Precious Kashmir

Covid-19 claims 2 lives, 179 test positive in J&K

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24/11/2021

By: Nadeem Nadu

Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir reported 179 fresh covid-19 cases while two persons died due to the virus in the last 24 hours, officials said on Tuesday.

Among the fresh cases, 30 were reported from Jammu Division and 149 from Kashmir, taking the overall tally to 335707.

There was one death each from Kashmir and Jammu division respectively due to the virus during the last 24 hours, they said.

So far 4464 persons—2183 in Jammu and 2281 in Kashmir—have died due to the pathogen, they said.

Giving district wise details of the fresh cases, the officials said that Srinagar reported 64 cases, Baramulla 35, Budgam 17, Pulwama 4, Kupwara 8, Anantnag 1, Bandipora 6, Ganderbal 10, Kulgam 4, Shopian 0, Jammu 19, Udhampur 1, Rajouri 3, Doda 1, Kathua 1, Samba 1, Kishtwar 0, Poonch 3, Ramban 0 and Reasi 1.

A number of these cases were confirmed at CD hospital’s diagnostic labouratory and female (28) (NA) from Khansahib budgam, female (45) (NA) from Eidgah sgr, male (12) (NA) from Eidgah sgr, male (56) (NA) from Peerbagh sgr, female (19) (NA) from Ganderbal, male (04) (NA) from Qamarwari, female (21) (NA) from Kulgam, female (56) (NA) from Bemina, male (70) (NA) from Kangan, male (90) (NA) from Kupwara, male (55) (NA) from Sogam lolab, female (60) (NA) from Lalpora lolab, male (52) (NA) from Douroisa lolab, male (26) (NA) from Sogam lolab, male (15) (NA) from Udipora langate, male (50) (NA) from Hajan langate, female (58) (NA) from Peerbagh Sgr, female (16) (NA) from Krusan lolab, female (18) (NA) from Sogam lolab, female (16) (NA) from Lalpora lolab, male (35) (NA) from Devar lolab, female (70) (NA) from Khaniyar, female (57) (NA) from Brain, female (58) (NA) from Ishbar nishat, female (58) (NA) from Tangmarg, female (40) (NA) from Narbal, male (32) (NA) from Lalbazar, female (63) (NA) from Qamarwari, female (27) (NA) from Jawahar nagar sgr, female (64) (NA) from Sheikh bagh, female (56) (NA) from Sheikh bagh, female (14) (NA) from Barzula, female (44) (NA) from Barzula, male (33) (NA) from Maharashtra, male (56) (NA) from Shivpora, male (59) (NA) from Shivpora, female (77) (NA) from Shivpora, male (33) (NA) from Barzula, female (37) (NA) from Wamluna stop Sgr, female (05) (NA) from Buchpora, female (38) (NA) from Syedpora, female (36) (NA) from Syedpora, male (67) (NA) from Syedpora, male (45) (NA) from Sanatnagar and male (70) (NA) from Baramulla.

Moreover, 195 Covid-19 patients recovered during the time, 31 from Jammu Division and 164 from Kashmir, they said.

So far 329596 patients have recovered, leaving active case tally at 1647—248 in Jammu and 1399 in Kashmir.

They said there was no new confirmed case of mucormycosis (black fungus) reported today. So far 49 black fungus cases have been confirmed in J&K, the officials said.

The government also informed that 68650 doses of covid-19 vaccine were administered during the time in J&K. (GNS)

Power curtailment to go down after commissioning of various grid stations: Admin

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Precious Kashmir

24/11/2021

By: Sajidah Yousuf

Srinagar: The divisional administration of Kashmir has said that the graph of power curtailment will reduce here in winters following the fully commissioning of various grid stations.

In a meeting, the Kashmir Power Development Corporation Limited (KPDCL) informed the divisional commissioner Kashmir, P K Pole that with the fully commissioning of grid stations of Mirbazar, Lisser, Gopolpora, Delina and Amargarh, the power scenario in the valley will get improved and better.

Pole in the meeting directed the KPDCL that curtailment graph of power supply shall get down with commissioning of these grid stations in the villages as well.

Besides, the department was asked to publish the curtailment schedule within two days.

