Five policeman sacked in J&K in drug , terror cases
Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor ( LG ) invoked article 311 of constitution and terminated the services of six government employees on charges of being involved in activities prejudicial to the security of state .
Five of them are constables and one is a teacher .
In reports of security agencies they were found to be involved in narcotics smuggling and terrorist activities .
Article 311 deals with dismissal , removal and reduction in the rank of civil servants without a departmental inquiry after informing them about the charges against them and giving them a reasonable opportunity to be heard .
The decision of the authority is final .
Sophisticated. weapons given to Village defence guard in Jammu , says Union minister
Union minister Jitendra Singh said on Saturday that sophisticated weapons were provided to Village Defense Guard ( VDG ) to deal with rising incidents of terror activities in the region .
Jitendra Singh is MP from Udhampur .
The scheme to arm civilians was first started in 1996 in 10 districts of Jammu to tackle increased terrorist attacks on Hindus .
Around 30,000 weapons were distributed in various phases to civilians .
It was later abolished after allegations of
abduction and rape committed by villagers .
VDGs was revived in 2022 .
Sri Lanka Navy hands over mortal remains of T.N fishers , releases two others
The Srilankan Navy handed over two fisherman and mortal remains of a third to the Indian Navy near the International Maritime Boundary line .
The fisherman association in Rameshwaram had announced an indefinite strike demanding that Srilankan Navy secures the release of all 74 arrested fishermen from TamilNadu , who were languishing in Srilankan prison .
The other demand is that Srilankan Navy should return the vessels of Indian fishermen captured by them .
Himachal cloudburst rescuers spot victims
The search and rescue operation for 45 missing victims from Shimla , and Mandi resumed on Monday .
About 410 rescuers from the Army., ITBP. NDRF , SDRF , Himachal Pradesh police are involved in the search operation .
The death toll increased to eight after .
Of the total 30 people are missing in Samej village in Rampur subdivision of Shimla district .
In Uttarakhand army and air force is involved in an operation to rescue pilgrims stranded on the route of Kedarnath. Trek routes of Kedarnath had suffered extensive damage after the cloudburst . IAF had deployed Chinook and M17 helicopters to airlift passengers .
Modernise forecast to start disaster mitigation measures start early , says Pinayari
Kerala chief minister Pinayari Vijayan has stressed the need to make the prediction model more modern , location specific and accurate , so that disaster can be mitigated .
Mr Vijayan in a press conference announced that a modern township would be developed in Wayanad for those displaced in the disaster .
He said that the state would invest in Climate Change Institute Kottayam to develop a Kerala specific weather forecast model .
The institute would also investigate the root cause of Kerala landslid
Mr Vijayan conceded that cloudburst and intense rain predictions were challenging .
He reiterated his demand to declare Wayanad landslide a Natural disaster .
Rescue operation in Wayanad reaches final stage ; 206 still missing
The search and rescue operation reached the final stage in theSaturday five bodies were recovered .
The official death toll rose to 219 . of which 152 bodies were identified . Rescue workers retrieved 143 body parts from various locations . A total of 10, 042 people are staying in 93 relief camps .
More than 1200 of Indian Coast Guard , Army , Navy , NDRF , SDRF , Kerala and Tamilnadu rescue operation NGOs are involved in the operation .
Agricultural transformation in India a lesson for others
The 32 nd International Conference of Agricultural Economists was inaugurated in New Delhi on Saturday.
The theme of the conference is “ Transformation towards international food agri systems “
Inaugurating the event , PM Modi said that India’s journey from a food insecure nation to a nation that has surplus grain can be a lesson for global South countries .
India has now become a food surplus country , the largest producer of milk, pulses and spices and second largest producer of foodgrains , fruits , vegetables , cotton , sugar , tea and farmed fish .
PM Modi on Saturday said that India has the solution in the form of millet farming to address global challenges of nutrition , water scarcity and climate change .
Mr Modi said that the challenges can only be addressed under the holistic approach of “ one earth , one family and one future “ .
The conference is to be attended by 1000 delegates from 75 counties .
World
37 killed in al Shadaab attack on busy Mogadishu beach
An Al Shadab suicide bomber attacked a busy streets of Somalian capital Mogadishu killed 37 and injured 64 . Some of them were critically injured .
Al Shadab is Al qaeda linked terrorist organisation . The group is particularly active in Somalia and nearby countries .
Hezbollah expected to hit targets deeper inside Israel : Iran
Iran said on Saturday that it expects Hezbollah to hit deeper inside Israel and no longer be confined to military targets .
Israel in a recent airstrike in Beirut killed Hezbollah commander Faud Sukr . In another strike it killed Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh .
Hezbollah and Iran both have warned Israel of retaliation .
It is being expected that the target this time will be strategic centres of Israel such as Tel Aviv and Haifa .
Iran vows revenge says Short range strike killed Haniyeh
Iran’s revolutionary guard said that a short range missile rocket of 7 kg was behind the killing of Hamas Political Chef Isameil Haniyeh and accused the US of supporting the attack , which it blamed on Israel .
Hanniyeh was in Iran to attend the inauguration ceremony of newly elected president Masoud Pezeskian .
