Awareness programme on U-Registration held at Kulgam

KULGAM: The three days Udyam Registration cum awareness mela that was kick started yesterday at District Industrial Complex here, has received huge response from the participants comprising district based unit holders and entrepreneurs. The inaugural session was attended by Extension Officer, Mukhtar Malik, IPO Adil Hussain, AEO Ayesha Sana and officers and officials of DIC […]

10 months after he was chosen to head J&K Bank, Zubair Iqbal appointed chief financial consultant instead

10 months after he was chosen to head J&K Bank, Zubair Iqbal appointed chief financial consultant instead

Srinagar: The 10-month period of imposed idleness for ace banker Zubair Iqbal ended on Wednesday when the JK government appointed him as chief financial consultant in the Finance Department for a period of one year. The order came immediately after the government withdrew Zubair’s nomination from the Board of Directors of Jammu and Kashmir Bank […]

Biodiversity Park inaugurated at SKUAST-K’s Faculty of Forestry

Srinagar: To conserve the threatened and rare plant species of J&K, a biodiversity park carrying more than 100 ecologically important plants was inaugurated on Thursday at SKUAST-K’s Faculty of Forestry Benihama, Ganderbal. The park has been developed and maintained by the Division of Natural Resource Management (NRM) of the Faculty of Forestry under the World […]

3-month science writing workshop concludes at SKUAST-K

Srinagar: SK University of Agricultural Science and Technology, Kashmir Thursday concluded the first of its kind three-month Science Writing Workshop, aimed at developing writing and analytical skills among students and scientists of the university. The workshop was organised by the university’s Faculty of Forestry under the World Bank-ICAR funded National Agricultural Higher Education Project (NAHEP) […]

Capacity building programs tends to improve skills, competencies among officers: Dir Agri Kashmir

Srinagar: Agriculture Production and Farmers Welfare Department today organized a one day capacity building/training program for enforcement officers viz a viz sampling and prosecutions under insecticide act 1968, seed act 1966 and fertilizer control order. Director Agriculture Kashmir Chowdhary Mohammad Iqbal Inaugurated the program. While delivering his address Director said that Capacity building is a […]

Training programme for EOs of Agriculture department held

SRINAGAR: The Agriculture Production and Farmers Welfare Department (APFWD) today organized a capacity building cum training program for enforcement officers vis-à-vis sampling and prosecutions under Insecticide Act 1968, Seed Act 1966 and Fertilizer Control Order 1985. The program was inaugurated by Director Agriculture Kashmir, Chowdhary Mohammad Iqbal. The Director on the occasion said that Capacity […]

JK refreshes bond with Gujarat for tourism promotion

SRINAGAR: To strengthen and refresh the age-old bond between J&K and Gujarat, the J&K Tourism Department held a road show at Ahmedabad as part of its promotional campaigns across the country to attract tourists. Director Tourism Kashmir Dr. GN Itoo led the delegation of the representatives of local travel and hospitality sector for the promotion […]

Wipro to buy Capco for $1.45 bln

New Delhi: IT services major Wipro on Thursday said it has signed an agreement to acquire London-headquartered Capco, a global management and technology consultancy, in a USD 1.45 billion (over Rs 10,500 crore) deal. This will be the biggest ever acquisition by Wipro. In a regulatory filing, Wipro said the acquisition will strengthen its position […]

67 CHCs to be established during 2020-21 across valley: Dir Agri Kashmir

SRINAGAR: The Director Agriculture Kashmir, Chowdhary Mohammad Iqbal today chaired a meeting of all divisional Heads and Chief Agriculture Officers of Kashmir division at Lalmandi, here. During the meeting, the Director took a detailed review of physical/ financial progress report under CAPEX/CSS (02-2021), major physical achievements, details of Custom Hiring Centres (CHCs)/Farm Machinery Banks, status […]

Farm Machinery Bank,Custom Hiring Centres inaugurated at Tarigam, D.K.Marg.

KULGAM: Chief Agriculture Officer Kulgam , Farooq Ahmad Dandroo in presence of District Agriculture Officer Kulgam, Mushtaq Ahmad Malik and Sub-Divisional Agriculture Officer Kulgam, Ghulam Rasool Bhat inaugurated Farm Machinery Bank and Custom Hiring Centre at Tarigam and D.K.Marg of District Kulgam under Sub Mission On Agricultural Mechanisation (SMAM). A large number of gathering of […]