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'No Other Option': Street Vendors In City Work Through Intense Heat
With Srinagar the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir, on Saturday surpassing a 70-year-old record by witnessing the season's highest temperature at 37.4 degrees Celsius, street vendors across the valley said they have no choice but to bear the heat and continue working.
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JULY 6, 2025 ISSUE
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Research Suggests Mental Health Support For Burn Survivors In Health Facilities To Deal With Stigma
Researchers at the George Institute for Global Health have identified key areas where India's health system can improve support for patients seeking care for burn injuries, officials said.
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JULY 6, 2025 ISSUE
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Mourning Procession Carried Out In Mir Behri, Dal
On the ninth day of Muharram, the mourners from the floating areas of Dal Lake in Srinagar came together to observe the martyrdom of Imam Hussain (AS) with a solemn and symbolic procession.
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JULY 6, 2025 ISSUE
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PM Modi Arrives In Argentina On Two-Day Visit
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has arrived here on a two-day visit during which he will hold talks with the country's top leadership to review ongoing bilateral cooperation and discuss ways to enhance India-Argentina partnership in key areas.
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JULY 6, 2025 ISSUE
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Police Attach Property In Terror-Linked Case
Srinagar Police has attached a residential property, comprising 8 Marla's and 202 sqft of land along with the building structure, worth Rs 1.5 crore under unlawful activities act.
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JULY 6, 2025 ISSUE
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NC Not Afraid Of Polls: CM’s Advisor
Senior National Conference (NC) leader and Chief Minister Omar Abdullah's Advisor, Nasir Aslam Wani, on Saturday asserted that holding assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir are not a prerequisite for the restoration of statehood.
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JULY 6, 2025 ISSUE
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Study Finds Human Brain Cells Continue To Form Into Late Adulthood
A study has shown that neurons or nerve cells continue to form well into late adulthood in the brain's hippocampus, which manages memory -- a finding that presents compelling new evidence about the human brain's adaptability.
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JULY 6, 2025 ISSUE
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Over 100 BBC Staff Accuse Broadcaster of Pro-Israel Bias
More than 100 current BBC employees have signed a scathing open letter accusing the broadcaster of failing its editorial standards and acting as “a mouthpiece” for Israel amid its coverage of the war in Gaza.
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JULY 6, 2025 ISSUE
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India’s First National Cooperative University Will End Nepotism In Sector, Training Vacuum: Shah
Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah on Saturday said India’s first national university for cooperatives coming up in Gujarat will work to end nepotism as only persons trained by it will get jobs in this sector in the future.
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Dalai Lama Hopes To Live Beyond 130 Years, Much Longer Than Predicted
NEWS MAKERS
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JULY 6, 2025 ISSUE
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India, Maldives Hold Talks To Deepen Trade And Investment Ties
India and the Maldives discussed ways to explore new opportunities for economic cooperation and trade enhancement, state-run media said on Saturday.
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JULY 6, 2025 ISSUE
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Summer's Toll on Students
When schools become ovens, learning can't survive. Kashmir's classrooms need urgent attention.
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JULY 6, 2025 ISSUE
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Langars At Baltal Serve Pilgrims Round-The-Clock With Food
THE FACILITY WILL ENSURE 24X7 AVAILABILITY OF SUPER- SPECIALTY doctors and surgeons as well as emergency services
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JULY 6, 2025 ISSUE
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Sakeena Itoo Reviews Arrangements For Ashura
Minister for Health and Medical Education, Social Welfare and Education, Sakeena Itoo today visited Imam Baras at Shahoo in Kulgam and took stock of arrangements for the 10th Muharram.
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JULY 6, 2025 ISSUE
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J&K To Host Maiden National Tourism Secretaries’ Conference at SKICC On July 7, 8
Union Tourism Minister, Tourism heads of all States, UTs to participate
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JULY 6, 2025 ISSUE
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Dir Agri Inaugurates Commercial Vermicompost Unit Under HADP
In a significant step toward promoting organic farming and empowering women farmers, the Director Agriculture Jammu, S. Arvinder Singh Reen today inaugurated a Commercial Vermicompost Unit under the Holistic Agriculture Development Programme (HADP) at Bhajwal-A, Nadani, Sunderbani, District Rajouri. The unit has been established by progressive woman farmer Kulwanti Devi, serving as a model for sustainable and chemical-free agricultural practices in the region.
