Need of the hour
As the covid-19 second wave seems to have witnessed a decline people all around have started to act complacent. During the past two weeks all regions across Jammu and Kashmir have started to witness unusual movement and assembly of people at various picnic spots. The situation has gone out of hand at many places and […]
Wooing lady luck
Ravi Chander Buying lottery tickets can be as neurologically addictive as substance abuse. Crores of rupees are frittered away each year by people who fantasize that dame fortune would one day smile on them. A lottery salesman is not only vending raffle tickets but selling hope. The dream of drawing a lucky number still has […]
Writing by hand fosters retention
Vijay Garg One cannot ignore the mental and physical benefits of the physical act of writing in longhand, using pen or pencil on paper. The kinetic feeling accompanied with writing down things causes our brain to create memories faster. This year marks the second academic year for students continuing to attend virtual classes and submit […]
Population growth: Bane or boon?
Sahil Wani Demographically, the world population can be expounded as the total number of humans currently living, and which was estimated to have outstretched to 7.8 billion according to the 2020 world population data sheet. Startle thought let that would be noticed was that this huge number took over only 200 years to grow rapidly. […]
Ignorance and its many facets
Tousif Raza When someone doesn’t bother about what happens around him, it is called ignorance. When someone due to stressed life is absent minded and can’t concentrate over many things, the people around call him ignorant. When ego is the guide, people start ignoring one another due to some faults within themselves, this is also […]
No covid-19 related death reported in JK, 155 fresh cases recorded
Srinagar, July 12: Jammu and Kashmir reported 155 fresh covid-19 cases, lowest daily count in nearly 16 weeks, even as no death was reported due to the virus during the past 24 hours, officials said on Monday. They said that it was for the first time in almost 16 weeks that no fatality has been […]
Medico body signals alarm, says Pilgrimage, tourist travel can wait
New Delhi, Jul 12 (PTI) The IMA expressed concern on Monday over governments and people being complacent and engaging in mass gatherings without following COVID-19 protocols, saying these events are potential super spreaders for a third wave of the pandemic. Stressing that tourist bonanza, pilgrimage travel, religious fervour are needed, but can wait for a […]
Imposter held for duping prospective brides
Bengaluru, July 12 (PTI): A 33-year-old man, posing as a relative of a royal family working for Microsoft, has been arrested here for allegedly cheating prospective brides of huge sums of money, police said on Monday. According to the police, Siddharth K, a school dropout, belonging to Mysuru, would speak fluently in American English and […]