Editorial- Page 67

Flashfloods

Flashfloods have wreaked havoc in the Chenab Valley. The under-construction 540 MW Kwar Hydroelectric Power Project was severely damaged when mounds of debris entered the site. A massive flow of water and mud
Jul. 10, 2026

Welcome!

The annual Shri Amarnath Yatra kicked off in Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday. Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha flagged off the first batch of 4800 devotees in Jammu. The first darshan of the holy Shiv Lingam will be held on Friday.
Jul. 4, 2026

Welcome!

The annual Shri Amarnath Yatra kicked off in Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday. Lieutenant Governor Manoj

Spousal violence 

It is indeed heartwarming to know that Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh have the lowest spousal

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

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
Dec. 15, 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
Dec. 15, 2020

Finding an alternative

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.
Dec. 15, 2020

Preparing a mechanism

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
Dec. 15, 2020

Votes for development

The unexpected turnout in the first phase of the District Development Council (DDC) elections in Kashmir indicates that people are ready to endorse the democratic process if they believe that the basic
Dec. 15, 2020
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Pandemic plight

COVID-19 and its impact may have bogged us down, leaving many of us breathless (literally), and shattered after losing our loved ones in a manner we had never thought of in our
Dec. 15, 2020

Digital dilemma

With children spending many hours glued to the screen for online classes, parents are in a quandaryon allowing them more screen time, wary of long-term effect on their eyesight. Ophthalmologists alsoagree that
Dec. 15, 2020