New Delhi: Describing demonetisation as an “economic genocide” and a “criminal act”, opposition parties slammed the BJP-led Centre for its decision taken on this day in 2016 to scrap high-value currency notes. On November 8, 2016, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the demonetisation of the old Rs 1,000 and Rs 500 banknotes. The key objectives […]
SRINAGAR: Director Horticulture Kashmir, G R Mir today visited Industrial Growth Centre Lassipora, Pulwama and Aglar, Shopian. He was accompanied by Chief Horticulture Officer Pulwama, Javeed Ahmad Bhat and other field functionaries of the Department. He inspected various CA stores, grading lines and other post-harvest infrastructure and took stock of the functioning of these infrastructures. […]
Says up gradation of Seed Multiplication Farms our prime agenda SRINAGAR: To take stock of post harvest management activities at Seed Multiplication Farms Director Agriculture Kashmir Chowdhary Mohammad Iqbal today visited SM Farms at Padgampora & Alawpora. During the interaction with the officers and farm staff, the Director said that the Department is working on […]
Leh/Jammu: With an aim to ensure effective usage of the digital learning scheme, headmasters and teachers of 27 schools in the district completed a two-day training on DigiLab solution and its operation, officials said. The Ladakh administration launched a pilot project for digital learning in schools in the region. Under this pilot, Ladakh Autonomous Hill […]
Launches ‘OOZKE’ for establishment of maximum income generating units under PMEGP KUPWARA: District Development Commissioner (DDC) Kupwara, Doifode Sagar Dattatray today convened a meeting of concerned officers to review sponsoring of self employment schemes on Mission Mode basis in the district. Addressing the meeting, the DDC said that employment generation is among the top priorities […]
JAMMU: Jammu and Kashmir Trade Promotion Organization (JKTPO) today organized export awareness workshop in association with Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) , Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT), Federation of Indian Export Organisations (FIEO), Export Credit Guarantee Corporation of India Ltd (ECGC), State Bank of India (SBI) and Council of Scientific […]
MIDH, RKVY, ATMA like schemes boosting Commercial Floriculture Sector in J&K SRINAGAR: Commercial Floriculture in Jammu and Kashmir is helping the farmers to multiply their profits with the help of Government sponsored schemes and other related interventions. Commercial Floriculture, a specialized form of Horticulture aimed at augmenting the income of Growers and generating employment opportunities […]
New Delhi: Gold price in the national capital gained Rs 81 to Rs 51,201 per 10 grams on Monday, according to HDFC Securities. In the previous trade, the precious metal had settled at Rs 51,120 per 10 grams. Silver, however, dropped Rs 244 to Rs 60,596 per kilogram. In the international market, gold was trading […]
Srinagar: Representatives of the Israel Embassy Monday visited Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir Shalimar campus to explore the joint collaborations in agriculture technology between the university and Israeli institutions. Yair Eshel, Agricultural Attaché MASHAV, Embassy of Israel in New Delhi along with Brihama Dev, Project Officer MASHAV, Embassy of Israel held […]
New Delhi: Humiliation and uncertainty are the words to describe the situation, says one of the many Twitter India staff who was handed a pink slip on Friday. That the laying off was perhaps on expected lines or that the microblogging platform itself erupted in support from ‘Tweeple’ or emphatic outsiders did not make things […]