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Converting Waste to Energy: A German example

Right from ancient times, citizens were concerned about the accumulation of waste contaminating their city. This problem remained unsolved in human settlements for centuries...

How do Kashmiri commoners see the ‘Dawn of a New Age’ in Kashmir

There is a saying, “Chaos inspires change”. Although the period of chaos has been drearier in Kashmir than the word suggests, there seems to...

An excerpt from ‘Siachen, 1987: Battle for the Frozen Frontier’

As we have seen, in 1987 I took over the command of the 28 Infantry Division, which had a significant mandate: to take care...

The changing habits of reading

The world has become so competitive that reading just for the sake of it is a luxury for most Reading is a wonderful habit. It...

Conserving water can help avoid existing and future crisis

The country is celebrating 7th India Water Week 2022 from 1-5th of November and the theme for this year is ‘water security for sustainable...

Kashmir needs private enterprise and industry, not socialist sops

It is high time the administration shuns long speeches and stops handing lollipops like 5,000 jobs to selective individuals when there is a need...

Return of Tourism in Kashmir: Some general, and specific, observations

Known as “Heaven on Earth”, Kashmir is blessed with undeniably hypnotic landscapes and ancient monuments. But for the past 20 years, Heaven on Earth...

Lolab Valley: Land of Love, Beauty and Adventure

Lolab valley, also known as “Wadi-e-Lolab” or “Lolov”, is a beautiful oval-shaped valley in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district. Located about 120 kms north of...

Rice bio-fortification: A possible solution to fighting hidden hunger

India has achieved self-sufficiency in food production and the country possesses surplus stock at present, but availability of food is not enough; access to...

For positive thoughts, shun negative ones

Negative thoughts can be really dangerous, but there is good news: You have the power to change your thoughts About 50,000 thoughts make rounds in...

Let us be the Protectors of the Environment

The majority of us want a cleaner and safer environment, yet none of us are willing to make significant adjustments to our habits. Kashmir...

What do your ears divulge about your personality?

Do you know what the shape of your ears says about you? It will surely be of interest if we tell you that the...

Learn, how to learn Mathematics

Mathematicians like to talk about the beauty of mathematics. This beauty is seen in the harmony, patterns, and structures of numbers and forms –...

Worsening traffic in Srinagar city

Unless you have extra time in your schedule, the traffic can really ruin your day With roads lagging and car ownership rising, traffic congestion across...

Steps towards Self-Confidence

The cause of poor self-confidence is the outcome of poor decisions in life To improve self-confidence, one needs to work on the following four important...

Influence of Gandhi’s Philosophy of Non-Violence on Maulana Azad

Reading Hayat Alvi’s Nonviolent Activism in Islam: Message of Abul Kalam Azad (2021) The 20th century has seen a number of thinkers/ leaders who influenced...

In the light of life’s darkness

Be like the moon: cherish your solitude, illumine and overwhelm the darkness of your life It has been a while now since I ceased writing,...

To sustain your existence, adopt sustainable practices

Ninety-seven years after a devastating nuclear apocalypse wipes out almost all life on Earth, thousands of people now live in a space station orbiting...

Lumpy Skin Disease: Managing the threat

Just as the country was recovering from corona virus that devastated millions of human lives all across the globe, another virus has emerged. This...

The change in America’s South Asia strategy

The turf-war of international world powers, the US on one hand and the Sino-Russian interests on the other, has been ploughing Pakistan into chaos,...

How Sogam (Lolab), and the world, has changed

Some days back, I was having a casual conversation with my father. He was telling me about our village Sogam and how it looked...

The Idea of One India, One Entrance Exam

The University Grants Commission is in the process of initiating a case study for merging India’s premier undergraduate entrance tests such as JEE, NEET...

Reading Sir Sayyid on Science-Religion Compatibility through the Prism of Tradition-Modernity Balance

Emphasising a ‘rationalist’ approach to Islam and to religious matters, Sir Sayyid believed that there is no contradiction between Word of God (Qur’an) and...

Gulf between youth and politics

India, the world's largest democracy, also has the world's largest national population of youth. Yet, most young people do not view politics and India’s...

Harnessing genetic potential of rice in Kashmir: From one to ten tonnes per hectare

Rice is the primary staple food for more than half of the world's population. Area under rice in India is 43.86 million hectare, largest...

World Food Day in a starving world

Every year 16th October is celebrated as World Food Day across the globe, in remembrance of the day when the Food and Agricultural Organisation...

Let’s do our bit for our apple industry

Kashmir's Apple industry is in a crisis right now. We all know how before Kashmir turned to horticulture, people used to migrate seasonally to...

Mutation of land records: Patri Sarkar and Patri Patwar

Mutation is a process of change in a form. It is the transfer of rights, transfer of ownership by a legal way like inheritance...

The Blessed Birth and Sirah of the Prophet (PBUH)

When the third month of Islamic calendar ‘Rabbi-u-Awwal’ comes, Muslims throughout the world celebrate the blessed birth of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), in different...

Costs of climate

Humanity’s unrelenting onslaught against nature has turned catastrophic. Nat­ure is striking back with floods, heatwaves, cyclo­nes and droughts. Environmental disasters, spurred by human-induced climate...

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