J&K Tourism Deptt kick-starts Spring, Summer Promotional Campaign
Kashmir Houseboat Owners refresh age-old bond between J&K and Bhubaneswar, Odisha; announce special seasonal offers for tourists
BHUBANESWAR: Buoyant by the encouraging rush of Tourists during the winter months, Jammu and Kashmir Tourism Department has kick-started extensive Spring and Summer Tourism promotional campaigns across major cities of the country to pull in the massive domestic tourist market available that is keen to move out and spend holidays with their loved ones after […]
Virus eroded Rs 13 lakh cr household income in India
New Delhi: Households have lost a whopping Rs 13 lakh crore of their incomes from the pandemic-induced job losses, according to a report that also warns of the economy losing momentum by mid-2021 on a likely slowdown in consumption demand that has propped the economy in recent months. Describing the growth momentum seen in second […]
Govt open to evaluate, explore cryptocurrencies, says Thakur
New Delhi: Union minister Anurag Thakur on Saturday said the government is open to evaluate and explore new technologies, including cryptocurrencies, for improving governance. Prime Minister Narendra Modi himself is a strong advocate of embracing technology in various aspects of governance, the Minister of State for Finance said while addressing an event organised by Entrepreneurs’ […]
Need to step up funding for health sector, bring equity in delivery of services: Vardhan
New Delhi: Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan on Saturday underlined the need to step up funding for the health sector and bring in equity in delivery of healthcare. He was addressing the inaugural session of TechBharat 2021. “A radical improvement in government facilities for the poor rather than only glitzy hospitals for the well-heeled along […]
Tourism deptt in collab with Distt Admin Budgam organizes tourism festival at Doodhpathri
BUDGAM: The Department of Tourism in collaboration with District Administration Budgam today organized a mega Tourism festival at the famous tourist resort Doodhpathri. The aim and objective of this event was to project and promote Doodhpathri as an attractive tourist destination, and the event was organized well in advance of the beginning of annual tourism […]
Mining Deptt set to implement Pre-embedded clearance of mineral blocks for PRIs: Dwivedi
JAMMU: In a step towards Ease of Doing Business, the Department of Mining is first time implementing pre-embedded Clearances for allotment of mining blocks in J&K. This was informed, according to the communiqué issued by DIPR-JK, in a meeting chaired by M.K. Dwivedi, Commissioner Secretary Mining Department. Earlier, the Clearances from various departments like Environment, […]
Dir Agri inspects dev activities at NVPGH vegetable demonstration unit
Kick starts Harvesting of Peas
JAMMU: Director Agriculture Production & Farmer Welfare Jammu, Inderjeet today took stock of various field activities being untaken here at Naturally Ventilated Poly Green House (NVPGH) Structures and Vegetable Demonstration Unit at Krishi Bhawan Talab Tillo. Different Vegetable, Floral, Ornamental and Medicinal plants are being grown here using latest scientific techniques with the demonstration purpose […]
Pr Secy I&C reviews KVIB performance
JAMMU: Principal Secretary Industries & Commerce, Ranjan Parkash Thakur today convened a review meeting of J&K Khadi & Village Industries Board (KVIB) at Udyog Bhawan here. Vice Chairperson KVIB, Dr. Hina Shafi Bhat, Secretary/CEO KVIB, Rashid Ahmad Qadri, FA & CAO KVIB, Vivek Attri were also present in the meeting. The Principal Secretary lauded the […]
Dist admin Shopian notifies helpline no’s for registration of complaints against spurious pesticides
SHOPIAN: Taking the fight against spurious pesticides a step further, the District Administration Shopian today notified helpline numbers for receiving grievances/ complaints regarding sale of spurious pesticides in the district so that stringent actions under rules are taken against such dealers. To register complaints/grievances regarding sale/availability of spurious drugs anywhere in the district, people can […]
Passion points, current affairs, social change top conversation topic for Indian women on Twitter
New Delhi: Conversations by Indian women on Twitter spanned across a host of topics, right from passion points and interests to current affairs, communities as well as social change, a report by the microblogging platform said on Friday. Twitter India commissioned research, surveying 700 women and analysed 5,22,992 tweets from 7,839 women’s accounts between January […]
