The deteriorating air quality

24/09/2021
Townships, satellite centres and industrial zones have come up with IT and industrial clusters. The population and number of vehicles have grown several times. Adding to pollution is the new element of trans-boundary pollution with emissions originating outside the city by way of traffic from Gurgaon and Noida. The World Health Organisation has revised air quality levels for six pollutants, including the particulate matter (PM). Coming after 2005, they cut down the existing acceptable threshold...

A critical turning point

23/09/2021
Concessional tax rates on vital COVID-19 equipment such as oxygen concentrators will lapse on September 30, while the lower rates on medicines were extended till December. The GST Council during its first physical meeting during the pandemic, approved a flurry of changes. Whatever the pace of vaccination, there are no signs the virus and its variants would be extinct on New Year's Day, so the Council could have taken a more considerate view on pandemic essentials. Tax rate tweaks were okayed fo...

Effects of gaming addiction on physical and mental health

23/09/2021
In our time, technology has become one of our essential things in life; specifically video games. Video games are electronic system used to run games. They involve human interaction specially teenagers. Many researches have been done on the effects of video games showing that there is positive and negative impacts. As we know not all video games contain violent contents, but most of them are violent and mentally dangerous. Some researches admit that violent games may cause adolescents to become...

Jammu Bandh is protest of people

23/09/2021
Dear Editor Sir, It my honour to write to your goodself in your esteemed daily. Sir, I am discussing the topic of today's event called "Jammu Band". It is such an essential event in view of influence on social and domestic life which acquired the shape of protest which was proposed by the citizens of Jammu after presenting, offering and providing a huge mandate of 25 assembly seats. to show resentment against the present Government who has held responsible for the cry which existed or occur...

Fulfilling the commitment

22/09/2021
The Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya had on Monday announced that India's vaccine manufacturers were expected to produce more than 30 crore doses in October for the domestic drive - and that the surplus supply would be used to fulfil the country's commitment towards the global fight against COVID. All this is being envisaged despite the fact that a large number of Indian citizens, especially in the young adult's bracket, is still bereft of the benefits of inoculation. For example, even i...

Need a Holistic Approach for World Peace

22/09/2021
World Peace Day is celebrated every year on '21st September'. This day is mainly celebrated to build up peace and non-violence in the whole earth. Today, when the conditions are so worst and messy due to war, violence and pandemics in the world, it is very tough to establish peace between communities. The present scenario of this materialistic world isdominating the inner peace of people. The earth, the sky and the ocean are all disturbed. Political domination, economic selfishness and human ha...

Letter to Editor

22/09/2021
Dear Editor sir, Due regards. With due respect and honour, I hereby approach your good self and want to state and share some useful events regarding your esteemed daily news paper. These are discussed and described as below:- 1. As assumed from my personal experience and feeling, the newspaper published is beyond the prescribed preliminary status which is awesome regarding presentation, content quality and the truth of the reported information. 2. The kind of type and fonts selected for us...

Step in the right direction

21/09/2021
The Saudi Minister's visit is significant for two reasons. One, that the Kingdom which influences global oil policy through petrol and the Islamic world through its status as the Holy Territory should consult India on Afghanistan is significant in itself. Two, the visit caps India's exercise to contact countries involved in the Afghan affair before formally articulating its policy on Afghanistan in the United Nations General Assembly. The policy sees a clear link between the Taliban's links wit...

How will pre-school education work in India during the epidemic era?

21/09/2021
The worldwide COVID-19 pandemic has created huge gaps in the conventional education system. Despite the emergence of digital and virtual-learning software and aids, what is missing, especially for Pre-school children, is adequate exposure to outdoor activities and socialisation with peers and educators. The question that pre schools and parents are grappling with is to what extent the social skills and mental health of children will be affected during this time. Even if schools open in the nea...

The parachuting business

20/09/2021
A Chief Minister's post, as these incumbents would have realised by now, is not dependent on their abilities to govern or garner the backing of legislators. It entirely depends on the party leadership's primary intent of winning elections and, thereafter, tackling dissent. Many of these Chief Ministers share certain characteristics. Not all of them are leaders in their own right or have a mass base or caste-based support the party cannot ignore. Many are novices where party politics is concerne...

Need to create a steep change in student learning

20/09/2021
The online education substituting physical learning during past 500 days has resulted in logs of learning in spite of students passing their exams. Such a sudden & all-encompassing crisis has never confronted our system ever before. Naturally our poor funded education system in India was inflicted a further loss. Of India's 20 million school chil dren, around 30 million children have continued with a semblance of education in these soo days. It is feared. Online education has turned ineffectiv...

Holding strategic importance

19/09/2021
The Government's previous attempt at theAir India bidding failed badly in 2018 after not even a single bid was received for the airline. It had offered 76 per cent stake but higher crude oil prices, insane debt and, of course, the "involvement of the Centre" were some of the reasons the bid failed. Now after having tweaked the offer, it has managed to attract two bidders. Now, the Union Government has finally found bidders for the sought-after Air India disinvestment after Tata Sons and SpiceJe...

GET RID OF DANDRUFF

19/09/2021
There are enough problems to deal with on a daily basis when it comes to your hair. Is it too greasy? Too dry?Too flat? Too voluminous? Too curly? Too straight? Then, of course, there's always the dreaded dandruff. Dandruff is a skin condition that affects the scalp, causing itchy, flaking skin and greasy patches. One of the main signs of dandruff is an itchy scalp. You may also feel dryness, tightness or irritation on your scalp. There are several reasons for the growth of dandruff on your ...

Nation First

18/09/2021
In a major decision aimed at checking involvement of employees in terrorism, secessionism and subversive activities, the Government of Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir has directed all the Administrative Secretaries to promptly conduct verification of their character and antecedents and furnish information of adversely reported ones for necessary action.The reports will also indicate that representatives or nationals from any foreign country are acting to increase the vulnerability of the i...

Pre-Primary Education are key to bridge infant learning gap during the pandemic

18/09/2021
Numerous scientific studies over the years have concluded that a child's first five years are most important for the development of the child's brain, and experiences during these early years directly impact how they develop learning, social and emotional skills. According to the Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University, the emotional and physical health, social skills, and cognitive-linguistic capacities that emerge in the early years are all important prerequisites for success in...