Kashmir

Kashmir faces extreme heatwave, air coolers sell like hot cakes

Kashmir is grappling with record temperatures, driving demand for affordable air coolers. Climate change, urbanization, and environmental degradation threaten the region’s economy, water resources, and agriculture

What India and Pakistan’s market reaction tells us about the future trend

Indian markets will continue to be influenced by global cues, while the India-Pakistan conflict will remain a secondary concern in the near term. If tensions escalate, Indian markets will likely be more resilient than Pakistan's under multiple economic pressures

MCPro Quick Take: How Operation Sindoor can impact the Indian market

Indian markets have not reacted to the attack at nine terror sites in Pakistan highlighting its resilience. Future developments in the Indian market will largely depend on the situation at the border

How will an India-Pakistan conflict impact the market?

With the spectre of conflict looming, investors are bracing for impact. But history suggests markets may be more resilient during times of war than they seem.

Back-to-back dry winters threaten Kashmir’s apple harvest

It's climate change, not a hostile global trade environment, which represents the gravest threat to Indian agro-products.  Consecutive dry winters in Kashmir have severely impacted high-density apple orchards, threatening the region’s economy. Water scarcity, due to declining rainfall and snow, risks an economic crisis for apple growers dependent on reliable irrigation

Pakistani terrorists exploit lack of 'reception area' in Kathua

Four policemen, so far, have been killed in an ongoing operation in Kathua. Unlike the hinterland of the LoC, there is in Kathua no "reception area", or a tight, networked grid spearheaded by the counter-insurgency force, the Rashtriya Rifles (RR), to detect, ambush and eliminate Pakistani terrorists who sneak past the regular Infantry formations placed on the LoC

What is plaguing Kashmir’s saffron industry?

Kashmir's saffron industry is struggling with reduced production, shrinking land, and increasing porcupine infestations. Despite government initiatives, traditional farming challenges, climate change, and rodent damage threaten the livelihoods of thousands, casting a grim future for the region's prized ‘red gold.’

Seven terror strikes in Kashmir Valley in 18 days is an attempt to undermine democratic process

An effective elected government in J&K is critical to build on counter-terror successes of the last few years. A shift in attacks to the Valley from the prior Jammu-centric approach aims to drive a wedge between the security establishment and the democratic set-up. There’s no room for complacency as terrorism planners shift focus based on available ‘operational space’

Pakistan using Kashmir as smokescreen to divert attention from internal crises

The declaration January 5 as Kashmir’s Right to Self-Determination Day is more a smokescreen than concern for the region. This distraction provides the Pakistani establishment with the bandwidth to craft and control the national narrative by camouflaging internal strife and evading accountability