DRUGS- A growing socialmenace
By: Rafiq Ahmad Magray Allah has blessed mankind with abundant bounties and what is probably the highest reward is intellect that has increased the honour of man among other species. Allah has entrusted mankind with the responsibility of the Khilafah in the world for this reason besides others. Hence, the intellect in Islam is of […]
Why do students in Kashmir need mass counseling!
By: Zainab-Ul-Nisa The political and social scenario of Kashmir has never been stable, or at least the students of my age have never seen it so. Probably, this is the only region in the whole sub-continent where people have been grappling with issues including unnatural deaths, killings, arrests, drug menace, poverty, acute unemployment, and so […]
Tobacco- The Silent Killer
By: M Ahmad The tobacco epidemic is one of the biggest public health threats the world has ever faced, killing more than 8 million people a year, including around 1.2 million deaths from exposure to second-hand smoke. More than 7 million of those deaths are the result of direct tobacco use while around 1.2 million […]
On women’s rights, West takes a backward step, and India shows the way
At a time of distressing furore on social media and on streets against near-total bans on abortion in the West, India’s generous stance on the termination of pregnancy is a comforting sanctum. Coupled with the moratorium on commercial surrogacy and the proposal to equalise men and women’s age at marriage, India is positioned securely in […]
Why Does the United States Have a Military Base in Ghana?
An interview with Kwesi Pratt Jr., a journalist and leader of the Socialist Movement of Ghana.
By: Vijay Prashad In April 2018, the president of Ghana, Nana AddoDankwaAkufo-Addo, said that Ghana has “not offered a military base, and will not offer a military base to the United States of America.” His comments came after Ghana’s parliament had ratified a new defense cooperation agreement with the United States on March 28, 2018, […]
Fast Food & Our Health
By: Jaswinder Pal Sharma As the name suggests, fast foods are food items that are quickly made, quickly served and quickly eaten. Life today has become fast, and the changes in the lifestyle of people have gotten them addicted to food items that can be readily made. Fast food is the name coined for food […]
The Era of Northern Hegemony Over Mexico Is Coming to an End
By Rodrigo Guillot In 2010, Cuba’s former President Fidel Castro said: “López Obrador will be the person with the most moral and political authority in Mexico when the system collapses and, with it, the empire.” He was referring to Andrés Manuel López Obrador (known as AMLO), who is the current president of Mexico and head […]
Kashmir’s Economy: More focus, more precision needed for growth
By: Mool Raj For the past several years, Kashmir remains trapped in the vortex of low growth and high inflation. Its surging number of unemployed remains a cause of concern as the Union Territory has not been a preferred destination for industrial investors even when it has a natural advantage of setting up industrial units […]
The Wide Role Brazil’s Military Has Played in the Destruction of the Amazon
By: Pedro Marin In the Brazilian Amazon, as deforestation reaches record levels and rivers are increasingly polluted, the illegal gold mining contributing to these problems continues largely unabated. The response of the government has been to increase military action to curb environmental crimes in Brazil. Far from achieving this purpose, however, the military intervention has […]
Zero Waste: 7 R’s we must pay heed to
7R Rule is inevitable as 5R’s of waste management have become now obsolete in sustainable waste management efforts
Large scale Industrialization and an increase in living standards has led to the generation of exponential amounts of waste that has caused considerable environmental degradation, climate change, massive negative impact on fauna and flora and ultimately impacted health of the living creatures of this planet. The most devastating effect comes from the generation of solid […]
