SKIMS authorizes are answerable
Treatment of human-animal conflict victims…
Kashmir has a long history of man-animal conflict and as per official data as many as 118 people were killed and 1877 wounded in attacks by wild animals in the Valley during the past 10 years (from 2011). In the year 2020 alone, as many as 10 deaths and 141 injuries by the wild animals […]
Strengthening grass root democracy
While inaugurating the Parliamentary Outreach Programme for the empowerment of Panchayati Raj Institutions in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla outlined that the objective of the Outreach Programme is to make our democratic institutions at the grass-root level stronger and more transparent and accountable as these institutions like Gram […]
Covid-19: Preparing for 3rd wave
On August 23, an expert panel, set up by the National Institute of Disaster Management (NIDM), an institute under the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), has predicted that India may be hit by the third wave of COVID-19 anytime between September and October. In its report submitted to the Prime Minister’s Office, the expert panel […]
Of students and schools
The Union government’s decision to make available more than two crore additional COVID-19 vaccine doses to states this month with the directions to vaccinate all school teachers on priority before Teachers’ Day on September 05 is a welcome one that would help the authorities to pave way for opening of educational institutions at the earliest. […]
Focus on youth
While addressing the special convocation of University of Kashmir the Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha has pointed out that the responsibility of building a great nation and a prosperous Jammu & Kashmir rests on the shoulders of our youth adding that bright young minds are the only force capable of building a peaceful, progressive and prosperous […]
Strengthening the health sector
While the entire world is facing the deadly challenge of Covid-19, the bright side of this crisis is that worldwide focus of the governments has shifted to the health sector. The pandemic has exposed the vulnerabilities of health sector all over the world and has brought down on knees even the developed nations of the […]
Good news on health sector front
It is heartening to note that the NITI Aayog has ranked three district hospitals of Jammu and Kashmir as top performers for the year 2018-19 on the basis of already identified indicators. District Hospital Baramulla has been ranked first in availability of support services and availability of diagnostic testing services while as District Hospital Bandipora […]
Children and the pandemic
The pandemic has claimed nearly four million lives world over and has destroyed the economy of individuals as well as States. It has changed the entire life pattern and forced people to accept a new way of living, a way that is not much comforting or likeable. Humans are known as social animals but the […]
Murderers should face the music
The murder of a Sarpanch and his wife in Anantnag on Monday has once again exposed the ugly face of terrorism. The Sarpanch, who was affiliated with BJP, Ghulam Rasool Dar and his wife Jawahira were killed at a rented accommodation at Lal Chowk in Anantnag town. Though the killings have been condemned widely and […]
Shrinking agricultural land
Couple of years back, the J&K High Court asserted that it will no longer tolerate violation of its orders vis-à-vis putting an end to the constructions in arable agrarian land. The court also said that henceforth the Divisional Commissioner Kashmir would be held personally responsible for any violations in this regard. These directions came in […]
