Unhealthy Kashmir

Looking back, very little has changed in heathcare over the last 20 years.

GRIM SCENARIO

Altaf HussainDr Kodali Siva Rama Krishna PrasadEXPIRED AND SPURIOUS MEDICINES On 21 July 1999, it emerged that expired medicines were distributed to infants, children and women among poorer sections of the valley under the aegis of Integrated Child More
Obesity: Studying Kashmiri women

HEALTH STUDY

Based on the sample of 1000 obese Kashmiri women - 90% urban, 10% rural –ranging from housewives to professionals and covering various economic layers of our society, on the age scale of 14 to 70, Dr.Zahida Shah makes some pertinent observations in this column for GK Magazine.Household More
Kashmir: Not under sunshine

It is established that about 25% of the population in Kashmir is severely vitamin D deficient

VIT D DEFICIENCY

Dr Muzafar Maqsood Wani Dr Nazir Ahmad Palla Vitamin D, also known as the “sunshine vitamin”, is a fat soluble vitamin, mostly produced in our body in response to sunlight. It is also found naturally in certain foods like egg yolk, fish and fortified dairy and grain products More
  • Kashmir

Vegetable vendor gets passport in 40 days; courtesy RTI

R M BHAT

Srinagar, Nov 17: Right To Information Act helped a vegetable vendor get his passport within 40 days of filing the RTI application.   Bashir Ahmad Bhat, who runs a small vegetable shop at Chadoora More


  • Srinagar City

Bus service to Nowgam Railway Station goes Jaspal Bhatti way

City’s Sole Train Access Point Has Transport Facility For Incoming Passengers Alone

ADIL BASHIR

Srinagar, Nov 17: As if passengers only arrive at railway station and nobody departs that the administration has seemingly played a Jaspal Bhatti in providing bus service to City’s sole railway station More



  • Jammu

'Govt to approach Centre for extension of SABLA, IGMSY'

Jammu, Nov 17: Buoyed by the success stories of Rajiv Gandhi Scheme for Empowerment of Adolescents Girls commonly known as SABLA and Indra Gandhi Matritva Sahyog Yojna (IGMSY) in selected districts, the More


  • South Asia

Gilani says MFN decision on India not taken yet

REZAUL H LASKAR/PTI

Islamabad, Nov 17: Pakistan has once again sent out confusing signals on granting MFN status to India, with Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani telling lawmakers that a decision is "yet to be taken" on the More


  • World

Kuwait orders crackdown after storming of parliament

Kuwait City, Nov 17: Kuwait's emir today ordered the national guard and security forces to take all "necessary" measures to maintain security after angry protesters stormed the oil-rich Gulf state's parliament More


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