International Journal of Applied Social Science

Vol. 13 (7&8), July & August (2026)

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Content

Research Paper  
The Impact of Social Media on Attribution 781
Himanshi Awana
[DOI: https://doi-ds.org/doilink/09.2026-46798115/IJASS/13.7&8/781-784]
 
Industrialization and Economic Growth in India: A Time Series Analysis 785
Aishwarya Hatwal, Kiran Bartwal, Devna Sharma and Rachna Dixit
[DOI:https://doi-ds.org/doilink/09.2026-61918484/IJASS/13.7&8/785-793 ]
 
Tourism Growth, Spatial Concentration, and Regional Imbalance in Uttarakhand, India: A Longitudinal Assessment of 28 Major Destinations (2000–2023) 794
Amit Sharma, Swarn Singh, Veer Singh and B. P. Naithani
[DOI: https://doi-ds.org/doilink/09.2026-87858596/IJASS/13.7&8/794-804]
 
Arms and Drug Trafficking as Non-Traditional Security Threats in Central Asia: Convergence, Divergence and the Limits of Regional Security Governance 805
Sanjeev Kumar
[DOI: https://doi-ds.org/doilink/09.2026-79758928/IJASS/13.7&8/805-825]
 
Assessing User Satisfaction with M-Wallet Services in India’s National Capital Region 826
Sunita and Sachin
[DOI: https://doi-ds.org/doilink/09.2026-42841471/IJASS/13.7&8/826-836]
 
   
Review Paper  
Governing Waste to Wealth Transitions: A Cross-National Review Across Advanced and Emerging Economies 837
Nitin Dwivedi, Anushree Janu, Shruti Kanga and Sanjeev Kumar
[DOI: https://doi-ds.org/doilink/09.2026-75488249/IJASS/13.7&8/837-851]
 
Sindoor in Indian Culture: A Historical, Cultural, Religious and Scientific Review 852
Shalini
[DOI: https://doi-ds.org/doilink/09.2026-62814943/IJASS/13.7&8/852-856]
 
   
Research Article  
Determinants and Economic Impact of NPAs in Uttarakhand’s Banking Sector 857
Deeksha Singh and Shikha Nagalia Sharma
[DOI: https://doi-ds.org/doilink/09.2026-72618211/IJASS/13.7&8/857-862]
 
Institutionalising Delimitation in India: Institutional Continuity, Comparative Design and the Governance of Seat Reallocation 863
Mahendra Yadav
[DOI: https://doi-ds.org/doilink/09.2026-64917427/IJASS/13.7&8/863-874]
 
Racialised Mobility and Structural Exclusion: Post-War European Population Regimes and the Romani Exception 875
Ram Singh
[DOI: https://doi-ds.org/doilink/09.2026-59244735/IJASS/13.7&8/875-891]
 
Astrology in Modern Society: Relevance, Belief Systems, and a Global Perspective with Special Reference to Indian Astrology 892
Tejaskar Pandey, D. K. Singh, Madan Mohan Pathak and Anil Kumar Porwal
[DOI: https://doi-ds.org/doilink/09.2026-69143138/IJASS/13.7&8/892-920]
 
Innovative Pedagogies for Developing Scientific Temper and Critical Inquiry among School Students in the Light of NEP 2020 921
Md. Dablu Sk and Dilip Kumar Mondal
[DOI: https://doi-ds.org/doilink/09.2026-84993761/IJASS/13.7&8/921-930]
 
Astrology as a Global Belief System- A Sociological and Psychological Analysis of Cosmic Symbolism in Modernity 931
Tejaskar Pandey, D. K. Singh, Madan Mohan Pathak and Anil Kumar Porwal
[DOI: https://doi-ds.org/doilink/09.2026-63559894/IJASS/13.7&8/931-955
 
Countering Digital Colonialism: A Policy Analysis of India and Brazil 956
Soumya Pandey and Ambuja K. Tripathy
[DOI: https://doi-ds.org/doilink/09.2026-21879331/IJASS/13.7&8/956-963]
 
Wars in the 21st Century: A Cause or Result of the Changing Balance of Power? 964
Kaviraj
[DOI: https://doi-ds.org/doilink/09.2026-89187754/IJASS/13.7&8/964-981]
 
Legacy of Panchagrama Brahmins  982
Vaishali G R. and Kotresh M.
[DOI: https://doi-ds.org/doilink/09.2026-36824924/IJASS/13.7&8/982-986]
 
My Shelter and My Storm: Memory, Resistance, and Filial Ambivalence in Arundhati Roy’s Mother Mary Comes to Me 987
Seema Rana
[DOI: https://doi-ds.org/doilink/09.2026-24771781/IJASS/13.7&8/987-989]
 
Beyond the Automaton: Aristotelian Digital Socialism and the Civic Leisure Paradox in the Age of Artificial Intelligence 990
Sandeep Kumar
[DOI: https://doi-ds.org/doilink/09.2026-92965363/IJASS/13.7&8/990-998]