Drug addiction: Teachers have a role in curbing the menace
Mohammad Eqbal Jammu and Kashmir is facing silent epidemic of drug abuse as it is rising dramatically around the surroundings and no one seems to know how to stem the tide. Over from few years, the percentage of drug use has reached an all-time high. Substance abuse is rapidly assuming epidemic proportions in our society […]
POSHAN Tracker: A Game Changer in Combating Malnutrition
Indevar Pandey Malnutrition has been a persistent challenge, particularly among the vulnerable sections of children and women in the country. India had, relatively, some of the worst numbers for malnutrition in the world. The first National Family Health Survey (NFHS) in 1992-1993 found that India was one of the worst performing countries on child health […]
Nasha Mukt Bharat: A National Mission
Mahfooz Ahmad Bakshi Unfortunately! The entire world is facing the menace of drug addiction, which of course has a terrific impact on societies! For decades, we have faced horrible and grave challenges, but somehow we fought them off, so we thought the time of suffering has elapsed but then out of sudden a new filthy […]
POSHAN Abhiyaan: Bringing about behavior change through Jan Andolan
Dr Munjpara Mahendrabhai PM’s clarion call for a Suposhit Bharathas found resonance in the Prime Minister’s Overarching Scheme for Holistic Nutrition or POSHAN Abhiyaan – Government of India’s flagship programme to improve nutritional outcomes among children, pregnant women and lactating mothers. A critical part of the programme has been to mobilize communities at the grassroots […]
Letter to the Editor
Women need protection Respected Sir, The gruesome murder of Ankita Bhandari in Uttrakhand for refusing to engage in prostitution in the resort where she worked as a receptionist is highly appalling and enraging. The administration needs to be ashamed for its sorry state of affairs as it cannot even ensure the safety of an independent […]
Learning about body language
Prof. Abdul Shakoor Shah Body language refers to the non-verbal cues used to communicate. These non-verbal cues are a huge part of our daily communication. In fact, body language can be between 60% and 65% of all communication. Body language helps us understand each other and gives us information about how people are feeling in […]
Alzheimer’s: The most common form of dementia
Dr Sachin Kandhari Everyone becomes forgetful from time to time: forgetting where you placed the car keys, not remembering to pick up an item at the grocery store, forgetting to return a friend’s phone call. Have you ever gone into a room and forgotten why you went in there? Have you ever forgotten what you […]
The heavy weight ants
Mark Wong Have you ever wondered exactly how many ants live on Earth? Possibly not, but it’s certainly a question we’ve asked ourselves. Our research published today provides an approximate answer. We conservatively estimate our planet harbours about 20 quadrillion ants. That’s 20 thousand million millions, or in numerical form, 20,000,000,000,000,000 (20 with 15 zeroes). […]
World Tourism Day: Rethinking Tourism activities in J&K
M Ahmad Tourism across the world is playing a great role in building the economies and is widely used for building the economic development and economic prosperity around the globe. Tourism sector is growing day by day and helping nations to build the economic prosperity of the country. Nations around the world are investing lot […]
Cinema inspires
Vinod Chandrashekhar Dixit Kudos to Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha for inaugurating the Kashmir valleys first multiplex in Sonawar area after the three-decade wait of the movie buffs to watch their favourite stars on a big screen. He has rightly pointed out that Culture is a way of life and cinema being the […]
