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Says improving digital literacy of citizens a must
JAMMU: Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha Saturday called for benchmarking of the requisite skill sets, identification of specialized training centers for cyber security, and standardization of cyber tools. The Lt Governor was addressing the 30th Annual Global Conclave of International Institute of Security & Safety Management (IISSM) on ‘Covid-19 From Survival to Revival: Emerging Paradigms in […]
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Samba (JK): Union minister Jitendra Singh Saturday said the now-scrapped Article 370 had paved the way for rampant corruption in Jammu and Kashmir as successive state governments used it to make their own anti-graft laws, customised allegedly for convenience. He said the setting up of the District Development Councils (DDC) will bring further accountability, transparency […]
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New Delhi: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Saturday said India was being tested in the seven-month-long border standoff with China in eastern Ladakh and expressed confidence that the country will meet the national security challenge. Calling the “events” along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh “very disturbing”, Jaishankar also said what […]
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Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir unit of the Congress on Saturday accused the PAGD of violating their seat-sharing agreement by fielding National Conference candidates at a few District Development Council (DDC) seats in Rajouri district. It is unfortunate that the National Conference fielded candidates (for DDC polls) where the seats were left for the Congress […]
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Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir reported seven more covid-19 related deaths during the past 24 hours, taking the total death count due to the virus to 1793, officials said. Meanwhile, 419 people tested positive for the virus. Officials said that four among the dead were from Jammu and three from Kashmir Valley. Those who succumbed to […]
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PDD signs MoU with PFC to clear power purchase liabilities
SRINAGAR: A loan assistance of 11024.47 crores has been approved for Jammu and Kashmir under the Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan (liquidity infusion scheme in DISCOMs.) This will enable J&K to clear its outstanding payments under Power purchases made by it. An MoU for availing of the of the second tranche of this loan for Rs. 5444.47 […]
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New Delhi: The Election Commission (EC) is toying with the idea of providing voters with election photo identity card in a digital format for easy accessibility, a senior official said. He, however, made it clear that no decision has been taken by the EC yet in this regard. “We keep getting suggestions and ideas from […]
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Desh Bir At the age of twenty one I joined a job and at fifty eight I retired from the same department, of course with some promotions, in due course. In between came an opportunity to switch over when I was able to crack the old civil services exam in 1978. I did not choose […]
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Move aims to bring transparency, timely delivery of goods and services: Govt
JAMMU: Aiming to streamline the revenue and capital expenditure the Finance department Saturday directed all the Drawing and Disbursing Officers (DDOs) and Treasury Officers to observe certain guidelines while raising invoices or passing bills for payment. For timely delivery of goods and services it has been directed to fix responsibility in case of delay. It […]
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JAMMU: Jammu and Kashmir has shown a record improvement in last 3 years in key Maternal and Child health indicators as per the latest report of National Family Healthy Survey (NFHS-5) conducted by International Institute of Population Sciences, Mumbai. The report was released by Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, GoI for 22 states/UTs If […]
