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Umer Ahmad

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Pulwama
As seen in: MENAFN, Greater Kashmir, Kashmir Observer, Good Food Movement
Covers:  Environment, Human Rights, public policy
Doesn't Cover: Environment, Human Rights, livelihood
Freelance journalist, covers Environment, Human Rights @NFI_India fellow. Words- @Thewirescience @TheQuint @thetribunechd muckrack.com/umer-ahmad-
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Silt, Waste Blankets Kashmir's Wular Lake, Eats Into Local Economy

Silt, Waste Blankets Kashmir's Wular Lake, Eats Into Local Economy

IndiaSpend — Bandipora (Jammu & Kashmir): Hailed as one of Asia's largest freshwater lakes, Wular is shrinking with an urgency hard to reverse. A flood basin for the Kashmir Valley, parts of the lake have turned into shallow streams, with vast expanses of the area covered in silt and dotted with solid waste.
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The Women Of Doodhpathri: From Housewives To Sustainable Businesses

The Women Of Doodhpathri: From Housewives To Sustainable Businesses

IndiaSpend — Doodhpathri: Wearing the traditional Pheran, and a scarf on her head, 45-year-old Naseema Banu makes crispy fried Makai Chot (maize flour tortillas), with Noon Chai (salted tea), at a stall in Doodhpathri, a famous tourist destinationin Badgam district.
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Kashmir's Hills Hold the Secret of the World's Biggest Extinction Event

Kashmir's Hills Hold the Secret of the World's Biggest Extinction Event

The Diplomat Magazine — Advertisement Nazir Bhat grew up hearing stories of foreigners riding on horseback in his hometown, known for its fine Himalayan horses. Back in those colonial times, Guryul was just another sleepy hamlet in the southern part of Srinagar, where natives mainly practiced farming.
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'With RTI, I Have Helped More People, It's My New Amulet'

'With RTI, I Have Helped More People, It's My New Amulet'

The Quint — Sheikh hails from Mujhpather area of District Budgam. He belongs to the community of tribals and spends his weekdays as a carpenter. Talking about why he helps people to write RTIs, he said, "I always wanted to help my people, to uplift them, but my amulet was not enough."
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بھارت کے شہر حیدرآباد میں ہاتھی پر یوم عاشور کا جلوس

بھارت کے شہر حیدرآباد میں ہاتھی پر یوم عاشور کا جلوس

Independent Urdu — بھارت کے جنوبی شہر حیدرآباد میں یوم عاشور کے موقعے پر 'بی بی کے علم' کے ہاتھی پر جلوس کی قدیم روایت ہے۔ تاریخی اہمیت کے حامل اس جلوس کا آغاز 400 برس قبل قطب شاہی دور میں عبداللہ قطب شاہ کی والدہ حیات بخشی بیگم نے کیا تھا۔ بعد
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Shrinking Wular Lake shrivels water chestnut harvests in Kashmir

Shrinking Wular Lake shrivels water chestnut harvests in Kashmir

villagesquare.in — Posha Akhtar of Zurman, a sleepy village between the Wular Lake and the Himalayan mountains, leaves home way before the first rays of the sun. She is headed for the lake to harvest water chestnuts - a favourite snack in the Kashmir Valley, eaten raw or boiled.
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بھارت کے شہر حیدرآباد میں ہاتھی پر یوم عاشور کا جلوس

بھارت کے شہر حیدرآباد میں ہاتھی پر یوم عاشور کا جلوس

Independent Urdu — بھارت کے جنوبی شہر حیدرآباد میں یوم عاشور کے موقعے پر 'بی بی کے علم' کے ہاتھی پر جلوس کی قدیم روایت ہے۔ تاریخی اہمیت کے حامل اس جلوس کا آغاز 400 برس قبل قطب شاہی دور میں عبداللہ قطب شاہ کی والدہ حیات بخشی بیگم نے کیا تھا۔ بعد
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Journalist working to 'rehabilitate' mosques in India

