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Umer Ahmad

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Pulwama
As seen in: MENAFN, Greater Kashmir, Kashmir Observer, Good Food Movement
Covers:  Environment, Human Rights, public policy
Doesn't Cover: Environment, Human Rights, livelihood
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Silt, Waste Blankets Kashmir's Wular Lake, Eats Into Local Economy

Silt, Waste Blankets Kashmir's Wular Lake, Eats Into Local Economy

Bandipora (Jammu & Kashmir): Hailed as one of Asia's largest freshwater lakes, Wular is shrinking with an urg…

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The Women Of Doodhpathri: From Housewives To Sustainable Businesses

The Women Of Doodhpathri: From Housewives To Sustainable Businesses

Doodhpathri: Wearing the traditional Pheran, and a scarf on her head, 45-year-old Naseema Banu makes crispy f…

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Kashmir's Hills Hold the Secret of the World's Biggest Extinction Event

Kashmir's Hills Hold the Secret of the World's Biggest Extinction Event

Advertisement Nazir Bhat grew up hearing stories of foreigners riding on horseback in his hometown, known for…

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'With RTI, I Have Helped More People, It's My New Amulet'

'With RTI, I Have Helped More People, It's My New Amulet'

Sheikh hails from Mujhpather area of District Budgam. He belongs to the community of tribals and spends his w…

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بھارت کے شہر حیدرآباد میں ہاتھی پر یوم عاشور کا جلوس

بھارت کے شہر حیدرآباد میں ہاتھی پر یوم عاشور کا جلوس

بھارت کے جنوبی شہر حیدرآباد میں یوم عاشور کے موقعے پر 'بی بی کے علم' کے ہاتھی پر جلوس کی قدیم روایت ہے۔ تاریخ…

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Shrinking Wular Lake shrivels water chestnut harvests in Kashmir

Shrinking Wular Lake shrivels water chestnut harvests in Kashmir

Posha Akhtar of Zurman, a sleepy village between the Wular Lake and the Himalayan mountains, leaves home way …

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As the saffron economy unravels, Kashmir’s women stand to lose

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By Umer Ahmad
| Good Food Movement
Every morning, Hajra Begum visits her saffron fields in Lethpora, in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district. The 56-year-old religiously plucks out the weeds from the earth that may threaten the growth of the precious spice. Lately, she has monitored another intruder in the fields: a porcupine. Begum is one among many farmers worried about the fate of this age-old crop. Kashmir's saffron belt Pampore and nearby areas have seen a sharp increase in porcupine incursions.
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Collapse of Trust

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By Umer Ahmad
| Greater Kashmir Verified
For millions of Indian families, the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test, NEET-UG, is not merely an examination. It is an aspiration condensed into three hours. It is years of sacrifice, sleepless nights, borrowed coaching fees, parents postponing their own needs, and students surrendering adolescence in pursuit of one dream: medicine. As a doctor, I understand this dream intimately.
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Antimicrobial Resistance in India

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By Umer Ahmad
| Greater Kashmir Verified
Antimicrobial resistance is often described as a global crisis, but in places like India, and increasingly in Kashmir, it is no longer a distant or abstract concern. It is unfolding quietly in clinics, pharmacies, and households, altering the way infections respond to treatment and, in some cases, making them far more dangerous than they used to be. What makes this phenomenon particularly troubling is that it does not arrive with the urgency of an epidemic.
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