Nomination process begins for Budgam, Nagrota assembly segments begins

STC NEWS DESKSRINAGAR, OCTOBER 13 (STC): The nomination process for Budgam and Nagrota assembly segments began today with the Election Commission of India (ECI) on Monday issuing two separate notifications for them.According to the notifications issued by the poll-body, the ECI said that candidates can file their nomination papers until October 20 for 27-Budgam and…

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PET-CT Dilemma: Planning Equity in Kashmir’s Cancer Care

Expansion must therefore be guided not by prestige or pressure, but by epidemiological data and professional prudence rooted in public-health ethics. Dr.Fiaz Maqbool Fazili It always puzzles me when multiple PET-CT scanners are proposed for the same region. By global norms, one PET-CT unit adequately serves a population of about 10–15 lakh, depending on cancer…

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JKPCC Chief Tariq Karra refuses to field candidate for ‘risky’ RS seat number 4; leaves decision to core committee

STC NEWS DESKSRINAGAR, OCTOBER 12 (STC): Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) President Tariq Hameed Karra on Sunday disclosed that based on the feedback of the members, they won’t favour fielding their candidate for the Rajya Sabha seat number 4 offered to them by their alliance partner National Conference.Calling it risky to contest the…

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POINT TO PONDER: “Let’s Talk About Birds and Bees — But Only After the Damage Is Done”

If we keep waiting to tell our kids the truth about their own bodies, we might as well wait till courtrooms do it for us. Peerzada Masarat Shah In a country where talking about menstruation still sends parents into a panic and words like “sex education” are whispered as if they’re nuclear codes, the Supreme…

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