Journalist working to 'rehabilitate' mosques in India

YouTube — انڈیا میں مسجدوں کو 'دوبارہ آباد' کرنے کی مہم پر نکلے صحافی #independenturdu #india #journalist #mosques #indyurdu مزید معلومات: https://independenturdu.com/node/124391 انڈپینڈنٹ اردو کے سوشل میڈیا پیجز لائیک کیجیے فیس بک: https://www.facebook.com/IndyUrdu ٹوئٹر: https://www.twitter.com/IndyUrdu انسٹا گرام: https://www.instagram.com/indyurdu #IndependentUrdu #IndyUrdu مزید خبروں اور اپ ڈیٹس کے لیے: https://www.independenturdu.com
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[Video] Hangul, the shy Kashmiri deer, is facing the threat of extinction as its habitat shrinks

[Video] Hangul, the shy Kashmiri deer, is facing the threat of extinction as its habitat shrinks

Mongabay India — On the foothills of the Himalayas, covered in striking forests, a shy animal with refined marbling is battling to survive. The wild hangul, a totem of charm in Kashmir, is fast losing its habitat as industrialisation, militarisation and human intervention threatens its habitat and numbers.
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IN DEPTHA young techie’s coding campaign creating classroom change in Kashmir

IN DEPTHA young techie’s coding campaign creating classroom change in Kashmir

Free Press Kashmir —
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polio with pen: A young Kashmiri girl’s ode to life

polio with pen: A young Kashmiri girl’s ode to life

Free Press Kashmir —
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'Not A Single Penny Spent' On RTI Awareness In J&K Since Aug 2019 - Kashmir Observer

'Not A Single Penny Spent' On RTI Awareness In J&K Since Aug 2019 - Kashmir Observer

Kashmir Observer — Srinagar- In a startling revelation it has come to the fore that no awareness campaign or training workshop on the Right to Information (RTI)Act has been conducted in Jammu and Kashmir since August 2019. This was revealed by the Government of India in reply to an RTI filed by Kashmiri advocate Naveed Bukhtiyar, Coordinator J&K RTI Movement.
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Late Arrivals, Desperate Lifts and the 'Nexus' - Bumpy Ride ...

Late Arrivals, Desperate Lifts and the 'Nexus' - Bumpy Ride ...

MENAFN — img src='https://menafn.com/updates/pr/2022
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'Not A Single Penny Spent' On RTI Awareness In J&K Since Aug 2019 - Kashmir Observer

'Not A Single Penny Spent' On RTI Awareness In J&K Since Aug 2019 - Kashmir Observer

Kashmir Observer — Srinagar- In a startling revelation it has come to the fore that no awareness campaign or training workshop on the Right to Information (RTI)Act has been conducted in Jammu and Kashmir since August 2019. This was revealed by the Government of India in reply to an RTI filed by Kashmiri advocate Naveed Bukhtiyar, Coordinator J&K RTI Movement.
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Children of Mountains: Why're Their Teachers Disappointed? - Kashmir Observer

Children of Mountains: Why're Their Teachers Disappointed? - Kashmir Observer

Kashmir Observer — Even as the curb-stricken campuses have resumed their classwork in Kashmir, those living on mountains and meadows are still following the rugged routine that kept them going in the last three lockdown years. the break of day, Mohammad Ramzan comes out on a mountain mission.
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'Unpaid, Undervalued': Why Kashmiri Wheelmen Don't Want New Fleet - Kashmir Observer

'Unpaid, Undervalued': Why Kashmiri Wheelmen Don't Want New Fleet - Kashmir Observer

Kashmir Observer — "Many transporters who've tested positive for Covid have no money for treatment and to support their families." a time when their private counterparts are once again doing odd jobs to sustain their families in another lockdown in the valley, the official transporters are frowning upon the fresh fleet added to their yard.
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'We Heard Cries For Help': Oxygen Crisis Averted in City Hospital - Kashmir Observer

'We Heard Cries For Help': Oxygen Crisis Averted in City Hospital - Kashmir Observer

