Tuesday, July 8, 2025

Editorial - Page 51

Untapped Opportunity

Union Minister for Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying, Rajiv Ranjan Singh and Chief Minister Omar Abdullah recently chaired a review meeting of the Animal Husbandry and Fisheries sectors of Jammu & Kashmir,
Jul. 7, 2025

Sacred March

For the third year in a row, the 8th Muharram procession was held along its traditional route in Srinagar city, drawing thousands of mourners in a peaceful and organised manner. Beginning at dawn from Guru Bazar, the procession moved through
Jul. 5, 2025

Grand Welcome

The Amarnath Yatra began in Kashmir valley on Thursday morning from the Baltal and Nunwan base

Yatra Spirit

The first group of around 4,500 Amarnath pilgrims was flagged off on Wednesday by Lieutenant Governor

Education for innovation

The scheme of education needs a thorough overhaul in Jammu and Kashmir to make students industry ready and bring out in them the best of innovators who can really carve their own
Jan. 11, 2021

Heart attacks among young

In the last few months, several cases of apparently healthy young men dying of cardiac arrests have come to the fore in Kashmir. The trend is worrying as in most of these
Jan. 9, 2021

Respond quickly

Most of the district administrations in Kashmir were caught napping this week as heavy snowfall continued to batter the valley since Sunday morning. Kashmir is in the middle of a severe weather
Jan. 5, 2021

Life on the line

Kashmir is witnessing year’s maiden and heaviest snowfall so far. Moderate to heavy snowfall begun early Sunday morning and it has been more than 24 hours since the weather disruption started throwing
Jan. 4, 2021

Hecklers: Education in 2021

The year 2020 is over. It will go down in the history as one of the most challenging ones in the last one century. While pandemic rattled the entire globe, devouring millions
Jan. 1, 2021

‘SEHAT’ and non-COVID healthcare

Healthcare in Kashmir has been dealing with a formidable challenge in the shape of COVID-19 since March this year. Doctors, nurses, and other paramedical staff have been totally overwhelmed by the flood
Dec. 29, 2020

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
Dec. 28, 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
Dec. 25, 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
Dec. 23, 2020

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
Dec. 22, 2020