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Pakistani scientists develop eco-friendly java plum sensor to detect spoiled milk

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  LAHORE (Kashmir English): Pakistani scientists have developed a low-cost eco-friendly sensor that would detect spoiled milk. Based on the natural compounds that give Jaman (Syzygium cumini) its vibrant purple colour, the sensor would help ascertain freshness of the commodity. Pakistani researchers from the Department of Chemistry at the University of Education Lahore, in collaboration […]

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MUST VC lauds services of Mirpur Kidney Dialysis Center for ailing humanity

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  MIRPUR (Kashmir English): Vice Chancellor public sector Mirpur University of Science and Technology (MUST) Prof. Dr Brig. (Retd) Younus Javed Wednesday visited World-class Kidney Dialysis Center in Mirpur and lauded the Center’s decades-old compassionate, empathetic as well as solicitous services to the ailing humanity. On the occasion, he pledged MUST’s resolute support for reciprocal

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Food adulteration to earn government’s ire in Azad Kashmir

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  MUZAFFARABAD (Kashmir English): Prime Minister Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Chaudhry Anwar ul Haq has said that the government was launching a full-scale campaign against food adulteration from the first of Ramadan, to ensure pure food in the markets. The AJK premier said this while talking to media-men on the occasion of mobile food

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Azad Kashmir launches first-ever ‘Mobile Food Testing Laboratory’

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MUZAFFARABAD (Kashmir English): In a groundbreaking move, the government of Azad Kashmir has launched the first-ever mobile feed testing laboratory in the history of Jammu and Kashmir. This initiative has been envisaged to set high standards for food safety and quality, with strict punishments to be meted out to anyone who markets unsafe products. On

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Breast cancer deaths likely to rise by 68% worldwide by 2050, WHO warns

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  UNITED NATIONS (Kashmir English): Cass of breast cancer are likely to surge by 38 percent worldwide by 2050, with annual disease-related deaths projected to climb by 68 percent, a new report from the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) suggests. The findings of IARC, a specialized branch of the World Health Organization (WHO),

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Deforestation, climate shift threaten crops, water supply in AJK

Spring water in Muzaffarabad villages declared unsafe for drinking

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MUZAFFARABAD (Kashmir English): District Health Officer Muzaffarabad Dr. Aamir Shahzad Chaudhry has said that the spring water in villages Hariala and Rajpian in Muzaffarabad district is harmful to health in every respect and prohibited it from drinking. In a letter to Deputy Commissioner Muzaffarabad, the health officer urged him to take action and stop the

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Unhealthy food items banned in Kotli educational institutions

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KOTLI (Kashmir English): District Food Safety Officer Munawar Ahmed Chohan has imposed a ban on unhealthy and unhygienic food items in the cafeterias of all educational institutions including schools, colleges, universities, and madrassas across the Kotli district. The district food controller office issued a notification in accordance with the “AJK Food Authority Act” and the

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Govt revises MBBS admission policy 2026

AJK Information Minister to hire doctors on contractual basis

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NEELUM (Kashmir English): In a recent visit to Upper Neelum‘s Kel area, the Azad Kashmir Information Minister Maulana Pir Muhammad Mazhar Saeed Shah visited Tehsil Headquarters Hospital Kel. The Information Minister there made announcements for hiring doctors on a contractual basis in an attempt to enhance health care facilities within the region. Pir Mazhar Saeed Shah

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Anti-polio drive in Karachi’s high-risk Union Councils from tomorrow

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  KARACHI (Kashmir English): The Sindh government is going to launch polio immunization drive in 27 high-risk Union Councils (UCs) of Karachi from February 22 (tomorrow). The campaign, being organised in collaboration with the Sindh government’s partners, will strengthen children’s immunity and curb the transmission of the poliovirus, according to the officials. This first phase

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