Environmental Week celebration also held

SRINAGAR: Environmental week celebrations were held at College of Temperate Sericulture, SKUAST-K Mirgund in which among other scientists of the college all the students also participated. The idea was to inculcate among students the importance of environment and its protection for the sustainability of life on biosphere. Speaking on the occasion Prof. M. F. Baqual, […]

Advisor Bhatnagar visits MAR&ES Izmarg-Gurez SKUAST

Gurez: Advisor Rajeev Rai Bhatnagar visited Mountain Agricultural Research and Extension Station (MAR&ES), Izmarg-Gurez of SKUAST-Kashmir and was accompanied by Sub-divisional Magistrate-Gurez Dr. Mudasir Ahmad Wani besides other officers. He was received by the Scientist incharge of the Station Dr. Bilal Ahmad Bhat. The Advisor interacted with the scientists of the Station and was apprised […]

Dir Tourism throws open exhibition of women entrepreneurs at Nigeen Club

SRINAGAR: Director, Tourism, Kashmir, Dr G N Itoo threw open an exhibition of women entrepreneurs at Nigeen Club today. Around 50 women entrepreneurs have put up their stalls at the three day exhibition. The items put up on display include homemade organic products, dried fruit and vegetables, jewellery, homemade pickles of vegetables and mutton, honey, […]

Tyndale Biscoe and Mallinson School hosts Move Beyond for Career Development

Srinagar: Move Beyond- A Career Counselling School organized an Innovative Career Development Workshop at Tyndale Biscoe and Mallinson School. The workshop was titled as Listening to You. Unlike offering career counselling to students, the workshop was focussed on listening to student’s career concerns and issues followed by a brainstorming session. After the brainstorming session, the […]

IMF welcomes India’s decision to relax ban on wheat exports; concerned by food, fertiliser export restrictions

WASHINGTON: The IMF has said that it is concerned by the use of food and fertiliser export restrictions by some nations which can exacerbate global price increases and market volatility and welcomed India’s recent decision to relax its originally announced ban on wheat exports and allow some shipments to proceed. A senior International Monetary Fund […]

IIKSTC Dusso Pampore empowered saffron growers: MoS Kailash Chaudhry

PAMPORE: Minister of State Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Government of India, Kailash Chaudhry on Friday visited Indian International Kashmir Saffron Trade Center Dusoo Pampore in South Kashmir’s Pulwama district. He held a meeting with officers to review status of various centrally sponsored schemes and also held interactions with saffron growers and other delegations. Talking to […]

SKUAST-K’s Faculty of Forestry holds environmental awareness tour

Srinagar: SK University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir’s Faculty of Forestry in its on-going World Environment Week celebrations organised one-day ‘Paryaavaran Excursion’ to Sindh View Environmental Park, Kijipora Kangan and SAGG Eco Village, Watlar to acclimatise the students about environmental issues and sustainable living. The programme was led by the faculty members Dr […]

J&K Bank ties-up with MoEVing to facilitate affordable financing for commercial electric vehicles

SRINAGAR: As a step towards facilitating affordable financing solutions to encourage electric vehicular transport in the country, J&K Bank today signed an MoU with MoEVing – India’s new age commercial electric mobility platform. This is one of the first of its kind partnership where a large Bank has developed a solution to finance electric vehicles […]

SKUAST-K Holds Vice Chancellors Sports Festival

Srinagar: As a responsibility towards overall personality development of the student community,the Dean Students Welfare SKUAST-K conducted a Maiden Sports Festival at Sheikh ul Alam Sports Field,Shalimar. The festival was inaugurated by Dy. Director General (Education) ICAR, Govt.of India and Prof. Nazir A. Ganai, Vice Chancellor of the varsity. The Chief guest, Dr. R. C. […]

PM inaugurates Biotech Startup Expo – 2022

New Delhi: The Prime Minister, Narendra Modi inaugurated the Biotech Startup Expo – 2022 at Pragati Maidan, here today. He also launched a Biotech products e portal. Union Ministers Shri Piyush Goyal, Dharmendra Pradhan, Dr Jitendra Singh, stakeholder of biotech sectors, experts, SMEs, investors were among those present on the occasion. Speaking on the occasion, […]