Kashmir’s Street Vendors
Kashmir's street vendors, 17,950 strong enough to receive government loans, are no longer just the poor. They are the educated unemployed, surviving Kashmir's economic...
Kashmir’s Chicken Neck
Kashmir’s Rs 1,500 crore poultry industry, once largely self-reliant, is sliding into crisis as unregulated imports surge and local production nosedives. Policy gaps have...
Kashmir’s Tourism Revival Hopes
After a tourist season in 2025 marred by violence, Kashmir is looking to stitch the sector back together and regain lost momentum. If the...
Kashmir’s Kitchen Fear
Egg contamination fears in Kashmir have triggered widespread panic, collapsing demand, drawing political intervention, exposing heavy import dependence, and reviving concerns over weak food...
‘Kashmir has A Strong Demand for Studded Jewellery’
Neeraj Misra, Deputy Director General (Northern Region) of the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS), explains how the national standards body is shaping consumer safety,...
Kashmir: Poison on the Plate
After an unlettered driver blew the whistle, a sweeping crackdown in Jammu and Kashmir exposed a dangerous supply chain of rotten meat, spoiled rice,...
Kashmir: From Joblessness to Jugaad
Confronted with shrinking job opportunities and rising unemployment, Kashmir’s youth are embracing entrepreneurship, not out of choice, but compulsion. From online boutiques and home...
Kashmir: The MBBS Flights
Hamstrung by limited seats across Jammu and Kashmir’s 13 medical colleges and burdened by a skewed reservation policy, nearly 1,500 aspirants migrate abroad each...
2025: Kashmir’s Silent Eid
As Eid-ul-Azha nears, Kashmir’s festive spirit is dimmed by economic hardship, subdued markets, and a steep decline in consumer spending. From silent sacrificial stalls...
Kashmir’s Summer of Silence
Rallying on the high of 2024’s sentiment, Kashmir’s tourist season opened strong in early 2025, with optimism in the air and record footfall on...
Tourism’s Fragile Lifeline
After the brutal attack in Pahalgam, Kashmir’s tourism sector plunges into crisis. With the hope of a healthy tourist season dashed, survival seems to...
Pahalgam Attack: A Tourist Exodus
At the peak of an impressive tourist season, a massacre at Baisarn led to a mass exodus of the visitors, forcing authorities to deploy...
Kashmir’s Digital Eid Shopping
As Kashmir’s marketplace shifts online, local entrepreneurs are embracing digital platforms to sustain and expand their businesses, and social media-driven enterprises are redefining commerce...
Kashmir: An ‘Inebriated’ Debate?
Moments after submitting draft private bills for the upcoming budget session, lawmakers posted texts online and triggered a public debate. Will these papers manage...
Kashmir’s Gold Gloom
Kashmir’s gold market is in turmoil as prices surge to record highs, straining affordability for buyers and traders alike. People are now hunting for...
