KTM reconstituted, President and Secretary re-elected unopposed

Kochi: The Kerala Travel Mart (KTM) reconstituted its managing committee by re-electing unopposed Baby Mathew as its President and Jose Pradeep as the Secretary. James Kodiyanthara and Jibran Asif were elected unopposed to the posts of Vice-President and Treasurer respectively at the elections held on Saturday. Hari Kumar C has been elected the Joint Secretary, […]

Panasonic hopeful of robust festive sales, to invest Rs 300 crore under PLI scheme

Kolkata: Panasonic India after a strong September quarter is hopeful of robust demand during the festive season with Covid infection remaining under control, a top company official said. The company was also planning to invest Rs 300 crore to manufacture compressors and heat exchangers under the country’s production linked investment (PLI) scheme. “We have seen […]

Oneness biggest strength of Indian culture: Gadkari at Lokmat event

Nagpur: Oneness is the biggest strength of Indian culture and it was this aspect that made it capable for us to become a ‘vishwa guru’ or world teacher, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari said at an event here on Sunday. Speaking on ‘Global Challenges to Communal Harmony and the Role of India’ at an inter-religious conference […]

India high cost environment for airlines; critical that AERA is empowered further: IATA official

New Delhi: India continues to remain a high cost environment for airlines to operate in and it is critical to empower the Airports Economic Regulatory Authority (AERA) further to safeguard the interest of passengers, said Philip Goh, Regional Vice President for Asia Pacific of global airlines body IATA. AERA decides what tariffs — such as […]

Director Agriculture asks officials to guide farmers on how to deal with present weather situation

Srinagar: Amid fluctuating and unpredictable weather conditions, Director Agriculture Kashmir Chowdhary Mohammad Iqbal asked the Chief Agriculture Officers of all the Districts of Kashmir Division to ensure that all the necessary measures are taken to educate the farmers with respect to different steps adopted while dealing with the present weather situation. Farmers need moral support […]

DG Hoticulture tours south Kashmir to take stock of snow damage

SRINAGAR: Amid heavy rains and snowfall in the Valley, Ajaz Ahmad Bhat, Director General Horticulture, Kashmir conducted an extensive tour of various places of District Pulwama and Shopian and visited various orchards particularly the most affected areas of District Shopian viz. Zawora, Badrihama, Pinjora, Aglar, Balpora, Kanipora, Ganapora, Shirmal, Keegam, Kellar etc. He was accompanied […]

Directorate of Extension SKUAST-K inaugurates seven day STRAY training programme

SRINAGAR: Vice-Chancellor, Prof. J.P.Sharma inaugurated a seven day STRAY programme in Directorate of Extension for the farmers of Ladakh Union Territory. The farmers who were on a one day exposure visit to SKUAST-Kashmir and due to inclement weather a team of 54 farmers and farming women were held up due to closure of Srinagar – […]

Go First becomes first airline to introduce direct service from Srinagar To Sharjah

Srinagar,: Go First (formerly known as GoAir), today achieved a milestone in Jammu and Kashmir by becoming the first airline to start direct international connection and direct international cargo operations from Srinagar, thus strengthening its expanding international network. Operated by an Airbus A320neo, the maiden GO FIRST flight G8 1595 departed Sheikh ul-Alam International Airport […]

JKEDI Steering Committee clears 49 cases of aspiring entrepreneurs

SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir Entrepreneurship Development Institute (JKEDI), on Saturday held its 80th Steering Committee under the Himayat/Term Loan Scheme of National Minorities Development Finance Corporation (NMDFC). The meeting was chaired by Mahmood Ahmad Shah, Director, JKEDI at Sempora, Pampore campus of JKEDI. As many as 39 cases of the candidates trained by the Institute […]

DC Pulwama for self-reliant, sustainable Agriculture & Horticulture sector

PULWAMA: The District Development Commissioner (DDC) Pulwama, Baseer-ul-Haq Choudhary today convened the District Level Review Committee meeting of the district, here. During the meeting, detailed discussions were held on CD ratios of the banks, identification of beneficiaries, flow of credit, assistance under Government sponsored schemes, performances of banks under District Credit Plan (DCP), achievements made […]