REASI: A Farmers’ awareness program on promotion and cultivation of Lemon grass was held here at village Pouni. A unique initiative has been started jointly by Agriculture Department, Indian Institute of Integrated Medicine (IIIM) Jammu and District Administration Reasi to promote the cultivation of Lemon grass in the Reasi district. The programme has been launched […]
JAMMU: A stakeholders meet on Geographical Indications (GI) Registration was organized by NABARD at Jammu Regional Office which was chaired by Rakesh Kumar Srivastava, Chief General Manager, NABARD and attended by Director Handloom & Handicrafts, Joint Director Agriculture (Extension) Jammu, and several other officials from the Directorate of Agriculture Production & Farmers’ Welfare and the […]
New Delhi : Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said production-linked incentives similar to those for electronic manufacturing will be offered for high-efficiency solar modules to boost the generation of electricity from renewable sources which has the potential to generate an annual business of USD 20 billion. Speaking at the RE-Invest 2020 conference, he invited […]
Mumbai: Equity markets’ record run screeched to a halt on Wednesday as investors pocketed gains in banking, finance and IT counters amid a mixed trend overseas. Snapping a three-day winning streak, the 30-share BSE Sensex slumped 694.92 points or 1.56 per cent to finish at 43,828.10. The index touched a lifetime high of 44,825.37 in […]
SRINAGAR: “Sky is the limit for Horticulture production in Kashmir” maintained Principal Secretary, Navin Kumar Choudhary, during awareness cum interactive session on Agro and related sector schemes organised by Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agriculture Science and Technology-Kashmir, Shalimar, Srinagar. The interactive programme was attended by Director Agriculture, Director Horticulture, Director Animal husbandry, Vice Chancellor SKUAST-K, Industrial […]
JAMMU: SKUAST-Jammu today convened the 21st Academic Council meeting under the chairmanship of Vice-Chancellor, Prof. J.P. Sharma. The Vice Chancellor in his address emphasized that teaching is the primary objective of the University for developing the human resource for the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir as well as for the Nation. He further emphasized […]
New Delhi: Gold prices rose by Rs 45 to Rs 48,273 per 10 gram in the national capital on Wednesday following a recovery in the precious metal in the global markets, according to HDFC Securities. In the previous trade, the precious metal had closed at Rs 48,228 per 10 gram. Silver also gained Rs 407 […]
Calls for scientific strategy for early completion of all the sub-projects SRINAGAR: Director Kashmir, Jammu and Kashmir Economic Reconstruction Agency (JKERA) Er. Javaid Iqbal Tara, on Tuesday inspected the project sites of various road and bridge sub-projects being executed by JKPCC (Jammu and Kashmir Projects Construction Corporation) under the World Bank funded Jhelum Tawi Flood […]
New Delhi: Callers will soon be required to add ‘0’ prefix for making calls from landlines to mobile phones in the country, with the telecom department asking telcos to make necessary arrangements by January 1 to implement the new system. The department has accepted sectoral regulator Trai’s recommendation for having the ‘0’ prefix for such […]
JAMMU: Divisional commissioner Jammu, Sanjeev Verma Tuesday asked the Director Geology and Mining to submit Action Taken Report to stop/ prevent illegal mining of minor minerals from River Tawi Bed. He passed the directions here at a meeting with concerned officers convened to review the implementation of Jammu and Kashmir High Court directions. The meeting […]