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 […]

International conference on ‘Applied Statistics in Biological, Agricultural, Social and Medical Sciences’ concludes at SKUAST’S Faculty of Fisheries Rangil

Srinagar: A two day Multidisciplinary International Conference on “Applied Statistics in Biological, Agricultural, Social and Medical Sciences” was held at Faculty of Fisheries, Rangil Ganderbal, SKUAST-K. In the conference more than 150 researchers participated in the conference across the globe and 48 scholars presented their papers via oral/poster form.The researchers shared their findings in the […]

DG Horticulture for comprehensive study of High Density apples varieties for future plantations

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 […]

New strategy to revive MSMEs mooted

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 […]

SKUAST-K showcases latest technologies at Saffron Mela

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. […]