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Hands That Heal Deserve Honour

Today we celebrate Doctor’s Day, a tribute to those who dedicate their lives to healing others, they are more than medical professionals, they are...

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Greater Kashmir

Jeelani Malik

The Lives We Saved, The Life We Missed

There comes a moment in every doctor’s life when they pause—not because they finally have time, but because exhaustion leaves them no choice. In...

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Greater Kashmir

Dr Showkat Hussain Shah

National Doctors Day-2025 Special: Through Us, He Heals

This Doctor’s Day begins with silence A silence of mourning. For the doctors who lost their lives during last year, particularly in the recent...

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Greater Kashmir

Dr. Zubair Saleem

Time for Honest Reflection

The recent conclusion of the Israel-Iran conflict offers a sobering moment for Americans to examine their nation’s role in yet another Middle...

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Colonel Maqbool Shah

A message for every generation

In every era, voices rise and fall—but some echoes never fade. Sacrifices speaks not to one religion, but to all of humanity. Let us revisit the...

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Syed Aleem Moosavi

India’s Economic Leap!

India’s recent ascent to become the world’s fourth-largest economy, surpassing Japan, is a landmark moment. On paper, it symbolises India’s growing...

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Malik Daniyal

Trade, not war

After around two years of disruption, aggravated by Donald Trump’s assumption of office as the US president, the world seems to be tentatively...

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Gk Editorial Desk

The Monsoon Romance

True, there’d been dark, heavy clouds hovering over the sky the entire day, building up the anticipation of a rainfall after the scorching months...

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B L Razdan

Merit based promotions, way forward

Performance and incentive driven promotions stimulate employees to constantly strive towards excellence and accomplish set targets with utmost...

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Greater Kashmir

Dr. Mushtaq Rather

Charity for Livelihood

There are creative ways of arranging one’s qurbani that promote livelihoods for the poor and can become pivotal to the objective of self...

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Greater Kashmir

Muhammed Maroof Shah

When hospital gates turn hostile

Hospitals were meant to be the places of healing, compassion and care. They were supposed to embody patience, and support for those who walk...

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Greater Kashmir

Jahangir Sofi

Kashmir’s Interior Shift

Kashmir is no longer standing still. From design to delivery, the region’s construction and interior sectors are evolving, mirroring trends seen in...

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Greater Kashmir

Raja Ishfaq Lateef

Saving our lifeline!

Much water has flown from river Jhelum since devastating floods hit Kashmir on September 7, 2014. Horrible memories of the devastation still haunt...

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Arif Shafi Wani

Time for Gaza peace

The Middle East has stepped back from the brink. The recent ceasefire between Iran and Israel, brokered in part through quiet diplomacy and...

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Gk Editorial Desk

75 Years of National Sample Survey (NSS)

The Statistics Day is observed annually on 29th June, commemorating the birth anniversary of late Professor Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis, since...

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Altaf Hussain Haji)

Ayushman Bharat…So that no Indian is ever deprived of medical treatment!

Prime Minister Modi writes a letter, saying: ‘Your health is our commitment’ “Crores have benefitted from the Ayushman Bharat Yojana, and I am...

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Colonel Maqbool Shah

When Diplomacy Drowns in Dictionary Deep-Dives

Shashi Tharoor’s recent whirlwind tour of Western capitals—from Washington’s corridors of power to the Council on Foreign Relations—has once again...

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Colonel Maqbool Shah

When news rooms used to say sorry

There was a time — not too long ago — when news anchors looked straight into the camera and said, “We apologise for the error in our report...

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Dr. Ashraf Zainabi

Smell of neglect declared her dead

Ayesha Khan’s story didn’t begin with her death. It began with the quiet disappearance of human connection. Long before her door was forced open by...

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Syeda Afshana

Why Doha Is Becoming the New Geneva

For decades, diplomacy had its default coordinators. Peace talks, nuclear negotiations, and secret backchannel meetings would often convene in...

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Surinder Singh Oberoi

Srinagar Stinks Terribly !

In March this year Commissioner Srinagar Municipal Corporation-SMC Dr Owais Ahmad agreed to give an undertaking for clearing 11.50 lakh metric...

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Dr Raja Muzaffar Bhat

Trump’s ire against Israel

US President Donald Trump expressed his strong displeasure with Israel for bombing Iran immediately in the wake of his announcement that both...

27.06.2025 4

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Vivek Katju

Greater Kashmir’s Understanding the Law Initiative: Hands That Hinder, Walls That Bind

The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), 2023, marks a significant legislative overhaul of India’s criminal justice framework, replacing the Indian Penal...

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Muneeb Rashid Malik

Indus Script: An Enduring Puzzle

The history  of scripts and languages  is  as old as the development of human civilisation. The  story of the writings on  rocks, clay, earthen and...

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Iqbal Ahmad

SMOKING: Keep a watch on your young adults

Smoking is one of the largest public health problem due to its affects on human body and its association with a variety of chronic and other...

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Khurshida Akhtar

Who is Kashmir being built for?

Srinagar is changing fast, too fast, some say. Tiled walkways appear overnight, cycling tracks glide alongside the Jhelum, murals bloom on the...

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Meer Shahzaib

Is This An Obligation?

An ailing patient admitted to a hospital is always seen in a state of despondency, struggling for relief, craving for solace and remedy to his...

27.06.2025 4

Greater Kashmir

M. Shuaib Wani

Elders: The Epitome of Warm Hospitality

In the rich cultural mosaic of Kashmir, traditional hospitality has always stood out. Our elders who were the embodiment of sincere warmth,...

27.06.2025 1

Greater Kashmir

Manzoor Akash

True Prevention for Seniors

 “Prevention is better than cure,” remarked a respected senior expert during a recent panel I had the honour of being part of. His words, though...

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Dr. Zubair Saleem

President Trump Bickers With Harvard

DURING the last few months Harvard, America’s globally prestigious top-ranking university, and the world’s most powerful political official, the...

27.06.2025 2

Greater Kashmir

Prof. M. R. Dua

A welcome step towards inclusion

In a significant and humane move, the Jammu and Kashmir government is mulling the removal of the educational qualification bar in the marriage...

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Afroza Rehman

The importance of these tunnels cannot be overstated

On June 23, 2025, the Lieutenant Governor (L.G.) of Jammu and Kashmir made a significant announcement via Twitter regarding the sanctioning of new...

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Peerzada Mohsin Shafi

On spending bounties

O ye who believe! Spend out of (the Bounties) We have provided for you, before the Day comes when no bargaining (will avail) nor friendship nor...

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Gk Editorial Desk