Editorial - Page 29

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April 18, 2024

Game Changer

High-density plantation has emerged as a game-changer in the realm of fruit cultivation, particularly in regions like Kashmir, renowned for its apple orchards. This modern agricultural practice offers a plethora of benefits,
April 17, 2024

Textbooks Shortage

The New Education Policy (NEP) was introduced with an aim to transform the educational system in the country. In this regard, the J&K Board of School Education (BOSE) is supposed to prepare
April 16, 2024

Market Checking

The Legal Metrology Department (LMD) has realised a whopping amount of Rs 4.22 Crores as penalty during the previous financial year 2023-24. One of the primary functions of the Legal Metrology Department

Forgettable 2020

2020 is almost over and we all may want to forget this year forever. Cross it off from our lives like it never existed. Think that the last decade ended in 2019
December 29, 2020

Work c(v)ulture

A government job in Kashmir is considered a ticket to “settled, happy life”– whatever that means. As hundreds of thousands of people in the valley are employed by the government given the
December 26, 2020

Understanding votes

Now that the results are out for the recently concluded DDC elections both the People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration and BJP seem to be in a celebratory mood. No doubt that the
December 24, 2020
Snow-clad view of Srinagar's Dal Lake and adjoining areas (KM-File photo)

Chillai kalan and Covid

Finding itself in the grip of severe cold, Kashmir and its residents are again banking on the age-old methods to keep their hearths and bodies warm. However, with Covid-19 pandemic gripping the
December 23, 2020

Connecting with people

Long lines of people taking part in the election process during the ongoing DDC polls in Jammu and Kashmir is becoming a normal sign these days. On Wednesday, when the Union Territory
December 17, 2020

Middle-class crisis

A man in Kashmir puts up an advertisement on a newspaper pleading people to buy his kidney so that he can pay up his debt. No one in his wildest dreams in
December 16, 2020

Hope 2021

Since March, our lives have been oscillating between two words: Coronavirus and vaccine. Jolted by COVID-19, medical science is faced up with the challenge to beat it. As hundreds of thousands have
December 15, 2020

Online classes and vacations

The Jammu and Kashmir government has announced winter vacations in all schools upto higher secondary level in Kashmir and winter zones of Jammu. In an official order on Friday, the school education
December 12, 2020

Smartphone, not so smart users

Studies say that ever since the smartphone gaming addiction has emerged, its consequences have proven negative. It is predicted that changes that take place because of it may affect certain normal aspects
December 9, 2020

Inevitable disaster

Climate change is the biggest environmental emergency that the earth faces today. This inevitable disaster has a multitude of serious implications for both environment and human society. Efforts are being made to
December 5, 2020