Cancer survivors witness increasing incidence of chronic pain
Dr. Amod Manocha The diagnosis of cancer has the potential of transforming and deeply invading the lives of those affected. Pain though highly individual and variable, is a common reason behind the storm of fear and anxiety associated with the diagnosis. It impacts approximately 28 percent of newly diagnosed patients, 50 to 70 percent of […]
Water scarcity triggers protest in Sopore
Sopore: Scores of inhabitants including women from Hyder colony area of Sopore in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Friday staged a protest against Jal Shakti department demanding proper and regular water supply to their area. The protesters assembled outside Jal Shakti department Sopore and blocked the road at Iqbal market, affecting the traffic movement for […]
CS reviews functioning of Sports Department
Says sports infrastructure being augmented in JK
SRINAGAR: Chief Secretary, Dr. Arun Kumar Mehta Friday chaired a meeting to review the functioning of the Youth Services & Sports Department. It was informed that the Department is organizing various sports activities and undertaking several infrastructural projects across Jammu and Kashmir to promote sporting culture in the Union territory. The Chief Secretary directed the […]
Kharif Season-2021: Navin Choudhary reviews readiness of procurement portal
SRINAGAR: Principal Secretary, Department of Agriculture Production and Farmers’ Welfare (APD&FW), Navin Kumar Choudhary Friday chaired a meeting to review the readiness of procurement portal and status of its integration with national portal for Kharif Season-2021. Commissioner Secretary Food, Civil Supplies & Consumer Affairs (FCS&CA), Zubair Ahmad; Director APD&FW Jammu; General Manager, FCI, Jammu, Scientists […]
Telugu film makers keen to explore JK as shooting destination
Tourism Deptt officers brief them about scope for film tourism
HYDERABAD: The film makers of Telugu cinema (Tollywood) are keen to explore Jammu & Kashmir as a shooting destination for the upcoming movies. This was disclosed by the office bearers of Telugu Film Producers Council and Telugu Film Directors Association in a meeting with the officers of J&K Tourism Department here today. A team of […]
Cultural Unit Srinagar, DIPR conducts Nukkad Natak at B&J Hospital
Raises awareness on adherence to CAB, SOPs
SRINAGAR: Cultural Unit Srinagar of DIPR Friday organised a Nukkad Natak at Bone and Joints Hospital Barzulla with an aim to raise awareness among hospital visitors and general public about Covid Appropriate Behaviour. Face masks were also distributed at the venue. A large gathering of people watched the Nukkad Natak. Through the Act, the artists […]
Tribal Museum and Research Centre coming up in Poonch
Secretary, Tribal Affairs, Vice-Chancellor JU discuss establishment plan
SRINAGAR: Tribal Affairs Department and Jammu University finalised modalities for establishment of a state-of-the art Tribal Museum and Research Centre (TMRC), at Poonch, which is proposed a centre of excellence in tribal culture, research, literature and studies. Proposals were also discussed for tribal museums at Jammu, Rajouri, Udhampur and Srinagar. Secretary, Tribal Affairs department, Dr […]
Workshop for intermediaries of SAATH scheme inaugurated
5000 rural women to be benefitted, 100 to receive upscale mentoring
SRINAGAR: After being inaugurated by the Lieutenant Governor in the first week of this month the Mission Director, JKRLM, Dr Syed Sehrish Asgar Friday inaugurated the workshop for the functionaries implementing the ‘SAATH’ program here. The ‘SAATH’ initiative is a rural enterprise acceleration program for the Self Help Group (SHG) women in J&K. Under the […]
1720 ASHAs of JK NHM, appear in NIOS certification exam
SEPTEMBER/ JAMMU: A total of 1720 Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHAs) of National Health Mission, Jammu and Kashmir, Friday appeared in NIOS theory examination for certification by National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS). Pertinently, the theory examination was conducted by NIOS in all the districts of J&K amid strict adherence to COVID-19 preventive protocols. According […]
CUK’s National Science Urdu Congress concludes
Srinagar: The two days “National Urdu Science Congress-2021,” organized by the Central University of Kashmir (CUK) in association with Vigyan Prasar, at Gandhi Bhawan, University of Kashmir concluded here. Hundreds of delegates and eminent experts from Jammu and Kashmir, and other parts of the country attended valedictory function of the Congress, organized under the theme […]
