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SUNDAY BYTES: Facebook is not a courtroom

When Family Feuds Become Public Trials—and Facebook Users Become the Jury. Dr. Fiaz Maqbool Fazili There was a time when Facebook was a space to share photographs, achievements, poetry, and memories—or perhaps an occasional harmless argument about sports. Today, something far more troubling is emerging. Facebook is becoming a digital courtroom. There is no presiding…

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Corruption: A Menace to Society and Good Governance

Corruption survives where opacity, discretion and impunity meet. It weakens when transparency, accountability and institutional integrity reinforce one another. Ahmad Ayaz Corruption is not merely a financial irregularity or the misuse of public office for personal gain. It is a deeper institutional and social problem that weakens governance, undermines the rule of law, distorts public…

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LG Sinha lauds Armed Forces medical team for restoring eye sight to 220 patients in Tangdhar, Karnah

STC NEWS DESKSRINAGAR, SEPTEMBER 26 (STC): Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha in a post on the social media platform ‘X’, congratulated the Armed Forces medical team for organising a mega eye surgical camp in the border area of ​​Tangdhar-Karnah under “Operation Drishti”. The LG said that restoring the eyesight of 220 people by…

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Noted writer Ali Emran’s collection of English poems ‘The Unseen Voice’ released in Srinagar

STC NEWS DESKSRINAGAR, SEPTEMBER 26 (STC): The Jammu and Kashmir Academy of Art, Culture and Languages (JKAACL) released “The Unseen Voice”, a collection of English poems by noted writer, filmmaker and theatre personality Ali Emran, here today.The programme was attended by a distinguished gathering of artists, writers, poets, scholars, academicians and literary and cultural enthusiasts…

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