Spare Poplar trees; they do not trouble us
By Jauhar Rafeeq & Tanveer Ahmad It is tragic that government had started a war against poplar trees without seeking expert opinion in this regard. Lakhs of poplar trees are being felled in Kashmir, even though these trees do not cause allergies s is mistakenly believed. There are about 16 million poplar trees in the […]
Can We Afford to Lose Forests?
Forests are treasures of nature. They are Earth’s reservoirs, cradling wilderness, and providing amenities for humans all over the world. Forests continue to thrive in spite of misuse because they have the ability to replenish. These assets not only act as home to more than a million species but are one of the two main […]
Should COVID-19 be allowed to halt our educational progress?
BY: Sameer Fida Hussain Yet again we are finding ourselves in the midst of a crisis. Coronavirus, first identified in Wuhan, China, has cut across boundaries to infect more than one million people across 203 countries. In India, the first COVID-19 patient was reported on 30th January 2020, and since then the number of infected […]
Humanity needs ventilators, not your bombs
BY: Mushtaq Hurra The whole world has come to a standstill. Every heart is wrenched, every soul grieving, and every mind fearful of death. People are frightened of the tragic disaster which has assumed the shape of a monster, and is about to engulf the whole humanity. Every ray of hope has almost vanished but […]
Islam and Science in the Context of the Ongoing COVID-19 Pandemic
BY: Dr Tajali Shora/ Dr Romaan Jallu In this age of widespread media and limitless social connectivity, it is highly unlikely that anyone would be unaware of the coronavirus pandemic plaguing the entire world. The new disease has gripped multiple continents in its grasp, and does not seem to be relenting. Without a cure or […]
Tablighi Jamaat and India’s Covid 19 fiasco
BY: Dr. Bilal Ahmad Ganie A mass Tablighi (evangelical) event held between March 13-15 in Delhi’s Nizamuddin area, has sent shivers down the spine of a coronavirus-hit India. The congregation was attended by more than 2,000 people, including foreign delegates. However, by then, the Delhi government had already issued an advisory against large gatherings. Not […]
Is Total Lockdown Viable?
A look into Coronavirus and its Effect on World Economy
The world is under complete shutdown. Economic systems are falling. Businesses are closed. People are staying indoors. Amid such a scenario, what baffles us is whether all of this is necessary or not. Was it a good decision to call for a worldwide closedown? Although majority will agree to this, even I do, some eminent […]
World order and COVID-19
BY: Mehraj Bhat One of the best events in the world history and the last century itself occurred when world stepped up its endeavors for peace and pushed for economic integration of the world. The endeavors bore fruits when we successfully established United Nations Organization (UNO), a peace making and peace building enterprise to prevent […]
History of Quarantine& Sanitization in Kashmir for breaking the chains of Epidemics
BY: Owais Ismaeil The centuries-old strategy of quarantine is becoming a powerful component of the public health response to emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases. The modern state of J&K came into existence in 1846 with the treaty of Amritsar through which British transferred the Kashmir to Dogra king Maharaja Gulab Singh. During the early part […]
SOCIAL DISTANCING TO BEAT COVID-19
BY: Shafiqa Gul Social distancing measures are steps you can take to diminish social contact between individuals. Indeed, even in less challenging occasions, a considerable lot of us attempt to stay away from close contact with somebody who is sneezing, coughing, or having a temperature to avoid from becoming ill ourselves. Our consideration regarding such […]
