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 […]
NEW DELHI: A new record low has been set for solar power tariff in the country. Aljomaih Energy & Water Company, a private company based out of Saudi Arabia, has bid the lowest of Rs 2 a unit for setting up a solar power generation project. This new lowest tariff has also been quoted by […]
New Delhi: Airtel Digital TV, the DTH arm of Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”) and Vedantu, the pioneer in LIVE online learning, today announced an innovative partnership to make quality education accessible to students across India by leveraging the deep reach of Airtel. Under the partnership, two dedicated DTH channels – Vedantu Materclasses – will be available […]
SRINAGAR: An officers’ meeting of Horticulture Department was held here today to discuss in detail the execution of various schemes offered by the department including Formalization of Micro Food Processing Units, One District One Product, Operation Green, Cold Storage, development of nurseries and formation of FPOs. The officers were asked to work on the ground […]