Srinagar: Muttahida Majlis-e-Ulema (MMU) Jammu & Kashmir has strongly condemned the brutal and inhuman killing of a girl in the Mohandpura area of central Kashmir’s Budgam district. The MMU in a statement expressed serious concern over the fact that the Kashmir Valley, which has been the land of saints, rishis and sages for centuries, and […]
Naidkhai: The residents of Naidkhai living near the irrigation canal near Umar Colony are facing health risks due to a foul smell emanating from the canal after some unknown people disposed of sewage into the canal. Abdul Hamid, who resides near the canal, told Kashmir Reader that for the last fifteen days, a foul smell […]
Ganderbal: Central University of Kashmir (CUK) Vice Chancellor, Prof. Farooq Ahmad Shah Tuesday said that imparting digital literacy among women and girls across the world, particularly in Jammu and Kashmir has become imperative for their holistic growth, development and total empowerment. “There is a vast digital divide between men and women which needs to be […]
Srinagar: The two day national workshop on Design Component under MSME innovative scheme aimed to generate new knowledge, build infrastructure and educate entrepreneurs concluded on Tuesday at SKICC Srinagar. The workshop was organised by the Union MSME Ministry through Incubation and Entrepreneurship Development Centre (IIEDC), National Institute of Technology (NIT) Srinagar and Br MSME DFO […]
SRINAGAR: Divisional Commissioner Kashmir Vijay Kumar Bidhuri on Tuesday convened a meeting of officers to make arrangements for the forthcoming Holy Month of Ramzan and Navratra. The meeting was attended by Deputy Commissioners; Divisional and District officers of PDD, R&B, PHE, Transport, FCS&CA departments besides officers from Traffic Police. While taking the stock of availability […]
New Delhi: Over a month after three deadly earthquakes struck Turkiye, experts are trying to piece together information on the compliance level of buildings in the geologically fragile region. A recent report outlining preliminary findings of damage assessment of the earthquakes shows violations of the building code stipulations in the past two decades contributed to […]
New Delhi: Aimed at countering China’s influence in the Indo-Pacific region, leaders of the US, UK and Australia have unveiled new details of their plan to create a fleet of next generation nuclear-powered submarines. Under the AUKUS deal outlined on Monday, Australia will first receive at least three nuclear-powered submarines from the US, reports the […]
Washington: US President Joe Biden left a press briefing on the Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank collapses midway, inviting criticism even as he reiterated assurances about the safety of the US banking system. At the press meet, Biden’s remarks mentioned “maintaining a resilient banking system and protecting our historic economic recovery”. A reporter asked […]
New Delhi: India has dropped from fifth to eighth place in terms of the world’s most polluted countries in 2022. According to the ‘World Air Quality Report’ released by Swiss firm IQAir, out of the 50 most polluted cities in the world, 39 are in India. On the basis of the data collected from 131 […]
Ahmedabad: The Gujarat High Court has sought the state government’s reply on a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking a ban on the use of loudspeakers for reciting ‘azaan’ (call to prayer) in mosques. A division bench of Acting Chief Justice A J Desai and Justice Biren Vaishnav on Monday allowed Shaktisinh Zala, a Bajrang Dal […]