NEW DELHI: All CBSE books and learning material will be made available online for free as part of the Centre’s good governance efforts, HRD Minister Smriti Irani said here on Saturday. At a function organised at a Kendriya Vidyalaya in east Delhi, she also said that initiatives would be undertaken to ensure holistic nurturing and […]
NAIROBI:-The World Trade Organisation (WTO) on Thursday formally approved Afghanistans membership at its 10th ministerial conference in the Kenyan capital Nairobi. Afghanistan has become the 164th WTO member and the 36th least developed country (LDC) to join the global trade body after 11 years of negotiations, Xinhua reported. Today is a historic day for Afghanistan […]
SRINAGAR: In a move to boost LoC trade, business leaders of Jammu and Kashmir are meeting in Dubai today with top officials of India and Pakistan to discuss and attempt to remove bottlenecks in carrying out the trade. The traders are scheduled to raise issues of communication, banking facilities, customs, travel, road and aerial connectivity […]
At least four individuals from India on Wednesday were named in a list of unclaimed bank accounts made public by Switzerland which contains over 2,600 accounts and 80 safe deposit boxes. The total holding in these accounts is estimated at about 44 million Swiss franc (about Rs 300 crore), but the specific figure for the […]
NEW DELHI: The government on Wednesday increased excise duty on petrol by Rs 0.30 per litre and by Rs 1.17 a litre on diesel to make use of slump in oil prices to garner an additional Rs 2,500 crore. Basic excise duty on unbranded petrol has been increased from Rs 7.06 per litre to Rs […]
JAMMU Pursuant to the release of Central share by the Union Government, the State government today credited an amount of Rs.468.38 crore into SSA (Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan) account, which will enable the School Education Department to clear salary dues in SSA of about four months, apart from release of salary from September onwards in favour […]
TEHRAN: Iran has labeled more than 200 goods made in the US ahead of the much-anticipated lifting of sanctions which could trigger an influx of foreign products. The Trade Promotion Organization of Iran has published the names of 227 goods subject to an import ban and sent the list to authorities in all the 31 […]
SRINAGAR: Commissioner Commercial Taxes, J&K Mr. Baseer Ahmad Khan today convened a meeting to review the performance of Commercial Taxes Department in Kashmir Division at Excise and Taxation complex, Solina, Rambagh, Srinagar. Dr. Shamim Ahmad, Additional Commissioner Commercial Taxes Kashmir informed that the Department has realized revenue of Rs. 787.41 cores for the period ending […]
JAMMU Minister for Industries and Commerce, Chander Prakash Ganga inaugurated the special Handloom Expo 2015 at Kala Kendra here today. The Expo has been organized by J&K State Handloom Development Corporation Ltd (Poshish) and sponsored by Development Commissioner (Handlooms), Ministry of Textiles, Government of India. The Minister visited the stalls at the Expo and […]
BARAMULLA: Terming the Horticulture sector as the backbone of the rural economy, Minister for Horticulture, Hajj and Auqaf, Abdul Rehman Veeri today called for introducing new technology-driven initiatives in horticulture sector to boost productivity. Addressing people during his visit to Fruit Mandi Kanispora here today Baramulla, Veeri said the present government has launched various novel […]
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