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JULY 6, 2025 ISSUE
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Govt Slashes Toll Rates by Up to 50% on Highways with Bridges, Tunnels
The government has reduced the toll rates up to 50 per cent for the sections of National Highways that have structures like tunnels, bridges, flyovers or elevated stretches, a move which will lower travelling cost for motorists.
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JULY 6, 2025 ISSUE
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The Valley Bets Big
In tea shops and on bus rides, the buzz of stock alerts is replacing old conversations about land, gold, and orchards.
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JULY 6, 2025 ISSUE
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BCCI, BCB Agree To Defer White Ball Series In Bangladesh
The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) and the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Saturday mutually agreed to defer the white-ball series between Bangladesh and India, which was scheduled to be held in August 2025 to September 2026.
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JULY 6, 2025 ISSUE
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Ujh Multipurpose Project In Kathua Being Revived: Jitendra Singh
Union Minister Jitendra Singh on Saturday said the much-anticipated Ujh Multipurpose project in the Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir is being revived to benefit the people.
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JULY 6, 2025 ISSUE
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Russia Is Paying Schoolgirls To Have Babies Countries Are Pushing Women to Have More Babies
In some parts of Russia, schoolgirls who become pregnant are being paid more than 1,00,000 roubles (nearly £900) for giving birth and raising their babies.
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Setback for Saif Ali Khan: ₹15,000 Cr Property Case Revived
In a setback to actor Saif Ali Khan and his family, who inherited Rs 15,000 crore properties owned by Bhopal's erstwhile rulers, the Madhya Pradesh High Court has set aside the trial court's verdict given over two decades ago, and ordered a retrial in the case.
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JULY 6, 2025 ISSUE
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Suryavanshi Fastest & Youngest Centurion In Youth ODIS
Impressive Vaibhav Suryavanshi continued to push his stocks up, smashing the fastest Youth ODI hundred to guide India Under-19 to a mammoth 363 for nine against their English counterparts in the fourth match here on Saturday.
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JULY 6, 2025 ISSUE
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Rise In Tourist Footfall Puts Mughal Road To Test
SRINAGAR: The historic Mughal road, which connects Shopian in South Kashmir to Poonch-Rajouri in Jammu division, is witnessing a surge in tourist and commuter traffic this summer.
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JULY 6, 2025 ISSUE
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Iqbal's Pursuit of the Sacred in Karbala's Shadow
In Allama Igbal’s poetry, the love for Hazrat Ali and Hazrat Hussain is more than reverence. It is a bold reminder of courage, conviction, and the kind of faith the modern world often forgets.
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JULY 6, 2025 ISSUE
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India Becomes Fourth "Most Equal" Country Globally: World Bank Report
Inequality in India has come down significantly between 2011-12 and 2022-23, making it the fourth-most equal country globally, according to a World Bank report.
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JULY 6, 2025 ISSUE
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Pak, US Conclude Critical Round Of Trade Negotiations
Pakistan and the US have concluded a critical round of trade negotiations, reaching an understanding on a deal that could shape the future of the country’s key export sectors, a media report said on Saturday.
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JULY 6, 2025 ISSUE
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Gill, Pacers Put India In Driver's Seat In Edgbaston
Shubman Gill's insatiable appetite for runs resulted in a second hundred of the game as India set an impossible 608-run target, throwing down the gauntlet to England's Bazballers who were staring down the barrel going into day five of the second Test here.
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JULY 6, 2025 ISSUE
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Javid Dar Inaugurates Waste Management Facility
Minister for Agriculture Production Department, Rural Development Department and Panchayati Raj, Cooperative and Election Department, Javid Ahmad Dar, along with MLA Pahalgam Altaf Ahmad Wani, today visited the base camp Nunwan to review the arrangements made for smooth conduct of the ongoing Shri Amarnath Ji Yatra (SANJY2025)
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JULY 6, 2025 ISSUE
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HC Slams KU’s ‘Hire & Fire’ Policy
Orders Continuation Of Contractual Law Faculty Until Core Staff Appointed
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