SRINAGAR: Director Agriculture Kashmir, Chowdhury Mohammad Iqbal on Friday visited different areas of Pulwama district including Kakpora, Tral, Noorpora, Dadsar, Padgampora, etc and took stock of the agriculture scenario in the district. He also inaugurated hi-tech polyhouses under Holistic Agriculture Development Programme (HADP) at Kakpora. While expressing his views on the occasion, Director Agriculture marked […]
MUMBAI: A case has been registered against a 38-year-old man after he smoked inside the lavatory of a Mumbai-bound flight from Delhi, police said on Friday. The incident took place on Wednesday evening on an IndiGo flight from the country’s national capital to the financial capital, the official said. The flight, carrying 176 passengers, took […]
NEW DELHI: The digital lending market in India grew at 33 per cent Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) from FY19 till FY23 — reaching Rs 2,905 thousand crore in FY23 from Rs 913 thousand crore in FY19, a report showed. In the same time period, digital transactions surged by 44 per cent (year-on-year) — from […]
NEW DELHI: Apple iPhone maker Foxconn has informed the government that 25 per cent of its new hires are married women and its safety protocol, which requires all employees to avoid wearing metal irrespective of gender or religion, is not discriminatory, sources said. In an informal note shared with the government after reports suggested it […]
NEW DELHI: Bids for spectrum — the first under the Modi 3.0 government — kicked off on a muted note with operators tabling offers of just Rs7,457.44 crore against the base price of Rs96,238 crore in the five rounds of bidding during the day. The government has put over 10,500 Mhz of spectrum on the […]
SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir Entrepreneurship Development Institute (JKEDI) and Government Polytechnic College, Baramulla signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) here on Wednesday to work together for entrepreneurship development and startup related services. The MoU aims at helping the students enhance their skills and knowledge with regard to entrepreneurship, innovation and startups. The MoU was signed […]
NEW DELHI: The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) is auctioning 10,500 megahertz of mobile service radio waves in eight bands to telecom players on Tuesday. Ministry of Communications announced that the frequencies on auction across the spectrum include 800 megahertz (MHz), 900 MHz, 1,800 MHz, 2,100 MHz, 2,300 MHz, 2,500 MHz, 3,300 MHz, and the 26 […]
NEW DELHI: Moody’s Ratings on Tuesday said that India’s worsening water shortage, triggered by high consumption amid rapid economic growth and frequent natural disasters, can negatively impact its sovereign credit strength. “This is detrimental to the credit health of the sovereign, as well as sectors that heavily consume water, such as coal power generators and […]
NEW DELHI: The Centre on Tuesday rejected what it called the ”false claim” made by the West Bengal Government that it was not consulted on the Internal Review of the India-Bangladesh Treaty of 1996 on Sharing of the Ganga/Ganges Waters at Farakka. ”On 24 July 2023, the Government of India sought the nominee of the […]
NEW DELHI: Vodafone Idea has announced new subscription plans for its prepaid customers. The new plans – Vi Movies & TV Plus, and Vi Movies & TV Lite offer access to up to 17 OTT apps along with additional data benefits. The new subscription plans will exist in addition to the current Vi Movies & […]