Tread carefully
As the administration is planning a major boost to the developmental needs in Jammu and Kashmir, its prime aim should be on improving the infrastructure across various sectors. This means that various new projects need to be undertaken so that the infrastructural gaps that have crept in can be filled at an earliest. The region […]
Promotion of Ethnic, Racial Equality in India
Dar Shahid Hussain Social exclusion refers to ways in which individuals may become cut off from full involvement in the wider society. It focuses attention on a broad range of factors that prevent individuals or groups from having opportunities open to the majority of the population. In order to live a full and active life, […]
Letter to the Editor
Lessons from pandemic President Ramnath Kovind has expressed that the Covid-19 pandemic has taught the world that one cannot be safe if others are at risk. The President mentioned that the first major pandemic in over a century has taught us to be better prepared for unforeseen public health crises. Though Covid-19 seems to be […]
Cigarette smoking and its adverse effects
Asiya Wani Smoking refers to the act of inhaling and exhaling the fumes of burning plant material. A variety of plant materials are smoked, including marijuana and hashish, but the act is most commonly associated with tobacco as smoked in a cigarette, cigar, or pipe. Smoking mostly starts at young age because teenagers in the […]
Poor regulation of hormones increasing risk for pituitary gland tumors
Dr Aditya Gupta Improper functioning of the Pituitary gland usually results in excess or under production of hormones that leads to a formation of mass called tumor, which can be benign or malignant. Such tumors in this gland can create numerous serious medical conditions by interfering with the normal functioning of the endocrine system and […]
‘For your tomorrow we gave our today’
N J Ravi Chander My maternal grandfather lieutenant M Dharmalingam and his elder brother, captain M Thangavelu, fought shoulder to shoulder in World War II. They plunged headlong into army duties at the first flush of youth – they were barely sixteen then – and rose to be one of the first commissioned officers in […]
Revenue officials, lawyer booked in misappropriation case
Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir Police crime branch registered a case against several revenue officials and a lawyer on Monday for their alleged involvement in misappropriation of the property of the Rajiv Gandhi trust here, an official said. The case was registered under relevant sections of the law against three revenue officials and the lawyer […]
Div Com reviews progress on Manasbal Lake Development project
SRINAGAR: The Divisional Commissioner (Div Com) Kashmir, Pandurang K Pole Monday chaired a meeting of officers to take stock of the progress made in the execution of Manasbal Lake development project under PMDP. The meeting, among others was attended by Deputy Commissioner Ganderbal, Shafqat Iqbal (through videoconferencing), CE I&FC, Director RDD, CEO WMDA, ACD Ganderbal, […]
Shopian villagers demand potable water
Shopian: The residents of Malibugh village in Imamsahib belt of Shopian are up in arms against the Jal Shakti Department citing scarcity of potable water since the past 10 years. The locals complained that they are not being supplied drinking water since the past ten years despite the village falling very near to district headquarters. […]
