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Director Agriculture visits SMF Padgampora, inaugurates Dapog/ MAT Nursery Technology

SRINAGAR: The Director Agriculture Kashmir Chowdhary Mohammad Iqbal today visited Seed Multiplication Farm (SMF) Padgampora, Pulwama where he inaugurated the Dapog/ MAT Nursery Technology...

DoT approves telcos’ applications for 5G trials; no Chinese tech for trials

New Delhi: The Department of Telecom on Tuesday approved applications of telecom companies -- Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel, Vodafone and MTNL -- for conducting...

Goldman Sachs lowers India growth forecast for FY21 to 11.1 pc

New Delhi: Wall Street brokerage Goldman Sachs has lowered its estimate for India's economic growth to 11.1 per cent in fiscal year to March...

Gold gains Rs 97; silver jumps Rs 1,282

New Delhi: Gold gained Rs 97 to Rs 46,758 per 10 gram in the national capital on Tuesday, according to HDFC Securities. In the previous...

Petrol price up 15 paise, diesel 18 paise after over two-week hiatus

New Delhi: Petrol price on Tuesday was increased by 15 paise per litre and diesel by 18 paise as state-owned fuel retailers started passing...

Rupee gains 10 paise to end at 73.85, rises for 2nd day

Mumbai: Rising for the second day in a row, the rupee closed 10 paise higher at 73.85 against the US currency on Tuesday on...

Navin Choudhary reviews progress on implementation of APEDA, AFC project

JAMMU: Principal Secretary, Agriculture Production and Farmers’ Welfare Department, Navin Kumar Choudhary today chaired a meeting to discuss the implementation of project; 'Developing Export...

Verizon selling Yahoo, AOL unit to Apollo in USD 5B deal

New York: AOL and Yahoo are being sold again, this time to a private equity firm. Verizon will sell Verizon Media, which consists of the...

Over 7.5 million people lose jobs in April as lockdowns bite: CMIE

NEW DELHI: The second wave of COVID-19 and the resultant localised lockdowns have impacted over 75 lakh jobs, taking the unemployment rate to a...

Philippines protests “blocking” of its patrol ships by China

Manila (Philippines): The Philippine government has protested the Chinese coast guard's harassment of Philippine coast guard ships patrolling a disputed shoal in the South...

Factory orders, production rise at slowest rates in 8 months in April: PMI

NEW DELHI: India's manufacturing sector activity was largely flat in April, as rates of growth for new orders and output eased to eight-month lows...

Russia, facing lags, turns to China to produce Sputnik shots

Taipei: Russia is turning to multiple Chinese firms to manufacture the Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine in an effort to speed up production as demand...

Gold jumps Rs 310, silver rises Rs 580

New Delhi: Gold jumps Rs 310 to Rs 46,580 per 10 gram in the national capital on Monday reflecting recovery in global precious metal...

India’s fuel sales hit in April on Covid wave

New Delhi: The second wave of coronavirus sweeping the nation has pummelled fuel sales in April as local restrictions clamped to curb the spread...

Department committed to safeguard farmers’ interests: Director Agriculture

SRINAGAR: In order to ensure the availability of different agricultural inputs (seeds, fertilizers, pesticides etc.) and to take on field assessment of different agricultural...

Vijay Goel takes over as CMD of THDCIL

New Delhi: THDC India Ltd said Vijay Goel has assumed the additional charge as its chairman and managing director. "Vijay Goel assumed the additional charge...

Will try to keep soft interest rate regime as long as possible: SBI chief

New Delhi: State Bank of India (SBI) will try to keep the interest rates benign as long as possible with a view to supporting...

462 infra projects show cost overruns worth Rs 4.36 lakh crore

New Delhi: As many as 462 infrastructure projects, each worth Rs 150 crore or more, have been hit by cost overruns totalling more than...

FPIs turn net sellers after 6 months; withdraw Rs 9,659 crore in April

NEW DELHI: Snapping their six-month buying spree, foreign investors turned net sellers in April and pulled out Rs 9,659 crore from Indian equities, spooked...

GST collections hit record high of Rs 1.41 lakh crore in April

New Delhi: GST collections crossed the Rs 1 lakh crore mark for the seventh month in a row and touched a record high of...

WSU Australia to train SKUAST-K students for agri-entrepreneurship, innovation

Srinagar: Western Sydney University (WSU), Australia is conducting 16-week comprehensive training for the Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology Kashmir students for developing...

Walmart to donate 20 oxygen-generating plants, cryogenic containers to India to fight COVID-19

Washington: Walmart will donate up to 20 oxygen-generating plants and 20 cryogenic containers to India for the storage and transportation of the life-saving gas,...

RIL’s March quarter net profit more than doubles

New Delhi: Billionaire Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Industries Ltd on Friday reported more than doubling of its March quarter net profit as consumer businesses of...

‘Everything falls on my shoulders’: SII CEO Adar Poonawalla on vaccine pressure in India

London: Serum Institute of India CEO Adar Poonwalla on Saturday spoke out about the pressures he was under over the production of COVID-19 vaccines...

Covid: Amid localised lockdowns, auto firms log subdued sales in April

NEW DELHI: Major automobile manufacturers Maruti Suzuki, Hyundai Motor, Tata Motors and Kia on Saturday reported a decline in passenger vehicle sales in April...

Handicrafts and Handloom Kashmir organises webinar on Pashmina issues and Prospects

Srinagar: Director Handicrafts and Handloom Kashmir, Mahmood Ahmad Shah, today chaired a webinar discussing issues with the stake holders related to pashmina and its...

India, China trade showing strong resilience: China

Beijing: The India-China trade is showing strong resilience, the Chinese Commerce Ministry said on Thursday as the bilateral trade in goods in the first...

Gold tumbles Rs 191; silver plunges Rs 1,062

New Delhi: Gold tumbled Rs 191 to Rs 46,283 per 10 gram in the national capital on Friday in-line with decline in global precious...

Jio Platforms Q4 net profit zooms 47.5% to Rs 3,508 crore

New Delhi: Jio Platforms on Friday posted a net profit of Rs 3,508 crore for the fourth quarter ended March 2021, a 47.5 per...

SKUAST-Kashmir holds its 61st Research Council Meeting

Srinagar: The 61st Research Council Meeting (Kharif) was held virtually under the chairmanship of Hon’ble Vice Chancellor SKUAST-K, Prof J.P. Sharma. The meeting was...

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