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The Russians Are Coming: Are Beijing and Moscow at the Cusp of a Formal Alliance?

It should matter little to the Chinese that American diplomats and a handful of their western allies will not be attending the Beijing Winter...

Russia’s offensive in Ukraine

It seems plausible that a military operation from Russia against Ukraine would not require too many casualties among Russian soldiers, but it will most...

Minting the benefits of Mint (Pudina)

Mint is an aromatic perennial herb popularly known as “Pudina” in India and scientifically known as “Mentha.” Mints are perennials that spread rapidly and...

When the first Mukka Bus arrived in our village

The Union Territory of J&K is the northern terminal territory of the country and is mostly hilly and mountainous. Road transport has always been...

Israel’s Hasbara in Sheikh Jarrah: On Gilad Erdan’s ‘Terrorist’ Rock and Faulty Logic

Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations, Gilad Erdan, is leading his country’s anti-Palestinian propaganda, this time engaging in pre-emptive hasbara in anticipation of a...

Acid Attacks: Patriarchy’s Assault on Article 21

Violence is not confined to social and political institutions, but language itself is a gigantic instrument to justify brutal forms of violence Women are half...

World Pulses Day: The value of pulses in agriculture and nutrition

Harnessing the potential of these leguminous crops will help in minimising human health hazards, particularly those related to synthetic nitrogenous fertilisers The purpose of celebrating...

What teachers must do when schools re-open

Teachers will have to be extraordinary empathetic and put themselves in the shoes of the students A Boston Consulting Group Study on prolonged school closure...

Deforestation is our own destruction

Deforestation refers to the cutting of different tree species on a large scale. Deforestation leads to soil erosion, flash floods, risk of natural calamities,...

Shutting down the Powerhouse

How closure of research laboratories/ institutions is a loss to the scientific world The global spread of Coronavirus represents a major rupture. Apart from breaking...

Bangladesh’s Zero-Tolerance for terrorism and Northeast India’s peace and prosperity

Bangladesh has always been a shining example of religious unity and peace. "Secularism" is not only a phrase engraved in Bangladesh's Constitution as one...

From ground up, teachers can repair the broken sector of education in J&K

In Kashmir, decades of darkness have overshadowed every step taken towards development of education. Whatever little development took place was concentrated to cities, with...

Budget 2022-23: Focus long-term, blur short-term

In the absence of any vision document (e.g., 5 Year Plan) put out by the government, the annual budget is expected to provide direction...

Some reflections on the Standard Model of Particle Physics

It does not answer the most fundamental mystery: what constitutes the dark energy and dark matter that make up the majority of our universe The...

Mathematical modelling analysis of Covid lockdowns

A study suggests that repeated and multiple lockdowns are beneficial and far from being unnecessary Now that we have witnessed multiple lockdowns that have been...

US Doesn’t Care for China’s Muslims: Boycotting the Olympics is about Global Competition

The diplomatic boycott of the Beijing Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games may go down in history as the official start of the cold war...

Is the Muslim World not conducive to Democracy?

If our wise men dreamt of the future, that too was in the mirror of the past. Nothing new could be settled with this...

See beyond the lockdown

The closure of schools is not helping but harming our children in difficult time Many of us are familiar with the fact that the current...

How Netanyahu’s Corruption has Exposed Israel’s ‘Democracy’

Former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his prosecutors are reportedly finalizing the details of a plea deal that would practically water down, shelve,...

POSITIVITY: A HARD NUT TO CRACK

Life is all about ups and downs. From scholars to religious preachers, everyone talks about remaining positive in pessimistic times. However, the question of...

A clear vision paves the path

Mir Tariq Maqbool Every new day dawns with new opportunities for everyone. If the time was ripe to plant a tree ten years ago,...

Biodiversity vital for sustainable agriculture and economy

The country has seen a huge transformation from a situation of hand-to-mouth to food security through the green revolution. The situation in the past...

The Benefits of Beetroot (chukandar)

There is global tendency towards a healthy diet including "functional foods": food items that help in promoting good health via good diet. Red beetroot...

The Cave Syndrome of the Covid-19 pandemic

Nature is the theatre in which God displays his signs. By nature here we don’t mean simply that which is outside the cities –...

Sun Temple awaits a new dawn

Not only known for its magnificent structure and historical prominence, the Martand Sun Temple housed at Kehribal, some nine kilometres from Anantnag district, remains...

Recession in ‘recession-proof’ dairy industry

Dairy is considered as a recession-free industry, a cash business with a good rate of return and always in demand. But what has happened...

World Wetlands Day: Wetlands, ‘kidneys of the earth’

World Wetlands Day is celebrated on 2nd of February every year to commemorate the day on which the Convention on Wetlands was adopted in...

Wetlands restoration will protect both people and nature

On the occasion of World Wetlands Day, we must join hands for protecting and preserving these precious gifts of nature. The Ramsar Convention on...

Why Community Libraries are important

In terms of Amartya Sen’s vision of development as freedom, development is the removal of barriers to people’s exercise of agency. We are going...

How the pendency in courts can be lowered

Speedy trial is an integral and essential part of the fundamental right to life and liberty enshrined in Article 21 of the Indian Constitution....

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