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TRF among 4 outfits notified as terrorist outfits under UAPA: Govt in RS

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Srinagar, Mar 15: Union Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai said on Wednesday that four organizations have been notified as terrorist organizations under the UAPA in 2023 so far and their names have been added in the First Schedule of the Act.
He said that so far 54 terrorists and 44 terrorist organizations have been listed under the Fourth Schedule and the First Schedule of the UAPA respectively till February 2023.
As per news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), in a written reply to Rajya Sabha, he said that four organizations have been notified as terrorist organizations under the UAPA in the year 2023 so far and their names have been added in the First Schedule of the Act.
These organizations include The Resistance Front (TRF), Peoples Anti-Fascist Front (PAFF), Jammu and Kashmir Ghaznavi Force (JKGF) and Khalistan Tiger Force (KTF). They have been involved in terrorism and have committed and participated in various acts of terrorism in India.
He said that the Resistance Front (TRF is a proxy outfit of the terrorist organization Lashkar-e-Taiba and came into existence in 2019. “It has been involved in the planning of killings of security force personnel and innocent civilians of Jammu and Kashmir, co-ordinating and transporting weapons to support proscribed terrorist organisations, recruitment of terrorists, infiltration of terrorists and smuggling of weapons and narcotics from across the border in major cities in India,” said.
He also said that the terrorist organization Peoples Anti-Fascist Front (PAFF) is a proxy outfit of terrorist organization Jaish-E-Mohammed and came into existence in 2019.
“It has been involved in the radicalization of youth for the purpose of recruitment and training in handling guns, ammunition and explosives, issuing threats to Indian security forces, political leaders and civilians working in Jammu and Kashmir from other parts of the country, conspiring pro-actively physically and in social media to undertake violent terrorist acts in Jammu and Kashmir and other major cities in India,” he said.
“J&K Ghaznavi Force (JKGF) surfaced in 2020 as a terrorist outfit and draws its cadres from various proscribed terrorist organizations, such as Lashkar-E-Taiba, Jaish-E-Mohammed, Tehreek-ul-Mujahideen,Harkat-ul-Jihad-E-Islami, etc,” he said, adding that it has been involved in infiltration bids, narcotics and weapon smuggling and carrying out terror attacks in the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir.

The minister also said that it has been issuing threats to security forces and inciting people in Jammu and Kashmir to join terrorist outfits against India.
He said Khalistan Tiger Force (KTF) came into existence in the year 2011 as an offshoot of Babbar Khalsa International, a proscribed terrorist organization under the UAPA. “It promotes acts of terrorism and its cadres have been receiving financial and logistics support including sophisticated weaponry from their foreign-based handlers and has been found involved in various terrorist cases, including targeted killings,” he said—(KNO)
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( With inputs from : roshankashmir.net )

March 15, 2023
Department of Agriculture distributed 20 mushroom units among NRLM members in Kulgam

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KULGAM, MARCH 14: For Promotion of round the year mushroom cultivation in the district Agriculture Production and Farmers Welfare Department today distributed
twenty Mushroom units among the members of NRLM-Kulgam who were trained in cultivation of mushroom by the Department of Agriculture in collaboration with JKB RSETI.
These units were distributed among the beneficiaries by ADDC Kulgam Showkat Ahmad Rather here at Laroo Kulgam.
Chief Agriculture Officer Sartaj Ahmad and other officers from the Agriculture department were also present on the occasion.
ADDC stressed upon the Chief Agriculture Officer to provide technical assistance to farmers to make mushroom cultivation more profitable .
At the outset, the Chief Agriculture Officer highlighted the importance and scope of mushroom cultivation for sustainability and profitability to enhance the livelihood of small and marginal farmers, landless laborers, and women in the rural areas.
He emphasized and appealed to the unemployed youth of the district to come forward and adopt mushroom cultivation as a source of livelihood and become entrepreneurs.
NO: PR/DDI/SGR/23/245/

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March 14, 2023
39 Indian cities among world’s 50 most polluted: Report

