Health services

Health services

With focus on health services J&K administration is upgrading all the health facilities in Jammu and Kashmir. Recently Deputy Commissioner (DC), Budgam, dedicated 300 LPM Oxygen Plant to the general public at District Hospital Budgam which was funded under the District Capex plan. The long pending demand met today (Oxygen Plant), has an Oxygen room […]

Youth Fest SPECTRUM

Youth Fest SPECTRUM

The J & K administration has a special focus on youth and their future. Recently Lt Governor inaugurated NIFT Srinagar’s Youth Fest SPECTRUM-2024. He said that the 2-day festival will provide opportunities for students of NIFT and other educational institutions of Kashmir Valley to explore their hidden talents in performing arts, sports, fashion shows and […]

Kashmir Valley gave befitting reply to enemies of India through record polling: Prez Murmu

Kashmir Valley gave befitting reply to enemies of India through record polling: Prez Murmu

NEW DELHI: President Droupadi Murmu on Thursday highlighted the high voter turnout in Jammu and Kashmir in the Lok Sabha elections and said Kashmir has given a befitting reply to the enemies of India by breaking polling records of many decades. Addressing a joint sitting of both Houses of Parliament after the constitution of the […]

Heavy rain in Delhi brings respite from heat

Heavy rain in Delhi brings respite from heat

NEW DELHI: Heavy rain lashed parts of the national capital on Thursday morning, bringing Delhiites much-needed respite from the heat. The minimum temperature in Delhi was recorded at 28.6 degrees Celsius, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD). Delhi has been reeling from sweltering heat. The city has recorded nine heatwave days in June so […]

Infrastructure projects

Infrastructure projects

Recently Lt Governor inaugurated SKUAST Kashmir’s key infrastructure projects, launched new academic programmes. He said that his administration is committed to secure the future of 70% of the population dependent on agriculture and allied sectors. He expressed hopeSKUAST Kashmir is poised to emerge as a ‘Top Innovation Led Farm University’ in the country to transform […]

Cricket’s Duckworth-Lewis co-creator dies aged 84

Cricket’s Duckworth-Lewis co-creator dies aged 84

LONDON: Frank Duckworth, one half of the team who pioneered the Duckworth-Lewis method for calculating target scores in limited-overs cricket hit by bad weather, has died at the age of 84. Along with his fellow statistician Tony Lewis, Duckworth devised the formula that was officially adopted by the International Cricket Council (ICC) in 1999. The […]

‘Shaken to the core’: Kenya shocked as anti-tax protests turn deadly

‘Shaken to the core’: Kenya shocked as anti-tax protests turn deadly

Kenya was in a state of shock on Wednesday following unprecedented scenes that left parts of parliament ablaze and gutted, as protests over proposed tax hikes turned deadly, prompting President William Ruto’s government to deploy the military. “Deaths, mayhem”, read the front-page headline on The Standard newspaper, while The Daily Nation described the situation as […]