THE LESSONS 2020 TAUGHT ME
By: FAIZAN NABI As the clock struck midnight on the eve of New Year, wishes began pouring in. Well, when 2020 began, it was like just another calendar year and we were all getting used to writing new dates. A couple of months passed and then came the pandemic- COVID-19 followed by total lockdown across the globe. The […]
BIRD FLU OUTBREAK AND POSSIBLE HUMAN INFECTIONS
INTRODUCTION Bird flu is a highly contagious viral disease caused predominantly by Avian Influenza type A (H5N1) viruses including new sub types, which generally affects poultry birds such as chickens and turkeys. Birds are normally the carriers of the virus, which take it to long distances, thereby affecting large avian population across continents. Wild water […]
Death of American exceptionalism has been greatly exaggerated
In comparison to other nations American institutions have demonstrated their value
By: Mihir Sharma In much of the world, the sight of a mob storming the United States Capitol to keep their leader in office was met not just with horror but with, let’s face it, Schadenfreude. Finally! The US, which has for decades lectured other democracies about their imperfections and failures, had an anti-democratic moment […]
A Lost Sense of Security
We have been rendered hopeless. Ours is a civilization bound in turmoil − maimed, bruised − left to rot. Our healers are desperately searching for a cure. They could have procured, and provided it to us. But weren’t allowed to venture out or even make from scratch using materials dismantled on ground. Thus, forlorn we […]
Meaningful Life
By: Faryal Fatima An Express train has been moving fast towards its destination. Alongside the rails on which it is running there are lush green fields, bamboo trees, lakes and rivers but all this spectacular scenery fails to distract the focus of the train. It is continuously running towards its target without fail. Torpitude and […]
How long shall we wait for justice?
BY: Nadeem Ahmad Malla On a fateful evening, on 20th November we were shocked to hear about the unfortunate incident in which Parvez Ahmad, our beloved dear one was hit by an unknown vehicle causing very serious injuries to him. Parvez Ahmad, a resident of Botingoo Sopore was a Private school teacher and was a […]
Non Performing Assets: A Macroeconomic Concern
RBI defines NPA as an asset, including a leased asset, becomes non-performing when it ceases to generate income for the bank. A ‘non-performing asset’ (NPA) was defined as a credit facility in respect of which the interest and/ or instalment of principal has remained ‘past due’ for a specified period of time. The specified period […]
A new dawn and a new Kashmir
Surprising it may seems but irony is that in today’s tumultuous world, when a deadly pandemic is ravaging the world, the countries too are facing some different kind of serious challenges too. There is a brewing political drama happening in the United States of America after President Trump’s loss in presidential elections and closer home, […]
2020, Another Year Leaves
By: RAYEES AHMAD KUMAR One more year is taking a leave from us. Year 2020 will be remembered for many reasons in human history. With the outbreak of coronavirus in China in December 2019 spread all over and the pandemic impacted all spheres of life and has even reached to Antarctica continent of the planet. […]
A healthy heart protects the kidneys too
Hitting the Nation as well as globally, the COVID pandemic continues to be a growing health crisis day-by-day. With the year 2020 coming to an end, the geriatric population has been recorded to be affected the most and the age factor poses an extreme threat to mortality and rate of infection. Even though the recovery […]
