Renewed Ceasefire
Surprising the strategic affairs community with its quiet diplomacy, rival armies of India and Pakistan announced a fresh ceasefire. The development was welcomed by...
Rudderless PAGD?
After securing a majority in around 13 of the 20 District Development Councils, the PAGD struggled to hold on to its lead and lost...
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...
The Honey Money
As major honey brands were caught using imported adulterated material, Kashmir’s organic honey story could get an instant foothold in major markets if the...
New Bird Flu
With people desperate for a vaccine to manage the Covid-19, a pandemic that has killed two million people worldwide, the new bird flu has...
Snow In January
Science and tradition suggest that early winter snowfall is good for Kashmir ecology but the fragile service delivery systems sent people crying, reports Yawar...
Amshipora Redux?
Days after the sleuths completed investigations in the July 2020 fake encounter involving the killing of three Rajouri labourers, the killing of a teenage...
Division Dividend
At least a dozen seats were won by BJP, independents and Apni Part because of the infighting within PAGD and its failure to take...
Unending Fault Lines
The desperation to retain the turf created a situation that PAGD candidates at various places are contesting against the parties that make the alliance....
Uneven Alliance
In the broader Gupkar Alliance, half of the candidates fielded by PAGD are from the NC alone. Was this the outcome of PDP’s failure...
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...
Customized Democracy?
Ahead of the first phase of DDC polls, the PAGD ‘gang’ alleged that most of its contesting candidates are being driven to secured accommodation...
The Gupkar Gamble?
More important than the Gupkar group’s performance in the DDC polls will be what the alliance will do with its potential victories, asks Riyaz Wani
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A Biden’s World
As Joe Biden takes over as the new US president replacing Donald Trump, many US policies are expected to change. Here we reproduce and...
Making Apple Rot
As the scab invaded Kashmir’s apple orchards, more than two-thirds of the crop is unworthy of the market. This fruit could easily be diverted...
