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SKUAST-K holds 3-day online workshop immunity boosting foods

Srinagar: Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, Kashmir held a three-day workshop on immunity-boosting foods to combat COVID19. The workshop titled ‘Let Food be...

Diesel price hits record high after rates hiked for 14th day in a row; petrol up 51 paise

New Delhi: Diesel price on Saturday hit a record high after rates were hiked by 61 paise per litre while petrol price was up...

Mukesh Ambani wins half of 2020 deals in global telecom

MUMBAI: Billionaire Mukesh Ambani's Jio Platforms Ltd. has attracted more than half the $30 billion investment into telecom companies globally this year, on bets...

LG releases Coffee Table Book of JKIDFC

JAMMU: Lieutenant Governor, Girish Chandra Murmu Friday released the Coffee Table Book of Jammu & Kashmir Infrastructure Development Finance Corporation Ltd. (JKIDFC), a compilation...

SKUAST-K holds conference on combating desertification and drought

Srinagar: Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, Kashmir held an online conference on, ‘Food, Feed and Fibre: Linking Production and Consumption’ with an...

Evacuee Property Departmenst to launch drive for recovery of rentals

JAMMU: Custodian General J&K, Suraiya Jabeen on Thursday reiterated to launch a special drive against the defaulters for recovery of rental arrears from individuals...

Trade unions serve 3-day strike notice in Coal India

Kolkata: Coal trade unions Thursday said they are going ahead with their three-day nationwide strike from July 2 in Coal India and SCCL against...

Gold rises Rs 280; silver gains Rs 260

New Delhi; Gold in the national capital gained Rs 280 to Rs 48,305 per 10 gram on Thursday reflecting rally in international prices of...

Saudi wealth fund PIF takes stake in Jio Platforms for Rs11,367 crore

NEW DELHI: Jio Platforms has signed up Public Investment Fund (PIF) as its tenth foreign investor in just over 8 weeks. The Saudi Arabian...

Major focus on providing agriculture inputs and developing horticulture in District Baramulla

BARAMULLA: Amid Covid-19 lockdown, distribution of 1665 quintals of High Yielding Variety (HYV) of paddy, 650 quintals of maize, 3.15 quintals of sweet corn...

Municipal bodies to use Accrual-based double entry accounting system

Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir administration on Wednesday accorded sanction to adoption of the J&K Municipal Accounting and Budgeting Rules, 2020 to facilitate implementation...

Crop Specific Agri Clusters to be developed into areas of high growth

Jammu: The Chief Secretary, B V R Subrahmanyam wednesday haired a meeting of State Food Security Mission Executive Committee to review the achievements under...

KCCI holds special session for preservation of Dal Lake

SRINAGAR: The Kashmir Chamber of Commerce and Industry Wednesday held an interaction with different stakeholders for the preservation of the Dal Lake. The interaction, which...

Maruti Suzuki Alto emerges bestseller in India for 16 years in a row

SRINAGAR: Maruti Suzuki India has claimed that the Alto has emerged as the country's bestselling car for the last 16 years in a row....

CVPPPL Signs Contracts for execution of 624 MW Kiru HE Project in Distt Kishtwar

SRINAGAR: Chenab Valley Power Projects Private Limited CVPPPL has signed contract agreement with M/S Patel Engineering Ltd. for Construction of Diversion Tunnel, Concrete Gravity...

PM holds e-meeting with CMs, says economy showing green shoots

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said the economy is showing "green shoots" as the country emerges from the coronavirus lockdown and...

Sensex, Nifty advance on global rally; India-China tensions cap gains

Mumbai: Indian equities on Tuesday followed upbeat global markets to capture the day's peak before losing momentum due to Indo-China border tensions that capped...

Dry fruit prices fall 20 pc on low demand, US-China tensions

Jaipur: The prices of dry fruits have declined as much as 20 per cent in the last three months, mainly due to the current...

KCCI deligation meets Advisor Baseer Khan, discuss issues of transport sector

Srinagar: A delegation of the Kashmir Chamber of Commerce and Industry led by its President Mr. Sheikh Ashiq Ahmad held an interaction with Advisor...

Wholesale prices plunge to 4.5-year low; WPI deflation at 3.21% in May

New Delhi: Prices in the wholesale market fell to a 4.5-year low level in May, recording a deflation of 3.21 per cent, due to...

Exports fall 36.47 pc in May, trade deficit narrows to USD 3.15 bn

New Delhi: Contracting for the third straight month, India's exports declined 36.47 per cent in May to USD 19.05 billion, mainly on account of...

JKAP censures government for hike in road tax on Sgr-Jammu highway

SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir Apni Party(JKAP) leader and former legislator Rafi Ahmad Mir on Monday censured the government for a hike in road tax...

‘Agriculture department creating market avenues for vegetable growers’

Srinagar: Keeping in view the importance of vegetable grower’s interest, Department of Agriculture Kashmir has taken pro active steps for marketing of their crops....

Director Hoticulture take stock of activities at Zawoora centre

SRINAGAR: Director Horticulture, Ajaz Ahmad Bhat,KAS Monday visited Centre of Excellence being established at Zawoora Srinagar and inspected varietal profile of various fruit crops...

Sahara Group says no layoffs; gives salary hikes, promotions to employees despite COVID

New Delhi: Even as COVID-related layoffs and salary cuts ensued across sectors, the Sahara Group on Monday said it has given pay hikes and...

Snacks industry expects Rs 35,000 cr revenue loss in FY21 due to COVID-19

Indore: The country's snacks and sweets industry would suffer an estimated revenue loss of Rs 35,000 crore in the current financial year due to...

Markets open but cash and customers both missing

Srinagar: After reopening of markets in the city, traders are facing another challenge: neither there are customers, nor cash coming through. According to Abdul Rahman,...

3rd ‘free’ LPG refill under Covid relief package to be paid for first

Srinagar: Beneficiaries of the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) scheme will not get advance amount for LPG cylinder refill in their bank account this...

Lavender cultivation brings ‘purple revolution’ to farmers in Doda

Tipri: Giving up the age-old traditional farming of maize crops, 200 progressive farmers residing in the vast hilly slopes of Jammu and Kashmir's Doda...

Govt unlikely to go for privatisation of PSBs this fiscal

NEW DELHI: Privatisation of any public sector bank (PSB) during the current fiscal is very unlikely due to their low valuations and mounting stressed...

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