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Dir Horti tours multiple High-Density orchards in Budgam

Srinagar: Director Horticulture Kashmir, G. R. Mir visited district Budgam to encourage the horticultural practices in the region and facilitate a productive exchange of...

Govt unveils Green Hydrogen standards, sets emission thresholds for production

New Delhi: The government on Saturday unveiled Green Hydrogen standards and included electrolysis and biomass-based methods in its definition. In a significant move for the...

‘National e-commerce policy in final stages; to be presented before top-level’

New Delhi The proposed national e-commerce policy being formulated by the commerce and industry ministry is in the final stages and no new draft...

DARS, SKUAST-K conduct training prog under HADP

Srinagar: Two-day awareness cum training programme on “Resource Conservation Technologies under Rainfed Ecologies” was conducted by Dryland Agriculture Research Station (DARS), Rangreth in collaboration...

Jan Dhan accounts cross 50 crore-mark in less than 9 years: Govt

New Delhi: The total number of Jan Dhan accounts in the country has crossed 50 crore-mark, with 56 per cent of the accounts belonging...

Govt will adhere to fiscal deficit target of 5.9 pc for FY’24

New Delhi: The government will stick to the fiscal deficit target of 5.9 per cent of the GDP as robust tax, non-tax collections will...

Moody’s affirms India’s sovereign rating; says GDP growth to support increase in income level

New Delhi: Moody's on Friday affirmed India's sovereign rating at 'Baa3' with a stable outlook and said high growth will support a gradual increase...

Vistara flight at IGI delayed for 8 hours as bomb scare found hoax

New Delhi: A Delhi-Pune Vistara airlines flight was delayed for around eight hours at the IGI Airport here after a bomb threat call which...

Foxconn Begins iPhone-15 Production in India

New Delhi: Apple’s supplier Foxconn has reportedly initiated the production process for the upcoming iPhone 15 within India. This strategic move aims to bridge...

Dir Agri kick-starts 6th phase of Vegetable Seedling distribution

Srinagar: Director Agriculture Kashmir, Chowdhury Mohammad Iqbal on Thursday kick-started the 6th phase of vegetable seedling distribution (including one lakh seedlings of knol-khol, Saag...

Digital economy to contribute over 20% of India’s GDP by 2026: Govt

Bengaluru: Union Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology Rajeev Chandrasekhar on Thursday forecast that the digital economy will contribute more than 20...

SBI offers relief to loan borrowers in Manipur

Kolkata: The State Bank of India (SBI) has offered to extend relief on loans to its customers in Manipur, who have been affected by...

Cabinet approves extension of Digital India project with outlay of Rs 14,903 cr

New Delhi: Cabinet on Wednesday approved extension of Digital India project with an outlay of Rs 14,903 crore, Union minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said. The minister...

AI to help chartered accountants deliver high quality audits: ICAI prez

New Delhi: Artificial Intelligence will help chartered accountants deliver high quality audits as well as increase the number of transactions being looked at, ICAI...

JKEDI, Agri Dept celebrate 77th I-Day

Pulwama: The 77th Independence Day was today celebrated with great enthusiasm and patriotic fervor at the Jammu and Kashmir Entrepreneurship Development Institute’s (JKEDI) Sempora,...

Revenue Deptt concludes promotion exercise of Tehsildars

Srinagar: In a significant development aimed at enhancing public service delivery, the Revenue Department has successfully concluded the promotion exercise of Tehsildars. With this in-charge...

Foxconn sees opportunity to invest several billions of dollars in India

New Delhi: Taiwanese electronics manufacturing giant Foxconn sees potential of investing several billions of dollars in India if it gets to completely implement its...

India’s imports from Russia doubled to USD 20.45 bn in April-July period

New Delhi: India’s imports from Russia doubled to USD 20.45 billion during the April-July period of this fiscal due to increasing inbound shipments of...

I&C Deptt launches 4 new e-services on Single Window Portal

Srinagar: Industries & Commerce (I&C) Department on Monday launched four new e-services on Single Window Portal (www.singlewindow.jk.gov.in), taking total online services count of I&C...

Exports dip 16 pc to USD 32.25 billion in July

New Delhi: India's exports contracted by 15.88 per cent to USD 32.25 billion in July this year from USD 38.34 billion in the same...

UGC, EEC recommend against granting IoE tag to Jamia Hamdard, Jadavpur University

New Delhi: An expert panel and the UGC have recommended that Jadavpur University and Jamia Hamdard University, which were shortlisted by the Centre for...

RBI selects McKinsey and Company, Accenture Solutions to use AI, ML to improve regulatory supervision

Mumbai: The Reserve Bank has selected global consultancy firms McKinsey and Company India LLP and Accenture Solutions Pvt Ltd India to develop systems using...

SBI Card enables RuPay Credit Cards on UPI

Srinagar: SBI Card, India’s largest pure-play credit card issuer, and National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) have announced the linking of SBI credit cards...

Doctors to be penalised for not prescribing generic drugs, says new NMC regulation

New Delhi: All doctors must prescribe generic drugs, failing which they will be penalised and even their license to practice may also be suspended...

‘People affected by hydropower projects in Arunachal will be compensated handsomely’

Itanagar: People affected by hydropower projects in Arunachal Pradesh will be compensated handsomely, Union Power Minister RK Singh said on Saturday. Addressing a press conference,...

Fin min calls for concerted global efforts to restructure debt for poor countries

Mumbai: Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday called for concerted global efforts led by rich nations to help indebted countries deleverage at a time...

LS passes amendments to GST bills to levy 28% tax on bets in online gaming

New Delhi: Lok Sabha on Friday approved amendments to the Central and Integrated GST laws to levy 28 per cent tax on the full...

Govt to release buffer onion in open market immediately to keep prices under check

New Delhi: The government on Friday announced it will release onion from its buffer stock in the targeted regions with immediate effect to ensure...

SKUAST-K, KVK Budgam start 6-day CBTP on organic vgetable production

Budgam: SKUAST-K, KVK Budgam on Thursday started a six-day capacity building training programme (CBTP) on “Organic In Situ Input Production for Vegetable Production” in...

Vigorously working to ensure subsidised fertilizer for farmers: Dir Agri

Srinagar: A team of enforcement officers led by the Director Agriculture Kashmir, Chowdhury Mohammad Iqbal on Thursday inspected Industrial Estate Lassipora Pulwama and 70...

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