Clear your mind, let go of negative emotions
We listen in order to build arguments rather than to connect, leading to isolation and further strife
By: Grant Hilary Brenner ‘Letting go’ is the gold ring of positive change, releasing us from the chains of the past. Intuitively, to let go means immediate relief, being unburdened, relaxing into and passing through suffering into peace and possibility. Mental action is modelled on physical behaviour. Evolution, it is thought, borrows from basic brain […]
Flaws of online assessment
BY: Mohammad Anees Bhat In order to engage students in the education process, the J&K administration took various steps and decisions from time to time since the lockown was imposed. The very first decision that was taken was to provide online classes and online study material to all the students. Providing online classes was in […]
Initiatives for Dairy Development
By: SHARAD GUPTA The Indian dairy sector has been registering a consistent annual growth of over 6 percent for the last several years. Some 70 million farmers maintaining a milch herd of 125.35 million produced a whopping 187.7 million tonnes of milk in 2018-19, worth nearly Rs 6,60,000 crore. This is more than the combined […]
Nelson Mandela’s views and relevance to the education system of India
By: Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ 18th of July is celebrated across the world as International Nelson Mandela day. Honourable Prime Minister Narendra Modi while paying homage to him, stated “The beloved Madiba`s work, ideals & principles continue to inspire us. He demonstrated the triumph of peace, equality and service,”. Today, through this column, I am sharing […]
Education during Covid-19: Community classes are of great help
Since the outbreak of COVID-19 in Wuhan China during December 2019 and its fast spread in almost every part of globe, the world has been caught up in a situation never experienced before in recent past. With the announcement of lockdown across the globe, the colourful life came to a halt. Every sector got badly […]
The politics of a Covid-19 vaccine
Will countries let geopolitics intrude, sharing the vaccine with friends and allies while forcing vulnerable populations in adversary countries to the back of the line?
By: Richard N. Haass The global toll of the Covid-19 pandemic is enormous: more than a half-million lives lost, hundreds of millions out of work, and trillions of dollars of wealth destroyed. And the disease has by no means run its course; hundreds of thousands more could well die from it. Not surprisingly, there is […]
Antibody therapies offer hope
Unfortunately, antibody therapies are currently receiving less attention in the European Commission's Coronavirus Global Response
By : Michel Goldman & Michel D. Kazatchkine As many countries progressively relax their Covid-19 containment measures, preventing a renewed spread of the coronavirus from emerging infection clusters will be key to controlling the pandemic. And this will require the world to develop innovative new treatments. So far, policymakers have relied on non-pharmaceutical interventions such […]
Boost critical care to save lives from the virus
Was it possible that ventilators, the much-politicised medical devices widely seen as a lifeline for severely ill Covid-19 patients, were being overused?
By: Yvan Prkachin & Lisa De Boder As Covid-19 began to lay siege to New York City’s hospitals in March, a small but consequential debate broke out in American emergency rooms and intensive care units: Was it possible that ventilators, the much-politicised medical devices widely seen as a lifeline for severely ill Covid-19 patients, were […]
Growing trend of suicides in societies
Let us dare to dream and strive for its realization. Let us live this life for ourselves and for our dear ones.
By: Muneeb Afzal Suicide has become one of the major causes of death in India as well as across the globe. Every year hundreds of thousands of people across the world abruptly cut their lives short by committing suicide. Instead of coming to terms with their circumstances, they choose the path of death as a […]
Learn to live with the virus, prepare for a second wave
Without a systematic, holistic approach, leaders will continue to miss important pieces of the puzzle
By: Michael Ferrari/Parag Khanna/Spencer Wells The Covid-19 crisis has caused scientists, governments, and public-health experts to scramble to understand the relationship between the transmission of zoonotic diseases (those that jump from animals to humans) and environmental variability, patterns of human mobility, and commerce. In the process, it has become painfully clear how much we have […]
