Category: Editorials
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A roof over the head
As part of the empowerment of the marginalized people, the center is planning to build houses for 5 lakh homeless people in the Union Territory. Honestly, the announcement by Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan during his visit came as a pleasant surprise to all, perhaps, because in J&K we are not used to such…
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Change lifestyle
The heat wave is playing havoc with humans and other life forms across India. I can even impact all your development plans. The power demand touched at its seasonal high at 237 gigawatts (GW), surpassing the previous record of 234 GW earlier in the current week. This is authentic as the Ministry of Power discloses…
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GB Protests turn serious
Protests are continuing across Gilgit-Baltistan, part of the occupied J&K. The protests have turned quite serious with countries sending advisories to their nationals against travelling this most scenic and yet undeveloped part under the control of Pakistan. This is the first time that people in such large numbers have come out on the streets to…
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One China Policy!
National Conference leader Omar Abdullah has advised the Narendra Modi government to adopt a one-China policy to end tensions with the neighbour. Even though his intentions are good, Jr. Abdullah makes a complex geopolitical issue sound so simple. China has thousands of things to be angry about India at this juncture than bother about a…
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Expectations from G-20 Summit
The G-20 Summit in New Delhi on September 9-10 has sparked excitement across the world as, for the first time this multilateral body has taken cognizance of the problems of the global south comprising 125 countries. This comes at the initiative and insistence of India. Both Prime Minister Narendra Modi and S Jaishankar are very…
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Kudos to Azad
If there is one politician who plays politics by the rules of the game it’s Ghulam Nabi Azad. He has consistently been speaking uniformly on terrorism without any political consideration. Now he made it clear that he doesn’t believe in playing politics over terrorism. This is a lesson for all the politicians who think that…
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Is UNMOGIP Relevant?
The United Nations Military operations Group in India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP) is the kind of setup that drains the resources of the world body. It’s a humongous office with staff, premises both in Srinagar, Delhi and in Islamabad in Pakistan that stands like a static scarecrow in a field of which no bird is scared…
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Myriad changes
Jammu and Kashmir’s development has entered a dynamic phase under the administration of Lt Governor Manoj Sinha. The erudite public man that Sinha is, he had propelled Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP’s dream to see J&K become an equally developed and progressive part of India. While a comprehensive panchayati Raj system system has been…
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Huge Respect
The Iran’s Football team won billions of hearts across the world as the members showed their solidarity with the women’s cause back home by keeping silent as their national anthem was being played at the FIFA world cup. Their silence was a reminder to the world to the women’s plight in Iran under the ultra…
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E-governance meet
External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar narrated an incident of his visit to a restaurant in the USA with his son. Both of them were asked to show their Covid-vaccination certificates. Jaishankar opened his mobile to show his certificate, while his son took out a folded paper from his wallet. At this, Jaishnakar quipped, “This…