Tread carefully
The vaccination drive in Jammu and Kashmir has once again started to pick up. Though the administration aims to vaccinate the 18-45 age group by the end of June but the claim means lot of hectic efforts and massive outreach to make the drive a success. The administration has of late felt the need for […]
Protection for medicos
The entire world has been going through a tough time since the past 18 months now. All aspects of our life have been touched and that too very deeply by the dreaded coronavirus. People across the globe have witnessed miseries of highest order and many countries have crumbled under the demand that the healthcare sector […]
Draw out plans
Jammu Municipal Corporation has said that 70 per cent of the stray dog population will be sterilised with a target-oriented approach in the next one-and-a-half years. JMC has over the past several months conducted over 17,800 sterilisation surgeries to control the stray dog population. These measures conducted under the animal birth control (ABC) programme in […]
Swelling deposits
The promises and claims to get back the money deposited in Swiss banks were not kept. However, what is more worrying is that the deposits of Indian clients in the swiss banks have witnessed a surge. This piece of information has come at a time when the world including India has been fighting the deadly […]
Education: The biggest casualty
Covid-19 has brought many troubles with it. These dilemmas have led to a deep impact on many sectors including economy, trade, commerce, offices, corporates, social interactions and above all education. The schools and colleges have been on a closure mode since March 2020, though some of them witnessed opening for a brief period but were […]
Ensuring safety of hospitals
As the covid pandemic wrecked havoc during the second wave in most of the states the need for hospitalization of people has increased tremendously putting a huge burden on the healthcare infrastructure. The overload exposed various loopholes and one such was the compromises made over the fire safety in various hospitals that have emerged as […]
Nagging traffic mess
How bad is our traffic management can be witnessed on various roads once the unlock is announced and vehicles are allowed to ply on the roads. Past two days have been a harrowing experience for commuters as various traffic jams became a routine on city and other major roads in various areas across Kashmir. The […]
Vaccine hesitancy
The second wave of covid-19 was a dreaded one. States across India witnessed harrowing experiences as young and the old struggled hard to keep the virus spread at bay and fight the infection. Though the situation has improved quite considerably, the covid-19 worries are far from over. We still have a third wave knocking on […]
Work on other options
On Friday Jammu-Srinagar national highway witnessed yet another closure. The highway got blocked due to a landslide at Seri Ramban. Though Jammu and Kashmir is presently witnessing hot weather conditions and no rainfall activity has been recorded since the past two weeks now. Despite dry weather conditions the highway has witnessed a closure that too […]
Hope for Uyghurs
The atrocities against the Uyghurs have been going on for long now. The largely Muslim ethnic group has been at the receiving end and the world bodies too had failed to provide some relief for them. However, there seems to be light at the end of the tunnel for these traumatized lot as a group […]