June 05 is observed as World Environment Day and governments, non-governmental organisations, civil society groups, business groups join hands to make people aware about the This year, the spotlight is...

The statement made by Julia Simpson, head of World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) regarding revival of tourism in Kashmir is reassuring. Describing tourism as an "incredibly resilient sector", she...

Reports suggest that the Prime Minister, Narendra Modi will inaugurate the first direct train service to Kashmir on June 06. If it happens, it would be a historic day as...

At one point of time forest products contributed a whole lot to the state’s economy. But owing to both governmental neglect as well as official incompetence which couldn’t regulate and...

Kashmir’s horticulture sector has got a big boost as a parcel train containing 24 tons of cherry left Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra Railway Station for Mumbai on Saturday. The...

Not a single day passes when local newspapers don’t report arrest of some drug peddler or seizure of some contraband products. These reports indicate how wide spread the drug use...

In Jammu and Kashmir the pollution caused by littering of polythene is becoming into a huge environmental disaster. Everywhere heaps and mounds of garbage, with bulk being of polythene waste,...

One of the most serious health related issues confronting the people of Jammu and Kashmir is that of mental health. Not that it is too wide-spread or it is not...

As some Covid cases have been detected in various parts of the country, the nightmare of 2019 has come back hunting. The pandemic destroyed everything – lives, businesses, social fabric,...

The tourism sector was blooming in Kashmir from past several years. Even those, who had nothing to do with this sector were investing in it. People in Srinagar had, under...