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Welcome to Patnitop
Amidst trash and dilapidated roads
Sunny Dua
There is an adage that goes like ‘To burn with desire and keep quiet about it is the greatest punishment we can bring on ourselves’. In our case we had also been burning with a ‘desire’ to see Patnitop become most favoured destination of...
Bollywood Buzz
Story of a selfless man
SUPER 30 is the story of a selfless man fighting for the cause of education-for-all. The year is 1996. Anand Kumar (Hrithik Roshan) has completed his graduation and is passionate about mathematics. He’s so good in the subject that he is felicitated at the hands of the education minister...
Personality
Tributes to Dr Teng
S P College 1964
Arvind Gigoo
I am in the final year of BA. Prof. Satya Bhushan teaches us Political Science. We, the students, are told that he has joined the university and that a new professor will come to teach us.
And one day a short statured blue-eyed well-dressed professor enters...
Health
Osteoarthritis in people
Dr Rahul Sharma
OSTEOARTHRITIS ( also known as OA ). It is a joint disease that more commonly affects middle-age to elderly people but more...
Career & Education
Preparation Strategy for CAT 2019
Ayush Nargotra
In life, the best time to do anything is to start now. Similarly, even for the CAT 2019 Exam, the best time to prepare for the exam would be right this moment.
Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Kozhikode will conduct Common Admission Test (CAT 2019) on November 24 (tentative)....
Society
Management of mass hysteria
Ambica Kumari
Mass hysteria / Mass Psychogenic hysteria/conversion disorder is a condition in which a person has physiological symptoms affecting the nervous system in the absence of a physical cause of illness, and which may appear in reaction to psychological distress. Kerckhoff and Back suggest that there are collective human...
Book Review
People are lost in the mathematics of profit and gain
Adarsh Ajit
It is wrong to be myopic on the poetry of Rajinder Aagosh, a simple rustic who has his own characteristic traditional gait. Out of the four books authored by him Aagosh has three poetic anthologies to his credit. A good number of his couplets are highly thought- provoking.
Normally...
Fashion
Skin problems during Monsoons
Shahnaz Husain
Who doesn't like the rains? Lush green landscapes, romantic drives, and cosy evenings with loved ones. Can’t get better than this, right? Monsoon showers have arrived to give us respite from the sweltering summer heat and hope the rain Gods bless us with a good rainy season this...
Heritage
Traditional water transport of Basohli
Shiv Kumar Padha
The human brain has always been inventive, innovative and explorative since evolution. Guided by the inner urge to make life on the earth more easy, more comfortable and safe the human beings invented new implements of agriculture, ensured connectivity and developed means of water and surface transportation...
Science & Technology
5 Important things to look for in your Credit Card Statement
Nidhi Gupta
The benefits of a credit card come with certain financial obligations. These include controlling your credit usage, making credit card bill payments on time, and thoroughly checking your credit card statement. Thanks to technology, you can now automate all your payments, making repayment effortless. However, you shouldn't overlook...
Art and Culture
Katha Sarita: A platform for Dogri writers
Rajeshwar Singh ‘Raju’
Let me advocate with all guilt that we all are getting alienated from our literature. There may be so many reasons that may be cited for a debate. But what's there in a debate when it has no meaning and solution thereby getting restricted to merely expelling...
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Editorial
Seeds’ processing to boost agriculture
Dachnipora Water Supply Scheme
Demonic food adulteration
Flouting directives with impunity
Mid-day meal schemethrough Panchayats
Fate of MBBS & BDS aspirantsfrom weaker sections