India exports 16.92 lac tons of sugar till Jan 4 of 2022-23; over 59K tons to China

India exports 16.92 lac tons of sugar till Jan 4 of 2022-23; over 59K tons to China

India has exported 16.92 lakh tonnes of sugar till January 4 of the ongoing 2022-23 marketing year, including 59,596 tonnes of the sweetener to neighbouring China, trade body AISTA said on Tuesday. Among other neighbouring nations, India has exported 1.47 lakh tonnes of sugar to Bangladesh, and 82,462 tonnes to Sri Lanka during October-January 4 […]

BJP president Nadda chairs meeting of party general secretaries

BJP president Nadda chairs meeting of party general secretaries

BJP president J P Nadda on Tuesday chaired a meeting of the party’s national general secretaries to deliberate on the agenda for its two-day national executive here on January 16-17. Party sources said the leaders took stock of the ongoing organisational and election-related exercises across the country, especially in poll-bound states. The party national executive […]

KU advertises 6 administrative posts, academicians welcome move

KU advertises 6 administrative posts, academicians welcome move

Srinagar: The Kashmir University (KU) authorities on Tuesday advertised several administrative positions including the post of Registrar and Director IT. Official said that the decision to advertise these posts was taken after the Vice Chancellor Dr Neelofar Khan passed instructions to immediately advertise these posts so that the same are filled up through proper channel. […]

Drug menace

Drug menace

Drug menace is pleading the society at large and in Jammu and Kashmir a lot of youth are falling victim to this addiction. Government is trying to arrest this drug addiction trend by arresting the drug peddlers and is also trying to reform those who have fallen prey to this menace. Recently DC Srinagar visited […]

Best chance to win Test series in India, says Cummins

Best chance to win Test series in India, says Cummins

SYDNEY: Australia captain Pat Cummins believes his side have as good a chance of winning a Test series in India as they will ever have when they play four matches on the sub-continent in February-March. Cummins was brimming with confidence after winning four out of five Tests in a dominant home summer, which concluded with […]

WHO backs mask wearing on long flights as new Omicron variant spreads

WHO backs mask wearing on long flights as new Omicron variant spreads

Countries should consider recommending passengers wear masks on long-haul flights to counter the latest Omicron subvariant of Covid-19 given its rapid spread in the United States, World Health Organisation (WHO) officials said on Tuesday. In Europe, the XBB.1.5 subvariant is being detected in small but growing numbers, WHO/Europe officials said at a press briefing. Passengers […]