Kartarpur row: Pak arbitrarily transferred management of Gurudwara: India
Says it violated UNGA resolution
United Nations: India has strongly hit out against Pakistan for arbitrarily transferring the management of the Sikh holy shrine Kartarpur Sahib Gurudwara and violating an UN General Assembly resolution, saying Islamabad’s move goes against Sikh religion and its preservation and protection. In November, Pakistan transferred the management and maintenance of the Kartarpur Sahib Gurudwara from […]
Breakthrough: Scientists reverse age-related vision loss, eye damage from glaucoma in mice
Boston: Scientists have successfully restored vision in mice by turning back the clock to recapture the youthful function of the genes in their eyes, an advance which may set the stage for the treatment of various age-related diseases in humans. The proof-of-concept research, published in the journal Nature, also successfully reversed age-related vision loss in […]
Youth need to be skillful
Post covid-19 pandemic the only concern that has been concerning the youth is lack of job creation. The problem has touched its peak with the economy still not gaining the required momentum. Since no or fewer jobs are being created for the youth the only formula to seek employment among them can be addressed by […]
Education for specially abled kids
Er. Prabhat Kishore In our society, there are children with disabilities, who face discrimination in day to day life in the form of negative attitude. They have certain disabilities which hamper them to act smoothly. The disability would be of any one or multiple types. Actually a large portion of such children are not handicapped […]
Technology pangs
N J Ravi Chander During the pre-digital age, bankers were glad to work with minimal tools – our grey matter and hands. We seldom got our sums wrong as we went about our business of manually jotting and totalling lengthy scrolls, daybooks, ledgers and registers. Clerks vied to outshine each other, and a triumphant shout […]
Binary options and Islamic finance
Fahid Fayaz Darangay A binary option is a financial product where the buyer receives a payout or loses their investment based on whether the option expires in the money. Binary options depend on the outcome of a “yes or no” proposition, hence the name “binary.” Binary options have an expiry date and/or time. At the […]
Spitting, smoking in public places a real bother
Mudasir Ali Smoking and spitting in public places are the two immoral acts among us that reflect our moral degradation. It goes against our community standards when we are deprived of moral principles. The underlying moral principles of our society don’t permit us to do any kind of offence while staying in public places. Public […]
1st meeting of UT Level Monitoring Committee under FRA held
Sub-Committee constituted to devise strategy for fast-tracked FRA implementation
JAMMU: Chief Secretary, B V R Subrahmanyam Thursday chaired the maiden meeting of the UT Level Monitoring Committee, constituted under the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006 which was recently made applicable to Jammu and Kashmir. Administrative Secretaries of the departments of Revenue, Forest, Ecology & Environment, Rural […]
