J&K/ New Delhi: Kundan Kashmiri National President (KPC) reacting to proposal of scraping of AFPSA in J&K stated that it is not advisable to scrap the Armed Force Special Power Act (AFSPA) in hurry until terrorist training camps in PoK are fully dismantled, home grown terrorists are fully curbed and infiltration is controlled from across the […]
Black laws on way out: Rather
Srinagar, October 23 (Scoop News)- Saying that people of the state have suffered a lot due to black laws Implemented since 1990 when Mufti Mohammad Sayeed was Home Minister of the country, the Minister for Finance and Ladakh Affairs, Abdul Rahim Rather said that the present government has now decided to revoke these […]
Facebook Wrests Control Back from Users, Unilaterally Deactivates Ability to Control Their Data
Free tool from Open-Xchange created within Facebook terms and Conditions NUREMBERG, Germany, July 11, 2011 — On Sunday, July 10, 2011, Facebook unilaterally deactivated a tool created by Open-Xchange, Inc. (www.open-xchange.com) that enabled Facebook users to control their personal data and export and use it in any way they choose. Made available for free […]
The Cost of High Crude Oil Prices
Crude oil prices are approaching a 2 1/2 year high, ending at $105.79 on Friday… a gain of 1.3%. Take a look at this chart: View larger chart Over the past five months — until late February — crude oil prices trended higher within the channel drawn in green. Even during the Egyptian uprising, prices […]
Futile to pin hopes on investigation in Shopian case: Mehbooba
Intensifying their campaign for the scraping of draconian laws and demilitarization of civilian areas, Jammu and Kashmir People’s Democratic Party today held a rally and marched up to the Raj Bhawan gates, here on Monday. Let by party president Mehbooba Mufti the ralliest, however, could not reach the governor NN Vohra as the […]
Zeroth strategy for waste oil disposal in Nigeria
By Emeka Chiakwelu www.afripol.org Strategist@afripol.org Nigeria is relatively an emerging industrial nation, with dilapidated automobiles roaming the nooks and corners of the country together with the outdated industrial machineries are generating thousands of litres, if not millions of waste oil and lubricants. So are the emissions of the alarming quantities of atmospheric pollutants including […]