R K Mathur sworn-in as the first Lt Governor of Union Territory of Ladakh

The oath of office was administered by chief justice of Jammu and Kashmir high court Geeta Mittal at a simple function held at Leh.

Current Affairs:Radha Krishna Mathur was on Thursday confirmed as the first Lt Governor of Union Territory of Ladakh, which appeared after bifurcation of Jammu and Kashmir.

The pledge of office was controlled by boss equity of Jammu and Kashmir high court Geeta Mittal at a straightforward capacity held at Leh.

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EU MP delegation in Kashmir says Article 370 is an internal issue for India

The delegation is the first high-level foreign visit to Kashmir after the August 5 decision of the Centre to revoke the state’s special status

Current Affairs:Naming Article 370 an inward issue of India, EU parliamentarians visiting Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday said they remain by the nation in its battle against worldwide psychological oppression.

Tending to a question and answer session on the most recent day of their two-day visit to the Valley, the gathering of 23 individuals from European Parliament additionally censured the killing of five workers from West Bengal by fear mongers on Tuesday.

“In the event that we talk about Article 370 it is India’s inner issue. What concerns us is fear based oppression which is a worldwide threat and we should remain with India in battling it. There was a lamentable episode of slaughtering of five honest workers by psychological militants. We denounce it,” said Henri Malosse from France.

He said the group got an instructions from the military and police just as youthful activists and traded “thoughts of harmony”.

Newton Dunn from the UK portrayed the visit, planned for getting a direct appraisal of the circumstance after the denial of the state’s exceptional status under Article 370, as an “eye-opener”.

“We have a place with a spot Europe which is serene following quite a while of battling. Furthermore, we need to see India turning into the most quiet nation on the planet. What’s more, for that we have to remain by India in its battle against worldwide fear based oppression. This visit has been an eye opener and we would advocate what we have seen on ground zero,” he told correspondents.

The assignment is the main elevated level outside visit to Kashmir after the August 5 choice of the Center to repudiate the state’s extraordinary status and bifurcate it into two association regions, Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh. Wednesday is the latest day of Jammu and Kashmir as a state.

As per MEP from Poland Ryszard Czarnecki, “The global media inclusion appears to be one-sided”.

“When we return to our nations we will advise them regarding what we saw,” he said.

Thierry Mariani, likewise from France, advised the media he had been to India ordinarily and this visit was not to meddle in the inside matter of India yet to get a direct information of the ground circumstance in Kashmir.

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Daytime restrictions lifted, landline services restored: J&K principal secy

Daytime restrictions have been fully lifted from 92 police stations, up from 81 last week

Current Affairs:-Jammu and Kashmir Principal Secretary Rohit Kansal on Monday said that 90 percent of the valley was free of daytime confinements.

Tending to a question and answer session here, he said that on the lawfulness front, out of 111 police headquarters in Kashmir, just 105 capacity are regional. Daytime limitations have been completely lifted from 92 police headquarters, up from 81 a week ago, he said.

“This makes 90 percent of the valley free of daytime limitations of any sort,” Kansal said.

“Jammu and Ladakh as of now keep on being free from every single such confinement and in totality, we have 93 percent of Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh free of any prohibitory requests today,” the important secretary said.

He said that more than 26,000 landlines are practical in the valley.

“On the correspondences front, we have been advising you now and again. In our most recent choice, we chose to open 29 additional trades, making the quantity of practical trades to 76 out of an aggregate of 95,” Kansal included.

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Kashmir stays shut for 12th day, restrictions on people’s movement relaxed

Officials say the situation in the Valley is being monitored on a real-time basis and the decision to remove the forces will depend on the ground situation

Current Affairs:-Kashmir stayed shut for the twelfth back to back day on Friday, even as the specialists loosened up confinements on the development of individuals in Srinagar.

“Confinements on the development of individuals have been facilitated in many pieces of the Valley. The circumstance so far has stayed quiet,” a senior authority of the state organization said here.

He said while the organization of security powers on the ground stays as prior, individuals were permitted to move around the city and different towns.

Kashmir was set under a complete clampdown on August 5, hours before Union Home Minister Amit Shah declared in the Rajya Sabha that the extraordinary status for the state had been repudiated.

The state organization has guided government representatives to report at work from Friday through a radio declaration.

Be that as it may, the correspondence clampdown proceeds as all phone and Internet administrations stayed suspended.

While schools are shut for as long as about fourteen days, shops and different business foundations also stayed shut since August 5.

The authority said the circumstance in the Valley was being checked consistently and the choice to evacuate the powers would rely upon the ground circumstance.

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UN Security Council to meet on Friday on India’s moves in Kashmir

It is extremely rare for the Security Council to discuss Kashmir

Current Affairs:-The UN Security Council will meet here on Friday to examine India renouncing the extraordinary status of Jammu and Kashmir after Pakistan composed a letter on the issue to the world body.

China, the nearest partner of Pakistan, requested “shut meetings” in the Council, which will meet at 10 am (7:30pm IST) to talk about the issue.

