By: Abhijeet Kumar
In a significant move for India’s Mars mission, scientists from the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) and Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeosciences (BSIP) have identified Ladakh as an ideal site for the inaugural Mars and Moon analogue research station.
An analogue research station is a facility where activities intended for Moon and Mars missions can be simulated, the report stated. For instance, astronaut habitats can be built and tested there due to the geological...
The taciturn response of Ladakhi stakeholders to the arbitrary and autocratic recruitment style is beyond understanding. The state is testing the patience of the already frustrated youth. Since it was designated as a Union Territory, many jobs have been sold to private agencies through outsourcing. Additionally, the trend of temporary recruitment has intensified in recent years.
The over-emphasis and supply of temporary human resources not only hamper the quality of work production but al...
Novel Lavasa is an organic farmer and an environmentalist. Ashok Lavasa recently completed his tenure as Vice President of the Asian Development Bank. Before joining the bank, he served as Election Commissioner of India after his retirement from the government as Union Finance Secretary.
In this book, the authors share their three-decade-long journey through the places in India as well as other parts of the world that are associated with faith. They anthologized all their memories in this...
VoL Desk, July 24: Secretary, Tourism Ladakh has invited comments/suggestions/ objections from the stakeholders/ public on the draft ‘Ladakh Mountaineering Policy 2024’.
The Departm,ent of Tourism, Ladakh has drafted the ‘Ladakh Mountaineering Policy 2024’ to regulate the mountaineering and trekking activities in Ladakh and to make organizers and participants of such activities more responsible and accountable towards the fragile ecosystem of Ladakh.
Comments/suggestions/objections, if...
By: Dr. Ramees Raja Beig
From Mid-2023 there was a surge in terror attacks in Jammu which was considered to be a safe place and declared terror-free by the Jammu and Kashmir Police many times. The geographical landscape of Jammu is harsher than Kashmir because of the vast and thick forests which lies between the LOC.
July 16, 2024: Four Army soldiers were killed in action in Doda, July 8, 2024: Five Army personnel were kille...
By: Sidharth PK
The airy Greek myth, with the amplified Roman verse, the Selene is a looming figure o’er the crust of centuries. The moon is indefinable light and mystery, with the macabre tales that unwraps it. In literature, romantic poetry with reference to Lord Byron, as he brings our attention through his famous poems, “So we’ll go no more a roving, by the light of the moon”. The moon is portrayed in the sense of a romantic overture and literature connects objects like moon, sun, wat...
Sadaf Wani is a Kashmiri writer and a senior communications professional authored her latest book, City as Memory: A Short Biography of Srinagar. In this book, she draws on her childhood experiences of the mid-90s, captivated by unrestrained insurgencies, upheavals, and augmenting militarization, and the early 2000s, soaked with a series of violent acts in response to civil protests. Wani shares the reminiscences of her personal acquaintances with the locality and the serious scholarship of ...
VoL Desk, July 16: President of Jamiat Ulema Isna Ashriya Kargil, Sheikh Nazir Mehdi Mohammadi, expressed anger during the 9th Muharram procession, instructing the removal of a Palestinian flag from the Kaksar-Chuliskamboo-Budgam village procession. Sheikh Nazir emphasized that Muharram should be solely dedicated to mourning the martyrdom of Imam Hussain.
Citing a tradition of Imam Hassan Mujtaba (a.s.), “There is no day like yours, O Aba Abdullah,” Sheikh Nazir stated that only Imam Huss...
Leh, July 15, 2024: In a landmark event, Sumoor Village has been officially declared as the ‘Book Village of Ladakh’. The launch was graced by the Deputy Chairman, Tsering Angchuk, and the Deputy Commissioner, Leh Santosh Sukhadeve, who inaugurated the first book village of Ladakh.
This initiative led by the Village Lab Foundation, Ladakh and supported by LAHDC Leh, aims to transform village education through innovative approaches. The project has successfully installed 16 mini libraries...
نواسہ رسول ؐ امام عالی مقام حضرت امام حسین علیہ السلام تاریخ بشریت کی وہ عظیم اور مقدس ہستی ہیں، جنہوں نے بقائے بشریت اور احیائے اسلام کے لئے مقدس لہو کا ایک ایک قطرہ سرزمین کربلا پر قربان کردیا۔۶۰ ہجری میں نواسہ رسول حضرت امام حسین علیہ السلام نے دین و انسانیت کی ڈوبتی ہوئی کشتی کو ٹھکانے لگانے کے خاطر ایک مصمم،پرعزم اور مضبوط تحریک کی بنیاد ڈال دی جس نے اسلام اور انسانیت کی نجات میں بے نظیر کردار ادا کیا۔ یہ تحریک اہداف ،نظریات اور افکارات کی تحریک تھی۔ امام عالی مقام حضرت امام حسین ؑنے’’ا...
