NEW DELHI : Petrol and diesel prices were increased for the 15th consecutive day today. After today’s hike of 35 paise and 60 paise, petrol price has gone up byRs 7.97 a litre and diesel price byRs 8.88 a litre during the fortnight. At 19-month high, petrol price is now close to the Rs 80 […]
Lucknow: With the Malihabadi Dashehari mango getting the GI tag more than a decade back, the city-based Central Institute for Subtropical Horticulture has now initiated the process for obtaining Geographical Indication tag for Gaurjit, Banarsi Langrha, Chausa and Rataul mango varieties. Once the varieties get the GI tag, producers of these mangoes are likely to […]
Kolkata: Tea exports have dipped marginally in the last fiscal to 240 million kg from 254.50 million kg the year before — a fall of 5.6 per cent — according to data. Exports to CIS countries — the biggest importer of India tea — also declined marginally to 59.40m kg in the last fiscal from […]
NEW DELHI: Malls witnessed 77 percent degrowth while high street retail showed a decline of 61 percent in business in the first half of June, as compared to the same period last year, with consumer sentiment remaining low even after lockdown relaxations, according to a report. As per the survey conducted by the Retailers Association […]
SRINAGAR: Advisor to Lieutenant Governor, Baseer Ahmed Khan, Saturday said that the government is in the process of formulating Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for revival of tourism in Jammu and Kashmir. “SOPs for tourism revival adopted by other states and Union Territories in the country are being studied for reference and replication before finalizing this […]
SRINAGAR: Director Industries and Commerce Kashmir, Mahmood Ahmad Shah Saturday chaired a meeting with Cricket Bat Manufacturers Association (CBMA) to discuss upgradation and renovation of Common Facility Centre (CFC) at Sethar Sangam on advanced technological basis under Jhelum Tawi Flood Recovery Project (JTFRP). The project is funded by the World Bank and will have Modern […]
JAMMU: Director Animal Husbandry Department Jammu, Ms. Vivek Sharma, today conducted an extensive tour to Sohanjana, Prahladpur, Phallian —Mandal and other areas of the Jammu district. During the tour to these places, the Director visited various dairies and took first hand information about the impact of various departmental activities as well as the difficulties being […]
CD ratio of the district stood at 64.23 percent Srinagar: J&K Bank today organized a District Level Review Committee meeting at the Dak Bungalow Anantnag to review the performance of banks operating in district Anantnag for the quarter ended March, 2020,. District Development Commissioner Anantnag Kuldeep Krishan Sidha chaired the meeting that was attended by […]
SRINAGAR: Director Agriculture Kashmir, Syed Altaf Aijaz Andrabi Saturday said that amid changing trends of food habits in the society, the demand and market value for various agricultural commodities including mushroom has increased manifold. He said this while chairing a meeting regarding feasibility of having mushroom clusters, canning and marketing linkage of mushrooms, opening of […]
Srinagar: Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, Kashmir held a three-day workshop on immunity-boosting foods to combat COVID19. The workshop titled ‘Let Food be the Medicine: Nutraceuticals and Bioactive Health Compounds in Vegetable Crops’ was organised by SKUAST-K’s Division of Vegetable Science in collaboration with ICAR-World Bank funded National Agricultural Higher Education Project (NAHEP). […]