Seed processing vital for overall performance of seed: Dir Agri

SRINAGAR: Director Agriculture Kashmir, Chowdhary Mohammad Iqbal on Thursday visited Seed Processing Plant/Seed Multiplication Farm Padgampora Anantnag. During his visit, he inspected different sections of the Seed Processing Plant and had interaction with the technical experts and concerned officers of the Processing Plant. While expressing his views, Director Agriculture reiterated the Department’s commitment to ensuring […]

India’s 100 richest tycoons surpass $1 trillion milestone, Gautam Adani at 2nd spot: Forbes list

NEW DELHI: The collective wealth of India’s 100 richest tycoons surpassed the trillion dollar milestone for the first time as more than 80 per cent of the country’s richest tycoons are now wealthier than they were a year ago, a Forbes report showed on Thursday. In a record-breaking year, India’s wealthiest are now worth $1.1 […]

Axis Bank Foundation launches sustainable livelihood project in Ladakh to benefit tribal families

Axis Bank Foundation launches sustainable livelihood project in Ladakh to benefit tribal families

In association with Himmotthan Society and Leh Nutrition Project, the multi-year initiative aims to enhance incomes through farm and non-farm activities, directly impacting 7,500 families across three clusters in the region. It spans across 60 villages in the Leh and Kargil districts of Ladakh to support 7,500 rural families. SRINAGAR: Axis Bank Foundation (ABF) launched […]

Hyundai Motor India Limited’s initial public offering to open on Oct 15

SRINAGAR: Hyundai Motor India Limited (the “Company”), a part of the Hyundai Motor Group, which is the third largest auto OEM in the world based on passenger vehicle sales in CY2023, according to the CRISIL Report, proposes to open its initial public offering of Equity Shares (“Offer”) on Tuesday, October 15, 2024. The Anchor Investor […]

Cabinet approves continuation of supply of free Fortified Rice under Pradhan Mantri Garib

NEW DELHI: The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has approved continuation of the universal supply of Fortified Rice under all schemes of the Government including Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY) and Other Welfare Schemes in its present form, from July 2024 and up to December 2028. The rice fortification initiative […]

India makes significant progress in poverty reduction, electrification, clean water, sanitation: UNFPA

NEW DELHI: India has made remarkable strides in reducing poverty, expanding electrification, and improving access to clean water and sanitation, said Natalia Kanem, Executive Director of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), in an exclusive interview with ANI during her three-day visit to India. Reflecting on India’s progress, Kanem said, “When I look back at […]

PM to leave for Vientiane, Prez Murmu to visit three African nations from Sunday

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will leave here on Thursday for Vientiane in Laos to attend the 21st ASEAN-India Summit and the 19th East Asia Summit (EAS) while President Droupadi Murmu will embark on a week-long three-nation tour of Africa on Sunday to give an impetus to India’s traditional and historic links with the […]

Over 34.84 lakh audit reports filed on I-T Dept’s e-filing portal

NEW DELHI: Over 34.84 lakh audit reports have been filed for AY 2024-25 on the e-filing portal till the end of the due date, the Ministry of Finance said on Wednesday. These included about 34.09 lakh Tax Audit Reports (TARs). The Ministry data highlighted that there is an increase in the filing of Tax Audit […]

Centre asks major retailers to follow declining mandi prices of key pulses

NEW DELHI: Prices of tur (arhar) and urad pulses in major mandis have declined by almost 10 per cent in the last three months but retail prices have not seen a similar decline yet, the Centre has said. Nidhi Khare, Secretary, Department of Consumer Affairs, told the Retailers Association of India (RAI) and representatives from […]

UPI fraud sees big jump in 2024

Police share most-common techniques used to scam people, tips to stay safe NEW DELHI: Unified Payments Interface (UPI)-related frauds were the most-common financial scams in the national capital, Delhi, in the first six months of 2024. The data shared by Delhi Police revealed that until June this year, 25,924 UPI-related complaints were registered. A police […]

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