Can Yesterday’s TRAUMA Become Tomorrow’s BRAIN Seizure?
As painful memories are repeatedly replayed, could the brain’s remarkable plasticity sometimes work against itself? Umair AshrafConsider a medial temporal focal seizure. There may be no dramatic collapse and no violent convulsion. Awareness simply becomes altered. A person may suddenly lose track of where they are, forget what they were doing moments earlier, or fail…
The Corruption We Choose Not to See
When power changes hands, principles should not change sides Anil Kumar SharmaWhenever we discuss corruption, our conversation almost invariably turns towards the person who has taken a bribe, accumulated disproportionate wealth or misused his position. We identify the corrupt officer, the businessman, the middleman, the contractor or the politician who has been caught. But there…
STC EXCLUSIVE: The Forgotten Meaning of “Environment”
What are we doing to make our neighbourhoods safer for children? Protecting a child is not somebody else’s duty. It is ours. Dr. Fiaz Maqbool Fazili Child abuse is not merely a crime problem. It is a warning about the environment we are creating around them. A child in Budgam. Another, barely into adolescence, in…
J&K gets 120 new PG medical seats in ongoing academic year
Government proposes over 300 PG medical seats to National Medical Commission STC NEWS DESKSRINAGAR, AUGUST 11 (STC): During the current academic year, approximately 120 additional postgraduate medical seats in Jammu and Kashmir have been created across Government Medical Colleges, including those located in remote districts, said a report quoting the information provided by the Department-related…
WEATHER FORECAST: Heavy rain likely in Jammu division over next 24 hours
STC NEWS DESKSRINAGAR, AUGUST 11 (STC): Jammu and Kashmir is likely to witness another spell of heavy to very heavy rainfall in parts of the Jammu division on Wednesday, said the weather department with warning of flash floods, landslides and mudslides in vulnerable areas.The Meteorological Centre, said one or two spells of light to moderate…
