Seasonal respiratory infections are expected to rise during monsoon and winter, placing hospitals under added strain. The advisory issued for patient and healthcare-worker safety makes clear that infection prevention cannot...

Vision of quaternary healthcare, where the most advanced treatments are made available to all, is compelling. Yet the lived reality at the grassroots exposes a stark contradiction. In many districts,...

Move to prepare Jammu and Srinagar Municipal Corporations for entry into the municipal bond market represents a bold step towards reshaping urban governance in Kashmir. For too long, civic bodies...

Move to prepare Jammu and Srinagar Municipal Corporations for entry into the municipal bond market represents a bold step towards reshaping urban governance in Kashmir. For too long, civic bodies...

Obesity is no longer a matter of personal choice or willpower; it is a chronic disease that demands recognition, treatment and long-term care. The new medical consensus in India marks...

Electricity consumers in Jammu and Kashmir are once again staring at heavier bills and darker evenings as the new tariff order takes effect from September. The average increase of 6.83...

The deaths of two women following routine procedures at a private hospital in Srinagar have shaken public confidence in healthcare and forced a reckoning with uncomfortable truths. These tragedies are...

The enrolment data from Jammu and Kashmir forces a reckoning with how the school system is structured. At the primary stage, participation is high, but the steady decline across successive...

The announcement of a disaster recovery and reconstruction package worth over Rs1,579 crore for Jammu and Kashmir must be seen against the backdrop of repeated calamities that have exposed the...

Drug trafficking and substance abuse in Jammu and Kashmir have reached a scale that can no longer be described in routine bureaucratic language. The numbers themselves are stark: thousands of...