Agriculture can show the way
Agriculture and other allied sectors have the ability to make Jammu and Kashmir a flourishing region that will not only contribute to the growth of economy here but will inspire other regions of the country to surge ahead. This all can be possible by adopting a broad approach taking Agriculture and allied sectors on the […]
Tackling the fresh spike
Even though most of us had written off any covid threat, the recent spurt in covid cases has meant that we can witnesses a fresh wave of the pandemic anytime if precautions and other measures are not taken. On Friday India saw a single day rise of 21,880 coronavirus infections taking the total tally of […]
Sectors that offer hope
Agriculture sector in Jammu and Kashmir registered a nearly 4 per cent growth last year, while the food processing industry grew over 11 per cent. This speaks volumes about the way agriculture and its allied sectors can help our economy to grow besides make us a self sustaining region. The agriculture and allied sectors in […]
Extravagance in marriages
Marriages are important happenings in most of the households in Kashmir especially since the past few years as people have resorted to spend heavily on such occasions. Normally any marriage function conducted in Kashmir costs lakhs of rupees on an average and the cost excludes the jewellery of the bridal wear that has nowadays crossed […]
Roads are lifelines
It is good to see that roads and even by-lanes are being macadamised across many districts in Jammu and Kashmir. The improved roads will ensure that traffic movement will become easier and even those areas which had faced lot of inconvenience because of bad roads will experience improved connectivity. Interestingly, in today’s development oriented world […]
Ban should be strict
One of the major environmental concerns that the world and more particularly the developing nations face is the extra use of single use plastic (SUP) items which in the long run are proving disastrous to the environment. Though various measures were announced by the government from time to time to tackle this issue but as […]
Increasing footfall
Jammu and Kashmir is presently on everyone’s visit list. Thousands of tourists are making a beeline to this place with most of the visitors preferring to visit Kashmir valley to beat the summer heat. Since the past few months now Kashmir Valley is witnessing an exponential increase in the tourism flow. According to statistics provided […]
The much needed policy
Drug addiction among youth n Jammu and Kashmir, especially Kashmir valley has been one of the major concerns of the administration. Though various measures were initiated during the past few months but still a long term plan needed to be drawn to address this serious concern. Just a week back the announcement of the government […]
Changing weather patterns
The Himalayan region has been witnessing huge changes for many years now and the climate in various states and regions too is having an impact ranging from increased downpour to change in temperatures during summer as well as winter seasons. What we are witnessing here may be the same change that has already set in […]
Addressing environmental concerns
We are presently witnessing the start of various projects in the twin cities of Jammu and Srinagar which will ensure that the capital cities make their presence felt in the list of smart cities that are coming up across the country. Since the smart city project not only stresses on improving the infrastructure in the […]