The divisional commissioner Kashmir directed that in view of heavy snow accumulation into the valley, particularly in snow bound areas machinery shall be used for erection of poles and installation of transformers so that it shall be ensured that supply is restored within shortest time.

“Possibility shall be explored to restore the cut off power supply due to snow in the valley well before the already fixed deadline,” Pole said.

He was further informed that the transformer, poles and conductor has also been dumped at Divisional Level in addition to already dumped material.

Pole directed that possibility shall also be explored to dump the additional transformers, poles and conductor at suitable gross root level so that restoration process can be done early.

“The public grievance receipt and disposal about power shall be redressed and shared with Divisional Commissioner Officer in tabulated format on daily basis,” Pole directed KPDCL. (KNO)

Adequate stock of essentials available in Kashmir: Govt

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24/11/2021

Srinagar: Ahead of winter season, the government on Tuesday said that adequate stock of essential commodities like ration, LPG, Kerosene and other things are available in the Valley.

Director Food, Civil Supplies & Consumer Affairs Kashmir, Abdul Samad Mir said that there is no shortage of essential commodities.

“Adequate stock of essential commodities like ration, kerosene and LPG has been made available for this and the next month as well,” he said.

He further added that the stock has also been available for border areas almost 20 days back. “The adequate stock is available till December,” he added.

Notably, Kashmir remains mostly cut-off with rest parts of the country during the winter season due to frequent rainfall and snowfall.

Pertinently, cold conditions prevail in Kashmir while the weatherman here has predicted wet weather conditions till the end of this month. (KNO)

Kashmir Botanist named among most highly cited worldwide

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Precious Kashmir

24/11/2021

Kashmir Botanist named among most highly cited worldwide

Srinagar: A young Botanist from south Kashmir’s Pulwama district, Dr Parvaiz Ahmad, has been named on the annual Highly Cited Researchers 2021 list from Clarivate.

The prestigious annual list identifies researchers who demonstrated significant influence in their chosen field or fields through the publication of multiple highly cited papers during the last decade.

Their names are drawn from the publications that rank in the top 1 percent by citations for field and publication year in the Web of Science citation index.

Approximately 8.8 million researchers are working this time in different fields like engineering, science, medicine, Economics and Business, Computer sciences etc. and among these less than 1% have published many papers over a decade and that rank in the top 1% of citations for a particular field.

Hailing from Payir area of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district, Dr Parvaiz Ahmad has been included in the top 2% scientists of 2021 by Standford University, California, United States of America.

In 2020, he was also listed in the top 2% list of scientists provided by Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America.

Dr Parvaiz completed his M.Sc in Botany from Hamdard University New Delhi and later completed his PhD from the Indian Institute of Technology-Delhi (IITD).

He also worked as postdoc fellow in International Council For Genetic Engineering And Biotechnology (ICGEB)- New Delhi.

Presently, he is the Senior Assistant Professor at Government Degree College, Pulwama.

Dr Parvaiz has published around 25 books with eminent international publishers like Elsevier, Springer, John Wiley etc.

He has also published 272 research papers in the research field according to the web of science and Publon. (GNS)

Life foundation Charai Sharief organises daylong seminar

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Precious Kashmir

24/11/2021

Life foundation Charai Sharief organises daylong seminar

MP Manika Gandhi address via video conferencing

By: Arshad Dijoo

Charai Sharief: Life foundation Charai Sharief Tuesday held a daylong seminar on Animal welfare challenges in Kashmir.

The event was organized in collaboration with an animal welfare organization “KAWFcares” and was presided over by environmental lawyer and amicus curie J&K High court Advocate Nadeem Qadri.

While as parliamentarian and animal rights activist Manika Gandhi addressed the gathering through video conferencing.

The day began with the presentations made by Life school students emphasising the need for compassion and better attitude towards animal life. Students presented their concepts through various skits and group discussions whereby different ideas were shared for better man-animal interface.

KAWF cares trained volunteers also held a demonstration of various animal rescue and relief modules and shared different methods and means of helping animals in distress.

Chairperson “People for Animals” organization and sitting Member of Parliament Manika Gandhi participated in the seminar virtually.

