Infectious diseases caused by virus, parasite, fungi or bacteria, and spread from animals to humans (or vice-versa) are termed zoonotic diseases. These can spread either from direct contact or indirectly,...

When have we seen peaceful mornings or driven along the Boulevard full of mirth and ease? I don’t recall an evening when my parents happily talked about being blessed to...

Biodegradable plastics seem like a preferable option to keep fossil fuel-based plastics at bay. Although we are still a long way from designing sustainable material, bioplastics or in a general...

Nowadays buying furniture is tantamount to buying disposables. Nobody wants to keep it forever. Everyone tries to introduce new trends and changes now and then, thus diminishing the subtlety and...

Noted Kashmiri sociologist, late Bashir Ahmad Dabla, classified castes on the basis of three different groups, i.e. Syed, occupational and service castes, in his book ‘Directory of Caste in Kashmir’....

The first installment of the IPCC’s Fifth Assessment Report confirmed that the impacts of climate change are increasing, largely driven by anthropogenic GHG (greenhouse gas) emissions. The report also talks...

Abuse of any manner hurts. But what makes life deplorable is when you are the one abusing your own self, body and soul. We might voice opinions regarding domestic violence...

Till now, there has been no effective vaccine developed against coronavirus. That just means we have to live with it for quite sometime. But isn’t it difficult or scary? Yeah,...

With people crawling towards a normal life, most couples, who were to be married before coronavirus wreaked havoc on this planet, are deciding to tie the knot. A happy occasion...

Ideologies change. Should democracy have to? Living in this facade of a setup, we have completely forgotten who we, as humans, are supposed to be. This time I write not...