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Asia Cup: Gill Mystery Continues As Selectors Spoilt For Choice
How to fit in a brilliant batter like Shubman Gill in a well-oiled T20 set up will be the biggest challenge for India’s national selection committee when it gathers on Tuesday to pick the 15-member squad for next month’sAsia Cup in UAE.
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AUGUST 19, 2025 ISSUE
Kashmir Observer
'Health Professionals' Skills To Detect Benign Tumours Drop After Using Ai For 3 Months'
Frequent reliance on artificial intelligence may lead to the risk of losing skills, as indicated by a study that discovered a 20 per cent decrease in the ability of experienced health professionals to detect benign tumour growths in colonoscopies when not using AI.
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AUGUST 19, 2025 ISSUE
Kashmir Observer
Urs of Hazrat Sheikh Hamza Makhdoom Sahib: Devotees Gather For Night Prayers
As night falls over Srinagar, devotees from across the Kashmir Valley are converging at the Makhdoom Sahab (RA) shrine for the sacred night prayers, locally called “Shab Khawani,” marking the spiritual beginning to the annual Urs of Hazrat Sheikh Hamza Makhdoom Sahib (RA), which will be celebrated tomorrow (Tuesday).
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AUGUST 19, 2025 ISSUE
Kashmir Observer
Babar Qadri Murder Case Ex-Bar Chief Mian Qayoom Charged Under UAPA
A special NIA court has framed charges under UAPA against former president of the Kashmir wing of the High Court Bar Association (HCBA), Mian Abdul Qayoom, in connection with the assassination of advocate Babar Qadri in September 2020.
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AUGUST 19, 2025 ISSUE
Kashmir Observer
IIT Guwahati, ISRO Scientists Decode Flickering X-Ray Signals From Distant Black Hole
Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Guwahati, in collaboration with UR Rao Satellite Centre, ISRO and Haifa University, Israel, have uncovered a mysterious X-ray signal pattern emitted from a blackhole, located nearly 28,000 light-years from the Earth, according to officials.
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AUGUST 19, 2025 ISSUE
Kashmir Observer
China’s Top Diplomat Wang Arrives In India
China’s top diplomat landed in neighboring India on Monday, seeking to bolster long-fraught relations in the face of intense pressure and tariffs from the United States.
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AUGUST 19, 2025 ISSUE
Kashmir Observer
'Workplace Bullying Hinders Employees' Creative Thinking, Engagement In Side Projects'
Workplace bullying and negative behaviour such as being excluded, humiliated or treated unfairly hinders creative thinking and reduces the likelihood of employees engaging in innovative side projects, a study by Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Lucknow has found.
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AUGUST 19, 2025 ISSUE
Kashmir Observer
Railways Understated Working Expenses In 2022-23: CAG Report
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AUGUST 19, 2025 ISSUE
Kashmir Observer
The Long Nights of Study
For thousands of students in Kashmir, reading rooms are more than study spaces. They are places where time is traded for hope, and where ambition often meets its limits.
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AUGUST 19, 2025 ISSUE
Kashmir Observer
Experts Rule Out ‘Mass Fish Death’ In Dal Lake
Reports of large-scale fish deaths in Dal Lake have stirred concern among fishermen and residents, with experts from the Fisheries Department at Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir (SKUAST) ruling out the claims, saying that assertions “appear exaggerated.”
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AUGUST 19, 2025 ISSUE
Kashmir Observer
MLA Chadoora Assures Action On Alamdar Colony Drainage Issue
As part of his ongoing public outreach programme, MLA Chadoora, Ali Mohammad Dar, on Sunday visited Alamdar Colony Gopalpora, where he interacted with local residents and assured them that their long-pending demands, particularly regarding the colony's faulty drainage system, would be addressed on priority.
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AUGUST 19, 2025 ISSUE
Kashmir Observer
15 Days On, Rotten Meat Scandal Leaves Kashmir In Uncertainty
Srinagar: Fifteen days have passed since authorities seized 12,000 kilograms of rotten meat from different parts of Kashmir, yet questions continue to mount over the fate of the scandal.
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AUGUST 19, 2025 ISSUE
Kashmir Observer
Khelo India Water Sports Festival To Bolster Dal Lake’s Profile, Impact Lives
The first Khelo India Water Sports Festival is all set to reveal the iconic Dal Lake in a new avatar. Jammu and Kashmir’s quest to emerge as a sporting destination will get a major boost when Dal Lake hosts the Water Games, its maiden major national-level open competition, from August 21-23. More than 400 athletes from 36 states and Union Territories will be taking part in three medal events - rowing, kayaking and canoeing.
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AUGUST 19, 2025 ISSUE
Kashmir Observer
Can AI Shield Kashmir from Cloudbursts
Sudden, devastating cloudbursts have claimed lives across Jammu and Kashmir. Artificial intelligence and real-time monitoring could give residents crucial early warnings.