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New Delhi: The Swiss firm IQAir in its ‘World Air Quality Report’ released on Tuesday ranked India the world’s eighth most polluted country in 2022, dropping from fifth place the previous year. In the list of most polluted cities in the world, out of the 50 cities, 39 are in India.
Chad, Iraq, Pakistan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Kuwait, India, Egypt and Tajikistan were the top 10 most polluted countries while Australia, Estonia, Finland, Grenada, Iceland, and New Zealand met the World Health Organization (WHO) PM2.5 guideline (annual average of 5 Aug/m3 or less).
The data from 131 countries was taken from over 30,000 ground-based monitors, either government or non-government operated.
As per the report, In India, the transportation sector causes 20-35 per cent of the PM2.5 pollution while other sources of pollution are industrial units, coal-fired power plants and biomass burning.
After the two top most-polluted cities, Lahore in Pakistan and Hotan in China, Rajasthan’s Bhiwadi is in third place and Delhi ranked fourth.
Delhi’s PM2.5 level is almost 20 times the safe limit, the report stated.
Delhi has so far been the most polluted capital in the world and the report made a distinction between ‘greater’ Delhi and New Delhi the capital. Both are in the top 10 and the infamous distinction of being the world’s most polluted capital goes to Chad’s N’Djamena.
National Capital’s peripherals– Noida, Ghaziabad, Gurugram and Faridabad have seen a decline in pollution levels. The report said that there is a 34 per cent decline in Gurugram to 21 per cent in Faridabad if compared to the average PM2.5 levels reported in previous years.

Delhi has seen a decline of eight per cent.
The report said that worldwide, poor air quality accounts for 93 billion days lived with illness and over six million deaths each year.
“The total economic cost equates to over $8 trillion dollars, surpassing 6.1 per cent of the global annual GDP. Exposure to air pollution causes and aggravates several health conditions which include, but are not limited to, asthma, cancer, lung illnesses, heart disease, and premature mortality,” the report said.
According to the report, 31 cities including 10 cities in Uttar Pradesh and seven in Haryana, have seen a steep percentage decline in pollution levels.
“A total of 38 cities and towns have seen a rise in pollution compared to an average of previous years,” stated the report.
As per the report, among the six metro cities, Kolkata was ranked the most polluted after Delhi. However, Chennai was stated to be the cleanest with pollution ‘just’ 5x the WHO’s safe level. The metro cities — Hyderabad and Bengalurua — saw pollution levels uptick over the average since 2017.
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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

March 14, 2023
Unity among Muslims is need of the hour: Maulana Imran Masood

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Hyderabad: In view of increasing sectarianism in the nation, Iman of Jama Masjid- Bengaluru, Maulana Imran Masood held that Muslims should consider ‘unity’ as their shield to sail through the situation.
The Maulana is serving as an Imam in the Jama masjid of Bengaluru and is a renowned leader who encourages Muslim-Hindu unity while pledging to eliminate hatred building up due to political propaganda in the nation.
The Siasat Daily, in an exclusive interview with the Imam at the Rainbow hotel in Lakdikapul, pulled light on the concept of unity among Muslims.

Hijab ban, Halal controversy, Azaan on loudspeakers row, the Imam deliberated that the issues are nothing but political conspiracies fashioned to distract people from the main purpose of their survival.
“The only way to deal with this challenge is for Muslims to avoid all kinds of petty differences and unity among Muslims is the most essential ingredient for the minorities to survive in the nation with other religions,” stressed the Imam.
Shedding light on the role of Muslims during the election process, the Imam said, “India is a democratic country and each vote counts and hence, no person should trade their vote for anything.”
Reflecting on the issue of Muslims being targeted in the nations in some way or the other, the imam said that education is the key factor in building communal ethics in children.
Stressing the elevating Azaan issue, the maulana said that the call for prayer is given in accordance with the Supreme court guidelines which have not fixed a particular decibel of volume at which the call for prayer must be given.

“Future generations must be taught to stay united for there is no life without unity,” asserted the imam.
Parties working on the principle of secularism are preferred and not parties working with Muslim people in the leader’s seat.
Maulana further stressed that the power of votes should not be underestimated and hence every Muslim has to uplift their fellow mates to encourage each other positive voting spirit.
Concerning the serious situation that Muslims are currently going through and the way false powers are propagating against Islam and Muslims, the imam said, “disagreement in the Ummah is a source of mercy, but it should not be used as a source of chaos.”
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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

March 13, 2023
RSS meet to focus on social harmony, developing sense of self-reliance among people

