Schools On Distress Sale
So far, Kashmir’s public discourse surrounded the loss of school days and the sluggish 2G in the education’s online circus. Silently but surely, the...
Unreal Class, Real Tensions
Teachers recount the travails of delivering online lectures at 2G speed, reports Umar Mukhtar
At 8 am, Rafia, a school teacher, keeps her cell phone connected...
Unmasked, Literally
Refusal to follow safety protocols by the people and lax enforcement of the law by the administration is behind the surge in the number...
‘Examinations Will Be Conducted Off-Line’
Jammu and Kashmir’s Education Commissioner Dr Asgar H Samoon tells Kashmir Life, insisting that the department’s experimentation with remote teaching using a sluggish internet speed was...
Do You Know, Covid-19 Infection Has 8 Symptoms On The Skin Alone?
by Michael Freeman
We’ve seen reports of skin symptoms ranging from “Covid toes” to hair loss, and different types of rashes. Some skin symptoms appear...
Gasping For Breath
In the absence of treatment, the basic requirement for managing the Covid-19 cases is oxygen. As the existing infrastructure in the health sector is...
Longest Recess
Except for a fortnight-long reopening of educational institutions in March, the lingering yearlong security siege now melded with Covid-19 lockdown has effectively turned Kashmir...
The Plasma Plan
In the absence of any treatment, the doctors in Kashmir are now using Convalescent Plasma Therapy to treat a certain section of Covid-19 patients...
Earth’s Invisible Owners
His encounters with invisible contagions apart, Kashmir origin American epidemiologist, Dr Ali S Khan’s book offers fascinating simplification of the complex scientific processes and the significance...
The Virus Hunter
At the forefront of the detection and control of the viral outbreaks within and outside the USA in the last more than 20 years...
‘The Situation Is Grim’
The SKIMS Medical College Principal, Dr Riyaz Untoo is managing a major Covid-19 facility. He tells Syed Samreen that the cases are going to increase exponentially...
CoviDepression
After losing nearly 300 and prevailing infection to more than 12,000 people, it is still too early to assess the real psychological costs of...
‘We do not know which strain of the mutating virus is active right now’
Dr A G Ahanger, Director SKIMS Srinagar tell Masood Hussain in a freewheeling interview
KASHMIR LIFE (KL): What is the state and status of the battle against the Covid-19 in...
‘We Need To Prepare Ourselves For The Worst’
Prominent urologist, Dr M Salim Wani was stung by the contagion forcing him to get into nightmarish isolation. Caught between ostracisation and cytokine crisis, he overcame...
Educator Par Excellence
A trained engineer and a passionate teacher holds his class in an open ground well before the sunrise and this model of teaching in...
