Glasgow: India-led International Solar Alliance (ISA) on Wednesday announced a partnership with the Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet (GEAPP), for accelerating energy transition in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) and Small Island Developing States (SIDS). The partnership – announced at the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow -will champion significant solar capacity generation globally while […]
New Delhi: The Centre on Wednesday released Rs 17,000 crore as GST compensation to states to meet the shortfall in their revenue. With this, the total amount of compensation released to the states/UTs during 2021-22 so far is Rs 60,000 crore, the Finance Ministry said in a statement. As per the decision of GST Council, […]
Mumbai: The country’s largest lender State Bank of India (SBI) reported a 66.73 per cent jump in its standalone profit after tax (PAT) to Rs 7,627 crore in the quarter ended September, aided by higher net interest income and improvement in asset quality. The lender had reported a standalone profit after tax of Rs 4,574 […]
SRINAGAR: The Director General (DG) Horticulture Kashmir, Ajaz Ahmad Bhat today conducted an extensive tour of district Budgam. During the tour, the DG visited various fruit belts of the district and also took stock of various developmental activities. He also held interaction with many prominent growers of the district and listened to their demands patiently. […]
SRINAGAR: To review the progress on implementation of various Centrally Sponsored Schemes (CSSs) in the agriculture sector, the Director Agriculture Kashmir, Chowdhary Mohammad Iqbal today convened a high-level meeting of Srinagar/Ganderbal districts. During the meeting, the Director took a comprehensive and scheme wise review of progress on implementation of different schemes, projects. He stressed upon […]
Srinagar: SK University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology Kashmir held a three-day online workshop on ‘Building Entrepreneurial Competencies’ for the varsity students. The workshop was organised by the School of Agricultural Economics and Horti-Business Management in collaboration with the World Bank-ICAR funded National Agricultural Higher Education Project (NAHEP) for the institutional development of SKUAST-K. Director […]
GANDERBAL: The Office of the Development Commissioner (Handicrafts), Handicrafts Service Centre (HSC), Srinagar today organised an Improved Toolkits distribution camp under Design and Technology Upgradation Scheme in Embroidery Craft at Ganderbal. The distribution camp was attended by Assistant Director, Central Handicrafts Office Srinagar, Raja Rahil, officials of HSC and various beneficiaries of the district. As […]
Kochi: The IPO-bound Popular Vehicles & Services, which among the top 5 Maruti dealers nationwide, will be focusing more on the services side of the business when it comes to footprint expansion than sales, given the higher margin the vertical offers. When it completes the Rs 800-crore OFS-only initial share sale, hopefully by later this […]
New Delhi: To give relief to consumers during the festival season, major edible oil players, including Adani Wilmar and Ruchi Soya Industries, have cut wholesale prices by Rs 4-7 per litre and other companies are also expected to follow the suit, industry body Solvent Extractors Association (SEA) said on Tuesday. The other players that reduced […]
SRINAGAR: The Handicrafts & Handloom Department today conducted an on hand training session on MIS Database of Artisans under World Bank funded Jhelum and Tawi Flood Recovery Project for the Nodal Officers nominated by the Handicrafts & Handloom Department through M/S Spectrum Planning (India) Ltd at NIELIT Rangreth, Srinagar. It was given out that the […]