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Samalkha: A key annual meeting of the RSS leadership will begin here Sunday, with the deliberations focusing on how to create an atmosphere of social harmony, motivating people to perform their duties and making them self-reliant.
The three-day meeting will also review the progress of the organisation’s expansion plan for the centenary of its foundation in 2025, head of media relations of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) Sunil Ambekar had said.
He had said that the Akhil Bharatiya Pratinidhi Sabha will be attended by more than 1,400 office-bearers, including RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat and general secretary Dattatreya Hosabale.
From the BJP, president J P Nadda and general secretary (organisation) B L Santhosh will attend the meeting, he said.
A select number of office-bearers of 34 RSS-linked organisations, including Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP), will also attend it, he added.
The Akhil Bharatiya Pratinidhi Sabha is the highest decision-making body of the RSS, the ideological fountainhead of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
Addressing a press conference here on Friday, Ambekar had said, “RSS shakhas are actually centres for bringing change in society and they work for it in their respective jurisdictions based on the study of society conducted by swayamsevaks.”
The meeting will discuss the studies done by the swayamsevaks (volunteers) over the past few years and the work done on the basis of such studies, he said.

It will also discuss a range of socio-economic issues, “especially how to create an atmosphere of social harmony, motivate citizens to perform their duties and make them self-reliant,” Ambekar said.
It will also review the functioning of shakhas (local meeting units) and prepare a future road map, he added.
The Pratinidhi Sabha will adopt some resolutions before the conclusion of the meeting on March 14, he added.
“The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh is going to complete 100 years of its establishment in 2025. The Akhil Bharatiya Pratinidhi Sabha will review the work in 2022-23 under its centenary-year expansion plan and set targets for 2023-24,” Ambekar said.
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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

March 12, 2023
Non-local Among 2 Injured in Separate Road Mishaps Succumb

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Srinagar, Mar 6 (GNS): A 21-year-old non-local was among two persons succumbing to their injuries caused in separate road mishaps in Bijbehara and Sopore.
An official told GNS that one Sonu Ansari, son of Riyasat Ansari, a resident of Uttar Pradesh, at present at Bijbehara was fatally hit by a tempo vehicle on Sunday at Sangam in Bijbehara area of Anantnag.
The man was evacuated from the site to a nearby hospital, from where he was referred to SKIMS Soura where he succumbed to his injuries this morning, they said.
Confirming it, a police official told GNS that they have registered a case into the incident even as having arrested the accused driver.
In another such incident, a resident of Baramulla, who had sustained injuries on Sunday, succumbed to his injuries this morning.
The deceased has been identified as Fayaz Ahmad Shagoo, a resident of Azad Gunj Baramulla.
A police official told GNS that a case has been registered in this regard for further investigations. (GNS)

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March 6, 2023
Non-local Among 2 Injured in Separate Road Mishaps Succumb

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Srinagar, Mar 6: A 21-year-old non-local was among two persons succumbing to their injuries caused in separate road mishaps in Bijbehara and Sopore.
An official told GNS that one Sonu Ansari, son of Riyasat Ansari, a resident of Uttar Pradesh, at present at Bijbehara was fatally hit by a tempo vehicle on Sunday at Sangam in Bijbehara area of Anantnag.
The man was evacuated from the site to a nearby hospital, from where he was referred to SKIMS Soura where he succumbed to his injuries this morning, they said.
Confirming it, a police official told GNS that they have registered a case into the incident even as having arrested the accused driver.
In another such incident, a resident of Baramulla, who had sustained injuries on Sunday, succumbed to his injuries this morning.
The deceased has been identified as Fayaz Ahmad Shagoo, a resident of Azad Gunj Baramulla.
A police official told GNS that a case has been registered in this regard for further investigations. (GNS)

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( With inputs from : roshankashmir.net )

March 6, 2023
Israel detects three new polio cases among children

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Tel Aviv: Israel has reported three new cases of children infected with polio, the Ministry of Health said in a statement.
The cases were detected during an epidemiological investigation after an eight-year-old boy from northern Israel tested positive for the virus earlier this week, Xinhua news agency quoted the statement as saying.
The Ministry added that the three children, who were in close contact with the boy, currently have no clinical symptoms.
A polio outbreak occurred in March 2022 in Israel with the detection of nine cases, prompting the Ministry to conduct an extensive vaccination campaign for people aged 17 and under.
In July, it announced that the spread of the virus had stopped, but the virus was discovered again in recent months in sewage systems across the country.
The Ministry noted that there are currently more than 150,000 children in Israel who have not been vaccinated against the virus.
The infectious polio disease spreads rapidly and can cause paralysis and, on rare occasions, even death.
(Except for the headline, the story has not been edited by Siasat staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)

