Flash-floods and landslides have caused damage to property and livestock in several parts of Kashmir valley. While parts of Jammu division have been hit too, few villages in Ramban and Mandi Poonch…
Man-animal conflicts have always posed major challenges in Jammu and Kashmir and caused panic among residents. These conflicts often result in property damage, livestock depredation and even loss of human lives, underscoring…
Land sinking, or land subsidence, has emerged as another environmental challenge in the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. The recent incident in the Ramban district, where over 58 houses were completely…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
The scourge of online classes imposed due to the pandemic, exacerbated by slow 2G speed in Kashmir, has forced children to spend more time on the screen resulting in severe health problems.…
As the global healthcare industry is all focused on bringing out a vaccine to deal with COVID-19 pandemic, there are some of the local challenges that several developing countries badly hit by…