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Increase in cases of joint pain in times of Covid

The prevalence of joint pain is not new and uncommon these days, as a higher proportion of young and middle-aged population have been reporting...

A Requiem for the Environment

The 14-year-old boy, Faaz, was a great lover of nature. He would love the scene of massive, mighty mountains full of magnificent forests from...

The People vs Mahmoud Abbas: Are the Palestinian Authority’s days numbered?

The Palestinian Authority’s days are numbered”. This assertion has been oft repeated recently, especially after the torture to death on June 24 of a...

Decoding 13 July 1931 uprising: Communal or Socialist?

The 13 July 1931 revolt marked the start of organised Kashmiris' "independence movement" against Dogra rule. It was the first time in Kashmir that...

Advanced non-invasive techniques can prevent recurrence of cataract

Clouding of the lens in the eye is known as a cataract, which leads to a decrease in vision. Cataract takes time to develop...

History of Motor Transport in J&K

If we turn the pages of history of road development in Jammu & Kashmir, we find that during Dogra period there were only three...

RBI increases ATM transaction charges, but why?

The Reserve Bank has given banks permission to charge more for cash and non-cash ATM transactions beyond the free monthly limit. With effect from...

Bennett’s Political Theatre: The Decisive Israeli-Palestinian Fight Ahead

Many Palestinians believe that the May 10-21 military confrontation between Israel and the Gaza Resistance, along with the simultaneous popular revolt across Palestine, was...

Kashmir Saga by Dr Sheikh Showkat Hussain: Not so much a saga as a tragedy

What’s in a name?” Well, if Shakespeare were living in our times, he might reconsider his words. In our period there are some particular...

Dehli’s all-party meeting and BJP’s J&K blueprint

Modi’s official residence finally hosted an all-party meeting with more than a dozen of J&K’s top politicians, including the much-trounced “Gupkar Gang”. BJP’s loud...

Mountains, Thy Nature is Spiritual

Mountains have fascinated and attracted us from ancient times. Climbing to the summit of a mountain is a great achievement and gives us joy...

Surah ‘Al-Asr’: The Abstract of the Quran

Within man do live all the forces of goodness and evil and there is always a conflict between these forces. What this chapter of...

The Quran as the final, but endless, fount of wisdom

Though a series of divine scriptures were revealed to the prophets preceding Muhammad, Qur’an has the distinction of being the final. It has encapsulated...

Marriage: A blessing or a curse?

Seriously, it becomes so frustrating at times when you think about marriage. Like, you will be waiting all your life for such a partner...

The impact of technology on children’s physical activity

It’s no secret that technology has become an integral component of daily life. In particular, it’s become rare to see children and teens without...

Pi: A perfectly rational irrational number

You would probably be familiar with the symbol p and you most probably would know that it is called Pi. But do you know...

Life without shelter is tormenting

For the last 15 years, a widow living in Sultan Diki Tehsil Urii, a border village in north Kashmir, has been forced to live...

Karo na, Apni Suraksha

Pratham's initiative of sharing information on Covid and its vaccine Every year schools in Kashmir are closed for months together because of different reasons. To...

Online educational tools are showing the way forward

Edmodo is an educational tool to connect teachers and students. It is assimilated into a social network. With the help of this tool teachers...

Words alone will not end anti-Muslim terror in Canada

The killing of a Muslim family on June 6 in Ontario, Canada, again presented an opportunity for Canadian Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, to brand...

Pragmatic solutions for the economic challenges caused by Covid

The Covid-19 pandemic has resulted in the worst global economic crisis since the Great Depression of the 1930s. The world economy has been rendered...

Mathematics in the medieval Islamic world

The rapid expansion of Islam took place between the time of Muhammad’s (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) return to Mecca from his exile in Madina in...

Mathematics is the language God has written the universe in!

Different people have different definitions for mathematics as per their respective viewpoints. To me, mathematics is an art. The art of doing things differently,...

Natural remedies to cure and combat infections

Whenever our body encounters a virus or any other infection, the best weapon to fight it off is through our immune system. Immunity is...

Forests are not meant for off-roading

We are witnessing increasing activities of off-roading in Kashmir forests, which will have serious ill effects on forest ecosystems and both flora and fauna....

Climate Apartheid

As extreme weather continues to force the earth into more drought, floods, hurricanes, a time will come when the poorest people would be forced...

Why Washington is fawning over Israel’s new government

When former US President Barack Obama used an old cliché to denigrate his political opponent, the late US Senator, John McCain, he triggered a...

Kashmiris skilled at consuming, not producing

The desire to gain by little effort, sometimes dishonestly or by begging or hoarding all sorts of things for the mere love of possession,...

An unexamined life is not worth living

How does it profit a man when he loses his own soul in the contract with covetousness? The world today presents a strange paradox. On...

The 5th Pillar of Democracy: Civil Society

India is a country that has a historic past, an eventful present, and an aspiring future. The futuristic idea of new India is being...

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