SRINAGAR: Weatherman on Sunday forecast ‘hot and dry’ weather in J&K and Ladakh with lesser possibility of brief spell of thunderstorm with rain at Isolated places towards late afternoon or evening for next few days.

“Today, weather is most likely to remain mainly hot and dry. However, a brief spell of thunderstorm with rain may occur at Isolated places towards late afternoon or evening, although chances are less,” Director Meteorological Department Sonam Lotus said.

Same weather (is) most likely to continue for next few days,” he said, adding, there’s no forecast of any major rainfall for next few days.

Regarding Ladakh , he said weather will remain mainly hot  and dry  and same is likely to continue for the next few days.

“No forecast of any major weather event for next one week,” he added.

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Srinagar: National Institute of Technology (NIT) Srinagar on Sunday announced submissions of articles, write-ups for the 2020-21 issue of institute’s annual Sabzar magazine.

Director NIT Srinagar, Dr. Prof. Rakesh Sehgal said they have started the content submission process for Sabzar magazine and anyone who is passionate about the writing can contribute to it.

He urged faculty members, students and other staff workers to contribute for the magazine as it will help them to share their experiences and ground knowledge about various subjects.

Prof Sehgal said after the initial check for plagiarism and suitability, articles that meet the quality threshold will undergo a review process and finally will find their space in the magazine.

Registrar NIT Srinagar, Prof. Kaiser Bukhari appreciated the efforts of Director NIT Srinagar Prof. Sehgal and Editor in Chief of Sabzar magazine, Prof. G. A. Harmain.

He said magazine would reflect a wide range of ideas including prevailing topics which need to be highlighted in society.

Editor-in-Chief of Sabzar magazine, Prof. G. A. Harmain of the Department of Mechanical Engineering, said both students and faculty members can contribute their write ups and articles pertaining to academics, higher education, creative compositions such as poetry, short stories, and interesting anecdotes.

“Even contributors can share their personal experiences related to education and their life at NIT Srinagar. They can also send us their suggestions, views related to various aspects of the institute,” he said.

Prof. Harmain said all the faculty members, students, research scholars, alumni, non-teaching, and ministerial staff members of the Institute are requested to send articles on topics of their choice.

He informed that articles will be checked for plagiarism and then content will be reviewed by the members of the editorial board. Selected articles will be published in the relevant section of the magazine, he added.

“ We have also formed a core member group for Sabzar 2020-21 including  Dr Jaya Srivastava  Dr Ravi Bhushan as  associate editors, and M. Zubabuddin as student editor.To ease the process, the contributors can easily submit their articles, writeups online,” Prof. Harmain said.

Meanwhile, as per notice issued on Friday by Department of Humanities, Social Sciences & Management, informed that NIT Srinagar is going to publish the 2020-21 issue of the Institute Magazine, SABZAR which will be having four sections including English, Hindi, Urdu, & Kashmiri.

The institute fraternity is also encouraged to send captivating photographs of people, places, and activities of our campus. Photographs should be of high resolution and could be of any size sent in any file format.

All the contributors are requested to send their articles/photos and furnish their names, photographs, and other details through the Google form link which has been shared on all socail media handles of NIT Srinagar.

Meanwhile, the deadline for submission is 15th June 2021. NIT Srinagar will be accepting articles in English, Hindi, Urdu, and Kashmiri with a word limit of around 1500 words.

Meanwhile, faculty, students, scholars, non-teaching and ministerial staff members can contact members of the editorial board for queries, assistance regarding the submission of their articles.

For articles in Urdu, Prof. G. A. Harmain from the Department of Mechanical Engineering and could be reached at [email protected]).

Similarly for articles in Kashmiri, Dr. Gausia Qazi who is Associate Professor at Department of Electronics and Communications Engineering and she can be reached at [email protected].

For articles in English, Dr Jaya Shrivastava who is Assistant Professor at Department of Humanities, Social Sciences & Management and can be reached at [email protected].

Similarly  for articles in Hindi, Dr Ravi Bhushan who is Assistant Professor Department of Electrical Engineering  and can be reached out at [email protected].

Srinagar: Mufti Nazir Ahmad Qasmi from Darul Ulum Rahimiyah Bandipora, delivered an online lecture on the topic “Pandemic and Islam,” to the students and scholars of Departments of Religious Studies and Politics and Governance.

Addressing the students and faculty members, Mufti Nazir Ahmad Qasmi, said the Covid-19 pandemic has thrown challenges on multiple fronts to the people across the world, especially in the Kashmir Valley, and the need of the hour was to work together and in tandem to defeat the dreaded disease. “People, irrespective of their religion, caste, creed and sect and the non-governmental organizations should provide succor to the impoverished class as their business and earnings have been badly hit due to the lockdowns,” he said. Hailing the working of doctors and paramedical staff in combating the dreaded disease in the hospitals and other health centers, he asked the health care workers, especially the doctors to provide all types of requisite medical assistance to the Covid patients admitted in the hospitals. Mufti Nazir also informed the participants about the ways and means to handle the bodies of Covid victims for ensuring their dignified burials.

