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Indian banking system of deposits and advances. Image is representational.

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Why India’s Next Banking Crisis Won’t Start With Bad Loans

26 Jan 2026

6 min read

India's Banking System Faces New Challenges as Deposit Competition Intensifies

BJP’s Shah Nawaz Hussain adjusting Atal Behari Vajpayee’s Karakuli cap at an Iftar Party.

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Vajpayee: The ‘Moderator’ or Facilitator of Extremism’

Shahruk Ahmed Mazumdar

26 Jan 2026

3 min read

How AI is impacting real life? Image representational.

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Book Review: The Wave Upon Us

26 Jan 2026

6 min read

Map of Jammu and Kashmir showing the disputed areas under control of Pakistan and China in 2004, prepared by University of Texas for the purpose of study.

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Keep Jammu and Kashmir Whole, Not Carved Up

Altaf Hussain Wani

24 Jan 2026

3 min read

A representational image of Jammu-Srinagar National Highway Project.

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Kashmir: From Historic Crossroads to Single, Fragile Lifeline

23 Jan 2026

4 min read

Newborns lie swaddled in hazardous nylon thermal wraps in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at GMC Anantnag, Jammu & Kashmir, receiving care with safety at the hospital's neonatal unit.

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How Infants Are Being Poisoned by the Clothes They Wear

23 Jan 2026

9 min read

Dr Muhammad Manzoor Alam

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Dr Manzoor Alam: A Life Devoted to Building Ideas, Institutions

Iftikhar Gilani

21 Jan 2026

7 min read

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J&K Map with two Union Territories. Image is representational.

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Perils of J&K’s Fragmentation: A Roadmap for Unity

Latief U Zaman Deva

19 Jan 2026

7 min read

There is a staggering lack of gender-disaggregated data in epidemiology. Without this data, health interventions cannot be effectively targeted. Image is representational.

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Beyond 'Smaller Men': The Dangerous Medical Gap Putting Women’s Lives at Risk

18 Jan 2026

7 min read

Pro-government demonstrators in Tehran, Iran on January 14, 2026.

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Must Iran live in refeudalised era?

17 Jan 2026

5 min read

Protestors gathered in a street in Tehran, Iran on Friday, January 9, 2026.

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A Region on the Brink: South Asia Must Choose Dialogue Before Disaster

15 Jan 2026

3 min read

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Proposed National Law University in Kashmir. Image is representational.

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NLU Row in J&K: Lessons from IIT Bhubaneswar

Syed Adnan Hashmi

15 Jan 2026

3 min read

Apple laden trees in Hakura Budasgam, Anantnag in Kashmir valley during harvest season in October.

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The Slow Poison: Kashmir's apple orchards are killing their farmers - II

15 Jan 2026

7 min read

A file photo of Pandit Bhushan Bazaz

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Bhushan Bazaz, Last Custodian of Kashmir’s Moral Dialogue

Iftikhar Gilani

14 Jan 2026

4 min read

Apple laden trees in Hakura Budasgam, Anantnag in Kashmir valley during harvest season in October.

Toxic Harvest: Kashmir's apple orchards are killing their farmers - I

13 Jan 2026

6 min read

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Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro being escorted to a detention centre in New York after his capture from Venezuelan capital Caracas.

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Maduro Capture: A Legal Cloak for a Coercive Regime Change

Syed Aqib Hussain

13 Jan 2026

3 min read

Border disputes involving India against Pakistan and China have created complex geopolitical dynamics in South Asia.

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When power displaces law, South Asia moves closer to the brink

Mehr un Nisa Rehman

12 Jan 2026

5 min read

A file photo of Baglihar Dam across Chenab River near Chanderkote in Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir in India.

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Water as a weapon: How Kashmir’s rivers are narrowing space for peace

10 Jan 2026

3 min read

A file photo of inauguration of Skill and Simulation Lab at Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Institute of Medical Excellence on April 4, 2025.

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SATIRE: Rejoice the Fall of Medical College, Cave Dwellers

Anuradha Bhasin

08 Jan 2026

3 min read

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Kuldeep Singh Sengar was sentenced to life imprisonment in 2019 for raping a 17-year-old girl.

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From No-Tolerance for Rapes to Support for Rapists

Anuradha Bhasin

07 Jan 2026

5 min read

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro being escorted to a detention centre in New York after his capture from Venezuelan capital Caracas.

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The Venezuela Gambit and the Fraying of the Global Order

06 Jan 2026

7 min read

Security forces personnel stand guard at the site after an encounter in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district, on Wednesday, November 22, 2023.

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Book Review: Of Staged Encounters and a Deeper Rot

Mushtaq Ul Haq Ahmad Sikander

03 Jan 2026

5 min read

Apple laden trees in Hakura Budasgam, Anantnag in Kashmir valley during harvest season in October.

Endangered Apple Empire: A Saga of Invisible Pests and Chemical Warfare

02 Jan 2026

10 min read

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Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan in one of the several music concerts.

