Precious Kashmir

Radio classes for 5th to 8th from AIR Srinagar to commence from today

City

26/05/2021

SRINAGAR: The Department of School Education is going to start Radio Classes from All India Radio Srinagar from 26th May, 2021

As per the statement issued by Directorate of School Education Kashmir, the Radio Classes shall begin from 26 May, 2021 for classes 5th to 8th.

The schedule for class 8th shall be from 10:00 am to 10:30 am, for 7th the timing of class shall be from 11:30 am to 12:00 Noon, for 6th the class shall start from 12:00 Noon and end at 12:30 pm and for 5th the timing is from 03:30 pm to 04:00 pm.

Meanwhile, the Director School Education Kashmir has sought cooperation of all stakeholders for successful implementation and coordinated efforts to be put in for successful conduct of classes in the better interests of the students.

The field officers of the department were advised to give the broadcast wider publicity to ensure the maximum coverage of the students through this initiative.

Pertinent to mention, there is a proposal to start tele classes from 9th to 12th classes from 1st June 2021 through DDK/ DD Gyan.

RTO Kashmir seeks applications for vanity numbers

City

Precious Kashmir

26/05/2021

SRINAGAR: The office of Regional Transport Officer Kashmir as per an official communique has informed the general public that the new Series JKO1AP for Registration of Vehicles shall be started from 26 May, 2021.

In this regard, all the desirous applicants are required to submit their applications for Vanity numbers, listed below (Notified by Government Vide Order No:-19- TR of 1999 dated 26-03-1999 & Transport Commissioners order No. 13 of 2008 dated 07-05-2008) along with the registration files of their vehicles (only approved by the Empowered Standing Committee, (ESC) of UT Transport Authority, J&K to the Regional Transport Officer, Srinagar immediately.

If only a single application is received for any particular Vanity Number, the Number, will be issued or `first come first serve basis. In case more than one file is received, the vanity/special registration number will be put to ore, auction and the highest bidder will have the claim on that particular registration Number.

Don’t fall for fake news about vaccination, SSP Baramulla

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Precious Kashmir

26/05/2021

Baramulla: Jammu and Kashmir police on Tuesday urged people not to fall for fake news that all those who will get vaccination will die within two years.

”This is Fake. Nobel laureate Luc Montagnier has said no such thing! ADE concerns are different. Adding to vaccine hesitancy like this should be treated as abetting murder. Please vaccinate,” Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Baramulla Rayees Mohammad Bhat reacting to social media report said.

The fake news report quoting Montagnier said that all vaccinated people will die within two years. The report said that Montagnier has confirmed that there is no chance of survival of people who have received any form of the vaccine.

Bhat said this is a fake news.

Meanwhile, massive vaccination drive has been initiated from today in the Baramulla district for the age group of 18 to 45 years in the priority sector, including judiciary, tourism, journalists, shopkeepers, vendors and drivers and conductors.

CUK’s DSW holds webinar on ‘coping stress, attaining mental wellness’

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Precious Kashmir

26/05/2021

Ganderbal: The three-day webinar “Coping Stress & Attaining Mental Wellness in Covid-19 Pandemic” organised by the Department of Students Welfare (DSW) Central University of Kashmir (CUK) in collaboration with Composite Regional Centre CRC), of Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Bemina, began on Tuesday.

Vice Chancellor, Prof. Mehraj ud Din Mir inaugurated the event which was also attended online by Director PDDUIPH, New Delhi, Ms. Samita Javant, Director Regional Composite Centre (RCC), Dr. Mir Zaffar Iqbal, Registrar, Prof. M Afzal Zargar, Deans of Schools, Heads and Coordinators of departments, faculty members, scholars, students and the administrative staff of the varsity.

Vice Chancellor, Prof. Mehraj ud Din Mir, asked the students to continuously remain engaged and active with work, other than academic pursuits. “The students should constantly remain in touch with their family and friends and share their stress related problems so that their loved ones could help them cope up with the same,” Prof. Mehraj ud Din Mir said. He asked the students and faculty members to seek suggestions from the experts for de-stressing oneself and implement them in letter and spirit. He said more such lectures would be organised in future.

In her address, Director PDDUIPH, New Delhi, Ms. Samita Javant, said that students were suffering immensely during the present situation and trying to cope with the stress. “These students need support during these trying times and the experts in the webinars would provide useful tips for managing the stress,” she said. She said that stress can manifest in students differently and can cause fear, anger, sadness, worry, changes and loss in appetite and energy level, which has to be treated immediately, before it takes a toll on their health.

