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Trump’s Boast Rekindles Kargil’s Buried Secret
As Trump claims credit for calming recent India-Pakistan tensions, a bilateral effort to end 1999 Kargil war resurfaces—revealing how a nearly-final peace deal ...
Despite being preventable and curable cervical cancer remains 4th biggest cancer in women
Global Efforts Fall Short as Cervical Cancer Continues to Threaten Women's Health
From Promise to Paralysis
By contesting the union government when out of power and capitulating to it when in power, the National Conference has embraced the new status quo in Jammu and ...
Melting Glaciers & IWT Flashpoint: Reconciliation Only Way Forward
Amid threats of kinetic and hot war persist, human existence threatened by glacial melting and water shortage is at greater peril as tensions deepen over IWT.
Whether Asjad Babu Can Get Justice in Today’s India?
In a country where hate crimes are being normalised, people are killed for their identity and the wheels of justice are stuck, this is another tragedy in a cont...
A Requiem For Glaciers And The Silent Crisis Threatening World’s Water Security
A glacial disaster in the Swiss Alps, an ‘ice funeral’ in Nepal, a high-level conference on glaciers in Dushanbe, and a new international study on glacier loss ...
Vision Of An Alternative Foreign Policy
A New Approach to Foreign Policy: Building Bridges, Not Barriers, with Pakistan
Maagh: ‘Chill of oppression has seeped into our bones’
Dissecting the complex terrain of violence, oppression, trauma and societal decay through the lens of Aamir Bashir’s award-winning film ‘Maagh: The Winter Withi...
There’s a New Dawn in Kashmir, Government Must Build on it
Kashmiris, despite their alienation and living in fear, openly rejected terrorism which provides an opportunity to the government to respond positively. Unfortu...
Democracy is Reshaping: Ali Khan Mahmudabad and Free Speech
The cancellation of Nitasha Kaul’s OCI card and arrest of Ashoka University professor for speaking out show that Indian government is cracking down on free spee...
Double Trouble: Two New Reports Highlight Large-scale Climate Change Impact on the Indian Population
76% of the country’s population is currently at high to very high risk from extreme heat, warns a CEEW report. Meanwhile, a joint survey found most respondents ...
In conversation with Ghada Sasa: Exile, Faith and Fire: A Palestinian’s Fight from Afar
"We are dying slowly, even from afar": A third-generation refugee on Palestine, Resistance, and Hope.
Balochistan’s Independence Declaration: Echoes of Kashmir’s Failed Insurgency
Despite Pakistan’s vocal support for Kashmiri militants, the result has been decades of conflict with no liberation in sight. Balochistan must learn from Kashmi...
Investigation Exposes Serious Issues in Jammu and Kashmir's Child Development Centres
A Child Welfare Committee investigation in Srinagar uncovers serious violations at private rehabilitation centers for special needs children, including unqualif...
Tricky Trade: Turkiye & Azerbaijan - A Logical Play
Turkiye and Azerbaijan's Pro-Pakistan Stance Sparks Calls for Trade Boycott
Now that Guns are Silent, Kashmir Needs a Political Outreach
Militancy has been nearly eradicated, and separatist leaders have either faded into obscurity or adopted a passive stance. However, the political sentiment on t...
Inside Story: Congress Unveils Black Paper Critiquing Modi Era in 2024 Elections
Inside the Congress' Strategic Response to Modi's Decade of Governance, There Was A Message To The People Of India That Narendra Modi Was Not Invincible.
Kashmir Conundrum: Media, Missiles and Nuclear Threats
How missile diplomacy and nuclear brinkmanship are reigniting South Asia’s most dangerous faultline.
Ali Khan Mahmudabad and Vijay Shah: The Uneven Scales of Accountability
Scholar's Arrest Sparks Debate on Freedom of Expression, BJP Minister's Comments Stir Communal Tensions.
Hindus And Muslims Are Inseparable, So Are India And Pakistan
Rising Tensions: The Path to Peace Between India and Pakistan