JAMMU: Vice Chairperson of J&K Khadi & Village Industries Board, Dr. Hina Shafi Bhat today said that the Board is playing a crucial role in generating employment in Jammu and Kashmir. She said that J&K KVIB has facilitated self-employment to 9000 persons in District Pulwama under PMEGP and JKREGP schemes. Dr Hina has said that […]
SRINAGAR: In order to provide a platform to the budding artists, the Department of Tourism Kashmir is organising a 4-day Snow Sculpting Competition at Gulmarg from today. In the competition, over 30 participants drawn from various districts of the Kashmir Valley both amateur and professional sculptures are participating. The department received overwhelming response from the […]
NEW DELHI: Government will sell the residual 26.12% stake in Tata Communications Ltd (TCL) to exit the erstwhile Videsh Sanchar Nigam Ltd, partly through offer for sale in the stock market and selling the rest to the Tatas to garner around ₹8000 crore as part of its disinvestment receipts in the current financial year ending […]
New Delhi:Gold gained for the third day on Wednesday rising Rs 347 to Rs 48,758 per 10 gram in the national capital in line with rally in global precious metal prices, according to HDFC Securities. In the previous trade, the precious metal had closed at Rs 48,411 per 10 gram. Silver also witnessed buying as […]
Mumbai: Equity benchmarks galloped to lifetime highs on Wednesday, in lockstep with global markets which surged ahead of US President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration amid expectations of fresh stimulus by the incoming administration. Rallying for the second straight day, the 30-share BSE Sensex advanced by 393.83 or 0.80 per cent to close at its fresh record […]
Mumbai: Rising for the second session on the trot, the rupee finished 12 paise higher at 73.05 against the US dollar on Wednesday amid a rally in domestic equities and a weak greenback overseas. At the interbank forex market, the rupee opened at 73.11, and hit an intra-day high of 73.05 and a low of […]
NEW DELHI: Government of India Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (Powergrid) has recently signed an agreement with Himachal Pradesh State Electricity Board Ltd. (HPSEBL) in Shimla for utilization of 500 Kms of Optical Ground Wire OPGW to improve Telecom network to reach remote areas This is in addition to the existing 350 Kms of […]
Beijing: China’s highest-profile entrepreneur, e-commerce billionaire Jack Ma, appeared on Wednesday in a video posted online, ending a 2 1/2-month disappearance from public view that prompted speculation about his status and his business empire’s future. In the 50-second video, Ma congratulated teachers supported by his charitable foundation and made no mention of his absence from […]
Srinagar: SKUAST VC Kashmir on Wednesday inaugurated 7 days skill development programme on ‘ Poultry Farming’ at Directorate of Extension, Shalimar. The programme is conducted under skill training for rural youth (STRY) in collaboration with SAMETI-j&K and MANAGE- Hyderabad. The training is aimed to acquaint rural youth in poultry farming and it’s promotion. In the […]
Old trees must make way for new, better varieties: Director of Horticulture Srinagar: The Kashmir Horticulture Department has proposed to remove the ban on cutting of walnut trees in Kashmir Valley. The proposal has been mooted five decades after the ban was imposed in 1969, when the Jammu and Kashmir Preservation of Specified Trees Act […]