Clean Water and Sanitation
Once we secure access to clean water and adequate sanitation facilities for all, irrespective of the differences in their living conditions, a huge battle against all kinds of waterborne diseases will be won.
By Quyima Aslam In today’s era, when there is a vast knowledge and awareness among people regarding the use of safe drinking water and sanitation practices, a vast population still suffer from the basic access of water facilities in their respective areas. There is huge suffering in terms of physical, mental, and social aspects in […]
PASHMINA: A SPLENDID TRADITION, BASTARDISED AND MISREPRESENTED
Dar Javed The richness of this gorgeous soft and warm wardrobe accessory has been under-appreciated in recent years. The market displays huge disparities in price and quality because shawls made with viscose silk or sheep wool are marketed as Pashmina by unscrupulous companies. The irony is that all sorts of these products […]
Weed is for Wimps
By: Mohmmad Aakib Shah Drugs abuse is a serious social concern and thus all efforts are being made on national the international level to curb it. Though the strictest laws are being enforced to curb the menace, the spread of abuse goes on unabated threatening the future of children. Parental negligence and lack of moral […]
Opposing ceasefire agreement
Those who have come out openly against the renewed Indo-Pak ceasefire agreement are the ones whose politics thrives on death and bloodshed
By: Shafqat Shafi If someone says, I want to live in peace, how would you react? Adore and appreciate him/her? Snub and criticize him/her? The answer is obvious. Anyone, in his right state of mind, would just adore and appreciate and even look for opportunities where he/she too could contribute a bit for restoration of […]
E-commerce Entrepreneurship in Kashmir
By: Rais Dar The world is constantly adapting to new ways of living a good life, so does our Kashmir. The advent of internet and arrival of e-commerce technology in our life has changed our shopping experience. We no longer have to battle vehicular traffic on roads, and wait in queues for long hours. We […]
An era of socio-economic development is going to define the political slogan of ‘Naya Kashmir’
By: Danish Iqbal The one thing everybody appears to agree about is that the abrogation of Article 370 closed a door of history in Jammu and Kashmir, although there can be disagreement over the belief held by Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government at the Centre that the move has pushed the trouble-torn region into an […]
Healthy lifestyle is the way towards heart healthy life
Apart from family history, the poor lifestyle choices that one makes has been the leading cause of cardiac ailments among the younger generation in India. With changing lifestyle and poor socio-economic factors, there is a rapid increase in the number of patients living with ischemic heart disease. Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS) or commonly known as […]
Power of Mother Tongue
International Mother Language Day-
By: M Ahmad February 21, 1952 when Bengalis in East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) were asked to stop using their mother tongue by the dictatorial regime of Pakistan in 1952, a violent protest broke out throughout the Bengali nation. On February 21, 1952, a number of students and citizens laid down their lives to assert their […]
The Deciding Factors in UPSC
UPSC is a well known examination body famous for conducting Civil Services Exams every year. The complexity of its syllabus makes it one of the toughest examinations of the country. Every aspirant of UPSC finds the difficulty in gauging precise and exact syllabus of exam. The problem gets even more amplified when it comes to […]
THE POST TRUTH WORLD
By: Rayees Masroor, Najmu Nissa The terms post-truth’ and fake news have become increasingly prevalent in public discourse over the past few years. Post-truth refers to a wishful thinking, political spin, mass delusion and bold-faced lying. It is an assertion of ideological supremacy by which its practitioners try to compel someone to believe something regardless […]
