JAMMU, Sept 22: A 60-year-old ex-serviceman and progressive farmer from Udhampur district has become an inspiration to the youth after he departed from conventional agricultural practices and generated a bumper crop of the Kiwi fruit after three years of diligent work. The 60-year-old Mohammad Aslam Bhat hails from the Village Bian in Chenani Block of […]
SRINAGAR: Incumbent Hurriyat Chairman Mirwaiz Umer Farooq will lead Friday prayers at historic Jamia Masjid at Nowhatta Srinagar after a gap of four years, official sources said. They told GNS that the administration has taken the decision after due consultation with different law enforcement agencies. Notably, Mirwaiz was placed under house arrest on August 4, […]
WASHINGTON: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky won a promise of “significant” new air defence weapons from the White House on Thursday but he warned Kyiv could lose the war with Russia if Republican lawmakers cut the flow of billions of dollars in US military aid. Zelensky, wearing his trademark olive green military-style shirt on his second […]
J&K administration has started many initiatives for its students in the higher education sector like ‘Design Your Degree’ and ‘College on Wheels’. Recently LG Manoj Sinha said the futuristic approach of the University and the implementation of National Education Policy 2020 have ensured the best academic practices and top-class skilled workforce to meet future challenges. […]
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia and the Iran-backed Houthi rebels put a positive spin on historic but inconclusive talks in Riyadh on Wednesday as diplomatic efforts increased to end Yemen’s bitter war. The five days of talks were “positive”, Saudi officials and a senior Houthi said, after the rebel delegation ended the first public visit to the […]
SKUAST-J was revamped 3 years ago to meet modern workforce requirements in Agriculture & Allied Sectors, to contribute in entrepreneurship-driven research and to develop strong inter-disciplinary ecosystem: LG University has focused on designing viable and sustainable innovation ecosystem in Agriculture & Allied domain, along with three new faculties to stimulate the synergies between latest technologies, […]
Recently SKUAST-K Vice Chancellor inaugurated a three-day National Conference on ‘Future of Agriculture and Agriculture for Future Indian Perspective’ here. The Conference has been organised by Division of Vegetable Science, Faculty of Horticulture, SKUAST- Kashmir in collaboration with Society for Plant Research (VEGETOS). He in his address, emphasized the critical role of agriculture in shaping […]
The two main Uttar Pradesh opposition parties, Samajwadi Party and Bahujan Samaj Party, have raised questions over the intention of the Narendra Modi-led government on the implementation of Women’s Reservation Bill in the country. Questioning the provisions of the bill presented in Parliament, both the parties accused the Union government of trying to fool the […]
KARACHI: Emphasising that lack of planning led to disaster for Babar Azam and his men in the Asia Cup, former Pakistan captain Aamir Sohail on Tuesday said the green-shirts must develop the habit of striking the iron while it is hot. “Lack of planning dented Pakistan’s campaign in Sri Lanka for which the captain and […]
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is set on Wednesday to host a climate meeting marred at its outset by the absence of speakers from the world’s top two emitters, China and the United States. Despite increasing extreme weather events and record-shattering global temperatures, greenhouse gas emissions continue to rise and fossil fuel companies reap handsome profits. […]