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<loc>https://kashmirtimes.com/opinion/comment-articles/kashmirs-power-crisis-deficit-by-design-not-destiny</loc>
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<image:caption>High voltage electricity towers in Jammu and Kashmir. Image is representational.</image:caption>
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<image:caption>A file graphic of Ratle Power Project Kishtwar in Jammu and Kashmir. Image is representational.</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-04-24T12:38:54.188Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Kashmir’s Power Crisis: Deficit By Design, Not Destiny</news:title>
<news:keywords>Power Generation, Kashmir, Jammu &amp; Kashmir, Electricity Storage, Infrastructure, Economy, Policy Paralyses, Transmission, Distribution, Losses, Politics, Hydropower, Hydel Projects</news:keywords>
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<loc>https://kashmirtimes.com/opinion/comment-articles/growing-an-ecosystem-for-smallholder-farmers-in-india</loc>
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<image:loc>https://media.assettype.com/kashmirtimes/2026-04-24/00wepv1m/A-first-of-its-kind-co-operative-store-of-FPOs-has-been-set-up-in-Dharamshala-Himachal-Pradesh.-PhotoSpecial-Arrangement.png</image:loc>
<image:caption>A first-of-its-kind Co-operative Store of FPOs has been set up in Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh, north Indian Himalayan state.</image:caption>
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<image:loc>https://media.assettype.com/kashmirtimes/2026-04-24/hl7ve5u3/HFN-Foods-is-providing-market-linkages-to-women-self-help-groups-and-training-them-in-labelling-and-packaging.jpg</image:loc>
<image:caption>HFN Foods is providing market linkages to women self-help groups and training them in labelling, and packaging.</image:caption>
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<image:loc>https://media.assettype.com/kashmirtimes/2026-04-24/ecn016vu/Through-its-store-at-Dharamshala-and-an-e-commerce-platform-HFN-connects-consumers-directly-with-smallholder-farmers.png</image:loc>
<image:caption>Through its store at Dharamshala and an e-commerce platform, HFN connects consumers directly with smallholder farmers.</image:caption>
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<image:loc>https://media.assettype.com/kashmirtimes/2026-04-24/fu3hnddo/HFN-works-with-over-40-lakh-farmers-in-13000-villages-of-India.jpg</image:loc>
<image:caption>HFN works with over 40 lakh farmers in 13,000 villages of India.</image:caption>
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<image:loc>https://media.assettype.com/kashmirtimes/2026-04-24/wwzn857k/HFN-BioGas-Cube-is-a-ready-to-use-modular-bio-gas-unit-that-produces-cooking-fuel-biogas-using-a-mixture-of-cow-dung-kitchen-waste-and-water.png</image:loc>
<image:caption>HFN BioGas Cube is a ready-to-use, modular bio-gas unit that produces cooking fuel (biogas) using a mixture of cow dung, kitchen waste, and water.</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-04-24T11:52:03.073Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Growing An Ecosystem For Smallholder Farmers in India</news:title>
<news:keywords>Farmers, Health, Economy, Agriculture, Bio-gas Plant, Himachal Pradesh, Himalayan Belt, Politics, Cooperatives, Self-Help Groups, Small Loans, Produce, Welfare, Fertilisers, Dharamshala, Mcleodganj</news:keywords>
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<url>
<loc>https://kashmirtimes.com/opinion/comment-articles/amid-sir-row-ram-rajya-versus-bengali-ness-bengals-reckoning</loc>
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<image:loc>https://media.assettype.com/kashmirtimes/2026-04-23/snda9951/SIR-And-The-Fate-Of-Bengal-Bengaliness-Vs-Ramrajya.jpeg</image:loc>
<image:caption>Special Intensive Revision (SIR) and the fate of Bengal voters, who were deleted from the electoral rolls, remains uncertain. Image is representational.</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-04-24T00:30:00.000Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Amid SIR row, ‘Ram Rajya’ versus ‘Bengali-ness’, Bengal’s reckoning</news:title>
<news:keywords>Bengal, Muslim Voters, Voters, Electoral Rolls, Bengali-ness, TMC, All India Trinamool Congress, Resentment, Special Intensive Revision, SIR, Uttar Pradesh, BJP, Bhartiya Janta Party, Bengalis, CPIM, Baam to Ram, Hindi Belt, Darjeeling, Gorkhaland, Gita Bhawans, Muslims, Infiltrators, Murshidabad, India, Pakistan, Elections, Partition</news:keywords>
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<loc>https://kashmirtimes.com/opinion/comment-articles/the-silent-collapse-of-shopians-farmers</loc>
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<image:caption>Apples, gucchi and saffron crops grown in Kashmir.</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-04-23T13:21:47.263Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>The Silent Collapse of Shopian’s Farmers </news:title>
<news:keywords>Kashmir Apples, Apple Economy, Shopian, Apple Bowl, SKUAST, Fruit Growers, Fruit Industry, Jammu &amp; Kashmir, Horticulture, Kashmir, Politics, Farmers, Agro Chemicals, Communication, Climate Shocks, Prospertity, Agriculture, Climate Change</news:keywords>
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<url>
<loc>https://kashmirtimes.com/news/4th-day-in-protest-lawyers-in-rs-pura-demand-sessions-court-as-per-hc-order</loc>
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<image:loc>https://media.assettype.com/kashmirtimes/2026-04-23/72r3ibbk/Lawyers-protesting-in-R-S-Pura.png</image:loc>
<image:caption>Lawyers protesting in R S Pura, near Jammu in Jammu and Kashmir for the third consecutive seeking setting up of a Sessions Court.</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-04-23T12:34:34.912Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>4th Day in Protest: Lawyers in R.S. Pura Demand Sessions Court as Per HC Order</news:title>
<news:keywords>Jammu &amp; Kashmir, Lawyers, Protest, Sessions Judge, Sessions Court, Jammu, R S Pura, Law &amp; Order, Legal Fraternity</news:keywords>
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