OPINION

 OPINION

With Boards postponed! How students can handle anxiety related to it?

With Boards postponed! How students can handle anxiety related to it?

By: Ankit Kapoor With no doubt, the routine of every individual has undergone a 360 degree change as the current situation of the ongoing pandemic has left us amidst a continuous dilemma. After battling the COVID scenario for a year now, our Nation as a whole is certainly equipped much better to tackle this scenario. […]

 Vijay Garg

The future of students promoted without exams

The future of students promoted without exams

The second wave of the Corona pandemic has hit India in the worst manner and the country is grappling with its impacts. As was done during the first wave of the virus, the second wave also left our business establishments closed, markets shut and life out of gear. Schools and colleges are also shut, as […]

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Significance of statistics in fighting corona-virus

Significance of statistics in fighting corona-virus

How a statistical education will aid in the eradication of the pandemic

BY: KHALID UL ISLAM Biostatisticians and epidemiologists will play an important role in resolving the corona-virus epidemic and bringing our planet back to normal. These experts, who apply traditional statistical processes to human health problems, have advanced expertise that will be critical in the coming months as we battle the pandemic in the name of […]

 Javaid Beigh

Middle East Again

Middle East Again

The latest flare up between Israel and Hamas has once again brought focus of the world on one of the longest outstanding disputes in the post world war era. The flare up has come at a time, when Israel is undergoing destabilizing phase, after four back-to-back inconclusive general elections that have failed to throw up […]

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Naming and shaming killers of Mirwaiz and Lone

Naming and shaming killers of Mirwaiz and Lone

By: Ikhlaq Ahmad May 21 is the day when two great leaders of Jammu and Kashmir fell to bullets though in different years. Mirwaiz Mohammad Farooq was killed by assassins on May 21, 1990 and Abdul Gani Lone fell to their bullets on same day in 2002.  Tragically Lone was killed near the grave of […]

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Beware of Black Fungus

Beware of Black Fungus

There is an urgent need to make people aware about the disease

By: Dr. Hilal Ahmad Mucormycosis, commonly known as Black Fungus, has been observed in a number of covid 19 patients recently. Recent spurt in cases of black fungus among those infected with or recovered from Covid-19 in hospitals across India, has caused serious concern among the health experts and health facilitators who are now facing […]

 Asad Mirza

Palestinian Issue: Is A Solution Possible?

Palestinian Issue: Is A Solution Possible?

During the last week hundreds of Palestinian protesters have been wounded in clashes with Israeli police and more than 197 are dead in Gaza and 10 in Israel, 42 were killed in the early hours of 17 May only, after the Israeli rocket attacks and bombarding by Israeli planes on Palestinian settlements in the west […]

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The historicity of the tensions around Al-Aqsa Mosque

The historicity of the tensions around Al-Aqsa Mosque

By: Er. Ishfaq Khaliq Al-Aqsa Mosque is one of the holiest places in the Islamic faith while the entire area is holy for Jews as well as Christians too. The mosque is having an area of 35 acres and is also called as the ‘Qibla-e-Awal’ or Haram Al-Sharif. In Arabic Aqsa  is translated as ‘farthest’ […]

 Haroon Reshi

Businesses look toward Admin for effective hand-holding

Businesses look toward Admin for effective hand-holding

As pandemic plays havoc with Kashmir economy …

The pandemic is creating havoc in Kashmir as its shock is far beyond the spread of the disease. Besides impacting the well being of one and all, the pandemic has impacted the livelihood of the weaker sections of the society —daily wagers, small trades, laborers, street vendors, hawkers, salespersons, waiters, receptionists, shikara walas, bus drivers, […]

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Celebrating Eid-ul-Fitr in COVID times

Celebrating Eid-ul-Fitr in COVID times

By: Mushtaq Bhat The month of Ramadhan begins and ends with the appearance of the new moon and when the Holy month of Ramadhan draws to a close, the festival of Eid-ul-Fitr takes place. It is the day of feasting when Muslims dress up, gather together at the place called ‘Eid Gah’ for a particular […]