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Though health care is one of the priority sectors among the nine pillars earmarked by the Central Government, the ailing sector nation-wide in general and in Jammu and Kashmir in particular is pathetic. The allurement of commission on…
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A posting by a 20-year-old college student on the Internet has become a political topic with each and everyone jumping into the controversy to get some mileage. She blamed war for her father's death a very wise statement. Through her…
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 Nivedita Khandekar Karimul Haque and Nivedita Bhide have nothing in common. Neither education, family background, resources at disposal nor even geographical location, but one thing that both have common is their willingness to serve.…
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Dr. Parveen Kumar, Dr. Anil Kumar  Extension services in the country have been by and large provided by the public agencies. This also included the state agriculture and allied departments with their field functionaries working at the…
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Cross LoC trade has been in news for good or bad reasons in Jammu and Kashmir as the recent seizure of weapons from a truck intercepted at the entry point in Uri proves. This is nothing new, arms running by the cross-border truckers must be…
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Can it be possible to hold municipal committees responsible for deaths due to potholes on the roads? Not maybe. In fact, the Draft Road Transport Safety Bill, which the ministry prepared after death of former Minister Gopinath Munde, had…
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 Gwynne Dyer For the first time in six years, there is famine in the world: A real, United Nations-declared famine, with more than 30 per cent of the affected population suffering acute malnutrition and more than a 1,000 people dying of…
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The controversy raked up by former Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah is yet to cool down former Union Minister P Chidambaram has expressed his 'sinking feeling' about Kashmir  as he claimed that Central Government used brute force to quell the…
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The Urban Development Ministry has prepared a framework for 'City Liveability Index' for all Indian cities based on 77 parameters under 15 categories. These include level of air pollution, availability of public transport, open space,…
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 A. N Bharadwaj Pak agitated lamently Kashmir issue at national and International forums against India on the basis of flimsy grounds, concocted stories without any base, which does not carry any weight in the absence of the authenticated…
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