It is safe to donate Kidney and save a life
Dr. Sudeep Singh Sachdev Due to changing lifestyles and an increased prevalence of diabetes and high blood pressure, the number of patients suffering from kidney disease has increased significantly over the past few years. Most of these patients are on maintenance dialysis awaiting kidney transplant and one in three patients don’t have a compatible donor […]
Letter to the Editor
Raise marriageable age for women Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has stated that the minimum age of marriage for women should be raised from the current 18 years to 21 years. The central government has also constituted a committee by the Union Ministry of Women and Child Development to look into the minimum […]
Socha Kraal, a great Sufi poet and saint
Rayees Ahmad Kumar “Badkar pano khudra drakhu che na yaad rodie ni kein, Tawan chu duniya your kyazi aakhou che na yaad rodie ni kein “. This Kashmiri poetic couplet is of a great sufi poet cum saint whom we popularly call as Socha Kraal. Arif Kraal and his wife Zooni of Koil Pulwama hadn’t […]
Prophet Muhammad (PBUH): Lodestar for Social Reformation
Abid Hussain Rather When we turn the pages of history and search for a person who was perfectly successful both in his private as well as public life; whose life was an extraordinary example of perfectness, comprehensiveness and historicalness; whose life can be presented as an ideal to guide us in every aspect of life; […]
Stop use of cooking oil with higher TPC, Food Business Operators told
SRINAGAR, Jan 12: The Food Safety department has asked all the business operators especially those selling local snacks including Nader Moonji, Pakoodas, Samosas and allied food articles to stop usage of cooking oil with Total Polar Compounds (TPC) above 25 percent. As per an official handout, the said food business operators have been directed to […]
JK Bank facilitates re-examination of aspirants who missed exams
Srinagar, Jan 12: Jammu and Kashmir Bank has announced to allow aspirants to sit in re-examination for the Banking Associates’ post after seeking grant from IBPS, on the grounds of ‘extreme weather conditions’ on the earlier notified dates. “On J&K Bank’s request Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) has agreed to re-conduct exams for candidates […]
113 fresh Covid-19 cases, 1 death reported in JK
Srinagar, Jan 12: Three travelers were among 113 fresh novel coronavirus cases reported in Jammu and Kashmir during the last 24 hours, officials said on Tuesday. Also, one person died due to the virus, taking the fatality count to 1912. Among the fresh cases, they said, 65 are from Jammu Division and 48 from Kashmir […]
18-year-old motorcyclist dies after hit by passenger bus
Bandipora, Jan 12 : An 18-year-old motorcyclist was killed on Tuesday after he was hit by a passenger bus near in Chortung Morh in Ajas area of north Kashmir’s Bandipora district. An official said that the motorcyclist was critically injured after being hit by the passenger bus. He said that the injured motorcyclist was immediately […]
Two army porters injured after slipping from hill in Uri
Uri, Jan 12: Two army porters were injured after they fell from a hill in Uri area of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Tuesday. Official sources said that the porters slipped from the hill when they were taking some load uphill at a forwarded post of the army in village Nawarunda Uri. The injured have […]
Hopeful of solution; ready to deal with any eventuality: Army Chief on eastern Ladakh standoff
New Delhi, Jan 12 (PTI) Chief of Army Staff Gen MM Naravane on Tuesday said he was hopeful that India and China will be able to reach an agreement to resolve the eastern Ladakh standoff but at the same time asserted that Indian troops will maintain a high state of combat readiness to deal with […]