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Wednesday, May 27, 2026

Editorial- Page 65

A silent killer

World Hypertension Day was observed across the globe on May 17. This year, the theme was `Controlling Hypertension Together: check your blood pressure regularly, defeat the silent killer’. Hypertension or high blood
May. 20, 2026

Census 2027 begins

Self-enumeration under Census 2027 began in Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh, Gujarat, and Puducherry on Sunday. It will be followed by housing listing and housing census field operations from June 1 to June 30. Self-enumeration is also currently underway in Uttar Pradesh. Houselisting
May. 19, 2026

Achan project

People’s voice has finally been heard. The Council of Ministers has approved the 800 TPD Integrated Solid Waste Management

Train to Kashmir

Train to Kashmir Jammu-Srinagar Vande Bharat Express Services has become a lifeline for people in the

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
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
Dec. 22, 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
Dec. 16, 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
Dec. 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
Dec. 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
Dec. 15, 2020