4th Handicrafts Quality Control Council meeting held

Srinagar: A 4th meeting of the Handicrafts Quality Control Council was on Friday held under the chairmanship of Director Handicrafts and Handloom Kashmir, Mahmood Ahmad Shah to formulate a uniform process of labelling and quick-response coding (QR) of Non-GI products. QR code is part of the serious effort by the Jammu and Kashmir government to […]

Marengo CIMS Hospital Ahmedabad spreads miracle of heart transplants

‘Organ donation is the highest form of humanity’ Srinagar: A change of Heart, changes everything, which is not just philosophically true, but medically as well. Heart Transplantation gives the highest hope to patients with end-stage heart failures. Dr Dhiren recounts about a 17-year-old bubbly young girl from Amreli who suffered from COVID viral myocarditis and […]

Special camps for updation of Panchayat Electoral Roll- 23

SRINAGAR: The State Election Commission (SEC) has ordered updation of Panchayat roll-23 for which process at each Panchayat level has been stated from 20.9.23 and special camps would be also held. These camps will be held on 23rd and 24th of September at polling booths, where in the Panchayat Election Booth Officials PEBO( VLW/ MPW/GRS) […]

Parliament Special session: BJP MP Ramesh Bidhuri abuses BSP MP Danish Ali in Lok Sabha; opp demands strict action

Parliament Special session: BJP MP Ramesh Bidhuri abuses BSP MP Danish Ali in Lok Sabha; opp demands strict action

New Delhi: During the Special Parliament Session on Thursday, BJP MP Ramesh Bidhuri’s slurred abuses at Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) MP Kunwar Danish Ali during a discussion on the ‘success of Chandrayaan-3.’ While participating in a discussion on the Chandrayaan-3 mission in the lower house, Bidhuri made certain remarks against Danish Ali, leading to opposition […]

Apple outpaces Samsung to become largest smartphone exporter from India

New Delhi: Apple has overtaken Samsung to become the largest smartphone exporter from India. According to a report by The Economic Times (ET), in the June quarter, out of the total exports of 12 million shipments from India, Apple accounted for a market share of 49 per cent. Samsung’s market share was 45 per cent. […]

CUK’s SLS continues to organise legal awareness progs

Ganderbal: To promote legal literacy among students, Department of Law, School of Legal Studies (SLS), Central University of Kashmir (CUK), under Legal Aid Clinic, organised the third session of the Legal Awareness Programme at Government Girls’ Higher Secondary School (GHSS) and Government Boys’ Higher Secondary School (GBHSS) here. During the session at GHSS, a group […]

Hundreds of students participate in Ozone walk organized by IUST

Awantipora: IUST organized Ozone Walk as part of its ongoing initiatives to educate and sensitize students about the critical importance of the Ozone layer and the detrimental consequences of its depletion. The programme was coordinated by Dean of Students IUST, in collaboration with Alpine Club IUST, Mantaqi Memorial Higher Secondary School and Government High School […]

IUST student clinches 3rd prize at media festival

Awantipora: Junaid Rashid, a student from the Department of Journalism and Mass Communication at the Islamic University of Science and Technology, showcased exceptional talent by securing the coveted third prize in the Photo competition category at the day-long media festival hosted by the Department of Media Studies at Government Degree College (GDC) Baramulla. The department […]

9-day training for women entrepreneurs concludes at KU

Srinagar: A nine-day training programme for women entrepreneurs jointly organised by the Department of Social Work, Kashmir University (KU) and Usha International through its Usha Silai School (USS) initiative concluded with a valedictory ceremony held at the Institute of Technology (IoT), University of Kashmir, Zakura Campus on Friday. The programme marked the culmination of the […]

China’s Xi meets Syria’s Assad, declares new ‘strategic partnership’

China’s Xi meets Syria’s Assad, declares new ‘strategic partnership’

Beijing: Chinese President Xi Jinping held talks with Syrian counterpart Bashar al-Assad on Friday, and said the two leaders would unveil a new “strategic partnership”. Assad is on his first official trip to China in almost two decades as he seeks financial support to rebuild his devastated country, as well as rehabilitation for his regime […]