Exploring a combine!

BUREAUCRACY AND TECHNOCRACY

We need to have a nice mix so that we excel anywhere we are, comments Dr.Javid Iqbal

In response to my column on ‘IAS scoring over MBBS’ I was intrigued to read a column from a UAE based Kashmiri non-resident, viewing the subject from a different perspective. Apparently his views might be in variance with some of my inputs on the subject, however the gentleman has taken the debate More
The scope and the practice

SOCIAL WORK

It's not about a casual act of generosity and philanthropy as many would perceive it so. It's a subject of immense reach and depth besides being a wonderful profession, comments Amira Wali

Social Worker. The very introduction throws an impression of a geeky individual clad in khadi kurta and trousers carrying a post-man type bag and sporting an eager-to- help kind of expression. Well, I too had the same views about it some two years back. It took me four semesters, six field work trips More
Demeaning doctors, misleading patients

It is not only depressing for doctors, but deceptive for patients to equate an allopathic super-specialist with other therapists by sharing the same prefix, `doctor', writes, Dr. Mushtaq Chalkoo.

 Gone are the days, when the word `doctor’ would grab the attention of people and catch their awares.One of the important issues that concerns the profession of medicine is the misinterpretation of the word, `doctor'. It has been observed that people from more than 25 different streams of therapy More
  • Kashmir

Court dismisses Army FIR

MACHIL FAKE ENCOUNTER

UMER MAQBOOL DAR

Srinagar, June 18: The First Class Judicial Magistrate (CJM) Kupwara has dismissed the FIR lodged by Army on April 30, in which it claimed to have killed three militants in Machil sector in frontier district More


  • Srinagar City

Kashmir to get back its historic artifacts: Jora

GOWHAR BHAT

Srinagar, June 18: Minister for Tourism and Culture, Nawang Rigzin Jora on Friday said the government will initiate process to bring back Kashmiri artifacts shifted from Valley to other cities across India More



  • Jammu

4th Tawi Bridge brightens hope for better traffic management

COMPLETION IN 30 MONTHS

SALEEM CHOUDHARY

Jammu, June 18: While the traffic rush in Jammu is ringing alarming bells, the upcoming fourth Tawi Bridge at Bhaghwati Nagar has brightened hopes for better traffic management. The problem of ever More


  • South Asia

‘Retention of N-capability a compulsion for Pak’

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Islamabad, June 18: The retention of an essential nuclear capability is a “compulsion” for Pakistan because of the growing imbalance created by India’s massive military build-up and “assertive posturing More


  • Business

PaK presents Rs 47 bn budget

NISAR AHMED THOKAR

Islamabad, June 18: Announcing big sops for its employees, the Pak administered Kashmir government today presented a Rs 47.33 billion budget for 2010-11.Minister for finance Raja Nisar Ahmad Khan presented More


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