Next to air, water is the most important element for the preservation of life. Water is a finite commodity which, if not managed properly, will result in shortages in the near future. Water conservation can go a long way to avoid these impending shortages. Water covers 70% of our planet, and it is easy to […]
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 prison facility. It was a retaliation by Saudis against a missile and a drone attack, against United Arab Emirates, in an industrial district of Abu Dhabi. The rebel Houthis called reports […]
Bangladesh has recently been depicted by some in the international media as a violent country from which Hindus are fleeing to India. However, this understanding is completely incorrect. There is no doubt that Bangladesh has seen a steady outflow of Hindus since partition. Minorities accounted for 23.1 percent of the population in 1951, but only […]
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 an incident from Bangladesh. The year was 1952. Back then the country was called East Pakistan. Its government had imposed Urdu on the Bangla-speaking population. They were told Urdu and […]
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 mother tongue is the easiest, most beautiful and unique language which is not that tough to learn, unlike most of the languages in the world. We should feel proud of […]
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 and innumerable ones are deficient in one or more micronutrients (FAO, 2004). India, home to the second largest human population on this planet, is no exception. Many rural communities depend […]
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 the truth about its origins and its current racially-driven apartheid regime are failing miserably. The world is finally waking up, and Israel is losing ground quicker than its ability to gain […]
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 the infancy stage of development in terms of infrastructure and other developmental parameters. The economy of UT is much dependent on services sector which is currently contributing 59.47% to the GSDP […]
According to the definition of Nutritional Security, “A condition arises when all people at all times have physical, social and economic access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food that fits their daily dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy life.” In the face of a growing population, climate change, diminishing land and […]
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 Age of Islam started to fade away. After a few decades the vacuum which was created after the demise of Caliphate was fulfilled by formation of the biggest organisation for […]