55 students jostle for space in a three room middle school in Pulwama

Pulwama: A middle school in one of the Pulwama villages is functioning in just three rooms, with students and teachers crammed in the rooms and jostling for space. Locals said that there has been no intervention from authorities despite that the issue being brought into their notice umpteen times. According to the locals the Govt […]

Hypertension emerging as a silent killer

High blood pressure, also known as hypertension, is the most common cardiovascular disease

Vinod Chandrashekhar Dixit In order to promote public awareness of hypertension and to encourage citizens of all countries to prevent and control this silent killer, the modern epidemic World Hypertension Day was celebrated on 17th May. Hypertension is another name for high blood pressure. It can lead to severe complications and increases the risk of […]

Woeful: Denied salaries for six months NYCs see a bleak future ahead

Srinagar: The National Youth Volunteers (NYCs) absorbed in various departments of J&K state are without their monthly salary for more than five months now which has brought them at the verge of starvation. Also, the candidates working in various government departments see a bleak future ahead as the government has not framed any job policy […]

After outcry KU promises to slash admission fee for nursing courses

Srinagar: The Kashmir University (KU) administration is mulling to slash the admission fee for B.Sc nursing course. In this regard the varsity administration has also written to the state government to provide additional funding to run B.Sc nursing college in Anantnag. Earlier, there was a massive outcry over the fee structure set by KU for […]

Electioneering: Over 2,000 commandos, 120 officers work tirelessly to protect VIP’s

New Delhi: Over 2,000 agile commandos on ground, 120 young supervisory officers, thousands of bullet rounds, first-aid kits and volumes of intelligence data sheets. This is what it takes for the central forces to ensure a watertight VIP security cover every day to politicians campaigning across the country during the ongoing polls. While Prime Minister […]

Halt on seeking education in Pak stirs hornets’ nest

Srinagar: The government of India’s directions to J&K state over discouraging students from taking admissions in PaK educational institutions has evoked massive debate from various quarters with stakeholders asking New Delhi to keep education politics free. Recently, the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) shot a letter to J&K government asking it to caution […]

CRPF jawan rewarded for helping a ‘distressed’ boy

Srinagar/New Delhi: A CRPF jawan, who was part of the convoy that was targeted in the Pulwama attack, has been decorated with the paramilitary force’s highest service award for sharing his meal with a boy who appeared differently-abled. A video of Head Constable Iqbal Singh feeding the boy has gone viral on social media and […]

Accumulation of slaves

How a particular stuff of education is an accumulation of slaves and we are pleased to have such sheep- sheds in the form of colleges at every nook and crook of the state

Meer Abass/Aarif Peer Modern education is about producing workers to perpetuate the secularized, capitalist system; it is not about producing thinkers. Thinkers change systems and shift paradigms, and so modern education is as careful as it can be to avoid producing too many people who are capable of sustained critical thinking. How a particular stuff […]