Syed Samreen
New Motherhood
Kashmir is witnessing almost half of the new births having a surgical intervention, a new trend that defies logic and tradition besides exhibiting complete...
Fleeing The War Theatre
As Russia finally invaded the NATO member, Ukraine, its weakest neighbour, scores of Kashmiris were caught in the medical campuses. While efforts are underway...
‘Pregnant Women Must Avoid Visiting Hospital For Routine Check-ups’
Dr Nighat Firdous, one of the senior-most gynaecologists in Kashmir, is the Head of the Department, Gynaecology and Obstetrics at the women-exclusive Lala Ded...
Coexisting With Contagion
In the last more than a year, the people picked enough knowledge about the virulent and vile virus that it helped them to live...
‘This Eid, Do Not Knock At Each Others’ Doors, Use Phone To Wish, Instead’
Dr Abdul Qayum Hamid Changal, a Kashmir's General Physician working for the Ministry of Health, in Saudi Arabia, debunks myths and addresses misconceptions linked...
‘Polycystic Ovarian Disease Is Increasing In Prevalence At A Very Fast Rate In Kashmir’
Dr Imran Majid, who left his government job to start his own dermatology centres in three Kashmir districts, tells Syed Samreen about prevalent skin disorders in...
Canine Terror
Free-roaming dogs in Kashmir bite thousands every year. Though the authorities assert that they have been sterilising the dogs and managing the waste food,...
KEI Holds Painting Competition On Nature Theme
by Syed Samreen
SRINAGAR: The Kashmir Education Initiative (KEI) organised a painting contest Hunnar 2021 in which students from grades ninth to twelfth took part....
Contagion Keeping Students, Parents, Teachers On Tenterhooks
by Syed Samreen
SRINAGAR: After staying on-line with vintage internet speed, students of classes 9 to 12 resumed physical mode of education on March 1....
Kashmiri Scientists’ Team Devises World’s Cheapest, Easiest Covid-19 Test Kit, Awaiting Approval
by Syed Samreen
SRINAGAR: A major breakthrough in the field of SARS-CoV-2 testing is underway as a Kashmiri researcher has developed a Saliva-based testing kit....
Rising Voices
Waqar Khan and Ishfaq Kawa’s songs on Youtube have fetched them millions of views. Their emergence in Kashmir’s cultural space was partly the outcome...
New Virtual Stars
A Ladishah artist and a singer, both students, make a splash on Kashmir’s social media and outside the region as well. Syed Samreen meets the...
‘We Are Paying Interest On Interest’
As the GST introduced taxing of the industry for the first time in history, the work environment turned upside down, initially in August 2019...
Missing In Mountains
Over three months after Hilal Ahmad Dar went missing during his trek to Gangbal lake, his family is clueless about his whereabouts, reports Syed...
Kamila Mushtaq: Meet The KAS 2018 Topper
by Syed Samreen
SRINAGAR: After the results of the KAS-2018 were out, the excited family is too busy. Relatives and friends are coming to congratulate...