Harvesting of vegitable crop begins at Krishi Bhawan Jammu

JAMMU: Director Agriculture Jammu, K. K. Sharma, while inspecting the different interventions being made under the Vegetable Improvement Scheme at Krishi Bhawan Jammu today inaugurated the first picking of Bitter- Gourd (Variety Palii), Cucumber (Malini) and Bottle Gourd (Variety Babbu-Gosha) being grown under the bower System. The Director also inspected the Medicinal & Aromatic plants […]

Webinar organised on World Telecommunication Day

Srinagar: Webinar on World Telecommunication and Information Society Day was organised by The Institution of Engineers (India), J&K State Centre, Srinagar, in collaboration with National Institute of Disaster Management (NIDM), Ministry of Home Affairs, Govt of India, Dept. of Telecom, J&K LSA, Ministry of Communications, Govt. of India, SSM College of Engineering & Technology, Parihaspora, […]

Dir Agri visits hailstorm affected areas of Ganderbal District

Srinagar: To review the on ground losses to different agriculture crops caused by the recent hailstorm the Director Agriculture Kashmir Chowdhary Mohammad Iqbal today visited hailstorm affected areas of district Ganderbal including organic village Pati Shallabugh. While interacting with the farmers of different affected areas Director Agriculture said since it is a natural phenomenon but […]

Lone seeks compensation for hailstorm hit farmers

Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir National Conference on Sunday expressed anguish over the losses to the farmers due to the heavy hailstorm that lashed swaths of North Kashmir’s Kupwara, Bandipora and Baramulla districts demanding immediate relief to the affected. In a statement, Party’s senior leader and Member of Parliament from Baramulla Muhammad Akbar Lone said […]

North End Enterprises Sanat Nagar ramps up oxygen supply for hospitals, NGOs

SRINAGAR: While most of Oxygen Concentration Plants in Jammu & Kashmir supply medical oxygen to Government owned hospitals, North End Enterprises (NEE) running an oxygen concentration plant at Sanat Nagar Industrial Estate Srinagar is catering to both Government hospitals and Non Government Organizations (NGOs), working tirelessly alongside the administration in its fight against the prevailing […]

Telecom operators urge Haryana govt to curb rumours linking COVID-19 spread to 5G

Chandigarh: The Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) on Sunday said it has urged the Haryana government to curb misinformation being spread regarding 5G testing being responsible for the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic In a letter to Haryana Chief Secretary Vijai Vardhan, the telecom operators has said some miscreants are spreading rumours that deaths […]

ISRO team at Sterlite Copper plant to help fix snag affecting oxygen production

Chennai: Vedanta Ltd owned Sterlite Copper plant has roped in experts from ISRO to help rectify the technical glitch developed in the cold box of its oxygen plant, leading to a suspension in production of the life- saving gas. The company formally commenced production of medical oxygen on Thursday and the very next day, the […]

Petrol, diesel prices rise again, reach record highs

New Delhi: Petrol and diesel prices on Friday touched record high levels across the country after rates were increased for the fourth time this week. Petrol price was hiked by 29 paise per litre and diesel by 34 paise a litre, according to a price notification by state-owned fuel retailers. The increase propelled rates in […]

JK Gases supplying 1200 Oxygen Cylinders daily to hospitals

SRINAGAR: While Jammu & Kashmir Government has augmented capacity of oxygen production at different hospitals on war footing; Private Industrial Sector is also lending support to Government in its fight against Covid crisis with the production of Oxygen in their industrial Units. One such unit, JK Gases, situated at Old Airport Rangreth, Srinagar has come […]

Reliance Jio announces free talk time offer for JioPhone users for COVID pandemic

New DelhI: Reliance Jio on Friday said it is working with Reliance Foundation to provide 300 free minutes of outgoing calls per month, which amounts to 10 minutes per day, for the entire period of the pandemic. The scheme will be available to JioPhone users who have not been able to recharge due to the […]