Horticulture department organizes farm machinery mela in Pulwama

PULWAMA: Horticulture department zone Kakapora Organised block level Machinery mela and awareness programme for growers at Kakapora in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Sunday. During the programme orchardists, growers and farmers purchased power sprayers , IP sets, welders, tillers and other plant protection machinery as per their requirement on subsidized rates under the Prime Minister’s […]

Horticulture Department plans to develop CA stores

SRINAGAR: Director Horticulture Kashmir, Ajaz Ahmad Bhat on Sunday said ‘Horticulture Department is exploring every opportunity to have the infrastructure of CA stores developed across J&K to provide best services to orchardists’. He was speaking during his visit to Baramulla where he inspected various units established under the Post Harvest Management scheme like Controlled Atmosphere […]

JKP signs MoU with BSE Institute Limited for skill development training courses for kin of police personnel

Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir Police and Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) Institute Limited have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) wherein BSE Institute Limited will be providing skill development training courses to wards of Police martyrs and the wards of serving police personnel . The MoU was signed in presence of Director General of Police […]

Goa”s domestic air passenger traffic returning to normal: official

Panaji: The domestic passenger traffic at Goa Airport is getting back to normal as the facility has recorded about 75 per cent footfalls so far this year compared to the same period last year during pre-COVID-19 times, a senior official said on Sunday. Talking to PTI, Goa Airport’s Director Gagan Malik said the number of […]

Skill development, trainings in BFSI sector; Ist phase to roll out within one month

JAMMU: Shortly after the recent signing of Memorandums of Understanding (MoU’s) between Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) and Mission Youth, J&K, a meeting was today co-chaired on Sunday by Chairman, BSE Institute Ambarish Datta and CEO, Mission Youth and Mission Director, J&K Skill Development Mission Dr. Syed Abid Rasheed Shah to discuss the implementation of various […]

Advisor Baseer Khan chairs review meeting of Industries & Commerce Department

JAMMU: Advisor to Lieutenant Governor, Baseer Ahmad Khan today chaired an introductory cum review meeting of the Directorate of Industries and Commerce, Jammu at Udhyog Bhawan here. The meeting was attended by Commissioner Secretary Industries & Commerce Department, Manoj Kumar Dwivedi; Director Industries, Jammu Anoo Malhotra; Director-Finance, Industries and Commerce RC Kotwal; Managing Director SIDCO, […]

EPFO extends deadline for pensioners for submission of Life Certificate to 28 Feb, 2021

NEW DELHI: Keeping pandemic in view, EPFO on Saturday extended time limit for pensioners upto 28 February, 2021 for submission of Jeevan Pramaan Patra. The move will benefit 35 lakh pensioners, said Ministry of Labour & Employment. “In view of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and the vulnerability of elderly population to Corona Virus, EPFO has […]

Rare invasive crop pest reported in Jammu for first time

JAMMU: Plant Health Clinic Jammu, has devised an Integrated Pest Management (IPM) strategy for control of crop pest Fall Armyworm. Fall Armyworm is an invasive pest of crops has been spotted and reported for the first time in Jammu at village Parwah in Marh Block by Plant Health Clinic, Talab Tillo Jammu. The sample was […]

3rd Scientific Advisory Committee Meeting held by KVK Samba

JAMMU: The 3rd Scientific Advisory Committee meeting of KVK, Samba was organized today under the chairmanship Dr. J. P. Shama, Vice Chancellor, SKUAST-Jammu in the presence of Dr. Rajbir Singh, representative of ICAR, ATARI, Dr. S. K. Gupta, Director Extension, Dr. Sabhajeet Singh, Scientist and IIIM representative of Regional Institute. The meeting was organized to […]

SKUAST-K holds 31st Extension Council Meeting

Srinagar: The 31st Extension Council Meeting of SKUAST-Kashmir was conducted through virtual mode under the chairmanship of Prof. Mushtaq Ahmad Vice-Chancellor. Prof. Rajbeer Singh, Director ATTARI (Zone-1) Ludhiana and Prof. S.K Gupta, Director Extension, SKUAST-Jammu participated as expert members. Besides, Directors, Deans, HoD’s of SKAUST-Kashmir, Directors of line departments and progressive farmers attended the meeting. […]