SRINAGAR: Wildlife SOS rescued a highly venomous and rare ‘Levantine Viper’ from a house at the foothills of Dachigam in Kashmir. The four-feet-long snake was found in a healthy condition and was soon released into a safe habitat. The Wildlife SOS team operating out of J&K received a frantic call from locals who had found […]
Srinagar: Despite completing the bachelor’s and master’s degree programs in Fisheries, hundreds of professionals here are without jobs as the Jammu and Kashmir Fisheries department has not called for any recruitments for almost two decades. According to the passouts, barring a very few Non-Gazetted cadre positions of Fisheries Development Assistant and Deputy Inspector (Adv. 03 […]
PAMPORE: Primary Health Centre (PHC) Kakapora of Pampore medical block has been declared as winner for grant of award under Kayakalp of National Health Mission Programme. Under the programme, the health facilities were assessed by experts to ascertain their performance against benchmarks in cleanliness, hygiene, safe handling of biomedical waste, hospital upkeep and infection control […]
Ganderbal: The Department of Biotechnology, Central University of Kashmir (CUK), Wednesday organized a national webinar on “Establishing A Sustainable Entrepreneurship Ecosystem In Institutions Of Higher Learning” at its Green Campus here with Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Mehraj ud Din Mir in chair. The webinar was also attended by Prof. M. Afzal Zargar, Dean, School of Life Sciences, […]
Baramulla: Baramulla police on Wednesday recovered huge quantity of illicit liquor from a vehicle near the Kralhal check post on Srinagar Baramulla road and arrested one person. Official sources said that a commercial vehicle bearing registration number JK02AS-4308 was stopped by a team of Baramulla police for routine checking. During checking the police team headed […]
Islamabad: A day after Pakistan was asked to reduce its staff at its High Commission in New Delhi by half, Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Wednesday accused India of plotting an attack on his country to divert its Opposition’s attention from its border dispute with China. Speaking to Geo Pakistan, Qureshi said, “India’s mood […]
Washington: As America grapples with racism in its past, President Donald Trump lined up squarely with those who argue that the pendulum has swung too far in favour of removing statues and other symbols of that flawed history, saying mistakes will be repeated if not learned from and understood. Trump’s campaign also sees the divide […]
NEW DELHI: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday took a swipe at the Modi government over the increase in fuel prices and the mounting COVID-19 cases in the country, saying it has “unlocked” the coronavirus pandemic and petrol-diesel prices. “The Modi government has ‘unlocked’ the corona pandemic and prices of petrol-diesel,” he said in a […]
NEW DELHI: The procurement process for production of chip-enabled epassports is underway and their introduction will greatly strengthen the security of Indian travel documents, external affairs minister S Jaishankar said on Wednesday. In his address on the occasion of the Passport Seva Divas, Jaishankar also said the government intends to open a Post Office Passport […]
NEW DELHI: Exams for final year students in universities and higher education institutions which were to be held in July are likely to be cancelled in view of the spike in Covid-19 cases, and the commencement of the new session is likely to be deferred to October, according to officials. Union HRD minister Ramesh Pokhriyal […]