JK Policy Institute

Advocating for sustainability
 Harnessing the potential of Doordarshan Kendra Srinagar
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Vasa Cubrilovic, who was part of the gang that assassinated Archduke Ferdinand in Sarajevo in 1914, which is believed to have triggered World War I, once said that the “countries…

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Music of Kashmir: Past perfect, future uncertain
 660 495 Shivangi Singh
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Kashmir, known as “Heaven on Earth,” has a diverse cultural legacy. Recent trends in Kashmiri poetry have evolved in tandem with contemporary folk music, keeping pace with the changing environment.…

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Sri Lanka’s food security crisis continues as over 28 pc of its population is “food insecure”
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The end of the Cold War era had created an elbow room for nations to change their approach whilst dealing with threats of traditional and non-traditional nature. Food, climate and…

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Climate Change and Natural Disasters in South Asia 
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Natural disasters are on the rise worldwide. There are more and more intense natural disasters – determined to cause at least 100 deaths or to affect the basic survival needs…

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Iran Nuclear Deal: Background and its impact on the Middle East    
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The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), also known as the “Iran nuclear deal” or the “Iran deal” is a comprehensive document with 159 pages and five annexures. The Accord…

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 Plastic: A threat to environmental sustainability and human well-being
 1024 768 Zahoor Ahmad Dar
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Technically sophisticated, cheap, and lightweight, plastic is one of the world’s most-used materials. Roland Barthes, a French intellectual in his 1957 book Mythologies quotes about plastics: “So, more than a…

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Geostrategic Importance of Xinjiang Region
 1024 768 Anamitra Banerjee
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Xinjiang in Mandarin translates to a new frontier or borderland. Also known as Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region (XUAR), Xinjiang lies within the proximity of a cold desert region. It happens…

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ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF UNCHECKED TOURISM
 1024 608 Adeela Hameed
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Tourism represents around 6% of world trade and almost 13% of the total global consumer spending. Unlike most other industries, tourism is essentially based on a good environment, and people…

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World Environment Day
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Understanding the rise in fire incidents in Jammu and Kashmir
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In the first three months of the current year, there were no less than 146 fire incidents in the summer capital Srinagar, causing damage to property worth 2.5 billion rupees…

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Death anniversaries of Mirwaiz Farooq and Abdul Gani Lone: Why public commemorations in Kashmir are just focused on who are dead, not their killers?
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Lest we forget… it was on May 21, 1990, when Mirwaiz Molvi Muhammad Farooq — the then Mirwaiz of Kashmir, and father of incumbent Mirwaiz (Umar Farooq) —was assassinated at…

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How and why ‘climate change’ has become a ‘national security’ issue of great significance
 1024 719 Yashi Singh
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“The world you and I live in is increasingly challenged. Population growth, pollution, over-consumption, unsustainable patterns, social conflict, climate change, loss of nature…these are not good stories.” – Jack Dangermond…

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