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Turkey’s Presence in Northern Syria

Turkey has retained a military presence in northern Syria, after it launched its first border operation in 2016. It was in August 2016, when...

Engineer Nazir Ahmad Pampori–As I Know Him

Years ago, Molana Mushtaq Ahmad Khan Sahab gifted me a book, ‘Moie Muqaddas Ki Azmat’ – ‘The grandeur of Prophet’s (Pbuh) sacred hair’, to...

Biden’s Real Challenge is Not Russia or China, but Poverty in America

Mainstream US media continues to celebrate the supposed strength of the US economy. Almost daily, headlines speak of hopeful numbers, sustainable growth, positive trends...

National Science Day 2022: More scientific spirit needed in approach to future

Success in science and scientific work came not through the provision of unlimited or big resources, but in the wise and careful selection of...

Kashmiri Culture of Dried Vegetables and Fish Gasping For Survival

Food is an organic perishable substance, which is susceptible to spoilage due to microbial, chemical and physical activities. The preservation and storage of food,...

Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD): A hidden epidemic in the valley

The liver is the largest organ in our body, located in the upper right portion of the belly under the ribs. It is responsible...

Myanmar Junta’s defence in the Rohingya Genocide Case at the ICJ is troubling

Following the military-led "clearance operation" that forced 750,000 Rohingya to flee to neighbouring Bangladesh, Gambia, a West African nation, in November 2019 brought a...

Africa must not abandon Palestine by granting Israel observer status

Africa has not yet succumbed to Western-Israeli pressures and Palestine continues to command a strong political constituency on the continent, despite the many shortcomings...

Social Media & Youth: Opportunities and Challenges

With new tools and new knowledge, young people have a wide-open world to explore, learn, and share The Internet in Kashmir is just two decades...

Yaarbal: Cultural heritage, Kashmiri ethos

The womenfolk frequenting the Yaarbals developed a special kind of bond and friendship among themselves and were called as “Yaarbal Kaakin (Yaarbal sisters)”. Yaarbal...

Importance of Greenhouse Sheds

The government has taken several initiatives to overcome the shortage of vegetables and fruits during the winters. Due to their rich nutrients like vitamins,...

Water Pollution: Time to make a resolve and act, together

Next to air, water is the most important element for the preservation of life. Water is a finite commodity which, if not managed properly,...

Yemen War continues through different actors

The grotesque war in Yemen entered a critical juncture in January 2022 when the Saudi-led coalition launched a series of air strikes at a...

Minority Persecution in Bangladesh: A distorted reality

Bangladesh has recently been depicted by some in the international media as a violent country from which Hindus are fleeing to India. However, this...

Mother Tongue: From Apathy to Empathy

When a language dies we lose not just a medium of conversation, we lose knowledge, we lose culture, we lose a worldview Let’s begin with...

Embarrassed about speaking Kashmiri? Don’t be

Mahfooz Ahmad Bakshi According to Wikipedia, Kashmiri or Koshur is a language from the Dardic subgroup of Indo-Aryan languages, spoken by 7 million Kashmiris. Our...

Wild nutritious vegetables for kitchen gardens in Kashmir

Sajad Ahmad Gangoo, Tahir Mushtaq and Parvaiz Ahmed Reshi Millions of the people in developing countries don’t have enough food to meet their daily requirements...

From Tantura to Naqab: Israel’s Long Hidden Truths are Finally Revealed

A succession of events in recent weeks all point to the inescapable fact that nearly 75 years of Israel’s painstaking efforts aimed at hiding...

Investment Avenues in J&K: A perspective

The UT of Jammu and Kashmir contributes 0.83% to the country’s GDP and has a population share of 0.99%. The UT is yet in...

India’s Nutritional Security in context of increasing Lifestyle Diseases

According to the definition of Nutritional Security, "A condition arises when all people at all times have physical, social and economic access to sufficient,...

How can OIC improve security situation in South Asia?

Samina Akhter After World War I, the Ottoman Empire and the Caliphate fell apart, leaving a void. Consequently, the glory of the once mighty Golden...

The other aspect of the image

Stark realities of harsh life in Kashmir are so manifest that we cannot afford to ignore them and turn a blind eye towards them...

The Hijab dispute: What is Right and what is Wrong?

The theoretical debate on secularism has neither easy answers nor much relevance here; the actions of a certain government and of a certain organisation...

Was Huntington right?

After the Soviet Union ceased to exist, Francis Fukuyama anticipated the End of History. What he propounded was uncontested world dominance of Western Liberal...

Is Javed Ahmad Ghamidi relevant?

Islam is the only deen revealed by Almighty Allah. It is the universal truth and the deen of all Prophets from Adam to the...

Don’t let death be the end of your story

As I grow up every day, the significance and meaning of everything changes. Whatever I used to think about a specific circumstance has changed...

Instead of Freeing Palestinian Prisoners, New Scheme Aims at Punishing Their Families

A scheme is underway to withhold or to reduce payments made by the Palestinian Authority to the families of Palestinian prisoners. According to Israeli...

Hijab Ban: Secularism or Totalitarianism

The Constitution of India declares India a secular state. It allows its citizens to live with their religious beliefs and practices. Indian Constitution assures...

Hijab: Pride and Honour of Women

February 1 is observed as World Hijab Day. It was founded by New Yorker journalist Nazma Khan in 2013. The motive behind this was...

The Political Olympics

The US believes in military campaigns and China in economic campaigns. The new decade is going to change drastically the dynamics of world politico-economics The...

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