Pandemic, surging food prices leave many in Asia hungry: UN
United Nations: United Nations agencies are warning that more than 350 million people in the Asia-Pacific region are going hungry as the coronavirus pandemic destroys jobs and pushes food prices higher. The report issued Wednesday by four agencies says the pandemic is making it difficult for 1.9 billion people to afford healthy diets. It follows […]
Think about the commoners
As the Jammu-Srinagar national highway has been giving passengers a tough time and air travel getting out of the reach of even the upper class, the clamor for having an airlines services for Jammu and Srinagar seems to be the need of the hour. Technically speaking the highway has remained closed for most of the […]
The travel woes
K S S Pillai One section of the society that has been badly affected by the outbreak of the current pandemic is the travelling public. Gone are the days when a person could suddenly decide on a journey, pack his bag and proceed to the railway station to catch his train. The worst that could […]
Letter to the Editor
Declare policy on public holidays The Supreme Court has raised questions regarding the Central Government’s policy of declaring a public holiday on a particular day. The Court asked what is the policy framework under which the government announces a public holiday. A PIL complained that the Centre and State governments arbitrarily notify public holidays mainly […]
Domestic violence: Who is the real victim?
Rayees Ahmad Kumar Whenever the word Domestic Violence is heard or spoken by any person, without thinking anything different, violence against the female folk especially the violence against married women at the hands of her husband and in-laws is understood by the listeners. Innumerable unfortunate incidents have happened in the past and are still happening […]
Pollution kills
Faheem ul islam Pollution can take many forms- the air we breathe, the water we drink, the soil we use to grow our food, the lit-up skies and even the increasing noise we hear every day can all contribute to health problems and a lower quality of life with major disruptions and effects on wildlife […]
Green human resource management: A transitional trend
Shafiqa Gul The rising overall worry for nature and the development of worldwide benchmarks has constrained organizations to take up perceived methodologies and actualize them onto their associations. An enormous number of associations have utilized the consistence approach in their natural or the executive’s activities driven by laws and guidelines. In any case, natural green […]
Parliamentary Standing Committee arrives on three days visit
SRINAGAR: The Department related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Transport, Tourism and Culture arrived Wednesday on a three days visit to Kashmir. The committee is scheduled to meet various stakeholders to have an appraisal of the issues pertaining to these sectors. The committee, headed by Rajya Sabha MP from Madhya Pradesh T G Venkatesh shall hold […]
Home guards stage protest outside Raj Bhavan in Jammu
Jammu: Hundreds of home guards on Wednesday staged a protest outside the Raj Bhavan here in support of their various demands including regularization of their services and fixation of their salaries as per the Supreme Court order. The protesters, both men and women, were carrying placards and chanted slogans during an over hour-long sit-in demonstration […]
