KASHMIR:Drug abuse prevails

THE TURMOIL CENTERS ROUND THE YOUTH OF THE VALLEY

SOCIETY By Shahnawaz Mushtaq

The troubled situation in Kashmir over the past 20 years saw the extra ordinary increase in mental disorders. People suffering from depression, stress and adjustment related disorders are at much higher risk to develop drug dependence because of the fact that drugs are used to relieve anxiety symptoms More

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J&K CEMENTS

Is the company inching towards closure?

A.M. Mir

The foundation stone of Jammu and Kashmir Cements Limited (J&K Govt. Undertaking) a 600 TPD Cement Plant situated in the village Khrew District Pulwama some 25 Kms away from Srinagar was laid by Mir Qasim, the then Chief Minister, in 1981. The Plant got commissioned by the hands of Sheikh Muhammad More

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Islam and Change

Our disaster has been application of subjectivity into the objective world.

FEEDBACK By Fazl Illahi

I read some articles in Greater Kashmir sometime back about democracy, secularism and Islam. One enticed us to look into the pockets of secularism and democracy for better understanding and adjustment, and second, a word of caution about harbouring any thought of such kind. One stood for getting More

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ATTAINING ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE

THIS IS THE WAY MY DREAM OF PUBLISHING IN NEJM WAS REALIZED.

COLUMN SERIES By Prof. M. S. Khuroo

Many years back, an American legendary researcher and a friend told me that most American scientists wish to publish one of their scientific works in “New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM)” and if they succeed they did not mind to retire from active academics. Unfortunately my friend himself retired More

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