Director Regional Composite Centre (RCC), Dr. Mir Zaffar Iqbal, while speaking on the occasion, gave details about the functioning and objectives of the CRC, which is to produce quality human resource for rehabilitation of the disabled people. Dr. Iqbal said that the aim of today’s webinar is to fully educate the student community about the stress and the ways and means to deal with the psychological issues arising out of the same. He said that during the three days, the resource persons would provide methods and techniques for stress management. He said the ministry has already established a mental health rehabilitation helpline wherein telephonic counselling is given to those in distress.

Registrar, Prof. Afzal Zargar in his address, said these webinars are being organised for the benefit of the students, scholars and faculty wherein they would be trained by the experts to cope with the stressful situations arising out of the prevailing pandemic. Prof. Zargar said the Covid has wreaked havoc across the globe and people across the world have been affected psychologically due to the disease and duress. He said holding such lectures was the need of the hour.

Welcoming the participants, Dean Students Welfare, Dr. Mehraj Ud Din Shah, said, the people are living in exceptionally difficult times due to Covid 19 pandemic and scores of people have lost their precious lives to this deadly virus and gory images of people struggling inside the hospitals have been flashed across the television screens. “This has caused huge stress and anxiety among the people, especially the student community who have been confined to their respective homes.

Deputy DSW, Arts Campus, Dr. Ishrat Bashir, conducted the programme proceedings and also proposed the vote of thanks. Later, technical sessions were held during the day.

Dheeraj Gupta reviews development activities at Baramulla

Jammu & Kashmir

Precious Kashmir

26/05/2021

Directs officers, implementing agencies to expedite pace of work on all projects

BARAMULLA: Principal Secretary, Housing and Urban Development Department (H&UDD), Dheeraj Gupta on his visit to Baramulla on Monday reviewed the status of different developmental activities and projects being executed in the district under different state and centrally sponsored schemes like Capex, Urban Development and Drainage Sector, MTMP, languishing scheme and also approved Development Plans 2021-22 of Urban Local Bodies.

District Development Commissioner Baramulla, Mr. Bhupinder Kumar, Presidents of ULB’s of District Baramulla, Director Planning Housing and Urban development Department,Superintendent Engineer PW(R&B) Baramulla, CEO UDAK and other District/Sectoral Officers of allied departments participated in the meeting. District Development Commissioner, Mr. Bhupinder Kumar gave an overview of all works undertaken in the district under Urban Development Sector. Director, Urban Local Bodies Kashmir presented a detailed overview of projects and schemes under implementation through a power point presentation.

Speaking on the occasion Principal Secretary H&UDD urged officers and executing agencies to gear up the pace of work on all the projects and that sufficient allocation has been earmarked for the ongoingworks. He called upon the executing agencies to develop project management techniques to determine sequence of activities, different stages of execution of the project, time needed to complete different activities and correct estimation of duration of projects which would help in timely completion of works. He said that Government is keen to provide all requisite facilities to mitigate the problems and to uplift living standards of the masses.

He further said that sufficient funds are available with Housing and Urban Development Department under MRDA Scheme for strengthening of basic infrastructure in Metropolitan areas of the UT and directed for formulation of projects under the scheme for approval. He said the amount shall also be available for constructions of small colonies, construction of affordable flats, where ever land is available.

The meeting was informed that funding under Capex Budget 2021-22 for seven ULBs of District Baramulla has been approved for an amount of Rs. 113.00 Lacs for 61 Developmental works like development of lanes, drains, pathways and other civic amenities. Under Urban Development Sector, Finance Commission Grants, an allocation of Rs. 2660.00 Lacs has been made for execution of 40 works comprising Bus Ports, Slaughter Houses, Shopping/ Office Complexes, Community/ Marriage Halls, Parking lots, Children Parks with open air gymnasium. The facility of Slaughter Houses has been extended to all ULBs of the District to ensure that the slaughtering of animals would be carried out in a safe and hygienic manner.

Giving details of activities under the Swachh Bharat Mission, the meeting was informed that 32 units of Community Toilets have been constructed at the cost of Rs. 413.42 Lacs and 4228 units of Individual Household Latrines have been constructed so far at a cost of Rs. 559.38 Lacs. The concerned CEOs and EOs were directed to conduct a survey to identify such places where further CT/PTs can be constructed and Mobile toilets can be installed.

