Hong Kong: Australian officials were racing Sunday to conduct further tests on passengers arriving from southern Africa who tested positive for COVID-19 to determine if they were carrying the omicron variant as nations around the world tightened controls against the worrying new strain. Neighbouring New Zealand announced it was restricting travel from nine southern African […]
New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has summoned senior executives of Amazon India, including its country head Amit Agarwal, and that of the Future group for questioning in a foreign exchange violation probe linked to the disputed deal between the two conglomerates, official sources said on Sunday. The executives have been summoned along with documents […]
Srinagar: Rajeev Chandrasekhar, Minister of State, Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship; and Ministry of Electronics and IT, today launched two projects— (i) Revival of Namda craft of Kashmir as a special pilot project under Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY and upskilling of artisans and weavers of Kashmir under Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL), […]
Special strategies needed to be devised for exploring the full potential for integrated farming:Director Agri Budgam: Director Agriculture Production and Farmers Welfare Kashmir Chowdhary Mohammad Iqbal today inaugurated a Sprinkler Irrigation / Drip Irrigation System at Dadina Budgam commissioned under Capex 2021-22. On the occasion, Director Agriculture Kashmir said that every effort is being made […]
Johannesburg: Hundreds of foreigners on family or business trips in South Africa desperately tried to get back home on the last available flights as several nations imposed restrictions on travellers due to the discovery of the new Omicron variant of COVID-19 in this country. The UK announced on Thursday that all flights to and from […]
BARAMULLA: The Department of Horticulture today organised an awareness/training camp at Dak Bungalow, Sopore. Director General (DG) Horticulture Kashmir, Ajaz Ahmad Bhat was the Chief Guest and DDC Chairperson, Baramulla, Safina Beigh was the Guest of Honour at the function. Various BDC and DDC members along with PRIs attended the camp besides, President Fruit Grower […]
Paradip: A public hearing was held for Jindal Steel Works’ proposed integrated steel plant in Odisha’s Jagatsinghpur district, officials said. The JSW has proposed a world-class 12-million-tonne-per-annum (MTPA) facility, 900 MW power plant and a captive port in 3,000 acres of land at an estimated cost of Rs 50,000 crore. The POSCO site near the […]
BANDIPORA: In compliance to the instructions of LG’s Administration to identify and provide self-employment to at least 05 persons in every Panchayat, the District Administration Bandipora on Saturday organized an Awareness cum Enrollment drive under ‘Be Rozgar se Swa-Rozgar (From unemployed to self-Employed) campaign in 12 blocks of the district. The programme was organized on […]
Director meets Amazon Fresh Team JAMMU: Agriculture Department Jammu has decided to collaborate with Amazon Fresh for marketing of local produce. In this regard, a meeting of Department of Agriculture Jammu was today held with Amazon Fresh Team which came all the way from Bengaluru. Director Agriculture Production & Farmers Welfare Jammu, K. K. Sharma […]
JAMMU: Department of Animal Husbandry Jammu today celebrated ‘National Milk Day’ at KisanBhawan, TalabTillo. The celebration was organized to commemorate the birth anniversary of the Father of ‘White Revolution’ in India, Lt. Dr. Verghese Kurien. Principal Secretary to the Government Animal/Sheep Husbandry & Fisheries department UT of J&K, Navin Kumar Choudhary, while participating through online […]