An UN representative had disclosed to PTI that China had requested shut discussions on the Security Council motivation thing ‘India Pakistan Question’.

“The solicitation was in reference to the Pakistani letter to Security Council President,” the negotiator said.

The Council’s calendar said “Security Council conferences (shut) India/Pakistan”, recorded for 10 am.

Shut gatherings are not open to people in general and no verbatim record of proclamations is kept. Discussions are casual gatherings of the Security Council individuals and are not shrouded in the Repertoire.

The Repertoire, ordered by the General Assembly, gives exhaustive inclusion of the Security Council’s understanding and utilization of the United Nations Charter and its own Provisional Rules of Procedure since 1946.

Its basic role is to give Member States, including those chosen to serve on the Security Council, the United Nations framework, scholastics and others with a wellspring of data in regards to the advancing routine with regards to the Security Council.

As indicated by UN records, the last time “the Security Council tended to the contest among India and Pakistan over the regions of Jammu and Kashmir under plan thing ‘The India-Pakistan question’ was in 1964-65.

At that point, by a letter dated January 16, 1964, the agent of Pakistan had mentioned the President of the Council to “assemble a quick gathering” of the Council to think about the Kashmir circumstance.

India had attested that the Pakistani solicitation was “a promulgation move.” The issue of Kashmir was likewise raised under a different plan thing ‘Circumstance in the India/Pakistan subcontinent’ in 1969-1971.

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SC refuses urgent hearing to plea challenging order on Article 370

Advocate M L Sharma, who has filed the petition, urged the court that his plea be listed for hearing either on August 12 or 13

Current Affairs:-The Supreme Court on Thursday would not accord pressing hearing to a supplication testing the Presidential Order on Article 370 which renounced Jammu and Kashmir’s extraordinary status.

The issue was referenced for dire posting before a seat headed by Justice N V Ramana.

Promoter M L Sharma, who has recorded the appeal, asked the court that his supplication be recorded for hearing either on August 12 or 13.

The seat, nonetheless, revealed to Sharma that his supplication would be heard at the appointed time.

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India missed ‘golden opportunity’ to resolve Kashmir issue in 1971: Modi

Addressing another rally in Gujarat’s Patan, Modi said he had warned Pakistan of consequences if it did not return Indian Air Force pilot Abhinandan Varthaman

Elections:Head administrator Narendra Modi on Sunday said India missed a “brilliant chance” to determine the Kashmir question amid the 1971 war when “under worldwide weight” it discharged several Pakistani troops, who were in the care of Indian Army.

At a race rally in Barmer, Modi said then Congress government consented to the Shimla arrangement (in 1972) “under worldwide weight” and discharged more than 90,000 detainees of war (PoWs) rather than settling the Kashmir question “in lieu of the PoWs.” “Pakistan troops were in our authority. A major region of Pakistan was likewise caught by the Indian powers in 1971 yet the Congress government lost it on table in the Shimla understanding and they were discharged,” he said.

“The administration disintegrated under worldwide weight and consented to the Shimla arrangement and the issue was shut. PoWs and the caught land were discharged. That was a brilliant chance to determine the Kashmir question in lieu of the PoW,” he said.

Modi said India was not scared of atomic dangers from Pakistan any more. “Something else, Pakistan used to give atomic dangers. What do we have? Have we kept it for ‘Diwali’ (Warna aay clamor atomic catch hai, ye kehte the. Hamare paas kya hai. Ye diwali ke liye rakha hai kya)”, Modi said.

Tending to another rally in Gujarat’s Patan, Modi said he had cautioned Pakistan of results in the event that it didn’t return Indian Air Force pilot Abhinandan Varthaman.

He declared his administration’s dedication towards national security and said whether the head administrator’s seat remains or not, he has chosen that it is possible that he will be alive or the fear based oppressors.

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India withdraws Most Favoured Nation status to Pakistan

India today pulled back the ‘Most-Favored Nation‘ status to Pakistan following the Pulwama fear assault that left about 40 CRPF staff dead.

In a media instructions after the gathering of the Cabinet Committee on Security(CCS), Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said all endeavors will be made to guarantee that culprits of the assault are conveyed to book.

He said those supporting and lessening the culprits should pay a substantial cost.

Preparation columnists outside the Prime Minister’s living arrangement, he said the Ministry of External Affairs will jump start a hard and fast exertion to seclude Pakistan and every single conciliatory exertion will be propelled in such manner.

Home Minister Rajnath Singh will visit Srinagar on Friday and would assemble an all-party meeting no doubt on Saturday to brief ideological groups on the occurrence with the goal that the country talks in a single voice on the issue.

The Cabinet Committee on Security meet was led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to talk about the security situation in Jammu and Kashmir in the wake of the Pulwama fear assault.

Something like 37 CRPF staff were killed and five harmed on Thursday in one of the deadliest fear assaults in Jammu and Kashmir when a Jaish suicide aircraft smashed a vehicle extending 100 kg of explosives into their transport

in Pulwama locale.

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