What to know about Omicron
By: Dr. Umer Farooq Much has been written and said about the new omicron variant but like early variants of the virus, the findings are likely to change with every passing day. Till date, what we know about the omicron is that it spreads faster than the Delta variant that killed lakhs of people in […]
Turkey’s African Outreach
The Turkish approach to boost its ties with African countries, could be copied by others also for a sustainable development of all.
Recently, the third Turkey-Africa Partnership Summit was held in Istanbul from 16 to 19 December.The first Turkey-Africa Partnership Summit was held in Istanbul, the second in Malabo. Over 100 government ministers and 16 presidents from Africa attended the summit, whichwas held under the theme, ‘Enhanced Partnership for Common Development and Prosperity’. Africa — market of […]
J&K’s Budget 2022-23: Facts, Hopes, Apprehensions
As the budget preparation for the year 2022-23 is going on in Jammu and Kashmir, the stakeholders expect the upcoming budget to pave a way for some initiatives that eventually could help to stabilize the economy of the Union Territory (UT) which has been grappling with a constant growth in the unemployment rate and peaking […]
Thanksgiving- A complex holiday including falsehoods, fabrication
By: Mohammed Khaku The history of Thanksgiving contains fabrications and historians have rewritten history by glorification of White English settlers who came on the Mayflower to establish the Plymouth colony in what is today Plymouth, Massachusetts. The vicious reality of American Indian genocide and unforgiveable legacy of slavery which grew from that original sin and […]
South Africa: early data suggest Omicron is more transmissible but less severe
By: Harsha Somaroo Gauteng is the smallest of South Africa’s nine provinces but home to a quarter of the country’s population. It is also the country’s economic power house. These factors have contributed to it becoming the epicentre of the COVID-19 epidemic. Gauteng’s COVID-19 surveillance aims to provide an understanding of the province’s experience. This […]
India – Bangladesh can benefit from growing trade, economic ties
By: Pathik Hasan Bangladesh’s stable economic development is creating new opportunities for India’s northeastern states and work on a CEPA trade agreement is ongoing. The two countries are celebrating 50 years of India-Bangladesh friendship and India’s President Ram NathKovind was on an official trip to Bangladesh as well. 2021 marks the golden jubilee of the […]
Role of Differently-abled Persons in Equalization of Opportunities
By: M Ahmad Differently-abled persons can be anyone from tax consumers to tax payers, from beneficiaries to benefactors, given the opportunity for self-development and provided with equal opportunities of education, vocational training and employment. When we look back in time we find that the beginnings of works for the disabled leading to better opportunities, more […]
Honoring the study of Mathematics
On National Mathematics day…
Every year India celebrates its National Mathematics Day on 22, December in the memory of one of its finest and legendary mathematicians Srinivasa Ramanujan. Since 2012 this day is being celebrated to recognise the contribution and acknowledge the work of this genius Indian mathematician and various seminars, workshops, programs, debates and lectures are held in […]
Excessive Chemicals in Ground Waters is a worrying sign
By: ALEE KHAN According to the recently released Central Ground Water Board report, the groundwater in 249 districts of 18 states of India is saline, while in 370 districts of 23 states, fluoride was found to exceed the normal standard. Arsenic is reported in 154 districts in 21 states. Similarly, cadmium was found in groundwater […]
Sharp decline in fertility rate rings alarm bells in J&K
If the trend continues, UT may have more dependent population than the working one in the future thus weakening the social fabric
While an alarming rate of infertility cases had already been noticed in Kashmir over the years; the National Family Health Survey (NFHS) data for 2019-21 has now confirmed a continuous and sharp fall in J&K’s Total Fertility Rate (TFR), an average number of children that would be born to a woman over her lifetime. In […]