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AUGUST 19, 2025 ISSUE
Kashmir Observer
23% Of Total 56.04 Crore PM Jan Dhan Accounts Remain Inactive
As many as 23 per cent of the total 56.04 crore Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY) accounts are inoperative, Minister of State for Finance Pankaj Chaudhary said on Monday.
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AUGUST 19, 2025 ISSUE
Kashmir Observer
Bollywood Film Crew Hit By Mass Food Poisoning In Leh, Over 100 Hospitalised
LehOver 100 workers of a Bollywood film crew were hospitalised in Leh after a suspected case of food poisoning late Sunday evening, officials confirmed on Monday.
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AUGUST 19, 2025 ISSUE
Kashmir Observer
Faith and Finance in Kashmir
Shariah-compliant funds offer a way to grow wealth without giving up values.
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AUGUST 19, 2025 ISSUE
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NFR, IIT-Guwahati Collaborate To Introduce Biodegradable Materials To Replace Plastics
The Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) and IIT-Guwahati have collaborated to introduce biodegradable and compostable materials as a replacement for conven-
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AUGUST 19, 2025 ISSUE
Kashmir Observer
Thieves In Surat Decamp With Diamonds Worth Rs 25 Crore
Diamonds worth Rs 25 crore were stolen from a Surat-based polishing and export unit by unidentified thieves, who prised open a metal safe using a gas cutter to get hold of the precious gems, police said on Monday.
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AUGUST 19, 2025 ISSUE
Kashmir Observer
Gold Trades Flat At Rs 1,00,920/10 G, Silver Climbs Rs 1,000
Gold prices remained flat at Rs 1,00,920 per 10 grams in the national capital on Monday, according to the All India Sarafa Association.
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AUGUST 19, 2025 ISSUE
Kashmir Observer
Fragile Himalayas
The devastation in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar district, where a sudden cloudburst claimed at least 60 lives and left more than 100 injured, is a grim reminder of how fragile life in the Himalayas has become.
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AUGUST 19, 2025 ISSUE
Kashmir Observer
Why Pay Toll When Stuck in Jams, SC Asks
The Supreme Court on Monday asked the NHAI why should a commuter be asked to pay Rs 150 toll if it took 12 hours to cover a 65-kilometer highway stretch in Thrissur, Kerala.
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AUGUST 19, 2025 ISSUE
Kashmir Observer
State Child Rights Panel 21 Shortlisted For Top Post, 28 For Members: HC Told
Srinagar: Authorities have shortlisted 21 and 28 applicants for the post of Chairperson and members respectively of State Commission for Protection of Child Rights, the High Court of J&K and Ladakh has been informed.
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AUGUST 19, 2025 ISSUE
Kashmir Observer
No End to Air India Woes, More Flights Grounded
Air India is once again facing turbulence as a series of last-minute flight cancellations, including international routes, have left passengers fuming and raised questions about the airline’s assurances on fleet safety.
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AUGUST 19, 2025 ISSUE
Kashmir Observer
Javid Dar Assures Support For Saffron Growers
Minister for Agriculture Production, Rural Development and Panchayat, Javid Ahmad Dar, Monday visited the saffron belt of Lethpora, Chandhara and Khrew in Pampore, Pulwama district, to engage with the saffron growers and reaffirm the government's commitment to their welfare.
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AUGUST 19, 2025 ISSUE
Kashmir Observer
Paras Performs Life-Saving CRT-D Procedure On Brazilian Patient
Paras Health Srinagar has achieved a remarkable milestone in advanced cardiology by successfully treating a 30-year-old Brazilian national suffering from life-threatening heart failure through a highly complex Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Defibrillator (CRT-D) implant.
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AUGUST 19, 2025 ISSUE
Kashmir Observer
Committee On Petitions Reviews Progress Of AIIMS Awantipora
The House Committee on Petitions of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly on Monday held a meeting at the Assembly Complex, Srinagar, to review the progress of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Awantipora.
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AUGUST 19, 2025 ISSUE
Kashmir Observer
GST Rate Rejig: Sitharaman To Address Aug 20 GoM Meet To Put Forth Centre's Rate Cut Proposal
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will on Wednesday address a crucial meeting of a group of ministers of states as she makes a case for the sweeping GST reforms that will slash tax rates and lead to reduction in prices of common use items.
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AUGUST 19, 2025 ISSUE
Kashmir Observer
J&K On Alert: MeT Forecasts Heavy Rain, Flash Flood Risk
Moderate to heavy rains lashed wide parts of Kashmir on Monday, prompting authorities to set up emergency control rooms in vulnerable parts of the valley, officials said.
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AUGUST 19, 2025 ISSUE
Kashmir Observer
CS Pledges Full Rehabilitation Measures During Chisoti Visit
Chief Secretary, Atal Dulloo visited Chisoti village of Paddar in Kishtwar district to take stock of the situation in the aftermath of the recent cloudburst.
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