Srinagar: Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir held a one day workshop on ‘Innovation Minning’ for the BSc Fisheries students on Tuesday. The programme was organised by the university’s Faculty of Fisheries under the World Bank-ICAR funded National Agricultural Higher Education Project (NAHEP) for the institutional development of SKUAST-K. The programme was […]
New Delhi: The government on Tuesday imposed restrictions on the export of human hair, a move, according to the hair industry, would help in checking alleged smuggling of the product from India. Hair exports were earlier allowed without any restriction. But now an exporter would have to seek permission or licence from the Directorate General […]
Mumbai: The rupee on Tuesday depreciated by 16 paise to close at 74.76 (provisional) against the US dollar due to month-end dollar demand from oil importers and a stronger dollar in overseas markets. Investors’ weak appetite for riskier assets also weighed on the rupee. Moreover, market participants are now eyeing the US Fed’s meeting outcome […]
Dir Agri Kashmir initiates Valley wide campaign against unregistered Insecticides Srinagar: Director Agriculture Kashmir (Controller Insecticides UT of Jammu and Kashmir) Chowdhary Mohammad Iqbal Monday initiated a valley wide campaign to curb the inflow of unregistered insecticides in Kashmir Division. In this connection, Director Agriculture reiterated the Department’s commitment against the sale of unregistered products […]
Srinagar: On its 46th Foundation Day, Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) extended digitally enabled Next Gen *Pure for Sure* Fuelling Initiative to Energy Stations in 100 cities. In Srinagar city, the launch was carried at a simple function by Aamir Ali, Director Disaster Management at Abadan Motors, in presence of Syed Faizan Sadat, Manager Sales […]
New Delhi: Home buyers’ body FPCE has filed a plea in the Supreme Court seeking directions to the West Bengal government for the time-bound and proper implementation of the real estate regulatory law RERA in the state. The Supreme Court, in May last year, had struck down West Bengal government’s law — WBHIRA — for […]
NEW DELHI: Indian can reach $300 billion worth of electronics manufacturing and exports by 2025-26 — nearly four times from the current $67 billion — if specific product segments with high potential for scale are shortlisted and catered to by way of incentives and policy measures, a new IT Ministry report showed on Monday. The […]
Mumbai: The rupee on Monday slumped by 17 paise to close at a more than three-week low of 74.60 against the US dollar due to high crude oil prices, forex outflows and heavy losses in domestic equities amid growing geopolitical worries. Forex traders said the strength of the American currency in the overseas market and […]
New Delhi: Gold prices on Monday jumped by Rs 255 to Rs 48,431 per 10 grams in the national capital on strong global trends and rupee depreciation, according to HDFC Securities. In the previous trade, the precious metal had settled at Rs 48,176 per 10 grams. Silver also moved up by Rs 80 to Rs […]
Colomb: The Sri Lankan government has said that there is a possibility of it obtaining a further USD 1.5 billion in aid from India, weeks after New Delhi announced a billion-dollar assistance package and a balance of payment support to the island nation which is facing a severe foreign exchange crisis. Foreign Minister G L […]