How will the COVID pandemic end?
NORWICH (UK), Sept 15: After over 18 months of this pandemic, with the social distancing, mask wearing and on-off lockdowns, what we all want to know more than anything else is when it will all…
Category: Science & Technology
Trump aides aim to build GOP opposition to Afghan refugees
Washington, Sep 15: As tens of thousands of Afghan refugees fleeing the Taliban arrive in the US, a handful of former Trump administration officials are working to turn Republicans against them.The former officials are writing…
Incomplete fruit markets in J&K
Any move towards increasing agricultural output in Jammu and Kashmir would be half hearted and virtually perfunctory without proper marketing opportunities and reasonably adequate marketing facilities as well. If we analyse the utility of the…
Investigate irregularities in Oxygen plants procurement
A resilient nation through its people makes the best out of an adversity, even like breaking out of a pandemic like Carona virus etc, has perhaps gone the other way though deliberately and ostensibly under…
Pesticides in our drinking water
Dr Raja Muzaffar BhatWe have enormous sources of water in Jammu & Kashmir for drinking and as well as irrigation. There are huge glaciers, rivers, streams, lakes and rivulets across J&K. In spite of such…
Celebrating International Ozone Day
Dr Mandeep Singh Azad, Dr Manmeet MotanWorld Ozone Day, is celebrated on September 16 every year. It shows that collective decisions and action, guided by science, are the only way to solve major global crises.…
Singapore Parliament rejects Opposition proposal on employment under free trade pact with India
Singapore, Sept 15:Singapore’s Parliament on Wednesday rejected a proposal from the Opposition hitting out at a free trade pact with India for allegedly paving the way for Indian professionals to take up domestic workers’ jobs…
Cabinet approves big bang telecom reforms
NEW DELHI, Sept 15:In big bang reforms, the Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved a relief package for the telecom sector that includes a four-year moratorium on payment of statutory dues by telecom companies as well…
Time to regulate web based media channels in J&K
Ranjit PariharThe number of web based news media channels in Jammu and Kashmir has been mushrooming from last couple of years . According to an estimate, there are over 100 pages on Facebook and other…
Vahan Raises USD 8 mn in funding round led by Khosla Ventures
New Delhi, Sept 15:Blue-collar jobs platform Vahan on Wednesday said it has raised USD 8 million (around Rs 59 crore) in a funding round led by existing investor Khosla Ventures.The Series A round also saw…