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Dementia’s silent spread

A woman searches for her prayer beads, unable to remember where she kept them. A man struggles to recall the names of the grandchildren who sit...

yesterday 7

Greater Kashmir

Gk Editorial Desk

Sewa Parv: Festival of Service, Dedication & Resolve

Sewa Parv or the Festival of Service is being celebrated across the country. The Govt officials in J&K are on the tenterhooks. Seminars, workshops,...

yesterday 7

Greater Kashmir

Dr Raja Muzaffar Bhat

Missing links in the chain

Some fundamentals of the counter-terrorism strategies in Jammu and Kashmir have changed over the years, and so has the narrative. There has been a...

yesterday 9

Greater Kashmir

Arun Joshi

Nuclear Alliances and Shifting Sands

The September 17 signing of the Strategic Mutual Defence Agreement between Saudi Arabia and Pakistan represents more than diplomatic pageantry in...

yesterday 7

Greater Kashmir

Colonel Maqbool Shah

Heightened health-related anxiety

One fine evening, Mr. X went to his favorite restaurant. He ordered his favorite seekh tuj (barbeque), his mouth watered, inhaling the irresistible...

yesterday 7

Greater Kashmir

Mehreen Riyaz

Kashmir’s Apple Growers Face Highway Hell

An almost unprecedented crisis has affected Kashmir’s apple harvest, which is essential to the Valley’s economy. After significant rainfall, flash...

yesterday 7

Greater Kashmir

Dr. Neeraj A Sharma

HANGUL: The Endangered Symbol of Kashmir

At the conclusion of a recent conference on hangul and other ungulates of J&K in Srinagar, it was noteworthy that Chief Minister Omar Abdullah...

yesterday 7

Greater Kashmir

Dr Rahul Kaul

NEP 2020: Transforming Agricultural Education

The National Education Policy 2020 (NEP 2020) offers a bold, system-wide rethinking of Indian education. Although, NEP is broad in scope, several...

previous day 1

Greater Kashmir

Guest Contributor

Empowering Global Journeys: Kashmir Care Foundation’s Guide to Germany

Germany has quietly become one of the most sought-after destinations for Indian students, offering world-class education with relatively low burden...

previous day 2

Greater Kashmir

Guest Contributor

CULTURAL INTELLIGENCE: The New Skillset for a Changing World

In an era where artificial intelligence can write poems, essays and our world is increasingly shaped by digital connections, one big question...

previous day 3

Greater Kashmir

Shahid Ali Khan

The Flood Lessons

This monsoon, northern India has witnessed exceptionally heavy rainfall, notably in Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, and...

previous day 2

Greater Kashmir

Dr. Qudsia Gani

Garbage Mismanagement

One of the biggest challenges in our daily life today is the mismanagement of garbage. Walk through any street, town, or city, and you will notice...

previous day 2

Greater Kashmir

Guest Contributor

Caring for critically endangered Hangul!

It was heartening to see humans brainstorm for saving the critically endangered Hangul or red deer in its last bastions in Kashmir! It is better...

previous day 2

Greater Kashmir

Arif Shafi Wani

Blow to IT sector

Barely had the dust settled on President Donald Trump’s decision to slap a steep 50% tariff on Indian goods when he struck again, this time...

previous day 2

Greater Kashmir

Gk Editorial Desk

Between Private and Public Schools in J&K

A prominent private school in Srinagar hosted a two-day technology workshop TechKnow 2025 during the last week. What made it remarkable was that...

saturday 5

Greater Kashmir

Syeda Afshana

Charting the new order of future wars

The Combined Commanders’ Conference (CCC) 2025, held in Kolkata between September 15th and 17th, was not an ordinary conclave of brass and...

saturday 3

Greater Kashmir

Surinder Singh Oberoi

The Horizon of Resilience

The scene in the villages of Kashmir has become a quiet testament to a new kind of determination. On a riverbank, I watched as a group of children,...

saturday 5

Greater Kashmir

Arhan Bagati

When roads fail, dreams wither

The Srinagar-Jammu National Highway is not just a road for Kashmir. It is the valley’s lifeline, a thread that connects orchards to markets,...

saturday 3

Greater Kashmir

Saba Ashraf Khanyari

Living with Dementia

One the eve of World Alzheimer day which is observed on21st September each year, I wanted to take an opportunity to write about dementia as we try...

saturday 3

Greater Kashmir

Dr Sheikh Hilal Ahmad

India’s Diplomatic Spectrum

The Indian public’s diplomatic mind space has been largely taken over by India-US relations on account of the comments, policies and actions of...

