Orphaned at young age, 23-year-old entrepreneur Ishrat Ameen aims to revive Kashmir traditions through affordable, quality food HAJIN: A 23-year-old girl from Chewa village in Bandipora district has turned her love for cooking into a business. After losing both her parents at a young age, Ishrat Ameen faced many challenges, but she remained determined to […]
NEW DELHI: The University Grants Commission (UGC) is set to award ten ‘PhD Excellence Citations’ every year, in an effort to recognise “high quality PhD work among young research scholars.” The citations will be given from next year onwards, and they are set to recognize “outstanding doctoral research,” according to UGC Chairman M Jagadesh Kumar. […]
NEW DELHI: Amid rumours regarding his health, industrialist Ratan Tata Monday issued a public statement dispelling concerns, following his early morning admission to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at Breach Candy Hospital. Mr Tata was hospitalised reportedly after a sudden drop in his blood pressure. In a letter shared by the 86-year-old business tycoon, Tata […]
NEW DELHI: To protect consumers from recent increase in tomato prices and prevent windfall gains for intermediaries, the National Cooperative Consumers Federation (NCCF) on Monday initiated a market intervention by directly procuring tomatoes from mandis and selling them at a subsidised rate of Rs 65 per kg in Delhi-NCR. The NCCF is also continuously supplying […]
NEW DELHI: The stock market ended lower and extended the losing streak for the sixth consecutive session on Monday amid selling across the sectors, barring information technology names. At close, the Sensex was down 638.45 points or 0.78% at 81,050, and the Nifty was down 218.80 points or 0.87% at 24,795.80. Sensex opened at 81,926.99 […]
In today’s fast-paced world, everyone dreams of financial security and wealth creation. Whether it’s buying a house, purchasing a car, or funding children’s higher education, achieving these goals requires careful planning and disciplined saving. One of the most effective ways to build wealth over time is through a Systematic Investment Plan (SIP). Here, we will […]
Equips District and Session Judges with essential insights on land acquisition, compensation, protection of rights for affected individuals JAMMU: The two day refresher course on “Land Revenue Laws, Land Acquisition: Land Reforms and Amendments in Land Acquisition Laws, Procedural Fairness and Natural Justice, Determination of Compensation and Rehabilitation and Resettlement of Affected Persons, Adjudication of […]
NEW DELHI: Tech billionaire Elon Musk on Thursday became the first person to reach 200 million followers on X social media platform, which he acquired in October 2022 for a whopping $44 billion. The X owner is currently followed by former US President Barack Obama at 131.9 million followers, and famous footballer Cristiano Ronaldo at […]
NEW DELHI: The Indian Council for Agricultural Research (ICAR) has withheld all the ongoing ICAR JRF and SRF (PhD) counselling for the current academic year (2024-25). These will be now conducted with the counselling for the PG programmes of the Veterinary stream during January and February. Further, the cut-off date for completion of degree and […]
NEW DELHI: About 62 per cent of professionals in India are convinced that getting ahead in their career now depends on their comfort with Artificial Intelligence (AI), according to a new report. The report from networking platform LinkedIn showed that as jobs evolve, the biggest opportunity for workers in India is integrating AI into daily […]