SRINAGAR: Director General, Horticulture Kashmir Mr. Ajaz Ahmad Bhat, Friday conducted a tour of District Pulwama. He was accompanied by Chief Horticulture Officer Pulwama and other officers of the Department. DG Horticulture visited many HighDensity Apple orchards of the district and appreciated the hard work of orchardists and field functionaries of the department. He directed […]
Coimbatore: “Several MSMEs (micro, small and medium enterprises) in the country are in ICU and need oxygen to survive, even as 80 per cent of SMBs (small and mid-size businesses) were insecure about the future following COVID-19,” according to Consortium of Indian Associations (CIA). The CIA and its 50 partner-SMB associations conducted a survey in […]
SRINAGAR: Director Extension Prof. Dil Mohammad Makhdoomi and Director Research Prof. Sarfaraz Ahmed Wani today visited the Advanced Research Station for Saffron and Seed Spices (ARSSS), SKUAST-K in connection with harvesting of the first crop of Saffron. The duo directors participated in the Mela on the directions of the Vice Chancellor SKAUST- K, Prof. J.P. […]
Dr. Javeed Ahmad Mugloo chosen as president, Prof. Mohd. Anwar Bhat (FoA) as vice president Srinagar: The election to select the electoral body for the prestigious SKUAST-K Scientists Teachers Association (SSTA) with a mandate to seek the welfare of the scientific community was held on 12th October, 2021. The electoral body comprises of a president, […]
New Delhi: Digital financial services firm Paytm has received market regulator Sebi’s approval for its Rs 16,600 crore initial public offer, a source involved in the process said on Friday. The company expects to hit the bourses by the end of this month and is planning to skip the pre-IPO share sale rounds to fast-track […]
New Delhi: Retail onion prices are not “extraordinarily high” to necessitate banning export of the key kitchen staple and buffer stocks are being released to cool down the prices further, Union Food Secretary Sudhanshu Pandey said on Friday. State governments are of the opinion that there is no possibility of sharp increase in onion prices […]
SRINAGAR: Recognizing Purzgars as an important section among the stakeholders in shawl manufacturing, a simple but impressive function was organized by the Handicrafts & Handloom Department Kashmir in association with Kashmir Pashmina Organization where in Registration certificates were distributed amongst the Purzgars. The Purzgars are instrumental in giving finish to the Kashmiri Shawls as the […]
SRINAGAR: The Director Agriculture Kashmir, Chowdhary Mohammad Iqbal today inaugurated the distribution of Onion Vegetable seedlings at Kitchen Garden Lal Mandi. While interacting with the vegetable growers and kitchen garden lovers, the Director said the Department is committed to provide quality seedling material to the vegetable growers so that they could use the land resources […]
New York: Nine months after being expelled from social media for his role in inciting the January 6 Capitol insurrection, former President Donald Trump said Wednesday he’s launching a new media company with its own social media platform. Trump says his goal in launching the Trump Media & Technology Group and its TRUTH Social” app […]
New Delhi: Petrol and diesel prices on Thursday were hiked by 35 paise per litre each, the second consecutive day of increase that took pump rates across the country to record high levels. The price of petrol in Delhi rose to its highest-ever level of Rs 106.54 a litre and Rs 112.44 per litre in […]