Women leaders, are they better for the world?
In the on-going Covid crisis, the response by global women leaders has been more robust, pragmatic and effective as compared to men leaders.
The recent Covid pandemic has shown that the countries that were led by women leaders at the national level have better coped with the crisis. These countries also suffered half as many deaths as were averaged by countries led by men. The success of Germany’s Angela Merkel, New Zealand’s Jacinda Ardern, Denmark’s Mette Frederiksen, Taiwan’s […]
Artificial fruit ripening – threat to health and economy
By: Showkat Ahmad Dar Fruits are a good source of vitamins and minerals, and play an essential role in preventing vitamin C and vitamin A deficiencies. People who eat fruits as part of an overall healthy diet generally have a reduced risk of chronic diseases. The World Health Organisation (WHO) recommends five servings of fruits […]
Illicit Cigarettes and Jammu and Kashmir
By: Dr Mir Abrar One in five, or 20.8%, of J&K’s people smoke, against the national average of 10.7%, according to the Global Tobacco Survey 2016-17. The state ranks the sixth highest among Indian states by smoking habits, behind Meghalaya, Tripura, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur and Mizoram in ascending order, as per this survey. Kashmiris annually […]
Preventing the spread of coronavirus in dental setting
By: Dr Adil Rasool Malik The 2019 novel coronavirus, which manifests as COVID-19, is described as the defining global health crisis of our time. This is the most recent disease to be classified by the World Health Organization as a pandemic. As researchers work to develop pharmaceutical interventions for COVID-19, valiant efforts are being made […]
Indian Muslims at Crossroads
Muslims in India are facing an existential crisis after 72 years of independence, but the issue to ponder is whether the community should blame itself or others for the position in which it is at present.
By: Assad Mirza 73 years after attaining independence, in the struggle for which it played a crucial role, the Indian Muslims community is standing at a crossroad one again. 73 years earlier, it was the question of whether one should migrate to Pakistan, a country created by the Britishers in the name of Muslims, or […]
Who gets the vaccine first?
For bioethics experts, the guiding principle when allocating limited resources during the Covid-19 crisis should be to 'maximise benefits'
By: A Kayum Ahmed A safe and effective vaccine could play a significant role in mitigating the Covid-19 pandemic. Yet, even if such a vaccine is found, it is highly unlikely that a sufficient number of doses could be produced in the next 2-3 years to ensure equitable access for everyone. So, when a Covid-19 […]
Volunteers against the virus
In human challenge vaccine trials, fully informed volunteers would be injected with potential vaccines and then would be "challenged" by being intentionally exposed to SARS-CoV-2
BY: Peter Singer/Isaac Martinez Last month, the vaccine advocacy group 1Day Sooner published an open letter to Francis Collins, Director of the US National Institutes of Health, urging regulators to permit and begin to prepare for “human challenge” vaccine trials in order to end the Covid-19 pandemic as soon as possible. In these trials, fully […]
Daily life disturbed by Covid-19
By: Umar bin Abdul Aziz Life is happy when a person has all what is needed. The need should be fulfilled easily and available on daily bases. When the basic needs are fulfilled, we tend to achieve higher level of life and continue it till Maslow’s Hierarchy Model is achieved. Once it is achieved we […]
Humpora: A Waterless Village
BY: Aaqib Naseem When Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s sailor in “The Rime of the Ancient Marine” searched for a tumbler full of water to quench his thirst, he wandered but found not even a drop of portable water. He was surrounded by saline water. Same is the case of my village. Just one mile away from […]
Incommunicado Kashmir: The other side of Article 370 abrogation
By: Waleed Bin Owais I was driving and heading towards my home located in the suburbs of Srinagar, the summer capital of erstwhile state, and currently the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. It was the month of July and the sun was at is scorching best, when a congestion near the famed Amar Singh […]