Kashmir Observer — However, Dr. Bilques Shah, the designated Covid Nodal officer at JLNM hospital, Rainawari denied any such incident saying the hospital has a solid backup plan. Scores of attendants in Jawahar Lal Nehru Memorial (JLMN) hospital Rainawari Tuesday shared their harrowing night-time experience, when the "oxygen plant suddenly went off", creating breathless situation for around 100 Covid patients in the hospital.
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Entrepreneurs Becoming Labourers, As Kashmir Awaits Consumer Court - Kashmir Observer

Entrepreneurs Becoming Labourers, As Kashmir Awaits Consumer Court - Kashmir Observer

Kashmir Observer — Since the abrogation of Article 370, the consumer court in Kashmir has remained shut, thus putting thousands of litigants in uncertainty. recent Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) report censuring government for the pending 2014 flood relief in Kashmir reminded Tanveer Ahmad his own battle with the Consumer Court consumed by the 2019 summer shift along with the hundreds of cases.
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'Serious, Shocking': 'Kashmir-less' PCC Creates Concerns in Valley - Kashmir Observer

'Serious, Shocking': 'Kashmir-less' PCC Creates Concerns in Valley - Kashmir Observer

Kashmir Observer — Apart from shocking reactions, the missing Kashmiri representation in Pollution Control Committee is now creating a judicial campaign in the valley. after Delhi downgraded Jammu and Kashmir Pollution Control Board (JKPCB) to Pollution Control Committee (JKPCC) without Kashmir representation, environmental lawyer Nadeem Qadri and his battery of activists is mulling to take a judicial route to counter the move.
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Why People Take 'Secret Bath' in This Kashmir Village on Nauroz? - Kashmir Observer

Why People Take 'Secret Bath' in This Kashmir Village on Nauroz? - Kashmir Observer

Kashmir Observer — In a sleepy Budgam village, people from ages have been celebrating Nauroz in a very unique manner. They argue that their way of celebrating spring arrival makes them healthier throughout the year. the dead of the night haunted by canine howling, Javed Ahmad suddenly rises from his warm bed and ventures into darkness.
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Distress After Demolition: Homeless Tribals Fear For Future - Kashmir Observer

Distress After Demolition: Homeless Tribals Fear For Future - Kashmir Observer

Kashmir Observer — As the recent controversial forest clearance drive fanned new tensions in the region with the likes of former chief minister making a quick jungle trip to plead the case of the tribals, the homeless gypsies fear for the next season when they will be returning to their summer pastures.
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بھارت کے زیر انتظام کشمیر کے اس گاؤں کا نام 'بنگلہ دیش' کیسے پڑا؟

بھارت کے زیر انتظام کشمیر کے اس گاؤں کا نام 'بنگلہ دیش' کیسے پڑا؟

Independent Urdu — بھارت کے زیر انتظام کشمیر کے ضلع بانڈی پورہ سے 30 کلومیٹر کے فاصلے پر بنگلہ دیش نامی ایک چھوٹا سا گاؤں آباد ہے، جس کی مجموعی آبادی 300 افراد پر مشتمل ہے۔ یہ گاؤں ایشیا کی سب سے بڑی میٹھے پانی کی جھیل 'ولر' کے کنارے پر واقع ہے۔
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Are Kashmir's New Hydro-Electric Projects Economically Viable?

Are Kashmir's New Hydro-Electric Projects Economically Viable?

The Wire (India) — Representative photo: A view of the Salal Hydroelectric Power Station in Reasi district, J&K. Photo: 7kB/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 Pulwama, Kashmir: In the last two years, since the abrogation of Articles 370 and 35(A) of India's Constitution on August 2019, and the bifurcation of the former state into two union territories, the Government of India has sanctioned a slew of hydropower projects in the Himalayan state of Kashmir.
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Are Kashmir's New Hydro-Electric Projects Economically Viable?

Are Kashmir's New Hydro-Electric Projects Economically Viable?

The Wire (India) — Representative photo: A view of the Salal Hydroelectric Power Station in Reasi district, J&K. Photo: 7kB/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 Pulwama, Kashmir: In the last two years, since the abrogation of Articles 370 and 35(A) of India's Constitution on August 2019, and the bifurcation of the former state into two union territories, the Government of India has sanctioned a slew of hydropower projects in the Himalayan state of Kashmir.
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