Commentaries

Iranian apple imports in India: A serious issue that needs dealing with
1024 683 Jigyasa Gulati

Apple Cultivation in Jammu and Kashmir India, considered the fruit and vegetable basket of the world, is the second-largest producer of apples with an annual production of 88.98 million tonnes…

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Media and conflict: A peek into Kashmir
1024 490 JK Policy Institute

Although any conflict can be explained and defined in terms of a plethora of reasons and causes, what, however, runs as a common thread in all conflicts is the difference(s)…

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Why has DD Kendra Srinagar failed to deliver its potential as a public service broadcaster?
1024 768 JK Policy Institute

“Is TV a Pied Piper? Yes, it is. We had better be sure where it is leading our children.” When television psychologist Dr. Dorothy H. Cohen warned parents about the…

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 A brief analysis of ‘spurious and substandard drugs’ in J&K
670 466 Mukhtar Dar

The pharmaceutical business, like every other sector of the economy, has also grown exponentially over the years in J&K. While previously there were only a few chemists’ shops dealing in…

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It’s time to ask: when will Kashmir have proper waste disposal infrastructure
1024 538 Adeela Hameed

Waste generation has become a serious environmental and public health problem everywhere in the world, and disposal is as big a problem as is waste. India, alone, generates about 100,000…

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The overwhelming crisis of waste management in Kashmir
1024 461 Mukhtar Dar

“Thousands have lived without love, not one without water.” – W.H. Auden The overuse of local natural resources has, for the last two decades in rural village settings, contributed to…

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AB PM-JAY in Jammu and Kashmir: A review of outcomes and challenges
800 445 Aqsa Khan

Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PM-JAY) is a national public health insurance scheme of the Government of India that aims to provide free access to health insurance coverage…

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Kitchen gardening: A culture model for environmentally sustainable food production
1024 512 Adeela Hameed

Climate change represents the greatest challenges to maintaining the sustainability of agricultural systems stressed by increasing food demands. Therefore, agrarian activities such as kitchen gardening that favour agricultural sustainability by bringing economic and environmental benefits merit further discussion.

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Disaster management in view of changing climates: Is Kashmir ready for the impending fight?
653 367 Adeela Hameed

By Adeela Hameed Projections of climate change impacts are likely to be varied and heterogeneous in India. Some regions, including Kashmir, will experience more intense rainfall and flood risks, while others,…

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The survival of ‘Himalayan Black Bear’ hinges on how humans live now
698 393 Adeela Hameed

By Adeela Hameed Climate change (CC), loss of forests, habitat destruction, biodiversity extinction, and man-animal conflict. These events are tearing apart our planet’s ecosystem and dimming our hopes of survival.…

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Coronavirus outbreak and its secondary impact on children: What was done, what could be done
698 393 JK Policy Institute

By Muzamil Bashir “This is a universal crisis and, for some children the impact will be lifelong” was the observation made by United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) concerning the COVID-19…

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