‘Our Gut Is Our Second Brain’
Kashmir neuroscientist, Dr Zahoor Shah, currently teaching at the University of Toledo, Ohio, is investigating the Gut-Brain axis in understanding various brain disorders, including...
Kashmir: First Land Settlement
Two years after the British "took over" the governance of Jammu and Kashmir and appointed Sir Oliver St John, the first British Resident on...
‘We Are Nearly Successful In Creating Gene-edited, Cloned Embryos of High Yeilding Pashmina Goats’
Since 1997 when the first cloned mammal was born in Europe, there have been many abortive bids to use the technology in India. It...
‘Rice Can Now Be Grown Without Stagnant Water In A Field’
A teacher, researcher and innovator, Dr Jameel A Khan’s expertise in developing drought-tolerant varieties has helped address climate change challenges. Currently serving as Programme...
Kashmir’s Women Scientists
Historically, the women in Kashmir have remained empowered enough to be part of every sphere of life. Though they have traditionally picked a set...
“We Created A Rice Variety Having Three Times More Yield”
Hinging hopes and envisioning, New Agricultural and Educational Policy to revolutionize the agricultural output and agro-education in Jammu and Kashmir, Prof Nazir A Ganai, Vice...
‘The Idea That A (urban) Planner Is A Genius With Grand Ideas Is Bogus’
Dr Samina Raja plans cities, towns, and regions to promote health and food equity. An award-winning professor and founder of a globally recognized Food...
Kashmir’s Hikmat and Hakeem
Till the early twentieth century, the entire healthcare system was run by the Unani system of medicine with Hakeem’s at the apex of the...
The Sopore College
Despite contributing to the making of generations of professionals in the last more than seven decades, the state-run Degree College at Sopore is yet...
‘We Have Found Three Inhibitors That Reduce Pain During Cancer’
Dr Muzaffar A Macha has been a ‘golden boy’ throughout. At AIIMS and abroad and now home as head of IUST’s Watson-Crick Centre for...
‘Cancer Continues To Be the Biggest Challenge For Science’
Biochemist Dr Arsheed A Ganaie has worked on Tuberculosis, prostate cancer and pancreatic cancer during his research within and outside India. At Watson and Crick...
Making Cancer Fight Cancer
After a series of failures in various laboratories across the globe, Dr Khalid Shah, a young Kashmir scientist, currently, a professor at the Harvard...
Why Student Avoiding Reading Books?
by Vijay Garg
There is no doubt that there is no best friend like books are. Somehow in the tech-savvy world, people moved to e-books, and...
‘Saffron Is Anti-carcinogenic; Can Delay Alzheimer’s and is Used in Treating Depression’
A leading plant scientist, Dr Nasheman Ashraf, currently Principal Scientist at CSIR-IIM, was the first to create a data bank of 64000 Saffron genes...
Why Students Must Avoid These Mistakes In Board Examination?
by Vijay Garg
Board examinations and various other state board examinations are about to begin all over the country in a month. While hard work...
