Ensure Panchayat-Level CSCs

Jammu and Kashmir has emerged as a national leader in digital governance, securing the top position in the country with an impressive 1,028 online public services. This achievement reflects the UT’s remarkable progress in integrating…

Fix Dal Project Deviations

The suspension of the Rs 7.71-crore Northern Foreshore Road beautification project along Dal Lake-following a third-party audit that exposed major deviations-highlights both a serious lapse by the contractor and the strength of the safeguards built…

Outsourcing Committees Without Outcomes

For nearly four years, a series of committee reshuffles, expanded memberships, altered chairmanships and repeated government orders have failed to achieve what should have been a straightforward administrative exercise: outsourcing the Tourism Department’s own assets…

Deepavali’s UNESCO Recognition

The inscription of Deepavali on UNESCO’s Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity marks a watershed moment for India’s cultural diplomacy and heritage preservation. For a festival whose scale and spirit are unmatched…

Resolve Ayurvedic College Issues

It is nothing short of a national irony that while the world turns with renewed seriousness towards alternative and traditional systems of medicine, India-the birthplace of Ayurveda-struggles to properly run one of its own Ayurvedic…

Expanding Drug Network

The arrest of two drug peddlers with nearly one kilogram of heroin-valued at around Rs 1 crore-in Baramulla is both a commendable policing achievement and a deeply worrying indicator of the evolving narcotics landscape in…

Safeguard Fragile Ladakh

The National Green Tribunal’s suo motu action on Ladakh’s worsening ecological condition is a timely and necessary intervention for one of India’s most fragile and strategic regions. Triggered by a scientific paper detailing rapid climate…

Strategic Rail Connectivity

The stalled progress on the Bhanupli-Bilaspur-Manali-Leh railway corridor is not merely an administrative setback-it is a strategic concern for the nation. At the heart of the delay lies the Himachal Pradesh Government’s inability to meet…

Army’s ‘Boots to Bytes’ Leap

The Army’s newly unveiled ‘Boots to Bytes’ transformation plan marks one of the most consequential shifts in India’s military thinking in recent decades. At its heart lies a simple truth: the character of warfare has…