19.09.2025 2

Greater Kashmir

Vivek Katju

Guarding What We Own

The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (BNS) is the new criminal law that has replaced the Indian Penal Code after more than 160 years. One of the most...

19.09.2025 1

Greater Kashmir

Muneeb Rashid Malik

The Apple Catastrophe of Kashmir

While the valley of Kashmir has always been synonymous with horticulture, particularly apple cultivation. This fruit is not just an agricultural...

19.09.2025 1

Greater Kashmir

Sharif Hussain Khan

Lessons in Planning and Execution

The list of projects is long, but this article highlights a few key cases. Jhelum Dredging & Flood Spill Channel After the 2014 floods in Kashmir,...

19.09.2025 1

Greater Kashmir

Syed Afaq Ahmad

An Open letter

I write to you as an academic, driven not only by professional concern but also by a personal responsibility toward this land. The Chenab Valley...

19.09.2025 4

Greater Kashmir

Mirza Jahanzeb Beg

Upsetting the Apple cart

At a time when the red of ripe apples shines in the enormous green of orchards, what has cast gloom over the entire trade is the long closure of...

18.09.2025 2

Greater Kashmir

Gk Editorial Desk

Difference, Dialogue and a Dynamic Tradition

The first human being, Prophet Adam, and his wife Hawa were sent to Earth by Allah, the Lord of all worlds, with the innate religion of nature...

18.09.2025 2

Greater Kashmir

Guest Contributor

Trade, Tolerance, and Turmoil

Historian Allen James Fromherz in ‘The Center of the World’ writes that the Persian Gulf did not enter history as a footnote, but as the...

18.09.2025 10

Greater Kashmir

Daanish Bin Nabi

The GK School of Communications: More than just a training program

Recognizing the gravity of the situation and the urgent need to restore the integrity of journalism, Greater Kashmir — one of the most esteemed and...

18.09.2025 2

Greater Kashmir

Haroon Rashid Bhat

Social Media: Time to sign off ?!

TRUE. Indeed, social media is changing the world. And it’s also undoubtedly creating massive discontent – worldwide – and intensely disrupting...

18.09.2025 4

Greater Kashmir

Prof. M. R. Dua

Repercussions of the Israeli attack on Doha

There are indications that the Israeli attack on the Hamas office in Doha on 09 September 2025 is heavily recoiling on the Netanyahu government....

18.09.2025 4

Greater Kashmir

Vappala Balachandran

The Earth as a Video-disc

Surah Zilzal, or Zalzalah, literally, ‘The Earthquake’, of the Quran reads: When the Earth is shaken to her final convulsion. And when the Earth...

18.09.2025 1

Greater Kashmir

Gk Editorial Desk

World Alzheimer’s Day 21 September 2025

Everyday, in my clinic, I meet families who are watching a loved one slowly slip away into the fog of memory loss. Imagine forgetting your way...

18.09.2025 4

Greater Kashmir

Dr. Zubair Saleem

Road Connectivity: Kashmir’s Lifeline

Kashmir’s geographical position as a mountainous valley at the junction of the Indian subcontinent, Central Asia, and Tibet has made it a crucial...

18.09.2025 3

Greater Kashmir

Prof Upendra Kaul

Echoes of Abandonment

I saw an old woman, infirm and frizzled, wandering to and fro as I stepped out of my house. Her face wore sadness like sunscreen. With tattered...

18.09.2025 4

Greater Kashmir

Faizaan Bashir

Need of a smarter apple industry?

Some economists say Kashmir’s 70% GDP is based on agriculture and horticulture, and the majority of it is from the apple industry. At the same...

18.09.2025 3

Greater Kashmir

Dr. Ashraf Zainabi

Moul Mouj Health Corner

Q: What health conditions can lead to dementia in older adults? A: Stroke, high blood pressure, diabetes, thyroid problems, vitamin B12 deficiency,...

18.09.2025 2

Greater Kashmir

Gk Health Desk

Jobless Growth in Kashmir

This is in response to Sheikh Sofia’s “Youth Unemployment in Kashmir” (GK, 15th September, 2025), wherein she tried to show the “mismatch between...

18.09.2025 2

Greater Kashmir

Aadil Gulzar

Beyond the Bark: Understanding Kashmir’s Dog Bite Explosion

In Kashmir, the upsurge in dog bite incidents was previously regarded as an occasional nuisance; however, it has now escalated into a significant...

18.09.2025 10

Greater Kashmir

Dr. Abrar Ul Haq Wani