Acid attack…A chilling indictment of our society!!!

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Owais Ah Shah

The writer is PG student,University of Kashmir.

The recent horrendous & horrid acid attack has yet again brought to fore the question of women security in Kashmir.This is not the first incident but year’s ago a young girl in Srinagar city was also brutally attacked by acid attackers. These are attacks with no end,whatsoever may be the cause & concern.It is an indictment of our society & we need not to only pour condemnation & use harsh words for the attackers but seriously something bigger must be done.

The society has to seriously come together on these grave issues concerning us everyday.Law can’t be the only sovereign remedy to get rid of such crimes where our women folk is easily attacked.There needs to be a calibrated,substantive approach taken up in the society that the crimes are curbed.

The victim of these attacks have to suffer everyday of their life & so does the family.It always keeps on going around & the pain never disappears.This is very cruel & causes anguish among every conscious minded human being.

We may go on pouring condemnation on this & tomorrow everything will be hunky dory.The principal question is that how long will such dregs of humanity move around & put the lives of other’s on peril.How long will our women folk suffer because of the mentally deranged humans.

The recent attack is a reminder for us to wake up from the slumber & take up a stronger fight against this & nip the evil in bud.

The biggest problem we suffer is that we raise fingers at the women.We say they have to be blamed for their dress,for their morals & blab blab but does anyone have the courage to speak up against those people who are taking drugs,moving out late in the night & their families wondering where they are lost.If they are questioned at home for all this nonsense,they beat their parents & abuse them.

We need to do basic counseling of our young generation.We must come together & address these grave social issues.Nobody would dare to do it if the mentality is improved & a healthy social order is created.These crimes will help & will continue to happen,if this society doesn’t understand it seriously.

We can’t imagine how much painful it would be for the victim & her family.It would be eating into their heart & soul.It is heartbreaking for me while writing this piece that how much suffering it would cause.

At the end,may a new dawn break in this society where our sisters,daughter & mother’s can live a life worth living.

Budget 2022 -23 Highlights

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Budget is always an important financial event very much important  for economic growth .In a big country like India Budget is much important. 

The Union Cabinet headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday 1 Feburary 2022 approved the Budget 2022-23, . Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the budget in Lok Sabha .The Budget has many highlights.  One station, One product to be popularised.Railways will develop new products for small farmers.
Modern infrastructure to be cornerstone of the plan. FM Sitharaman outlinedPM Gati Shakti masterplan.
400 New Generation Vande Bharat trains to be introduced 100 new Rail Cargo Terminals to be developed Agriculture university to be opened in several states.
A rationalised scheme to increase domestic oilseed production will be brought in to cut down imports. National Highways will be extended by 25,000 km during 2022-23.Also, For farmers to adopt to natural farming, comprehensive package for participation of State governments & MSMEs to be introduced.
Hospitality services by the small & medium sector are yet to bounce back, therefore, the government has decided to extend the ECGL service for this sector by March 2023 with an increased cover of Rs 50,000.
The other highlights  of Budget include : Schemes of the Ministry of Women and Child Development such as Mission Shakti, Mission Vatsalya, Saksham Anganwadi and Poshan 2.0 revamped to provide benefits
Epassport would be rolled out in 2022-23, Paperless end-to-end e systems will be used for all procurements.
Roll out of 5 G teleservices would be done with 2023. 2 lakh Anganwadis to be upgraded for improving child health.

Interview – Sheikh Asif, CEO of Thames Infotech

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Mir Sabeen Gulrez 
Sheikh Asif, CEO of Thames Infotech, a renowned Manchester, UK-based information technology (IT) firm, recently received the Firebox Bengaluru Entrepreneur of the Year award. In an exclusive interview with News Kashmir  he talks to Mir Sabeen Gulrez.

Sheikh Asif, 26, from Batamaloo, whose primary education came from the reputed “Talent Educational Institute”, later on, because of the distress in his family, didn’t allow him to complete his education.  
Remembering his past experience when he met “Salim”, And his life’s turning point started with his work in 2016, which gave Sheikh Asif a new name and a new destination, which Asif couldn’t even dream of because of the early situations. 
In June 2016, it started with a small set-up dealing in websites. They (Salim and Asif) shifted their headquarters to Manchester in 2018. 
In the early days, they named this start-up after a famous river in London.  
After some time, Asif came up with this concept to create awareness in his region.  

Asif began his bright journey in 2016 and has never looked back. 
Asif told News Kashmir, “I managed to get a godown type shop from where we started working and, in the meantime, I also bought Thames Infotech from its previous owner.” Now our company has twenty-five (25) employees in the UK and seven (7) here in Srinagar. Asif also intended to write more books while waiting for his book to be published under the title “Digitization in Business.” 
Being CEO, Asif has started a new set-up after the name “Soan menu.”  
Their co-founders are Sheikh Asif and Shama Kausar. Its foundation date is January 16, 2022. 
Soan menu is making a revolution by converting traditional menus into digital menus in the form of QR Codes for free.  
The milestones that we achieved are ten thousand (10,000) customers ordering from them.  
Sheikh Asif told News Kashmir that he has trained one thousand (1000) students in website designing and digital marketing. Many of them have even started their own online business.  
I will start online classes again. From March onwards, Asif stated.
Imtiyaz Ahmed,  brother of Asif, told (News Kashmir) that Asif has always been a laborious and talented boy. 
“He struggled a lot in life but I know him as a determined guy from the beginning,” he said.

Acid Horror

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Farzana Mumtaz /Rameez Makhdoomi 
Acid attack is the most heinous crime against humanity.  Acid attacks have been often committed against women to oppress them. Srinagar acid attack recently rattled the whole Kashmir Valley. A 24-year-old girl sustained burn injuries in her face and eyes following an acid attack in Srinagar on 1 February 2022 Tuesday evening. Police sources said a group of persons attacked the girl with acid outside her business unit at Osmania Colony at around 6 pm. The girl, who hails from Eidgah area of downtown Srinagar, was rushed to SMHS hospital. 

In a move widely appreciated, The Jammu and Kashmir police said they had arrested three accused and sealed a shop for the illegal sale of acid. After the preliminary investigation and technical analysis, a Special Investigation Team (SIT) led by Superintendent of Police Raja Zuhaib said the victim, who is from Srinagar’s Eidgah area, had rejected the engagement proposal of the accused who started stalking her. “The accused [also from Srinagar] used to work in a medical shop. The swift action by Jammu and Kashmir police against culprits was widely lauded. The attack has once again brought to the fore the open sale of acid in the market. According to the Supreme Court guidelines, the seller and purchaser must have a license, and shops selling acid are mandatorily required to maintain a record of sale and purchase.

The SC also made it compulsory for the shopkeepers to record the reasons for purchase. The court has also banned the selling of acid in any case to a person who is below 18 years. The social and civil circles are saying and demanding that those behind the heinous crime should be given stringent punishment so that such incidents are put to an end. The expert pulse is that acid attacks are a form of violence, in which acid or another corrosive substance is thrown at a person – usually a woman or a girl – with the intention of maiming, torturing, or killing them.
Acid attacks perpetrated against women and girls are used as a means to permanently scar the survivor – they are an extreme form of violence against women and girls. They are used because so much bearing is placed on the physical appearance of women and girls.
It is painful to note that with deep burns and condition worsening by every hour, a team of doctors is struggling to salvage the eyesight of the Srinagar acid attack victim. An uncertain outlook and a long journey – is their description of her present condition.