New Delhi: Retirement fund body EPFO is mulling a new pension product for organised sector workers who are getting basic wages of more than Rs 15,000 per month and are not mandatorily covered under its Employees’ Pension Scheme 1995 (EPS-95). At present, all those employees in the organised sector whose basic wage (basic pay plus […]
NEW DELHI: Domestic stock markets may face volatile trading sessions this week and would be guided by global cues, movement of the rupee and crude oil prices, experts said. Participants would be keenly tracking the geopolitical developments regarding Russia-Ukraine tensions, which have been weighing on global sentiment for the past few weeks. “Volatility is expected […]
Srinagar: Minister of State (Independent Charge) Science & Technology, Minister of State Independent Charge) Earth Sciences; MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh today said that the elected representatives are the key players in defining the priority areas for development in their jurisdiction. He said that not only are […]
New Delhi: Air India has won a nod of an appeals court in Quebec to challenge a Canadian court order that allowed foreign investors in Bengaluru-headquartered Devas Multimedia to seize its funds to recover compensation for a failed 2005 satellite deal with Antrix Corporation, a commercial arm of ISRO. In a February 11 ruling, Judge […]
Win 1st, 2nd and 6th position Srinagar: Bringing laurels to the university and Jammu and Kashmir, three students from Sher-e-Kashmir University of Sciences and Technology of Kashmir have won first, second and sixth position in a national speech writing competition held by Maharana Pratap University of Agriculture and Technology in Udaipur, Rajasthan. The national-level inter-agriculture […]
POONCH: District Development Council Chairperson Poonch, Tazim Akhter on Saturday reviewed the progress of works under District Development Plan/ District Capex budget for the year 2021-22 and Area Development funds here at a meeting attended by DDC Vice Chairperson, Mohammad Ashfaq Chowdhary; Deputy Commissioner Poonch, Inder Jeet and heads of line departments. The meeting took […]
Distribution to start Thursday in phased manner Srinagar: The Director Agriculture Kashmir Chowdhary Mohammad Iqbal today took stock of the preparations for the valley wide distribution drive of vegetable seedlings among the farmers. He visited different seedling production installations including Seed Multiplication Farm Gangbug, , Seed Multiplication Farm Harran and Hi-tech poly house Kitchen Garden […]
Srinagar: Gulmarg will play host to a “craft mela” , a unique handicraft exhibition showcasing the exquisite art and craft of Kashmir. The exhibition has been put together jointly by the Development Commissioner Handlooms Government of India & Directorate of Handicrafts & Handlooms Kashmir. The Director Handicrafts & Handlooms Kashmir Mahmood Ahmad Shah inaugurated the […]
ANANTNAG: The Department of Agriculture Production and Farmers Welfare department district Anantnag in collaboration with Policy Advocacy Research Centre (PARC) Mumbai conducted a one day Training/ Awareness program at Dak Bankglow Khanabal, here. The programme was organised to initiate Marketing linkage of farm produce in which besides officers of Deptt of Agriculture, sectoral officers of […]
Patalbagh Pampore, start identifying interventions, value additions for organic farming PAMPORE: A Team from the ministry of commerce government of India visited different areas of Pampore including Saffron fields and organic village Patalbagh of Pampore in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district. The team was led by Assistant Vice President of Invest India, Garima Nijhawan and Project […]