Mufti Nazir Ahmad Qasmi, further underscored the need of following the teachings and Sunnah of Prophet Muhammad (SAW) during these trying times, adding that Islam is not only a religion, but a way of life.

Earlier, Dean School of Social Science and Head Department of Religious Studies, Prof. Hameed Naseem Rafiabadi welcomed the guest and asked the students to follow the teachings of Islam in letter and spirit. He asked the students to identify the people in distress and helm them accordingly.

Later, Mufti Nazir Ahmad Qasmi, answered diverse questions of the students and staff.

Assistant Professor, Dr. Nazir Ahmad conducted the programme proceedings while as Assistant Professor, Mr. Muhammad Reza proposed the vote of thanks.

SRINAGAR: The Army on Saturday evening recovered a vehicle after it skidded off the road in  Lar area of Ganderbal.  An official said that an army vehicle of 24 RR helped a toppled bus in Lar Ganderbal

He said that bus had skipped from the road on Srinagar-Leh National highway in the agriculture field.  Soon after the news broke out the soldiers of 24 RR unit reached to the spot and recovered the vehicle.

Meanwhile, locals appreciated the Jawans of 24 RR unit for recovering the vehicle after hectic efforts.  They also thanked them for always helping locals in every even and odd times.

Meanwhile army said that they are always available for the welfare of general public which makes a bond of Public-Army strong.

Srinagar: Continuing with its guest lecture series, Kashmir University’s Centre for Career Planning and Counselling (CCPC) organised an online lecture by former IAS officer Mr Mohammad Shafi Pandit for its civil services aspirants.

Sharing his personal experiences, Mr Pandit, a former chairman of J&K Public Service Commission, urged the civil services aspirants to be clear about why they want to pursue a career in civil services.

“You have to be passionate about your career goals and have to pursue it religiously,” he told the aspirants who are undergoing coaching at the CCPC.

Urging the aspirants to avoid all types of distractions, he said: “You need to stay focused even if it takes multiple attempts to get to the desired career path.”

Dean of Academic Affairs at KU Prof Shabir Ahmad Bhat, who was present on the occasion, said higher education institutions will be required to offer systems to keep pace with competitive excellence to enable an increasing number of students sitting for competitive exams to carve a niche for themselves.

“We are in the midst of an unprecedented academic revolution. In an era of enormous and apparent change that’s most predominantly driven by technology, we often forget that change is about people – their ideas and their capacity to imagine and work together for a different yet secure future,” he said.

In his welcome address, Director CCPC Prof Mohammad Shafi highlighted the achievements of the Centre vis-à-vis Coaching and Placements.

“We have shifted our domains from physical to digital platforms,” he said, asserting that its aspirants for civil services are very talented and hardworking and capable of delivering us the results.

An interaction session followed the formal talk by Mr Pandit, wherein students posed a lot of questions which were satisfactorily responded to by the resource person.

Consultants at CCPC Dr Bilal Ahmad Pandow and Hina Kazmi were also part of the interaction session.

Anantnag:  Senior Superintendent of Police Anantnag, Imtiyaz Hussain on Sunday visited families of two persons who were shot dead by militants and expressed Condolences.

The District Police Chief said that those involved in the act have been identified and will soon face the Justice.

“Visited bereaved families of victims of millitants in Jablipora and expressed my condolences.Gave assurance to next of kins that murderers who have been identified will soon face the justice”, he added.

Pertinently, militants shot dead two youths in Jablipora area of Bijbihara in Anantnag yesterday.(KNS)

Srinagar: Amid COVID-19 curfew across Jammu Kashmir, BJP leaders along with policemen and health workers violated the guidelines of coronavirus during a blood donation camp at Lal Ded hospital in Kashmir capital Srinagar.

Eyewitnesses told News Agency Kashmir Dot Com (KDC) that the hundreds of people were seen violating the social distancing norms and other SOPs during a blood donation camp organized by BJP’s Minority Morcha at Srinagar’s Lal Ded hospital.

They said that the officials at Lal Ded hospital neither direct these BJP leaders to maintain social distancing and other COVID related SOPs nor do they take any action during this blood donation camp.

“The Jammu and Kashmir police initiate action against the violators whenever they visit the market. They impose fine on shopkeepers and people but fail to take care in this hospital during this blood camp,” said a patient admitted at LD hospital.

When contacted, Medical Superintendent LD hospital, Dr. Shabir Sidique said they are trying their best to follow SOPs and making people aware about the implications of Covid infection.  (KDC)

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