Awareness/ distribution programme under CSIR Floriculture Mission held at Pulwama

PULWAMA: Under CSIR, Floriculture Mission, the Vice Principal Govt Degree College Womens Pulwama, HOD Botany GDC Womens Baramulla, officers and Scientists, progressive farmers, students and faculty from various Schools/ Colleges from Kashmir Division today attended the awareness and distribution programme, here. The CSIR, GOI has launched Floriculture Mission pan India for promotion of Commercial Floriculture […]

JKHPMC on course to become profitable and self-sustainable: Navin Choudhary

SRINAGAR: Principal Secretary, Agriculture & Horticulture, Navin Choudhary today chaired the 61st Board of Directors Meeting (BoDs) of Jammu & Kashmir Horticultural Produce Marketing and Processing Corporation (JKHPMC) Ltd The meeting was attended by representatives of Horticulture & Agriculture Departments, SKUAST-K/J, National Horticulture Board (NHB), Small Farmers, Agri-Business Consortium (SFAC), Finance & Planning Departments of […]

15-day training on application of drones in agriculture begins at SKUAST-K

Srinagar: A 15-day online programme on ‘Application of Drones in Agriculture’ began at SK University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir on Wednesday. The workshop is organised by IDP Cell, SKUAST-K in collaboration with AVIANA HV Bioscience Pvt Ltd, Bangalore under the World Bank-ICAR funded National Agricultural Higher Education Project (NAHEP) for the institutional […]

SKUAST-K, Sagg Eco Village commences workshop on ecological entrepreneurship

Srinagar: SK University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir commenced a five-day online workshop on ‘Ecological Entrepreneurship’ in collaboration with Sagg Eco Village. The jointly organised workshop, under the World Bank-ICAR funded National Agricultural Higher Education Project (NAHEP) for the institutional development of SKUAST-K, aims to provide practical knowledge and hands-on exercises for the […]

As offline classes resume, hike in school transportation charges burdens parents

New Delhi: The resumption of offline classes is burning a hole in the pocket of parents of schoolgoing children, courtesy a significant hike in transportation charges, which several Delhi-NCR schools have raised by up to 30 per cent. While parents said that schools consider it an extra source of income, some principal said they can’t […]

DD Handicrafts and Handlooms inspects Training Centres

SRINAGAR: The Deputy Director, Handicrafts & Handloom Department, Mirza Shahid Ali Beigh today inspected a number of training centres in Budgam district and assured the artisans and weavers all help from the department. Beigh interacted with the artisans and also visited various training centres in the Beeru area. He on the occasion called for conducting […]

BIS J&K holds awareness programme for District Head of Departments at Budgam

Program aimed to promote Quality Consciousness and benefit to General public BUDGAM: A daylong sensitization program was today organised by Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) (J&K Branch) at New Conference Hall of DC office Complex, here. The awareness program was chaired by ADDC Budgam, Akramullah Tak. Among others the program was also attended by Director […]

US-based Triton Electric Vehicle to set up commercial EV plant in Gujarat

Ahmedabad: US-based Triton Electric Vehicle LLC on Tuesday signed an agreement with the Gujarat government to set up a commercial electric vehicle manufacturing plant at Bhuj in Kutch district with a total investment of Rs 10,800 crore. As per the agreement, Triton Electric Vehicle will set up the plant over 645-acre land with an annual […]

Sugar export may touch 85 lakh tonne this year: ISMA

New Delhi: India’s sugar export may touch 85 lakh tonne in the ongoing 2021-22 marketing year ending September, as per the estimates of global trade houses, industry body ISMA said on Monday. While the country has contracted 72 lakh tonne of sugar export, the physical exports have been around 56-57 lakh tonne till March-end this […]

Faculty of Agriculture Wadura SKUAST-K holds meeting for implementation of NEP-2020

Srinagar: A Meeting for Implementation of National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 by SKUAST-K was held on April 04, 2022 in the meeting hall of Faculty of Agriculture, Wadura, under the chairmanship of Prof. M.N. Khan , Director Education SKUAST-Kashmir. Various agenda items related to National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 were placed before the house for […]