Manika Gandhi in her 45 minute address to the gathering highlighted the need to inculcate a sense of compassion towards animal community besides other aspects of human-animal interface.

“If we deal with animals with compassion and take care of them and love them the same will be better reciprocated by the animals” Manika Gandhi said.

Manika Gandhi also shared instances of various manmade disasters in different parts of the country and cautioned the young minds against such things being repeated in Kashmir.

Nighat Assadullah Lone founding member KAWFcares also participated virtually.

Later the chief guest and environmental lawyer and amicus curie J&K high court Nadeem Qadri shared a power point presentation highlighting different aspects of animal and environmental welfare concepts. He stressed upon the students to inculcate in them a deep sense of care and compassion towards animal community and also diverse environmental issues.

“I have travelled fifty kilometers to meet you and share my experiences with you so that you tackle nature issues very delicately in life,” Qadri stressed upon the participating students.

Range Officer Doodganga wildlife range Tariq Nazir Shah amongst others also participated in the seminar and encouraged students for nature and animal care.

Later the event concluded with a presentation ceremony where momentos and medals were presented to the performing students.

KU PG distance students demand change in exam timing

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Precious Kashmir

24/11/2021

Srinagar: The students who are pursuing their degree through distance mode in University of Kashmir Tuesday demanded change in exam timing of 10 am as it is very difficult for them to reach the examination centre in the bone chilling winters.

Several students said that they have been asking authorities to conduct their third semester exam since August this year but nothing has been done till now due to unknown reasons.

Students said that PG is supposed to get completed in two years and being a student of 2018, three years have already passed but they have given just two semesters.

“Since August we have been requesting authorities to conduct our exams online as classes were also given online but neither online nor offline exams were conducted till now. But now the datesheet has been issued and our exams are starting from 26th this month and timing has been kept at 10 am,” they said.

“How is it possible to reach examination centre Srinagar at 10 am in this bone chilling winter,” they said.

“I am from Kulgam and like me there are many other students who are from far off places. How can we reach examination centres so early in the morning,” said a student from Kulgam. “We have been requesting authorities since the last several months to conduct our exams, but now why bone chilling winter was chosen and that too with 10 am timing.”

He said that if students have given classes online then authorities should have conducted our exams online.

“We have taken up this issue in notice of higher ups already who told us to wait for two days but after two days passed no official is receiving our calls,” students said.

“We went to university as well where the director wasn’t in his office. Then we met with the controller examination who asked us to go to the joint controller examination. When we put forward our request before him, he told us that if we can come for classes in winter then why not for exams,” they said.

Director Distance Education University of Kashmir Tariq Chisti, said that, “only controller examination can change examination timing.” (KNO)

Employment awareness drive held in Rafiabad

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Precious Kashmir

24/11/2021

Srinagar: An employment awareness drive was on Tuesday organized by Rafiabad Army Camp under the aegis of Pohrupeth RR sect HQ on Tuesday.

The drive was conducted at Chijhama Dak Bungalow. Almost 600 youth attended the drive.

The delegation consisted of various departments of services like banking, insurance, sports, employment exchange, postal services, police, horticulture, Himayat Foundation, Army Recruitment Office, Srinagar etc.

They conducted on the spot workshops & selected interns for their respective departments and also gave out information on various job opportunities.

Such events are an example of synchronisation between the Army, Civil Administration and locals, wherein maximum benefit can be extended to the youths of the area.

These events will go a long way in creating awareness amongst the youth and enlightening them about the various opportunities in terms of employment.

Bhaand Pather organized in Langate

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Precious Kashmir

24/11/2021

Srinagar: With the aim to convey positive message amongst the local populace through entertainment in the form of Bhaand Pather live performance, a joint initiative was undertaken by Army Camp, Langate and Civil Administration in close support of Shajahan, Chairman All J&K Folk Theatres.

The event was organised at Government Girls Higher Secondary School, Langate and turned out to be a grand success wherein approx 1500 locals witnessed the event with great zeal and enthusiasm.

A total of four Folk Theatres participated in the event and performed on different themes. The theaters include Nandresi Theatre, Kupwara – Importance of Education, Snober Theatre, Sopore – Corruption, Wuller Theatre, Budgam – Drug Menace and Bomi Lok Theatre, Badgam – Traffic Control.

