Day: December 27, 2025

JKCAG Team in Keegam Shopian By Syed Sammar Mehdi Srinagar- Farmers in Pulwama and Shopian are raising alarm over a proposed railway line that they say threatens their livelihoods and the local environment.  The 26-kilometer stretch, planned between Kakapora in Pulwama and Kunsoo in Shopian, would cut through highly productive apple orchards and other horticulture land,…

File photo: Two kids in Kashmir snow (courtesy X). By Dr. Mushtaq Rather Winter in Kashmir is harsh, long, and often unforgiving.  Schools close for nearly three months, cutting children off from classrooms and structured learning.  No other region in India faces such extended breaks, not even when the thermometer climbs to 50 degrees in summer. …

KO file photo by Abid Bhat By Faisal Kawoosa Tourism is our pride. No one in Jammu and Kashmir doubts that. It feeds families, keeps small businesses alive, and gives the region a sense of global connection.  But pride alone cannot carry an economy, especially one as young, educated, and restless as ours.  One year into…

Representational image | PTI file photo New Delhi- Air pollution is arguably the biggest public health crisis India has faced since the pandemic and will continue to worsen each year unless urgent action is taken, a UK-based Indian-origin pulmonologist warned, noting that a looming tsunami of airway disease remains largely underdiagnosed and untreated. Speaking to…

H-1B Visa New Delhi- India on Friday said it flagged its concerns to the US over cancellation of pre-scheduled H1B visa interviews of large numbers of Indian applicants and that both sides are engaged on the issue. The interviews of thousands of H-1B visa applicants slated from the middle of this month in India have…

Chennai Hospital Airlifts Heart from Thanjavur by Helicopter Chennai- A Chennai-based hospital on Friday successfully airlifted a heart from Thanjavur by helicopter, saving the life of a 33-year-old cardiac patient from Maharashtra. The heart was retrieved from a 19-year-old donor who sustained a traumatic brain injury in a road accident and was declared brain-dead on…