UN envoy says Afghan economic crisis looms
United Nations: The UN special envoy for Afghanistan urged the world Thursday to unite to prevent the collapse of the Afghan economy, to address fears that the Taliban’s Islamic state may spread to its neighbours, and to fight terrorism. Deborah Lyons warned that the Taliban have already visibly welcomed and sheltered al-Qaida members, and Islamic […]
Rainfall recorded in August lowest in 19 years: IMD
New Delhi: Rainfall in August, which recorded 24 percent deficiency, was lowest in 19 years, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Friday. Two major spells of weak monsoon prevailed over the country — from August 9-16 and August 23-27 — when northwest, central and adjoining peninsular and west coast of India had subdued rainfall […]
Deficient rainfall
This year has once again witnessed an increased temperature during the peak summer with most of the regions recording deficient rainfall during the monsoon. The phenomenon has meant that the people will have to cope with shortage of water especially for the agricultural activity. Rainfall in August, which recorded 24 percent deficiency, was lowest in […]
The missing human touch
Zubair Hamid Parray We are now living in a tech-savvy world filled with objects like smart phones, computers and tablets that have become an integral part of our life. It is now hard to imagine our lives without artificial intelligence. The progress that we have made from mobile phones to smart phones and computers to […]
Advisor Baseer Khan visits IICT, Pashmina Laboratory
Interests of weavers to be protected through authentic trade, QR code
SRINAGAR: Advisor to Lieutenant Governor, Baseer Ahmad Khan Friday visited Indian Institute of Carpet Technology (IICT) and Pashmina Testing Laboratory. He was accompanied by Mahmood Ahmad Shah, Director, Handicrafts and Handloom Kashmir and Director, IICT. During his visit to IICT, Advisor interacted with the Junior/Senior Craft instructors of Handicrafts and Handloom Department who are undergoing […]
Dunbar’s magic number and my sense of guilt!
Desh Bir Robin Dunbar, the anthropologist and psychologist, whose research found that the maximum number of people a person can have in a very well knit network of friends and acquaintances does not exceed 150. He claims that this is universally true. He must be legitimate in his enunciation since it is based on scientific […]