Principal Secretary H&UD emphasized that in order to give modern dimensions to the sanitation and dumping of waste and garbage in all prominent cities and towns of the UT, DPRs have been approved for all ULBs of Kashmir Division for an amount of Rs. 19166.58 Lacs, out of which Rs. 1286.80 Lacs are earmarked for the procurement of Collection & Transportation infrastructure. Director Urban Local Bodies Kashmir was directed to complete the procurement process of C&T infrastructure by the end of June, 2021 to augment the existing C&T infrastructure.

Under Housing for All (Urban)scheme, 6814 beneficiaries have been approved for ULBs of Baramulla District, out of which 691houses have been completed and 1741 units are under construction. An expenditure of Rs. 1053.71 Lacs has so far been made under the scheme. 38% of identified beneficiaries have been re-verified till date by the Committee headed by concerned Deputy Commissioner. For verification of balance PMAY(U) units, it was directed that the verification process shall completed by next 10 days positively. People, who have availed the financial assistance of Rs. 1.66 Lacs under the scheme, can also avail the additional assistance of Rs. 2.00 Lacs as interest fee loan. Besides, the CEO’s/ Executive Officers were asked to enlist other left-out eligible beneficiaries in consultation with the elected representatives in order to ensure 100% saturation of deserving inhabitants under the scheme. Under CLSS component of PMAY (U) against fixed target of 96 cases, 189 cases have been sponsored to the banks, out of which (142) cases have been sanctioned and disbursement of Rs.748.36 Lacs has been made.

Under the different components of DAY-NULM, 100% achievement has been made during the year 2020-21. In order to generate mass awareness among the target population about the scheme introduced by the Government for poverty alleviation and uplifting the standard of living of urban poor, the District Urban Developmental Agency have been directed to conduct (IEC) awareness campaigns among the public in consultation with the concerned ULBs;

Dheeraj Gupta further directed all the sectoral officers that small works with meagre allocation shall be clubed /consolidated to form projects with visible impact on ground and assured that Department will always be available for support and redressal of the different issues.

DGP Singh sanctions Rs 44.1 lakh for Covid-affected police personnel

Jammu & Kashmir

Precious Kashmir

26/05/2021

Srinagar: J&K Director General Police (DGP) Dilbag Singh has sanctioned 44.10 lakh rupees as special relief in favour of 882 police personnel of Jammu and Kashmir Police who had got infected by the Covid-19, officials said on Tuesday.

Police said since the outbreak of second wave of Covid-19, the J&K police personnel have been working day in and day out in implementing government directives to check the spread of the infection.

“Despite precautionary measures, many a policemen on ground are contracting the disease and getting infected,” police said.

“To provide them some financial assistance DGP, J&K sanctioned the relief of Rupees 44.10 lakh in favour of 882 Covid-affected police personnel.”

The amount has been sanctioned out of Police Pariwar Fund through two different orders issued by the police headquarters . Under these orders, Rs 5,000 each has been sanctioned in favour of these affected police personnel. The move is part of the assistance provided by the Police Department to personnel affected by Covid-19, since the outbreak of the pandemic last year.

Pertinently police headquarters during the last year had sanctioned special relief of Rupees 52 lakh in favour of 966 Covid-affected police personnel.

Sports Ministry approves opening up of 143 Khelo India Centres across 7 states

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United News Of India

26/05/2021

New Delhi, May 25 (UNI) The Sports Ministry on Monday approved opening up of 143 Khelo India Centres across seven states in the country and allocated a budget of Rs 14.30 crores.

The Khelo India Centres have been launched by the Sports Ministry in partnership with the state governments to ensure the availability of grassroot-level sports infrastructure across the country.

All the centres will be entrusted with one sports discipline each.

‘It is our endeavour to make India one among the top 10 countries in the 2028 Olympics. To fulfill this goal we need to identify and nurture a large number of talented sportspersons from an early age,’ Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju said.

‘With the availability of good coaches and equipment facilities at the district-level Khelo India Centers, I am confident that we will be able to find the right children for the right sport and at the right time,’ he added.

The States include Maharashtra, Mizoram, Goa, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh and Manipur.

The state-wise bifurcation includes:

Maharashtra – Opening of 36 Khelo India Centres in 30 districts with a budget estimate of Rs 3.60 crores.

