Asif Khora asifkhorasmailbox@rediffmail.com The mountains of the Chenab Valley once stood as symbols of resilience and natural grandeur. Their snow-capped peaks, thick forests, and winding rivers shaped the identity of Doda district for generations. Today, however, those majestic horizons are...
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Rekha Jad rekhajad1969@gmail.com Six storeys above, through my window, I have watched her for years—her quiet resilience unfolding beneath a canopy of neem and peepal trees. Today, her frame carries a new story: an eight-month-old pregnancy she modestly tries to...
Opportunities, challenges, and policy interventions for Jammu & Kashmir DR. PARSHANT BAKSHI parshantskuastj@gmail.com • A Turning Point for Himalayan Horticulture Across the lush valleys of Kashmir and the rolling hills of Jammu, orchards have long been the lifeline of rural...
Researchers extracted tree cores from old deodar trees in Lahaul, Himachal Pradesh, to reconstruct 396 years of rainfall history of the spring season. They found that the spring of 2022 was the driest on record and the last two decades...
Prof (Dr.) Vikas Sharma, Nancy Vohra vikas.skuast@gmail.com Cissampelos pareira, a raw material plant in the pharmaceutical / ayurvedic industry, the roots of which are given to women after childbirth to promote uterine cleansing, quick recovery and to enhance lactation and...
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Dr Rakesh Verma rakeshforests@gmail.com Nestled within the breathtaking, and often dramatically vertical, landscapes of Jammu and Kashmir lies a remarkable herpetological story. Beyond the iconic lakes and snow-capped peaks, the region's forests-from the temperate coniferous woods of the Kashmir Valley...
Gujarat’s Asiatic lion population has increased from 674 in 2020 to 891 in 2025, according to the Gujarat Forest Department. While 394 lions were found within Gir National Park and Wildlife Sanctuary, the majority now live in nine satellite...
Once targeted for oil and meat, the whale shark is now being saved by fishers along India’s Arabian Sea coast. What began as a Gujarat-led conservation movement has reached Lakshadweep and Kerala. With awareness drives and rescue compensation, fishers are...
Mohammad Hanief m.hanief@gmail.com When the warmth of summer begins to fade and the first chill drifts down from the PirPanjal range, Kashmir awakens to its most graceful season - autumn. Locally called Harud, it arrives quietly in late September and...
Loneaamir2057@gmail.com In the village of Bandina, twilight was never silent. Between the call of distant muezzins and the sigh of the cold river, the village breathed like an old soul wrapped in fog. The people, weary from a day’s labor,...
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