New Delhi: Petrol and diesel prices will be reduced only if the current drop in international oil prices is sustained for a few more days, as domestic retail prices are fixed on a 15-day rolling average, official sources said. Global benchmark Brent crude oil prices remained largely range bound at around USD 80 to 82 […]
Kolkata: The Indian Jute Mills Association (IJMA) has suggested to revise the fair raw jute price to Rs 7,200 per quintal from Rs 6,500 per quintal now fixed by the regulator Jute Commissioner. The IJMA had submitted their suggestion after an emergency meeting pursuant to a high level meeting at the Nabanna, the state secretariat […]
Department bags award at Pune IITM SRINAGAR: On the sidelines of the India International Travel Mart (IITM), being held at Pune these days, the J&K Tourism organised an interactive meet with the tour and travel operators of the city in which a large number of prominent tour operators of Pune participated. The event was aimed […]
Kolkata: Bengal Shapoorji which is building Asia’s largest mass housing project in New Town area on Sunday said it is committed to the delivery of remaining apartments and has secured a Rs 200 crore loan to complete construction work. The company also claimed to have resumed the construction work with 600 workers that is expected […]
New Delhi: Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on Sunday suggested five focus areas including trade, connectivity, health and tourism for further enhancing economic ties between India and Bangladesh. He also said that Bangladesh is India’s biggest trade partner in South Asia with a volume of over USD 10 billion of trade and both the […]
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 […]