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Healthcare Network Faces Breakdown

Srinagar, Sept. 21 -- Disruption of healthcare services under the Ayushman Bharat scheme in Jammu and Kashmir has exposed the fragility of a system that was meant to guarantee universal access. A paym... Read More


Vaccination System Under Strain

Srinagar, Sept. 19 -- Vaccination systems are built on trust, and that trust depends on efficiency, transparency, and accountability. In Jammu and Kashmir, the recent lapses in monitoring and manageme... Read More


Tackling the cyber-crimes

Srinagar, Sept. 18 -- Recently the government has laid out a roadmap to tackle the cyber-crimes that are dangerously spreading in Jammu and Kashmir. The push to operationalise a digital arrest prevent... Read More


Smart City, Unfinished Journey

Srinagar, Sept. 17 -- Srinagar's Smart City journey has reached a point where numbers alone no longer tell the story. Projects worth thousands of crores have been completed, plazas and pedestrian zone... Read More


Plastic Ban Without Enforcement

Srinagar, Sept. 16 -- Plastic waste is now a defining feature of Jammu and Kashmir's landscape. Bottles, wrappers and bags are scattered along riverbanks, roadsides and open spaces, carried by rain in... Read More


Recovery Beyond Hospital Walls

Srinagar, Sept. 15 -- Drug abuse treatment in India has long been defined by short-term interventions. Detoxification, counselling and discharge were treated as the conclusion of care. The new rehabil... Read More


Easing Court Backlogs

Srinagar, Sept. 14 -- Dispute resolution in Jammu and Kashmir took a turn during the recent National Lok Adalat, where more than 23,000 cases were settled in a single day and settlements worth over Rs... Read More


Clean cities need more than two-week campaigns

DAR ES SALAAM, Sept. 14 -- THE governments decision to launch a two-week campaign to restore cleanliness in major cities is welcome but should also make us uncomfortable. We must honestly admit that ... Read More


Skill Hubs for Youth

Srinagar, Sept. 12 -- Skill development in Jammu and Kashmir is entering a phase where intent must translate into measurable outcomes. The plan to restructure Industrial Training Institutes under a ne... Read More


Broken Promise of Smart Meters

Srinagar, Sept. 11 -- Smart meters were introduced in Jammu and Kashmir with the promise of transparency, efficiency, and accountability in electricity consumption. That promise today lies broken. Ove... Read More