JK Policy Institute
Technically sophisticated, cheap, and lightweight, plastic is one of the world’s most-used materials. Roland Barthes, a French intellectual in his 1957 book Mythologies quotes about plastics: “So, more than a…
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Xinjiang in Mandarin translates to a new frontier or borderland. Also known as Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region (XUAR), Xinjiang lies within the proximity of a cold desert region. It happens…
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Tourism represents around 6% of world trade and almost 13% of the total global consumer spending. Unlike most other industries, tourism is essentially based on a good environment, and people…
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In the first three months of the current year, there were no less than 146 fire incidents in the summer capital Srinagar, causing damage to property worth 2.5 billion rupees…
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Lest we forget… it was on May 21, 1990, when Mirwaiz Molvi Muhammad Farooq — the then Mirwaiz of Kashmir, and father of incumbent Mirwaiz (Umar Farooq) —was assassinated at…
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“The world you and I live in is increasingly challenged. Population growth, pollution, over-consumption, unsustainable patterns, social conflict, climate change, loss of nature…these are not good stories.” – Jack Dangermond…
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There is confusion all around. And confusion almost always arises because of no accountability; a bliss for the unscrupulous, who thrive and prosper in the absence of any checks and…
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“Objectification paves the way for body shaming and unrealistic body image pressures that create unrealistic body ideals and beauty standards.” This paper discusses the progression of the objectification of women’s…
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A growing number of fire incidents in the Kashmir Valley has set the alarm bells ringing. The crowded housing conditions in urban areas has intensified the ever-present and constantly accelerating…
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The world is full of so many staggering problems. Everyone wants to make things better in the world, except the people present at the top of the power pyramid. Colonialism…
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The Look East Policy was launched in the year 1992 by Indian Prime Minister PV Narsimha Rao, a year after the disintegration of the USSR (Soviet Union) in 1991. The…
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