Karim Mir News Today

A retired police officer, Mohammad Shafi Mir, aged 72, was shot dead while reciting the Azaan (call to prayer) in a mosque in the Gantmulla village of Sheeri Baramulla. The assailants, believed to be militants, fired from a vintage .12-bore rifle, causing Mir to sustain four pellet wounds, with two hitting vital organs. The unprecedented incident, the first involving firearms in the village since 1989, shocked residents who initially mistook Mir's collapse for a medical emergency. Mir, know...

Of Kashmir’s seven million inhabitants, a staggering one million rely directly on apple farming - but climate change is impacting production.

SHOPIAN, INDIA, Nov 02 (IPS) - Of Kashmir’s seven million inhabitants, a staggering one million rely directly on apple farming. The region is pivotal in India’s apple and horticulture production, contributing to over 70 percent of the country’s apple supply. This not only provides income to farmers but also sustains a vast network of laborers, traders, and transporters within the fruit economy.