SRINAGAR: “Corona positive cases are coming down and the curve has started to flatten which implies that Kashmir has been successful to a great extent in controlling the Covid-19 disease”, said Dr Syed Mudasir Qadri, Associate Professor, Internal and Pulmonary Medicine, SKIMS, Soura.
Kashmir: Indian police tighten curbs on media coverage of gun battles
Journalists have been advised to stay away from the site of shootouts in the name of safety and national security. But journalists have said the new rules are meant to prevent them from reporting live on the ground.
Kashmir police have said journalism was subject to reasonable curbs, so as not to endanger the lives of others or compromise national security
Indian authorities have asked journalists to refrain from live coverage of gun battles in Indian-administered Kashmir, a move seen by critics as a measure to further suppress freedom of the press in the restive Himalayan region.
Srinagar, Indian-administered Kashmir – For young Kashmiri photojournalist, Masrat Zahra, the fear of getting arrested or summoned by police always lurks around. She was charged under anti-terror law, Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA), in April this year for posting “anti-national” content on social media.
The case, says 26-year-old Zahra, “is like a sword hanging on my head” and was filed “to send a message” that even a young female journalist would not be spared. She is one of the few female journalists in the Muslim-majority region, which was stripped of its special status last August.
Zahra was among several Kashmiri journalists who were summoned by police early this year.
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Farmers of Panipat district, Haryana, after successfully opening the gates of Panipat toll plaza, one of many motorway tolls throughout the country opened by farmers
SUPPORT has been pouring in for protesting farmers, who are camping on the Indian national capital’s borders demanding repeal of three new farm laws.
On Monday, trade unions and civil society groups held a solidarity march in Delhi’s ITO area, pledging solidarity with the agitating farmers.
The march was attended by members of key central unions, including the Indian National Trade Union Congress (INTUC), All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC), Hind Mazdoor Sabha (HMS), Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU), All India United Trade Union Centre (AITUC) among others.
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