Contagion And Classroom
Coinciding with encouraging visitor footfalls, the return of the seasonal workforce and the traders, the Government reopened schools after 19 months. An elaborate exercise...
Zoom Courts
Forced to go virtual, the courts in Kashmir found the going tough during the lock-down in 2020, reports Saima Bhat
In July 2020, Mohammad Sultan, 56,...
Tourists Return?
After 18 months of hiatus, the tourist footfalls have started surging in Kashmir. Insiders in the hospitality sector believe that if Gulmarg crowds are...
Vaccine Hesitancy
As Covid-19 vaccination gathers pace in Kashmir, a section of people are sounding cautious not knowing that sixty per cent of vaccines consumed globally...
Pandemic’s Emotional Toll
In Kashmir, Covid-19 hasn’t infected and killed people alone. It has broken families or pushed them into crises that are unlikely to settle. Saima...
What Is The New Variant Of Coronavirus And How Dangerous Is It?
A new variant of SARS-CoV-2, the virus which causes COVID-19, is thought to be driving increased transmission of the disease in parts of the...
Why Routine Non Communicable Diseases Are Killing More People, Even In Kashmir?
by Aasia Hassan
Sooner or later this pandemic will be over, but the deadly and silent pandemic of Non-Communicable Diseases will persist
While the world is...
Covid Combatants
Around 1100 health workers in Kashmir contracted the infection, fought it and recovered, unlike the five doctors who died. Preoccupied with managing Covid-19 and...
Cancer’s Covid-19 Overlap
Covid-19 scare jammed life and people started avoiding hospitals. What happened to cancer patients? Saima Bhat visited Kashmir’s major cancer treatment facilities to get...
How My Family Fought Covid-19 Infection And Recovered?
by Muazzam Khursheed
Throughout my experience of battling with the virus, what I could comprehend is that other than medication, the mental health of the...
Trekking For 2G
Not far away from the Line of Control (LoC) in Uri sector, students climb to a hilltop to catch the low-speed mobile signal to...
‘This Winter, Have Good Food, Stay Warm And Avoid Cold’
SKIMS Pulmonary and Internal Medicine Consultant Dr Syed Mudasir Qadri tells HirraAzmat
KASHMIR LIFE (KL): What are the most common pulmonary diseases and disorders found in Kashmir?
DR Syed...
Covid-19: 1430 Deaths After
Seven months into the Coronavirus pandemic, Jammu and Kashmir is struggling to cope with the rising number of infections and deaths. With winter approaching,...
‘What Doesn’t Kill You, Makes You Stronger’
A Specialty Registrar Doctor in Psychiatry in the hospitals of Oxford Deanery, Dr Shah Tarfarosh is an Oxford University post-graduate with an impressive track...
Back to Cycling
Protracted lockdowns have increased sedentary lifestyle forcing the new generation to embrace cycling to manage part of the obesity load. It is helping the...
