Preventing natural disasters
By: Alee khan The cyclone named YAS in the Bay of Bengal after the storm that rose from the Arabian Sea has caused great economic damage to the country which will probably take many years to recover. It is evident that the arrival of cyclones in the Bay of Bengal is not new and on […]
COVID WARRIOS: Teachers- The Unsung Covid Warriors
By: Peer Saqib The government has imposed a curfew to contain the spread of coronavirus and people are impelled to stay home to safeguard themselves from it and thus break the chain. Although there are some miscreants, despite being positive, roaming on the roads and by doing so display their ignorance of the gravity of […]
Exploring opportunities for Individuals with Disabilities
By M Ahmad Recognizing that the Individuals with Disabilities constitute a valuable human resource for the society and that a majority of such persons can lead a better quality of life if given equal opportunities and effective access to rehabilitation measures and to cater to the academic needs, the Department of Empowerment of Persons with […]
The challenges prospects of Journalism
These days a lot of youngsters want to make a career in the challenging field of journalism seeking to earn a professional degree and venturing out into the field to see and explore the possibilities of building a career in the field. The role of journalism in a country, particularly in a democracy, is of […]
The second wave of Coronavirus and rural India
Rural India with about 900 crore people (65% of India’s population) was suffering the onslaughts on the corona virus as much as the big cities do. Neglecting rural India’s struggle with the second wave of Covid19 will be a monumental error in terms of lives and livelihoods that will be lost. We hear that in […]
How to ‘build back better’ health habits after the pandemic year
The U.S. is in far different shape today than it was last Memorial Day, and many Americans are, too.
By: Claudia Finkelstein According to a recent survey by the American Psychological Association, undesired changes in weight driven by pandemic stress are widespread: 42 per cent of adults reported gaining weight, with a median weight gain of 15 pounds, while 18 per cent reported undesired weight loss. About 66 per cent of people reported changes […]
Does COVID really affect your heart?
By: Tim Chico Reading a recent article with the headline Setting the Record straight: there is no “COVID heart” teleported me back to 2020. It wasn’t a comfortable trip. In January 2020, I had a bit of a chat about a virus in Wuhan with my local director of public health. By late February, I […]
State of women in the Covid pandemic
In all that has frayed our nerves since covid struck, we should not miss a pile-up of reports that indicate this pandemic has been harsher on women. After India went into lockdown last March, cases of domestic violence saw a sudden rise, and it is not clear if this problem has lost some salience in […]
Covid, Criticism, and our Responsibilities
By: Aubaid Ahmed Akhoon ‘The healthcare is in shambles’, ‘the country is going through the worst health crisis and the pandemic’, ‘Covid19 has exposed our ‘below average’ health sector’, ‘the government is doing the best it can and yet the scenario demands more and refuses to get any better’- these and many more reflections are […]
GUIDANCE TOWARDS GROWTH
Guidance is like a small torch in a dark forest, it doesn’t show everything at once, but gives enough light for the next step to be safe – Swami Vivekananda
By: Dr Adil Rasool Malik Guidance has been defined and understood differently by different people – each individuals’ perception, desire and experiences define what guidance means to them. Guidance in the literal context simply means ‘to guide’. However, the National Vocational Guidance Association (USA) states it to be ‘the process of helping a person to […]
