Board of Directors, J&K Bank call on Lt Governor

SRINAGAR: Board of Directors, Jammu & Kashmir Bank today met Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha at the Raj Bhawan here. The directors- Sh R K Chhibber, Dr Rajeev Lochan Bishnoi, Sh Anil Goel, Sh Umesh Pandey apprised the Lt Governor about the functioning and progress achieved by the J&K Bank in the recent quarter. It was […]

SKUAST , Western Sydney University Australia scientist discuss research carried on insect pollinators of almond

Srinagar: A meeting of thesis defence entitled “Studies on Insect Pollinators of Almond, Prunus amygdalus Batsch in Kashmir Valley” in favour of Ph. D Scholar, Uzma Arifie (Proposed Dual degree programme between SKUAST Kashmir and Western Sydney University, Hawkesbury Campus Australia) under the project entitled “Indo-Australian Project on Crop Pollinators (AICRP on HB&P)” was held […]

World Entrepreneurship Day observed at IUST today

AWANTIPORA: The World Entrepreneurship Day was observed at the Islamic University of Science and Technology today on August 22, 2022. The program was presided over by Prof. Shakil Ahmed Romshoo, Vice Chancellor IUST, and attended by incubators and coordinators of all cells off the Centre for Innovation & Entrepreneurship Development (CIED).The program aimed to honour […]

Committee on MSP sets up four sub-groups to discuss key issues

New Delhi: The committee on Minimum Support Price (MSP) formed four sub-groups on mandated topics, including making “MSP more effective and transparent” in its first meeting on Monday but Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) remained absent. The committee, headed by former agriculture secretary Sanjay Agrawal, discussed ways to “promote zero budget based farming”, to “change” crop […]

Silk Mark aims at generic promotion of Silk and building brand equity of Indian Silk at home and abroad, says MoS Textiles

New Delhi: Minster of State for Textiles and Railways Smt. Darshana Vikram Jardosh inaugurated the SILK MARK EXPO, in the presence of Shri. Upendra Prasad Singh, Secretary, Ministry of Textiles ( MOT) and Shri. Rajit Ranjan Okhandiar IFS, CEO & Member Secretary, Central Silk Board, MOT here today. The exihibition is organised by Silk Mark […]

Director Agriculture takes stock of progress on implementation of PM KISSAN in south Kashmir

Says Set targets must be achieved in time SRINAGAR: Director Agriculture Kashmir Chowdhary Mohammad Iqbal today reviewed the status of progress on the implementation of Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi PM-KISAN in south Kashmir. While addressing a meeting of officers of south Kashmir including Pulwama, Shopian, Kulgam and Anantanag, Director Agriculture impressed upon the concerned […]

Punjab expects cotton production of 8 lakh bales this season

Chandigarh: Punjab is expecting a cotton output of around 8 lakh bales in the current Kharif season due to lower acreage and damage to the crop due to rains. The cotton output had dropped sharply to 6.45 lakh bales in the last 2021-22 season due to the pink bollworm insect attack against more than 10 […]

GRSE making seven vessels for foreign countries: Official

Kolkata: Defence PSU Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers Ltd is making seven vessels for foreign countries, out of the 23 ships that are in the different stages of construction, its chairman and managing director Commodore (retd) P R Hari said. GRSE, which had bagged the prestigious Rs 19,294-crore order for the construction of three advanced […]

SKUAST-K, CDAC Kolkata join hands for R&D in digital agriculture

Srinagar: SK University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir (SKUAST-K) a leading farm university in the region and Centre of Development for Advanced Computing Kolkata (CDAC-K), the premier R&D organisation, established to develop supercomputers, by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) came together to discuss the possibility of collaboration in the emerging […]

JKTPO organized virtual session on “Valuation of StartUp”

JAMMU: Jammu and Kashmir Trade Promotion Organization (JKTPO) today organized a virtual session for J&K based StartUps on Valuation of StartUp with domain experts from StartUp India and Ernst & Young. The objective of this virtual session was to educate entrepreneurs about valuation of their StartUp in order to negotiate with Investors while raising funds […]