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Thursday, August 6, 2026
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Cover Story

This is the major copy on most important happening in a week that usually features on page one of the magazine

Ayushman Bharat, Golden Cards

Kashmir: The Golden Card Impact

Across Jammu and Kashmir, families long burdened by medical uncertainty are experiencing a quiet transformation, as health-insurance coverage replaces fear with dignity, timely treatment,...
Nowgam blast

Kashmir: The Nowgam Nightmare

A late-night explosion at Nowgam Police Station, caused during forensic handling of seized chemicals, killed nine, injured dozens, and revived Kashmir’s long history of...

Kashmir: The Delhi Trail

Starting with a single poster, Kashmir’s police followed the faintest dots to uncover a sophisticated terror module involving well-placed professionals, held responsible for the...

Kashmir: Redefining Journalism?

After legislators decried shrinking press freedom, the Jammu and Kashmir government issued fresh verification orders for journalists, triggering fears of control and deepening anxiety...

Budgam Poll: Agas In The Ring

Budgam heads to the ballot amid dissent, rivalries, and rifts within the influential Aga family. What started as a routine by-election has evolved into...

Kashmir: New Parliamentarians

In the first Rajya Sabha election held after 2019, the Jammu and Kashmir National Conference retained three seats while the BJP secured one, triggering...

Kashmir: Undoing Art 370

The BlueKraft Digital Foundation book 370: Undoing the Unjust: A New Future for J&K, gives an insider’s account of the planning and execution of...

Kashmir: A Mandate Marginalised

Despite a landslide mandate, Omar Abdullah leads a government stripped of autonomy, with key powers resting in the Raj Bhawan, revealing the deep imbalance...

Kashmir’s Madhouse: A Swiss Psychiatrist’s Story

In The Madhouse at the Lotus Lake, Erna Hoch’s memoir of psychiatric practice in 1980s Kashmir, the Swiss psychiatrist explores psychiatry’s fragile intersection with...

The Ladakh Unrest

Violence swept Ladakh on September 24 as protests over statehood and Sixth Schedule inclusion spiralled into clashes, leaving four dead and dozens injured, even...

Kashmir: Highway Hits Harvest

Kashmir’s apple economy is facing historic losses due to the August rains, highway blockages, and disrupted supply chains. High-density orchards, cold storage, and MIS...

Kashmir: The Shrine of Faith

The emblem controversy at the renovated Hazratbal Shrine reignited Kashmir’s enduring tensions between faith and politics. Revered as the resting place of the holy...

Kashmir: The Deluge Debate

The Jhelum surged past its danger marks again in September 2025, reviving memories of 2014. Frequent floods, unchecked mining, weak infrastructure, and climate extremes...

Kashmiri: Mind on Edge

Kashmir faces a deepening psychological crisis where conflict trauma, drug addiction, stigma, screen overexposure, joblessness and anger intertwine. Psychiatry battles neglect, faith, and silence,...

Kashmir’s Cloudburst Horror

The Chashoti cloudburst during the Machail Yatra killed 65, left dozens missing, and devastated the Sapphire-rich Padder Valley’s picturesque hamlet. Survivors recall terror, rescuers...