Kulgam Updates

Govt Extends Ban On High-Speed Internet In J&K Till Jan 22  The government on Friday extended ban on high-speed 3G and 4G internet services in Jammu and Kashmir barring Ganderbal and Udhampur districts till January 22.    The Home Department in an order issued here said “certain restrictions” have been placed on access to high speed mobile data connectivity to "curb uploading/downloading/circulation of provocative videos and defeat the nefarious designs of the forces within and from across the border to create a narrative by running a disinformation campaign.” “The apprehensions of the law enforcement agencies regarding misuse of high speed mobile data services for infiltration and for coordinating (militant) activities gets credence from investigation of ongoing cases and recent incident of interception of (militants) and recoveries of arms/ammunition, with increased activity on the IB/LoC,” reads the order, a copy of which lies with GNS.  “Now, therefore, on cons

Srinagar-Jammu Highway Restored, Stranded Traffic Being Cleared.  After remaining closed for five days, the strategic Jammu-Srinagar highway was restored for traffic on Friday, but authorities said only stranded vehicles will be allowed to move. Heavy snow in the Bannihal sector and rockslides in Ramban and Udhampur districts had resulted in the closure of the nearly 300-kilometre long highway that is the supply lifeline for the landlocked Kashmir Valley. Authorities said Friday afternoon that snow and rock slide debris have been removed from the highway and it has been restored for traffic.   “Only stranded vehicles will be allowed to move today and no fresh traffic will be allowed either from the Jammu or Srinagar side,” an official of the traffic department said. Over 6,000 vehicles, most of them carrying essential supplies to the valley, are stranded at different points on the highway at present.   The priority of the authorities is to decongest the highway

Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, Sentenced To 15-Year Imprisonment In Pakistan.  Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, on Friday (January 8) sentenced to 15 years by an anti-terrorism court in Pakistan, according to media reports. Lashkar-e-Taiba’s Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi was arrested over terror financing charges six days ago. Lakhvi was arrested by Punjab province’s Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) and a case was registered in a Lahore police station. The LeT commander was out on bail since 2015. In December 2008, the UN had designated Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi as a global terrorist for being associated with LeT and al-Qaeda and for “participating in the financing, planning, facilitating, preparing or perpetrating of acts by, in conjunction with, under the name of, on behalf or in support of” both the entities.

New Syllabus for Written test (Objective Type) for the post of Accounts Assistant (Finance) has been updated on the website of Jammu Kashmir Service Selection Board.  Marks: 120 Time: 02:00 Hours General Knowledge with special reference to J&K UT (30 Marks) (i) Current Events of National and International importance (ii) Political & Physical divisions of world & India (iii) Indian Culture, Heritage and Freedom Struggle/Movement. (iv) Transport & Communication. (v) Demography- Census, its feature and functions. (vi) Important Rivers & Lakes in India. (vii) Weather, Climate, Crops, Means of Transport of India. (viii) Environment, Ecology & Bio-diversity. (ix) J&K UT a) History b) Economy c) Geography- (Weather, Climate, Crops, Rivers, Lakes, Flora, Fauna etc.) d) Heritage & Culture e) Important Tourist Destinations (x) J&K Reorganisation Act, 2019. Accountancy and Book Keeping (30 Marks) (i) Introduction to Financial Accounting and its term

Tesla CEO Elon Musk Overtakes Amazon’s Bezos To Become World’s Richest Person.    Tesla CEO Elon Musk Overtakes Amazon’s Bezos To Become World’s Richest Person January 7, 2021 by Fazil Manzoor   Elon Musk, the outspoken entrepreneur behind Tesla Inc. and SpaceX, is now the richest person on the planet. A 4.8% rally in the electric carmaker’s share price Thursday boosted Musk past Amazon.com Inc. founder Jeff Bezos on the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, a ranking of the world’s 500 wealthiest people. The South Africa-born engineer’s net worth was $188.5 billion at 10:15 a.m. in New York, $1.5 billion more than Bezos, who has held the top spot since October 2017.   As chief executive officer of Space Exploration Technologies Corp., or SpaceX, Musk is also a rival to Bezos, owner of Blue Origin LLC, in the private space race. The milestone caps an extraordinary 12 months for Musk. Over the past year his net worth soared by more than $150 billion in possibly the fastest bout of w

Weather Update for next few days.  Sub-zero temperatures in Kashmir, Gulmarg at minus 8.5 °C. After four days of snow, night temperature fell in most parts of Kashmir Valley last night with Gulmarg recording a low of minus 8.5°C, the weatherman said on Thursday. Srinagar recorded a low of minus 0.8°C while mercury settled at minus 2.5 °C in Pahalgam, minus 0.2°C in Qazigund, minus 1.7°C in Kupwara while Kokernag recorded a low of minus 1.0°C, a MeT official told GNS. Kashmir is in the middle Chillai-Kalan, the 40-day winter period which commenced on December 21 and ends on January 31. The period is considered the harshest of the winter when the chances of snowfall are most frequent and maximum. The cold wave, however, continues even after that in Kashmir with a 20-day-long 'Chillai-Khurd' (small cold) and a 10-day-long 'Chillai-Bachha' (baby cold).The weatherman has forecast more snowfall in the next 24 hours and a "significant" improvement in from