Hirra Azmat

Srinagar, Oct 2: ‘So, you are into social work. But what do you do for a living?’ is the usual response Qurat-ul- AinMasoodi, a young social worker, elicits on introducing herself. Yet,…

Srinagar, Sep 27: Forests in Jammu and Kashmir are degrading “alarmingly”, affecting the state’s ecology, an official document states. The document of the Forest Department says that forests are degrading alarmingly and…

Srinagar, Sep 20: Outside the high walls of famed Harwan garden stands a makeshift apiary nestled under a towering mulberry tree. The air around it rings with the growing buzz, as Mohammad…

Srinagar, Sep 19: “Neither I can put it in words, nor will you understand it in words. It was a split second, but to me it was an eternity,” says Hazik Beigh, survivor…

Srinagar, Sep 12: Two years after New Delhi released the funds, the State Pollution Control Board has initiated a process for setting up the stations for air-quality monitoring. The Central Pollution Control…

Srinagar, Sep 9: Brick kilns in the valley have been operating without registration and license. As per the official documents, the valley has around 284 brick kilns out of which 272 are…