure ban on corporal punishment in all government as well as private schools. In a circular, the school education department director informed that distressing complaints are pouring in regarding corporal punishment to the students in schools as per the report received from IMHANS-K, resulting in mental health issues in school going…

Mumbai Man duped out of ₹7 Lakh after responding to Fake Power bill message

July 27, 2023July 27, 2023 Editor

Little did a 24-year-old man know that responding to a message informing about an unpaid electricity bill would cost his family over Rs 7 lakh. The victim’s mother had received a text message on her phone, informing about the unpaid electricity bill. She asked the victim to check the message, after which he called the ‘electricity officer,’ whose number was mentioned in the message. The ‘electricity officer’ induced the victim to download a remote access app on his phone and convinced him to make a transaction of Rs 140. Within…