A ‘Cashless’ Kashmir
With the financial sector using a basket of applications for transactions and the government preferring digital transfer of funds, Jammu and Kashmir has become...
IndiGo Airline Posts Rs 986 Crore Loss in September Quarter
NEW DELHI: The country's largest airline IndiGo on Friday reported a net loss of Rs 986.7 crore in the three months ended September, impacted...
Kashmir New Silver Lining
After surviving for centuries as the precious metal in Kashmir, silver did a fading act as the affordability improved with economic progress and gold...
Sacrificed Eid Market
On the eve of Eid 2024, Syed Shadab Ali Gillani and Babra Wani visited the key Srinagar markets and found them deserted. While the...
The Road Less Travelled
In Kashmîr, some brave men and women give up their jobs with disposable incomes and get into sustainable entrepreneurial activities. Babra Wani explores tales...
The Ramzan Economy
Less working hours, compromised production, a surge in consumption and a visible impact on earnings during the Muslim month of fasting do not prevent...
Kashmir’s Thriving Thrift Market
While the Sunday Market continues to be the only address for comfortable and budget shopping, it is not only getting popular with tourists alone....
Seasonal Businesses
With distinct four seasons dictating a dress shift and a food choice, part of Kashmir’s business shifts with the seasons reports Syed Shadab Ali...
An Exceptional Trader
Abdul Hameed Wani, who owns and runs Kashmir’s only private apple mandi deep in south Kashmir is a self-made businessman, whose trade is dictated...
Bilquis In Business
Her father gifted her a piece of orchard on the roadside and sought a promise that she would utilize it for a sustainable activity....
Fading Time
In bustling Srinagar, Aiman Fayaz meets a watchmaker who is unwilling to give up even though digital watches have already taken over the sector.
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Desolate Markets
Markets across Kashmir used to be teeming with activity in the days ahead of Eid, a situation that is missing yet again. Syed Shadab...
The Kashmir Morels
Like carpets that Kashmir weaves but ill-affords for itself, the valley produces more than 25 tons of costly morels that sell at a cost...
Golden Card’s Silver Lining
With almost 90 per cent of Jammu and Kashmir's population covered under cashless health insurance, the Ayushman Bharat scheme and almost Rs 1000 crore...
Kashmir’s Twentieth-Century Bazaars
Between the elite markets of SR Gunj, Mahraj Bazar and the Bund, the twentieth-century witnessed the rise of hundreds of Khatri traders and a...