Mizoram – Opening of 2 Khelo India Centres in Kolasib district with a budget estimate of Rs 20 lakhs.

Arunachal Pradesh- Opening of 52 Khelo India Centres in 26 districts with a budget estimate of Rs 4.12 crores.

Madhya Pradesh – Opening of 4 Khelo India Centres with a budget estimate of Rs 40 lakhs.

Karnataka – Opening of 31 Khelo India Centres with a budget estimate of Rs 3.10 crores.

Manipur – Opening of 16 Khelo India Centres with a budget estimate of Rs 1.60 crores.

Goa – Opening of 2 Khelo India Centres with a budget estimate of Rs 20 lakhs.

The Sports Ministry in June 2020, had planned to open up as many as 1,000 new KICs over a period of 4 years, with at least one KIC in each district of the country.

While 217 KICs had been opened across several States prior to this, it was decided that for the districts in North-East states, Jammu & Kashmir, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep and Ladakh, there would be 2 KICs per districts as exceptions.

The respective state governments will now have to hire past champion athletes for all these centres.

‘As part of the government’s vision to strengthen the sports ecosystem in the country at the grassroots level, a low-cost, effective sports training mechanism has been worked out wherein past champion athletes would become coaches and mentors for youngsters, running sports training in an autonomous manner, and earning their livelihood,’ a statement read.

‘The financial assistance will be used for remuneration of the past champion athletes as coach, support staff, purchase of equipments, sports kits, consumables, participation in competition and events,’ it added.

CISF DG Subodh Kr Jaiswal appointed next CBI Director

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United News Of India

26/05/2021

New Delhi: CISF DG Subodh Kumar Jaiswal has been appointed the next Director of Central Investigation Agency(CBI) for a two-year period.
A 1985 batch of Maharashtra cadre IPS officer, Mr Jaiswal was also Director General of Police(DGP) of Maharashtra before he was appointed CISF DG.
According to the notification of the Appointment Committee of the Cabinet, Mr Jaiswal is appointed for two years from the date of his assumption of the charge of the office or until further order whichever is earlier.
The Government notification came this evening after a series of meetings of the high power committee comprising of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Chief Justice of India CV Ramana, and leader of the Congress party in the Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chaudhary.
The post of CBI Director was lying vacant since the retirement of Rishi Kumar Shukla in February this year.

Preparedness Remains Key

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Precious Kashmir

25/05/2021

How long will the covid-19’s second wave last? When will third wave hit? Will it impact children hardest? Answers are hardest as the only thing that is certain is that everything about coronavirus is uncertain and unpredictable. This nature of the virus makes it tough to defeat and as such the preparedness remains the key against all the challenges thrown by it. Of late, the pandemic’s second wave has thrown up another serious challenge—mucormycosis, known as black fungus in common parlance.

Sending the gravity and in compliance to Health Ministry’s direction, many States and UTs have announced to classify mucormycosis as a notifiable disease under the Epidemic Diseases Act 1897. Jammu and Kashmir complied with it on Monday (May 24).

As a notifiable disease, all the Government and private health facilities, Medical Colleges are required to follow the guidelines for screening, diagnosis, management of Mucormycosis, issued by the MoHFW (Gol)/ICMR/Government of J&K and makes it mandatory for all these facilities to report suspected and confirmed cases to Health Department. As the infection is caused by a group of bacteria moulds called mucormycetes, commonly found in the environment, the fungi are largely harmless under normal circumstances. However it becomes dangerous as in case of COVID-19 patients or those have immediately recovered from it, more so with uncontrolled diabetes and having large intake of steroid. Breathing in the fungi spores can cause an infection in the lungs or sinuses which can spread. Even when blood sugar is under control, indiscriminate steroid use can cause an increase in blood sugar levels, making such patients more susceptible to mucormycosis disease.

There is note of caution, especially for the medical practitioners in light of WHO’s strong recommendation that corticosteroids such as dexamethasone be used in treating patients with severe and critical COVID-19 patients and not in non-severe COVID-19 patients.

The authorities are better advised to issue guidelines to the doctors in using certain drugs whose indiscriminate use, such steroids, can prove to be dangerous.

