New Delhi: Railway employees will receive a bonus equivalent to their 78 days’ salaries, a move that will benefit more than 11.07 lakh non-gazetted staff of the national transporter, the government announced on Wednesday. “The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has approved a Productivity Linked Bonus (PLB), equivalent to 78 days’ wages, […]
100 farmers, youth from Kupwara participate in transformative initiative at KVK Malangpora Awantipora: In a bid to transform rural livelihoods and promote self-sufficiency, the Krishi Vigyan Kendra/Extension Training Centre Malangpora Pulwama, in collaboration with the Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, organised a significant one-day awareness and popularization program titled “Mushroom Cultivation as a Source […]
New Delhi: India exported 1.163 million tonnes of coal in 2022-23 to neighbouring countries, including Nepal, Bangladesh and Bhutan, the coal ministry said on Tuesday. The coal was mainly exported to Nepal at 0.833 MT, followed by 0.245 MT to Bangladesh, 0.053 MT to Bhutan and 0.032 MT to others, according to the latest Provisional […]
New Delhi: Malaysian carrier AirAsia CEO Tony Fernandes has shared a picture of him sitting shirtless on a chair and getting a massage while participating in a virtual meeting, and his social media post has elicited mixed reactions from internet users. Sharing the post on LinkedIn, Fernandes appreciated Indonesia and AirAsia’s culture that allows one […]
Mumbai: The Reserve Bank on Tuesday said it has imposed a penalty or Rs 12.19 crore on ICICI Bank and Rs 3.95 crore on Kotak Mahindra Bank for non-compliance of certain regulatory norms. The penalty on private sector lender ICICI Bank has been imposed for contravention of norms related to ‘Loans and Advances-Statutory and Other […]
New Delhi: As India gears up to celebrate the festival of lights next month, Apple retail and online stores in India — Apple BKC (Mumbai) and Apple Saket (New Delhi) — have lined up a series of free talks and workshops to spark the creativity of customers this festive season, along with up to Rs […]
Srinagar: A weeklong Advanced Entrepreneurship Skill Development Program on ‘Design and Installation of Solar PV Rooftop System’ commenced Monday at Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir, Shalimar campus. The training is organised by the SKUAT-K’s Division of Renewable Energy Engineering (REE), College of Agricultural Engineering and Technology under the sponsorship of the […]
New Delhi: As many as 11,000 vehicles belonging to the Central Armed Police Forces such as the BSF, CRPF and CISF will be scrapped as part of a Central government policy to dispose of all automobiles older than 15 years, officials said. The Ministry of Home Affairs has also requested all state governments and Union […]
New Delhi: The wholesale price index-based inflation remained in the negative territory for the sixth straight month in September at (-)0.26 per cent, on easing prices of food articles. The WPI-based inflation rate has been in the negative since April and was (-)0.52 per cent in August. In September last year, it was 10.55 per […]
Mumbai: The Jammu and Kashmir Tourism department participated in three day long India International Travel Mart (IITM) Mumbai held at Nehru Centre Worli here from 12th October, 2023, to showcase various tourism products Jammu and Kashmir. The Tourism department was represented by CEO, Pahalgam Development Authority, Tariq Hussain; Tourist officer, Mumbai, Bashir Ahmad Wani besides […]