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March 3, 2023
After hike, LPG cylinder price in Hyderabad highest among metros

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Hyderabad: The domestic LPG cylinder price in Hyderabad is the highest among metros in India. After the recent hike in gas rates, it jumped by Rs 50 per cylinder.
On Wednesday, the prices of domestic cooking gas and commercial cylinders have been hiked by Rs 50 and Rs 350.5 per cylinder respectively.
With this hike, the retail price of a domestic LPG gas cylinder in Hyderabad now becomes Rs 1155, while the price for a commercial cylinder is Rs 2325. The second highest is in Kolkata i.e., Rs 1129 per cylinder.
The domestic LPG cylinder prices in metro cities are as follow:
Cities LPG cylinder price (In rupees)
Hyderabad 1155
Kolkata 1129
Chennai 1118.5
Bengaluru 1105.5
Delhi 1103
Why is LPG cylinder price in Hyderabad highest among metros?
The hike in gas prices declared by the central government is the same for entire India. However, the LPG cylinder prices varies based on the states and cities.
Due to local taxes, Hyderabad residents have to pay the highest LPG cylinder price among all metros in India.
In Telangana, the highest rate of gas is in the Nirmal district. The price of a domestic LPG cylinder in the district is Rs 1180 whereas, in Nizamabad, its rate is Rs 1178.50.
UPA gave over Rs 2 lakh cr subsidy in 10 years: Congress
Criticizing the move to hike LPG cylinder price in Hyderabad and other parts of the country, Congress on Tuesday said that the UPA gave Rs 2,14,474 crore subsidy in 10 years to keep the prices of domestic gas under check.

Addressing a press conference here, Congress spokesperson Gaurav Vallabh said, “This was the reason that domestic LPG cylinder price did not cross Rs 500. You will be surprised to know that the same subsidy in the last nine years of the Modi government stood at Rs 36,598 crore.”
The party said that the government is not giving any subsidy, but imposing GST instead. For domestic LPG cylinder, the government has imposed 5 percent GST, while for commercial cylinder, the GST rate is 18 percent.
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March 2, 2023
Hyderabad ranks among top cities for hiring software developers in 2023
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Hyderabad: Hyderabad has emerged as the top city in India for hiring software developers in 2023. Apart from it, the city also ranks among the top 10 cities in the world for hiring techies.
As per a report released by Seattle-based technical interviewing firm Karat, six Indian cities rank among the top 20 IT hubs across the world.
After the US, India has the highest number of IT hubs including Hyderabad which rank among the top 20 cities for hiring software developers in 2023.
Indian cities in top 20 list
Apart from Hyderabad, five other Indian cities are listed in the list of top 20 IT hubs for hiring software developers in 2023. They are
1. Chennai
2. Gurgaon
3. Bangalore
4. Pune
5. Mumbai
These cities are ahead of Los Angeles, Kansas City, and Pittsburgh.
The report mentioned that these Indian cities have high number of software developers. The investments by global companies are one of the major reason behind it, the report added.
Hyderabad among top 10 cities for hiring software developers in 2023
If the top 10 cities in the world for hiring software developers in 2023 are analyzed, Hyderabad is the only city in India to secure a spot.
In the top 10 list, four are from the USA, two are from Canada, and one each is from Singapore, Japan, the UK and India.

Following is the list of the top 20 cities in the world:
1. Singapore
2. Tokyo
3. Vancouver
4. Toronto
5. Seattle metro area
6. San Francisco Bay Area
7. New York City
8. Boston
9. London
10. Hyderabad
11. Washington DC
12. Chennai
13. Gurgaon
14. Austin
15. Bangalore
16. Chicago
17. Pune
18. Denver
19. San Diego
20. Mumbai
While Hyderabad is the top city for hiring software developers in 2023, Vancouver tops Canadian cities. In the USA, it is the Seattle metro area. The list is topped by Singapore.
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March 2, 2023