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Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan sings the requiem of the Indian Left

31 Dec 2025

6 min read

A front and back cover of the book, "Giyarah Saal Salaakhon Ke Peeche" (Eleven Years Behind Bars) by Mufti Abdul Qayyum Ahmad Husain Mansoori.

Testimony of Pain: Falsely Implicated, Akshardham Accused Uses Memory as Resistance

Mushtaq Ul Haq Ahmad Sikander

30 Dec 2025

6 min read

As journalists, we must travel to far-flung edges to ensure that the most vulnerable aren't erased by a digital percentage point.

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Postscript: Beyond the Algorithm, Stories from India’s Invisible Frontlines

29 Dec 2025

5 min read

Fully grown apples on a tree in an orchard with new varieties of high-density apple trees in Baramulla district of Kashmir.

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Why Kashmir Apples Lose on Prices?

28 Dec 2025

3 min read

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Rural women working as farm labours in India. Image is representational.

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MGNREGA vs. VB-G RAM G: Reform or Rollback?

27 Dec 2025

5 min read

An ambulance carrying injured tourists to the hospital from Pahalgam, where at least 26 tourists including some foreigners were killed in a terror attack in the hill resort on April 22, 2025.

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UN experts, force and water: a dangerous turn in South Asia

Syeda Tahreem Bukhari

27 Dec 2025

3 min read

Keeping tradition alive with every stitch. Artisan Masood Wagay in his Gabba showroom in Kadipora, Anantnag, Kashmir—a space where heritage meets craftsmanship.

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The Fading Threads: Can Kashmir’s Centuries-Old Gabba Craft Be Saved?

24 Dec 2025

12 min read

Dr Nisar Farhad with his father and younger brother representing a generational legacy of dedication to horticulture and farming in Kashmir, where tradition, resilience and affection for the land continue to shape identity and livelihoods.

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Kashmiri Farmers Caught Between Struggle and Survival

Dr Nisar Farhad

23 Dec 2025

5 min read

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Front cover of the book, "Jammu and Kashmir: The Forgotten Narrative" by Saud Sultan and the author with his book.

Jammu and Kashmir: Battle Over Memory

Iftikhar Gilani

22 Dec 2025

7 min read

Rabbi Dovid Feldman from New York, USA, is a prominent spokesperson for Neturei Karta, an international anti-Zionist Jewish group.

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Interview -- Rabbi Dovid Feldman: ‘State of Israel is rebellion against God’

Iftikhar Gilani

21 Dec 2025

5 min read

A file photo of Baglihar Dam across Chenab River near Chanderkote in Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir state in India.

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When power goes scarce in a power-rich land

20 Dec 2025

5 min read

China replaces soldiers with machinegun-carrying robots in Tibet. Image is representational.

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The New Mandarins of War: How China’s Robot Army Is Reshaping Global Power

13 Dec 2025

6 min read

Comment Articles (Opinion)

Israel Ministry of Defense Director General and the Indian Defense Secretary signing a strategic memorandum of understanding on November 4, 2025.

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India and Israel Double Down on their ‘Strategic Partnership’

12 Dec 2025

6 min read

Dr Nisar Farhad conducting practical Chemistry sessions with students at BHSS Arihal, Pulwama, in Jammu and Kashmir.

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Why Laboratories Must Become the Heart of Science Education

Dr Nisar Farhad

10 Dec 2025

4 min read

Gujjar and Bakerwal ponywallahs including Mohammad Munshi has been ferrying pilgrims on his pony Channu since he was 14 on Vaishno Devi pilgrimage route.

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If Society Took an Exam Today, Would It Pass?

09 Dec 2025

4 min read

Map plotting the storm's track and intensity, according to the Saffir–Simpson scale Map keySaffir–Simpson scale.

A Cyclone of Poor Response: A South Asia Story

Anuradha Bhasin

08 Dec 2025

5 min read

Comment Articles (Opinion)

A powerful act of solidarity. A Hindu Dogra man and his daughter donate land to a Muslim neighbour, whose home was demolished in retaliation for his son's journalism. Humanity rises above divides.

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The Land and the Human Loop of Compassion

07 Dec 2025

6 min read

A satellite image of Srinagar, as viewed on Google Crisis Maps. September 2014. The 42-kilometer long flood channel dug in 1904 exits from a bend in the Jhelum and goes to the left of the picture. Image is representational of 2014 unprecedented floods in Kashmir Valley.

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Climate Crisis: Not Tokenism but Redesigning the Development Model is the Way Forward

07 Dec 2025

7 min read

Shikara Stand, Dal Lake, Srinagar on May 23, 2025. Dozens of shikaras parked tied together and unused, a quiet symbol of the collapse in tourism over recent days.

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How Banks in Jammu and Kashmir Keep Economy Weak

05 Dec 2025

3 min read

Children with special needs and PwD protesting in support of their demands for facilities in Kashmir.

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International Disability Day: A Long Wait For The Rights They Deserve

03 Dec 2025

6 min read

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