NEW DELHI: In a move aimed at a wider adoption of alternative clean fuel for transportation, the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways on Monday allowed the use of Hydrogen-enriched compressed natural gas (H-CNG, which is an 18 per cent mix of hydrogen, in CNG engines. The ministry has been notifying various alternative clean fuels […]
Licences given to too many traders, growers not receiving payment quite common Shopian: Trade at the Shopian fruit mandi, Kashmir’s largest wholesale market for apple, is fraught with risks in the absence of government checks and reliable methods of payment. Growers often find themselves duped when the payment due to them is defaulted on. Every […]
New Delhi: The US, India, Japan and Australia are exploring to evolve a common approach on 5G telecom technology, expanding their strategic cooperation under the framework of Quadrilateral coalition or “Quad” which was primarily focused on the Indo-Pacific region. Officials of the four countries discussed the issue at a virtual meeting of the ‘Quad’ on […]
New Delhi: The Finance Ministry is likely to provide capital support from the Rs. 20,000 crore fund approved by Parliament in recently concluded session to some Public Sector Banks (PSBs) in the third quarter itself. Parliament approved Rs. 20,000 crore for PSB capital infusion as part of the first batch of Supplementary Demands for Grants […]
Baramulla: The government of Jammu and Kashmir started the commercial operation of Gulmarg Gandola on Sunday. On the very first day 106 tourists enjoy the phase one ride and they visited Kangdori on Saturday, officials said. They said among the 106 tourists 36 were non local tourists while as 70 were locals. They added that […]
Srinagar: Today some brilliant, winners of a bunch of cool awards, published the first and only book – sure to change your life, and the whole world – that accurately portrays the relationship between one’s self and the moment s/he ever wished to spend along. “The Moment I Never Spent” is a 97 pages long […]
SRINAGAR: Director Horticulture Kashmir, Ajaz Ahmad Bhat today visited Anantnag to inspect various units established under Post Harvest Management viz Pack Houses, low cost preservation units, C.A.Stores etc. He visited Fruit Preservation Centre Achabal and instructed Manager to conduct training courses in the art of fruit and vegetable preservation so that the local youth may […]
New Delhi: Ministry of Tourism celebrated World Tourism Day today through virtual platform. Union Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas and Steel DharmendraPradhan was the chief guest of the event, Union Minister of Tourism and Culture (I/C) Prahlad Singh Patel also graced the occasion. Secretary, ministry of Tourism YogendraTripathi, Director General, Tourism Ms.Meenakshi Sharma, joint […]
SRINAGAR: SKUAST- Kashmir conducted University Entrance Test today at 34 Centres across Jammu & Kashmir. This Entrance test was held for admission to Under-graduate courses for Academic Session/Year 2020 in Agriculture, Horticulture, Forestry, Veterinary Sciences, Agri. Engineering, Sericulture and Fisheries. In total 10467 candidates had applied through online mode for seeking admission to various undergraduate […]
New Delhi: On the occasion of the World Tourism Day, Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas & Steel DharmendraPradhan today addressed a virtual meet on the theme of “Tourism and rural development”, along with Minister of State (I/c) for Tourism Prahlad Singh Patel. Minister Pradhan commended the Ministry of Tourism for its novel initiative ‘DekhoApnaDesh’ […]