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💻Jk News info 📰 GENEVA: Nearly half of the glaciers in World Heritage sites will disappear by the end of this century if greenhouse gas emissions continue unchecked, a report said Tuesday. The new study from the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) focused on the 46 World Heritage sites where glaciers are found, including Grosser Aletschgletscher in the Swiss Alps, Greenland’s Jakobshavn Glacier and Khumbu Glacier in the Himalayas. Using a variety of data and advanced modelling, the authors “predict glacier extinction by 2100 under a high emission scenario in 21 of the 46 natural World Heritage sites where glaciers are currently found,” IUCN said in a statement. That “high emission scenario” refers to the status quo, where the commitments made under the 2015 Paris climate pact are not met. Sites likely to see the most severe ice-loss are Los Glaciares National Park in Argentina and Waterton Glacier International Peace Park, which straddles the Canada-US border. ...

💻Jk News info 📰 NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court directed all states and Union Territories on Tuesday to “forthwith comply” with its last year’s direction to provide medical facilities to retired chief justices and judges of high courts, including their spouses and dependent family members, at par with sitting judges. A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi took note of a report filed by senior advocate P H Parekh, assisting the top court as an amicus curiae in the matter, which stated that only six states have provided the requisite information to him in pursuance of the court’s October 24 direction. It had directed that retired chief justices and judges of high courts, including their spouses and dependent family members be given medical facilities at par with sitting judges and the expenses for treatment in private hospitals be reimbursed without prior approval of the state government. The bench, also comprising Justices Deepak Gupta and Sanjiv Khanna, said Tuesday that failur...

💻Jk News info 📰 JAMMU: Hitting out at the NC, PDP and Congress, Union Minister and BJP leader Jitendra Singh Tuesday said the concept of “Jamhooriyat, Kashmiriyat and Insaniyat” were eroded by Kashmir’s ruling dynasties which “perpetuated family rule” under the garb of democracy. Singh questioned the right of political parties whose leaders became MPs and MLAs with less than 10 per cent polling, to remind the BJP about the concept of and commitment to “Jamhooriyat (democracy), Insaniyat (humanity) and Kashmiriyat (identity of the people of Kashmir)” — the phrase coined by former Prime Minister and BJP stalwart Atal Bihari Vajpayee. He reiterated Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s assertion that his Government is committed to follow the Vajpayee’s formula in Kashmir. (AGENCIES)   The post Jamhooriyat, Insaniyat, Kashmiriyat eroded by JK’s ruling dynasties: Jitendra appeared first on Jammu Kashmir Latest News | Tourism | Breaking News J&K . News posted by jknewsinfo Click H...

💻Jk News info 📰 NEW DELHI: The Army has claimed its mountaineering expedition team in the higher Himalayas had found “mysterious footprints” in the snow that they believe belong to the Yeti or the abominable snowman, triggering a barrage of reactions. Sources said on Tuesday that the Indian Army will send to domain experts the pictures and videos of the “large” footprints captured close to the Makalu Base Camp in Nepal earlier this month. On Monday night, the Army tweeted, “For the first time, an #IndianArmy Mountaineering Expedition Team has sited (sic) Mysterious Footprints of mythical beast ‘Yeti’ measuring 32×15 inches close to Makalu Base Camp on 09 April 2019. This elusive snowman has only been sighted at Makalu-Barun National Park in the past.” The Army also released photos along with the tweet showing large footprints in the snow which they claim belong to the creature. (AGENCIES)   The post Army claims ‘Yeti’ footprints found by its expedition team, releases pics a...

💻Jk News info 📰 MUMBAI: Actor Sooraj Pancholi’s next “Satellite Shankar” has been delayed by two months. The film, directed by Irfan Kamal, was earlier scheduled to release on July 5 this year but now has been moved to September 6, the makers said in a statement. Sooraj, the son of actors Aditya Pancholi and actress Zarina Wahab, had in Janaury shared a poster of the film, where a beige coloured bag covered with badges can be seen. South actor Megha Akash is making Bollywood debut with the film. “Satellite Shankar” will be jointly produced by Bhushan Kumar, Murad Khetani, Krishan Kumar and Ashwin Varde. Other details related to the film are still under wraps. (AGENCIES) The post Sooraj Pancholi-starrer ‘Satellite Shankar’ to now release on September 6 appeared first on Jammu Kashmir Latest News | Tourism | Breaking News J&K . News posted by jknewsinfo Click Here Download JK News info Android app from play store

💻Jk News info 📰 MUMBAI: “Sarfarosh” director John Matthew Matthan says he had kept the India-Pakistan terrorism angle of the film a secret from everyone except Aamir Khan and Naseeruddin Shah. Considered one of the best films of Aamir’s career, “Sarfarosh” completes 20 years Tuesday. The story revolved around an honest police officer Ajay Singh Rathod, who meets and befriends a famous Pakistani ghazal singer, Gulfam Hassan (Shah). Rathod’s life takes a turn when he uncovers a huge conspiracy while investigating arms smuggling in Rajasthan. The film released at the time of the Kargil conflict when tensions between India and Pakistan were high. “I did not share the story of ‘Sarfarosh’ with everyone, only Aamir and Naseeruddin Shah knew about it. I was very scared to take the neighbour’s name because no one had shown Pakistan in that light before that. And it was part of censor board’s thing that you should not take name of the neighbouring country. So, most of the people acted in ...

💻Jk News info 📰 NEW DELHI: Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan was on Tuesday barred from campaigning for 48 hours for his provocative remarks against poll authorities in Uttar Pradesh and making communal statements, officials said. This is the second time this month that the EC has imposed a ban on him. The fresh ban will come into force at 6.00 AM Wednesday. Earlier he was barred from campaigning for 72 hours for his ‘khaki underwear’ jibe at BJP candidate Jaya Prada. (AGENCIES) The post EC imposes fresh ban on Azam Khan from holding rallies appeared first on Jammu Kashmir Latest News | Tourism | Breaking News J&K . News posted by jknewsinfo Click Here Download JK News info Android app from play store