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Not so easy to explain

The Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Institute of Medical Excellence (SMVDIME) located in the foothills of the revered shrine of Mata Vaishno Devi (Katra)...

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Greater Kashmir

Anil Anand

Snowless winters, and water security in Kashmir

For many years, climate change was considered a future problem, but in Kashmir Valley it is now clearly visible, in everyday life. The Valley is...

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Greater Kashmir

Dr. Riyaz Ahmad Mir

A grave internal threat

Jammu and Kashmir has seen an exponential increase in drug use in recent years. During the first week of 2026, a number of narcotics-related...

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Greater Kashmir

Guest Contributor

We the Pollutants!

We blame plastic. We curse smoke. We rage against carbon. But the biggest pollutant on Earth is not an object. It is us. Humans! We like to think...

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Syeda Afshana

Drinking Water Paradox

I still remember my first visit to the United States in 1997. I was accommodated at the International House, or I-house, at the University of...

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Surinder Singh Oberoi

First Bangladesh, then Nepal & Venezuela, and now Iran…!

On 5th August 2024, Bangladesh witnessed a regime change consequent upon public unrest, loot, arson and unbridled attack on minorities of...

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Ashwani Kumar Chrungoo

Ensuring Wage Justice

The Code on Wages, 2019 (“Code”) represents a landmark legislative reform in Indian labour law consolidating multiple pre existing statutes into a...

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Muneeb Rashid Malik

Crippling India’s elderly

Dangerously under-recognized, osteoporosis quietly becomes a public-health emergency in India. Just shift your attention to this: bone pain,...

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Dr Ansarul Haq Lone

Greenland: fresh salience

President Donald Trump mentioned his interest in acquiring Greenland from Denmark during his first term in 2019. The Danes did not take the idea...

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Vivek Katju

Deconstructing a paradox

“Economic change in all periods depends, more than most economist’s think, on what people believe…” Joel Mokyr J&K stands at a curious...

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Dawar Ashraf Mir

Hip fractures in elderly

In the last ten days alone, I received three such calls, each reporting an elderly person unable to move after a fall, with severe pain on hip...

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Greater Kashmir

Dr. Zubair Saleem

The Venezuela Crisis

The U.S strikes on Venezuela and the ongoing crisis there are unlikely to significantly influence India’s energy security as India is heavily...

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Greater Kashmir

Zubair Mushtaq

A winter without snow

Kashmir has always been defined by its winters. Snowfall was not merely a seasonal phenomenon but it was the ecological heartbeat of the Valley....

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Mutaharra Abida Waheed Deva

Let us bring parenting back home

In Kashmir, whenever society feels unsettled, the first target is always the present generation. We complain about falling morals, about children...

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Khursheed Dar

Keep the apron unsullied

The ailing poor generally turn to government hospitals for somewhat subsidized consultation and medication. Some doctors help patients financially...

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Mohammad Jalal-Ud-Din

Beyond the Capitals

As the Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir stands on the threshold of the 2026 fiscal year, we face a moment. For decades, the economic narrative of...

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Guest Contributor

In Thy hands is all Good

All Good rests in hand of Allah [SwT] the standard by which good is judged is Allah [SwT]’s will, to His will we may submit in the realm of Islam....

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Gk Editorial Desk

Rashid Nazki: A poet who redecorated Kasher poetics

From devotional poetry to Philosophical poetry or from classical style to modern genre Nazki almost encompasses all the genres harnessed by his...

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Mir Tariq Rasool

An enduring lesson from history

The fall of Baghdad in 1258 is still considered one of the most traumatic ruptures in Islamic history. It was not a simple reduction to rubble of a...

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Daanish Bin Nabi

Post colonial frame of reference

One of the most widespread beliefs in modern India is that religion has always been the main way people identify with politics. This belief,...

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Younus Yousuf Ganie

Maduro’s palace?

This is the strange story of America’s “friendly neighbor intervention” in Venezuela. Get ready for a wild ride. Welcome to “Operation Oily Oopsy,”...

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Atul Goyal

Voices of Continuity

Kashmir’s social and cultural life has witnessed profound disruptions over the past several decades. Amid conflict, uncertainty, and displacement,...

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Guest Contributor

Centre and States: The Arguments from Federalism

In British India’s constitutional development, the Simon Commission of 1928 was a turning point. Indians, both Hindu and Muslim protested the lack...

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B R Singh

The Empty Chair

In the last days of the last month, December 2025,  the word went viral that the results of the 10th standard exams held in November 2025 will be...

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Gk Editorial Desk

Ask the Doctor

Q: I feel unusually thirsty less often in winter. Is that normal? A: Yes, thirst sensation reduces in cold weather, but the body still needs water....

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Gk Health Desk

Using human medicines in pets

Paracetamol (acetaminophen) is one of the most commonly used over-the-counter medicines in humans because of its analgesic and antipyretic effects....

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Greater Kashmir

Dr Zubair Ahmad War

Understanding PCOS in young women

 Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS) rarely announces itself clearly. It shows up as delayed periods, stubborn weight gain, persistent acne, or...

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Greater Kashmir

Arooj Bilal

When the door finally opened

Auqib Nabi Dar’s selection at the Indian Premier League auction for ₹8.40 crore has triggered celebration across Kashmir, cutting through the usual...

07.01.2026 1

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Rameez Bhat

The fine art of collective healing

Mufti Mohammad Sayeed was a towering figure in the political landscape of Jammu and Kashmir — a visionary leader, a bridge-builder, and a statesman...

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Arif Laigroo

Conserve J&K’s mountains

It was a horrific sight to see a large stretch of mountain crumbling like a pack of cards on Baramulla-Uri highway recently. Bewildered commuters...

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Arif Shafi Wani

Delays and Deadlines

AIIMS, Kashmir is one of the prestigious infrastructural projects that the people in the valley are hoping to see operational before long. It has...

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Gk Editorial Desk