While it should serve as wake-up call for Covid-19 patients and doctors to use steroids judiciously for a limited period and in the right dosage, especially in diabetic patients, controlling blood sugar levels using insulin can help prevent mucormycosis infection. Doctors say it is not a new disease and can be cured by surgical procedures. However it can be cured without even surgery if detected early. Thus precaution is very important and as such people with diabetes should ensure controlled sugar levels. Also it should prompt them to get vaccinated immediately to prevent covid-19 and as such subsequent steroids need.

Reach out to every citizen in need: LG to Officers

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Precious Kashmir

25/05/2021

Reach out to every citizen in need: LG to Officers

Chairs meet to review COVID-19 relief measures, asks them to ensure no one goes hungry

Jammu: In order to assess the effective implementation of various welfare schemes in J&K, Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha Monday chaired a review meeting and sought the detailed status of relief measures being extended to different sections of the society affected due to Covid-19 pandemic.

Pertinently, the Lieutenant Governor had recently announced a slew of measures to mitigate the sufferings of various vulnerable sections of the community due to Covid-19.

Lt Governor asked the officers to work with compassion and empathy and take all required steps to enable people to overcome their difficulties during this pandemic.

“It’s a collective responsibility of the officers at various levels to ensure that no one goes hungry. You all must reach out to every citizen in need. Mid-day meal supplies, supplementary nutrition must continue for the beneficiaries. Take care of the families of daily wage earners, migrant labourers and address the issues caused by the pandemic,” the Lt Governor said.

The Lt Governor observed in the meeting that the pandemic has a broad range of impact on different aspects of people’s lives.

If required, specific interventions should be taken immediately to support the most vulnerable population, workers, women, children, small businesses, farmers, communities and senior citizens. Collaborative, consistent and continuous efforts are required to further strengthen social protection,” the Lt Governor added.

Taking a comprehensive overview of the implementation of welfare schemes, the Lt Governor was briefed that the relief has been extended to around 40 lakh beneficiaries under different components.

It was informed that under Interest Subvention, about 3.50 lakh borrowers have received installments of 5% interest subvention worth Rs 200 crore.

On benefits extended to construction workers, the Lt Governor was informed that the first installment of more than Rs 34.50 crore has been provided to 3,49,303 active construction workers at the rate of Rs 1000 per beneficiary.

Moreover, Rs 5.6 crore have been provided for around 28 thousand Shikarawalas/Ponywalas/ Dandiwalas/Palkiwalas/Tourist guides at Rs 1000 per month per beneficiary as two months’ relief. Of the total, 14,627 beneficiaries are from Kashmir division and 13,153 are from Jammu division.

As a part of COVID mitigation measures, Rs 55 crore have been provided to all District Development Commissioners (DDC) at the rate of Rs 2.25 Crore each and Rs 5 Crore to each Divisional Commissioner of Jammu and Kashmir.

The Lt Governor was informed during the meeting that Rs 2000 was disbursed each to 9.5 lakh farmers under PM-KISAN Yojna involving a total amount of Rs 190 Crore.

Further, the Rural Development Department has provided employment to 26,673 households covering 35,484 individuals, involving Rs 8.21 Crore under MGNREGA during April and May, 2021.

About 7.10 lakh pensioners have received their pension (through DBT mode) amounting to Rs. 71 crore under ISSS Pension for the month of April. Under the Indira Gandhi National Old Age Pension scheme, amount to the tune of Rs. 25.68 crore for the month of March and April has been paid in favour of 1.28 lakh pensioners (through DBT).

Bank accounts of 83,617 beneficiaries of Ladli Beti scheme have been credited with an amount of Rs. 50.00 cores (through DBT). Another amount of Rs 25 crore is being credited to the individual bank accounts of the beneficiaries.

Besides, 1212 beneficiaries belonging to different districts of UT of J&K have been given an amount of Rs 4.836 Crore as financial assistance to poor marriageable girls (through DBT) under State Marriage Assistance scheme during the current financial year.

It was informed that the School Education Department is providing Dry Ration (Rice) to 8.46 lakh students under the Mid-Day Meal Scheme.

Under Supplementary Nutrition Programme, a total of 7,89,586 beneficiaries including pregnant & lactating women, children under 6 years of age have been provided dry ration in the UT.

The Lt Governor expressed gratitude to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for all the assistance to the Union Territory. He also asked the concerned officers to adopt various mitigation strategies in line with the dynamics of the situation at hand and ensure seamless extension of benefits to the citizens under various beneficiary oriented schemes.

Arun Kumar Mehta, Financial Commissioner, Finance Department and concerned senior officers attended the meeting.

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