Always at forefront to ensure women’s participation in politics: Shameema Firdous
Sabiya Qadri, other senior women’s wing functionaries address workers
Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir National Conference Women’s Wing President Shameema Firdous on Wednesday said that NC has always been on the frontline in the struggle to ensure women’s safety, security, representation, empowerment, and equality. She, according to the NC spokesperson, said this while addressing a meeting of the party’s women’s wing functionaries of Budgam, […]
My Youth My Pride: Cricket & Hockey matches attract huge crowd in Kulgam
SRINAGAR: Sports events under J&K Sports Council’s flagship programme ‘My Youth My Pride’ attracted a huge crowd at Kulgam in South Kashmir. The day started with twin cricket matches played in Nowgam, Devsar Ground and in the first encounter of the day, Aakran Seniors were pitted against Akhran Juniors. The Juniors lost to the seniors […]
LG Rolling Trophy trials continue in different zones of Budgam
BUDGAM: Under LG Rolling Trophy, the Cricket trials for Boys were conducted at various venues across different zones of the district. The trails witnessed impressive participation of cricketers/players from the different panchayats with zeal and zest. Speaking on the occasion, the DYSSO Budgam Gurmukh Dutta said that this is a great initiative by the Sports […]
Mikhail Gorbachev’s death mourned as passing of rare leader
Bangkok: The passing of Mikhail Gorbachev, the last leader of the Soviet Union and for many the man who restored democracy to then-communist-ruled European nations, was mourned on Wednesday as the loss of a rare leader who changed the world and for a time gave hope for peace among the superpowers. But the man who […]
UN inspectors head to Ukraine nuclear plant in war zone
KyivL: United Nations inspectors made their way toward Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant on Wednesday, a long-anticipated mission that the world hopes will help secure the Russian-held facility in the middle of a war zone and avoid catastrophe. Underscoring the danger, Kyiv and Moscow again accused each other of attacking the area around Europe’s biggest […]
India submits updated NDC to UNFCCC, says it’s a step towards net-zero by 2070
New Delhi: India has submitted its updated Nationally Determined Contribution under the Paris Agreement to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, emphasising that it is a step forward towards its long-term goal of reaching net-zero by 2070. In a cover letter accompanying the Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) document submitted to the UN Framework Convention […]
With Nitish by his side, KCR in Patna calls for ‘BJP mukt Bharat’
Patna: Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao, who met his counterpart in Bihar Nitish Kumar, as part of efforts to forge opposition unity, on Wednesday called for a “BJP mukt Bharat”, blaming the saffron party’s government at the Centre for the many ills plaguing the country. At a press conference he addressed in the presence […]
India’s GDP expands by 13.5% in first quarter 2022-23
New Delhi: India’s economy grew by 13.5 per cent in the April-June period this fiscal — the fastest in the last four quarters — on account of better performance by the agriculture and services sectors, official data showed on Wednesday. India remained the fastest growing major economy as China registered economic growth of 0.4 per […]
Centre, CCPA seek vacation of HC stay on order prohibiting restaurants to levy service charge
New Delhi: The Centre and the Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) Wednesday filed an application in the Delhi High Court seeking vacation of the stay on the guidelines prohibiting hotels and restaurants from levying service charge on food bills. The court of Justice Yashwant Varma was informed about the Centre and CCPA having also filed […]