The event was attended by Irfan Panditpuri DDC Chairman Kupwara, Hamid Fani, Chief Education Officer Kupwara, Javed Qureshi, members of Lalded Youth Club and Mawar Youth Society, Various Civil Administration officials and large number of locals also attended.

At the end of the event, best folk theatre and best performers were felicitated. The members of Lalded Youth Club and Mawar Youth Society were also felicitated in view of their active involvement and support for such events.

All performers of Bhaand Pather displayed exceptional wit and humour. The show received enthusiastic response from spectators and all expressed their gratitude and desire to witness such events in future too.

Obesity In Children

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Precious Kashmir

24/11/2021

Public health experts have been calling for curbs on highly processed junk food to address obesity.

Consuming anything in excessive quantities is always harmful to health. Junk food is high in calories and contains unhealthy fats that can lead to obesity and high sugar levels.

As per some experts, there are various microbial species in the stomach that help the body cells to battle against obesity, diabetes, provocative gut conditions, coronary illness, and so on. Junk foods are said to impact them badly.

Development of obesity is multi-factorial and eating of junk food and processed food is one of them, the government quoting experts informed the Parliament on Tuesday. Childhood obesity is a risk factor of developing heart diseases and diabetes in later life, the government said also quoting a recent systematic review of studies on childhood obesity from India. The study, the government said, showed that the pooled data after 2010 estimated a combined prevalence of 19.3% of childhood overweight and obesity which was a significant increase from the earlier prevalence of 16.3% reported in 2001-2005.

As per Indian Council of Medical Research’s India State Level Disease Burden Initiative study paper published in “Lancet Global Health”, there has been an increase in the number of people suffering with diabetes from 26.0 million in 1990 to 65.0 million in 2016 in India with an increase in the crude prevalence by 39·4% in adults aged 20 years or older with an increase in every state from 1990 to 2016, contributing about 3·1% of the total deaths, the parliament was informed.

The most important risk factor for diabetes was overweight, with about 36·0% of the diabetes disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) could be attributed to. For every 100 overweight adults aged 20 years or older, there were 38 adults with diabetes, compared with the global average of 19 adults in 2016. The other risk factors for diabetes are low physical activity and increase in unhealthy diet (dietary risk).

ICMR- NIN (National Institute of Nutrition) has also recommended a new syllabus to be included in Textbooks of School children in NCERT Board on Healthy Food habits and Nutrition as a Part of Nutrition Education and Communication strategy for Healthy foods. These are welcome steps and need to be implemented in letter and spirit. Also, importantly too, the onus of inculcating healthy eating habits also starts at home. Parents should ensure steps to reduce the intake of unhealthy food.

IPL 2022 likely to begin on April 2 in Chennai: Report

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24/11/2021

IPL 2022 likely to begin on April 2 in Chennai: Report

New Delhi: The next edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL), which will be a ten-team affair, is likely to begin on April 2 in Chennai.

According to a Cricbuzz report, fixtures have not been finalised but the BCCI has internally conveyed to the key stakeholders that the board is planning to start IPL 2022 on April 2 in Chennai.

Since the 15th edition of the cash-rich league will have 10 teams and 74 games in all, the BCCI has discussed internally that the length of the season will be for over 60 days. As a result, the final could be played in the first weekend of June.

Notably, each team will have 14 league games with the current format of seven home and away games each retained.

As Chennai Super Kings are the defending champions, Chepauk will be the obvious choice for the inaugural game but there is no formal decision whether their opponents will, again, be Mumbai Indians, which has been the case mostly.

Earlier, in his speech at CSK’s fourth IPL win celebration event, BCCI secretary Jay Shah had announced that the IPL will be returning to India, after the full season of 2020 and a half-season of 2021 were staged in UAE.

“I know you all are waiting to see the CSK play at Chepauk. Well, the moment is not very far. The 15th season of the IPL will take place in India and it will be more exciting than ever with two new teams joining. We have a mega auction coming up, so it will be interesting to see what the new combinations look like,” the BCCI secretary had said at the function.

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