DHEW-MS Budgam holds outreach programme at Chadoora
BUDGAM: The District Hub for Empowerment of Women (DHEW), Mission Shakti (MS) Budgam on Monday organised an outreach cum awareness camp at Batpora of block Chadoora. The camp was organised in collaboration with OSC Budgam and Special Cell for Women Budgam. The DHEW team raised awareness on Women and Child related schemes available at District […]
Dir Agri inaugurates Mega Awareness program on “Nano Urea Technology “
SRINAGAR: The Agriculture Production Department (APD) on Monday organised a Nano Urea awareness programme for the farmers of Anantnag. The programme was held in collaboration with Pradan Mantri Kissan Samridhi Kendra (PMKSK) Levedora Qazigund and IFFCO. The event was inaugurated by Director Agriculture Kashmir, Chowdhury Mohammad Iqbal in presence of Chief Agriculture Officer Ajaz Hussain […]
Six drug peddlers arrested across Kashmir: Police
Srinagar: Police have arrested six drug peddlers in Pulwama and Baramulla district and recovered contraband substances from their possession, a police spokesman said on Monday. He said a Police party from Police Station Pulwama intercepted a suspicious person at a checkpoint established at Peaks Auto Gangoo Pulwama. “The suspected person tried to flee from the […]
Illicit timber seized in Handwara: Police
Srinagar: Police have seized illicit timber at Kulangam area of Handwara, a police spokesman said on Monday. The spokesman said the police received a specific input regarding illicit timber lying in the premises of Abdul Majeed War son of Ghulam Rasool resident of Kulangam. “The police party of Police Post Chogul raided the particular spot […]
Entrepreneurship awareness organized by MSME office for Artisans
SRINAGAR: In order to create awareness among the artisan community about schemes available with the government for establishing Micro enterprises, an awareness program was organized by Branch MSME DFO Srinagar under Ministry of MSME GOI in collaboration with Department of Handicrafts and Handlooms Kashmir at Craft Development Institute Srinagar. The program was presided over by […]
Inspection of Drug Sale outlets conducted at Ajas Bandipora
BANDIPORA: On the directions of Deputy Commissioner Bandipora Dr. Owais Ahmed, a joint team of Legal Metrology, Drugs Control and other concerned led by Drug Inspector Bandipora conducted a surprise inspection of drug sale outlets in Ajas Bandipora. An official informed that 08 drug stores were inspected, out of which 2 drug stores were booked […]
JMC to intensify work on Solid Waste Management
JAMMU: Mayor Jammu, Rajinder Sharma Monday said that Jammu Municipal Corporation was very particular towards Solid Waste Management System especially segregation of waste at the door steps of each household. The Mayor announced that Jammu Municipal Corporation is going to launch the implementation of Solid Waste Management System and Segregation of the waste in a […]
DPA crosses landmark of handling 100 MMT cargo traffic
Srinagar: The Deendayal Port Authority (DPA) Kandla has crossed the landmark of handling 100 MMT cargo traffic in the Financial Year 2022-23. The DPA has become the first major port to cross the milestone in only three quarters of a fiscal year with a growth of 6.96 percent over the corresponding period of the last […]
Namami Gange: A Nirmal, viral testimony of the country’s will power
By: Gajendra Singh Shekhawat 7th August, 2021 was a momentous occasion for India, A javelin from an athlete named Neeraj Chopra made us proud by fetching us the gold medal in the Tokyo Olympics. A small act in the epilogue of this story didn’t make it to the headlines, that of the champion donating his […]
Braille Communication in the Technological Age
World Braille Day
By: M Ahmad As per WHO report 2022, there are around 2.2 billion people in the world living with some form of visual impairment. There are blind persons that includes those with moderate or severe distance vision impairment or blindness due to unaddressed refractive error (88.4 million), cataract (94 million), age-related macular degeneration (8 million), […]
