Ensuring the purity and safety of everyday food items is a fundamental responsibility of administration. Recent official data detailing food quality inspections across Jammu and Kashmir over a five-year period presents a troubling picture: compromised food safety remains a persistent public health risk requiring urgent, comprehensive intervention. Between the fiscal years 2021–22 and 2025–26, field […]
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The Crimson Corridors
With young lives bearing the brunt of mountain road carnage, pedestrian and passenger fatalities continue to climb across Jammu and Kashmir. Despite a drop in total highway collisions, the lethality of crashes on northern corridors remains dangerously volatile. By Ajaz Rashid The Himalayan asphalt winds through treacherous gorges, hugging steep cliffs where one wrong turn […]
The Anatomy of an Anxious Deluge
Why a Few Days of Rain Paralyse Jammu & Kashmir By Ajaz Rashid In the low-lying settlement of Sethar, nestled along the banks of the Jhelum River in South Kashmir’s Anantnag district, sleep is a luxury that vanishes with the first drops of heavy monsoon rain. When dark clouds gather over the valley, residents do […]
Himalayas on the Brink
Researchers at IIT Kharagpur found that key alpine areas like Gulmarg and Pahalgam have warmed by nearly 1°C over the past two decades. This relentless elevation-dependent heating disrupts natural nightly freeze cycles and accelerates snowmelt across the Western Himalayas. By Prof. Jayanarayanan Kuttippurath A landmark study published in Scientific Reports, entitled “Warming of the high-mountainous […]
51 J&K Cops Awarded Gallantry, Meritorious Service Medals
Srinagar, Aug 14: As many as 51 personnel of the Jammu and Kashmir Police have been selected for gallantry and meritorious service medals ahead of Independence Day, with 38 cops being honoured with the Medal for Gallantry (GM) and 13 with the Medal for Meritorious Service (MSM). The official list of police medal awardees […]
JK Cement Saifco Celebrates One Year of Growth in Kashmir
The company celebrated its inaugural year with local distributors and top executives in Srinagar. Since launching, the cement supplier has rapidly expanded its footprint across J&K and Ladakh, dispatching over 15,000 trucks. SRINAGAR: JK Cement Saifco Private Limited marked its first anniversary of operations in the Kashmir valley this week, celebrating a major logistical milestone […]
The High Price of Ignorance
A society that rejects true expertise invites moral decay and endless conflict. To secure our future, we must break free from blind tradition and rebuild our institutions. By Syed Mustafa Ahmad While a comprehensive and logical definition of ignorance often eludes exact phrasing, its consequences are undeniably clear: ignorance is among the most destructive forces […]
Online Gaming and Our Kids
As digital play replaces traditional recreation, screen time is rapidly turning into a compulsive habit for the younger generation. Addressing this growing challenge requires immediate action from parents, schools, and society at large. By Mool Raj Gaming is fundamentally a pursuit in which people engage for fun, entertainment, recreation, and leisure. Both indoor and outdoor […]
From Buildings to Jobs
Why Kashmir’s Higher Education Needs a Shift from Access to Employability By Mir Tanveer For decades, Jammu and Kashmir has invested heavily in democratizing access to higher education. The establishment of Government Degree Colleges (GDCs) across nearly every tehsil and sub-district brought classrooms closer to home than ever before. This expansion deservedly earned praise for […]
Cascading Skyfall
A relentless series of 35 cloudbursts has torn across Jammu and Kashmir, leaving a trail of destruction and claiming 31 lives. From the battered Chenab Valley to isolated mountain villages, communities are now left grappling with the tragic human and ecological cost. By Ajaz Rashid Across the steep ridges and narrow valleys of Jammu and […]