OPINION

 Haroon Reshi

NEP – Challenges, Chances; Obstacles, Opportunities

NEP – Challenges, Chances; Obstacles, Opportunities

Amid some obstacles, challenges, and financial constraints, Jammu and Kashmir, like other parts across India, has started a process to implement National Education Policy (NEP) 2020. To begin with, the UT government has formed two task force groups to ensure proper implementation of the first phase of NEP which is expected to be implemented by […]

 OPINION

PASHMINA: A SPLENDID TRADITION, BASTARDISED AND MISREPRESENTED

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 […]

 OPINION

Weed is for Wimps

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 […]

 OPINION

Opposing ceasefire agreement

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 […]

 OPINION

E-commerce Entrepreneurship in Kashmir

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 […]

 Dr. Tasaduk Hussain Itoo

CELEBRATING FAILURES!

CELEBRATING FAILURES!

The greatest life skill is to put up a smile when you fail in one test and go on to celebrate, no matter what the people say. Never punish yourself for failures in examinations, presentations, tests etc. Punishment harms you further and lowers your self-esteem and confidence level while celebrating results in self-realization. We have […]

 Asad Mirza

Target Net Zero by 2050

Target Net Zero by 2050

In his new book on Climate Change and its adverse impact in the future, Bill Gates urges everyone to remember two things: Net Zero and 2050.

It seems as if, after having grappled with malaria, HIV, Ebola and COVID-19 the billionaire philanthropist and Microsoft co-founder has a new passion now, to solve another intractable global problem: Climate Change. Since the start of 2021, Bill Gates had been trying to focus everyone’s attention on the greatest challenge to the humankind i.e. Climate […]

 Haroon Reshi

Kashmir’s Missing Mutton

Kashmir’s Missing Mutton

Mutton, the all-time favourite diet of Kashmiri populace, is missing from the markets. The non-availability of mutton has created a crisis like situation in Kashmir where people consume around a whopping 51,000 tons of mutton annually. 

The trouble started in November last year when Mutton Price Fixation Committee headed by Divisional Commissioner Kashmir came up with a new price list — 480 rupees per Kg — for the retail meat sellers. They refused the government fixed rate giving birth to a crisis that continues even today. Saturday, Feb 27, divisional administration […]

 OPINION

An era of socio-economic development is going to define the political slogan of ‘Naya Kashmir’

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 […]

 Javaid Beigh

Kashmir’s lost opportunity

Kashmir’s lost opportunity

The blatant manner in which Chairmanship positions of DDC were captured in Kashmir valley in total violation of the constitutional and ethical principles of polity has disappointed many young and aspiring Kashmiris

As a young aspiring Kashmiri Muslim candidate of a small sub regional Kashmir based political party with a background in management and journalism, I fought in the recently held DDC elections, the first major electoral exercise held after the abrogation of Article 370 and 35A of the Constitution of India and demotion of Jammu & […]