‘Unani Medical College Ganderbal to start functioning from current year’
Bali meets Union AYUSH Minister, conveys gratitude for support to JK
NEW DELHI, MARCH 14- In order to exploit the gigantic herbal potential and to further promote the AYUSH Sector in Jammu and Kashmir, the Union Ministry of AYUSH has agreed in principle to establish the National Institute for High Altitude Medicinal Plants soon at Bhaderwah in Doda district for which the State Government was making […]
Delizia Bakery opens its outlet in Kulgam
Promises to offer quality products at a reasonable price
Kulgam: Delizia bakery cum Fast Food Restaurant today opened its outlet in Kulgam town. The out let was inaugurated by DDC Kulgam Talat Parvaiz Rohella here in a simple and impressive gathering. This would be the first outlet of the said brand in South Kashmir. The Delizia private enterprise, a 14 lac project, is fully […]
Prepare draft road map for improvement of education in J&K: Prof Matoo
JAMMU, MARCH 14: Advisor to Chief Minister, Prof AmitabMatoo stressed upon the concerned to prepare draft guidelines so that these will prove road map for learned in improving results of Government Schools and overall literacy rate in J&K. He also instructed them to incorporate the valuable and genuine suggestions received from various quarters together with […]
Saina Nehwal crashes out of All England Open
London: India ace Saina Nehwal crashed out of the All England Open Badminton Championships after losing to world number one and defending champion Chinese Taipei’s Tzu Ying Tai in the first round. Fourth seed Nehwal was no match for her opponent and lost in straight sets 21-14 and 21-18. Tzu Ying Tai was overwhelming favourites […]
Legislators, people’s deputations call on Altaf Bukhari
Project issues of their respective areas
JAMMU, MARCH 14: Several legislators and people’s deputations and individuals today called on Minister for Finance, Education, Labour and Employment Syed Mohammad Altaf Bukhari, here at his office chamber. The people’s deputations representing different areas of Jammu and Kashmir met the Minister and projected local issues of their respective areas primarily related to development […]
YouTube leads viewers down a rabbit hole of extremism
Remarkable that the tech major is reaping all the financial benefits while asking society to bear many of the negative costs
By: Zeynep Tufekci At one point during the 2016 presidential election campaign, I watched a bunch of videos of Donald Trump rallies on YouTube. I was writing an article about his appeal to his voter base and wanted to confirm a few quotations. Soon I noticed something peculiar. YouTube started to recommend and “autoplay” videos […]
Extend active handholding to Horticulture sector: Altaf Bukhari tells Banks
Minister releases NABARD’s ‘State Focus Paper 2018-19’
JAMMU, MARCH 14: Minister for Finance, Education, Labour and Employment, Syed Mohammad Altaf Bukhari today asked the financial institutions to extend active handholding to Agriculture and allied sectors especially Horticulture sector as it forms the backbone of the state’s economy. Addressing the delegates at a seminar hosted by National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development […]
NZ all-rounder Santner out for up to nine months due to knee surgery
WELLINGTON: New Zealand all-rounder Mitchell Santner will miss the Test series against England later this month to have knee surgery that will keep him out of action for up to nine months, the team said on Wednesday. Santner suffered discomfort during the limited overs matches against England and had a scan, which revealed a bone […]
Attack on Afghan checkpoint kills 10 security forces
Kabul, Mar 14 (AP) Insurgents attacked a security checkpoint in western Afghanistan early today, killing at least 10 security forces, officials said. No one immediately claimed the attack, but a series of assaults by the Taliban in Farah province over the past week have killed at least 38 security forces, while another five were captured […]
A hazy sex scandal looms over many lives
By: DWIGHT GARNER We’ve come a long way since 1964, when The Los Angeles Times ran a review of Christopher Isherwood’s novel “A Single Man” under the headline “Disjointed Limp Wrist Saga.” Perhaps we’ve not come as far as we think. When Alan Hollinghurst won the Man Booker Prize in 2004 for his novel “The […]
