Srinagar, Aug 05: The 700-year-old art brought by Hazrat Shah-e-Hamdan (RA) to Kashmir is on the verge of disappearing as very few people are associated with it. Paper moulding is an art or craft that involves moulding raw paper pulp into aesthetically pleasing objects and this Kashmiri art form, while similar to the well-known papier […]
Srinagar, Apr 24: About 2,272 water bodies in Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh are “not in use” due to several reasons including dried up and destroyed beyond repair, Ministry of Jal Shakti census report has revealed. Ministry of Jal Shakti released the first ever census of Water Bodies in convergence with the 6th Minor Irrigation […]
SRINAGAR: Majority of women in Jammu and Kashmir are anaemic, said statistics published in the latest ‘Women and Men in India 2022’ report by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI). According to the report released recently, 66 percent women in Jammu and Kashmir have anaemia, including 25 percent with mild anaemia, 38 percent […]
Srinagar January 17: Around 1,666 incidents of human-animal conflict were reported in 2022 while 13 also lost their lives and 106 were injured as frequency of man-animal conflict has increased in the recent years perhaps due to people moving closer to forests and animals coming out into residential areas. According to data, the Wildlife Department […]
Srinagar, Jan 13: At least 35 people including ten civilians have lost their lives due to electrocution in the Valley in the last two years, document reveals. “A total of 18 persons including four regular employees, five civilians and nine Permanent Daily Labourer (PDL), Temporary Daily Labourer (TDL), Casual Labourers and Daily Rated Workers have […]
Srinagar, Jan 09: In six year, Sher-I-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS) Soura have registered over 27,000 patients ailing with cancer disease. Besides, the institute has witnessed 1833 deaths due to different types of cancer. During this period, the institute has also issued 64,504 Out Patient Department (OPD) cards issued by the department of Nephrology. […]
Srinagar, Sep 09: Land under paddy cultivation in Kashmir is on decline as around 30,000 hectares of land has been lost since 2013. Official documents revealed that 2012-13 the land under paddy in Kashmir was 162,309 hectares while the production was 621.64 metric tons with the yield of 38.3 quintals per hectare. In 2013-14, […]
Srinagar, Sep 07: Crimes committed by juveniles in Jammu and Kashmir are witnessing an upward trend with last year recording 323 cases, NCRB data has revealed. The report, astated that 299 crime cases were registered in J&K against juveniles in 2019, 171 in 2020 and 323 in 2021. The crime committed by juveniles as per […]
Srinagar, Aug 26: In last three years, around three thousand more male baby births have been reported at Lal Ded Hospital, Kashmir’s lone tertiary care maternity hospital in Srinagar. Top health officials said that around 34,500 male baby births were reported at LD hospital in last three years while as the number of female baby […]
Srinagar, Jul 28: The use of drugs mainly heroin is leading to a scary increase in Hepatitis C cases in J&K as around three among four drug users are Hepatitis C positive in Kashmir. Dr Yasir Rather Professor, Department of Psychiatry GMC Srinagar said that “we screen every patient for Hepatitis C, Hepatitis B and […]
