Tag: Kashmir

Stanford University enlists Kashmiri among top scientists
24Nov By Joe RodriguezNo Comments
Asia, Singapore, USA

Stanford University enlists Kashmiri among top scientists

Bringing laurels to Kashmir, a young scientist, Dr Ahsanulhaq Qurashi has been enlisted in the top two percent scientists of 2020 by Stanford University.The list has been compiled on the basis of “multiple citation indicators and their composite across scientific disciplines.”Hailing from Karnah area of Kupwara district in the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir, Dr Qurashi was listed in energy discipline. His major research work is based on developing new materials for clean energy generation and storage, environment, and biomedical applications.Dr Qurashi completed his PhD in Nanotechnology, in 2008, from Chonbuk National University, Jeonju, South Korea and later completed his two-year post-doctoral fellowship from Toyama University, Toyama, Japan. He joined as an Assistant Profe...
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Gilgit-Baltistan a part of India: MEA
2Nov By Joe RodriguezNo Comments
Asia

Gilgit-Baltistan a part of India: MEA

After Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan’s attempt to accord provincial status to Gilgit-Baltistan, India, in response, lashed out at Khan’s remarks, saying it is intended to camouflage the “illegal” occupation of the region.India “firmly rejects” the attempt by Pakistan to bring material changes to a part of Indian territory which is under Islamabad’s “illegal and forcible occupation”, Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) spokesperson Anurag Srivastava said.He also asked Pakistan to immediately vacate such areas.“I reiterate that the Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh, including the area of so-called ‘Gilgit-Baltistan’, are an integral part of India by virtue of the legal, complete and irrevocable accession of Jammu and Kashmir to the Union of India in 1947,” he said.He said...
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Turkey hiring Kashmiri separatists to tarnish India’s image globally
27Oct By Mike TrudellNo Comments
USA, World

Turkey hiring Kashmiri separatists to tarnish India’s image globally

As a part of a carefully crafted conspiracy to malign India’s image across the world, Ruwa Shah, daughter of separatist leader Altaf Ahmad Shah, in an article published in Turkish media talked about how she feels for her allegedly besieged home while staying thousands of miles away in Turkey. While sharing her views she also mentioned that children in Kashmir never had a normal life.Altaf is an accused of terror funding in a case registered in 2017 by India's National Investigation Agency (NIA). As per NIA, separatist leader Altaf Shah was found to be involved in receiving and collecting funds through illegal means, including hawala for causing disruption in Kashmir Valley by way of pelting stones on security forces, burning schools, damaging public property and waging war against India.Th...
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China appoints trade expert as new ambassador to Pakistan to help drive infrastructure development plan
23Oct By Joe RodriguezNo Comments
Asia, China

China appoints trade expert as new ambassador to Pakistan to help drive infrastructure development plan

In a bid to bring to life its multibillion-dollar infrastructure development partnership, China has appointed a trade specialist - with no formal experience as a diplomat - as its new ambassador to Pakistan.Nong Rong – the Communist Party secretary of the ethnic and religious affairs commission in the Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region – was named by the foreign ministry as the new ambassador to Pakistan.“Although Nong is not trained as a diplomat, he has experience in economic diplomacy with Southeast Asian countries,” said Wang Dehua, a South Asia specialist at the Shanghai Municipal Centre for International Studies.“The fact he headed the ethnic and religious affairs commission suggests he is capable of dealing with sensitive issues,” he said.One of Nong’s primary roles will be to promote...
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[News] Pakistani man arrested for attacking UK Sikh Shrine, leaves note on Kashmir
20Jun By Team FPNo Comments
Asia, USA

[News] Pakistani man arrested for attacking UK Sikh Shrine, leaves note on Kashmir

A Pakistani man has been arrested by the UK police for breaking into a gurdwara in eastern England. Guru Arjan Gurdwara in Derbyshire alerted the Police after its front doors were found smashed in the early hours of Monday morning.He was later identified and arrested.As per the statement of the gurdwara, at around 6 a.m., "an individual entered the gurdwara premises causing thousands of pounds of damage. We can confirm that no individual was injured and that the clean-up process has begun."The gurdwara described the vandalisation of the shrine as a hate crime. The CCTV footages of the person, showed smashed glass doors of the gurdwara, glass shards scattered all over the floor and a man inside the premises.The vandal left a hand-written note in broken English on a piece of paper in the gur...
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