New US Defence Posturing
A new report released by the US Department of State speaks of adopting a new strategy in the Indo-Pacific and reallocate military resources globally.
In the last week of November, the Biden administration in the US released a Global Posture Review (GPR), to ensure the footprint of American service members worldwide is correctly sized and supports strategy. The Pentagon says that the review will help it “best allocate military forces in pursuit of our national interests” and it has […]
Sale of COVID-orphans brings spotlight on “orphanage business” in Kashmir
All is not well with them; in fact it never was…; now there’s evidence to say so
Blame it on the conflict in J&K, there has been a mushroom growth of orphanages across the Valley. Some of them, indeed, have played very important role in terms of providing shelter and safety to the vulnerable children, mostly those who have lost their single or both parents to the violence. Some of these orphanages […]
Book Review: Chronicling Progressive Movement in a peculiar style
By: Dr. Reyaz Tauhidi Kashmiri Progressive Writers’ Movement is without any doubt one of the greatest movements in Urdu literature. The movement’s influence on Urdu literature, especially on Urdu fiction, was paramount. It is due to this Progressive Movement, social issues and topics made a place in Urdu literature never seen before. The basic premise […]
Monetization of railways could be a much-needed game changer
By: Atul Chaturvedi The announcement by the Union Government to usher in major changes by way of the National Monetization Pipeline (NMP) plan on the 23rd of August 2021 has triggered polarizing debates and discussions on the possible implications of this policy. Projected revenue from railways is expected to be 1.5 lakh crores and will […]
Omicron is the new COVID kid on the block
Five steps to avoid, ten to take immediately
By: Shabir A. Madhi Dean Faculty of Health Sciences and Professor of Vaccinology at University of the Witwatersrand; and Director of the SAMRC Vaccines and Infectious Diseases Analytics Research Unit, University of the Witwatersrand South Africa reacted with outrage to travel bans, first triggered by the UK, imposed on it in the wake of the […]
Excellent long-term survival following living donor liver transplantation
By: Dr. Sanjiv Saigal This is the story of 41-years old lady who was suffering from Autoimmune related chronic liver disease and underwent successful Living Donor Liver Transplantation (LDLT) in 2006 by a team led by Dr. Subhash Gupta & Dr. Sanjiv Saigal. The case is of great significance as those were the early days […]
Omicron is the new COVID kid on the block
Five steps to avoid, ten to take immediately
By: Shabir A. Madhi South Africa reacted with outrage to travel bans, first triggered by the UK, imposed on it in the wake of the news that its genomics surveillance team had detected a new variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. The Network for Genomics Surveillance in South Africa has been monitoring changes in SARS-CoV-2 since […]
Globally active China
The aggressive and planned manner in which Chinese companies have forayed globally, poses a risk not just to the economic interests but also the defence interests of the collaborating and neighbour nations.
Recent reports by Wall Street Journal have revealed that the US intelligence agencies found evidence of construction work on what they believed was a secret Chinese military facility in the United Arab Emirates, and which was stopped after Washington’s intervention. It says that satellite imagery of the Port Khalifa revealed suspicious construction work inside a […]
The melody of Kashmir continues to mesmerize all!
The struggles, successes of Shafi Sopori
By: Tousif Raza Music is a collection of coordinated sound or sounds. Creating music is the process of putting sounds and tones in an order, often combining them to create a unified composition. People who make music creatively organize and sequence the sounds for a melodious tune. Music is a nature’s creation as sounds are […]
CONSTITUTION OF INDIA: CORNERSTONE OF OUR DEMOCRACY
By: OM BIRLA India is the largest functioning democracy in the world, not only by virtue of its size, but also because of its pluralistic character and democratic values and spirit which have stood the test of time. Democratic traditions and tenets have remained an integral part of the glorious legacy of Indian civilization. The […]
