Cricket bat industry in Kashmir stares into oblivion
Unit holders are worried amid growing willow cleft shortage
By: M I Jehangir Srinagar: The 102-year-old cricket bat industry in Kashmir has upped its standards over the years to compete with manufacturers that work with the fabled English willow. But bat-makers fear a shortage of clefts might force closure of the Rs 300-crore enterprise that provides livelihood to over 100,000 people. “We have been […]
Admin retrieves 1571 Kanal of State, Kahcharie Land at Bandipora
75% of encroached Kahcharai land retrieved, says admin
Bandipora: Acting tough against land grabbers, District Administration Bandipora retrieved around 1600 kanals of Government land in single day anti-encroachment drives carried out across the District on Thursday thereby increasing the total retrieved land to around 28000 Kanals which includes 13217 kanals of state land and 15471 kanals of kahcharai land. It was informed that […]
96 years ago Parliament House was inaugurated with much fanfare
New Delhi: The magnificent Parliament House, which may soon hand over its position as the country’s hallowed legislature to a new complex coming up in its vicinity, was inaugurated on this very day 96 years ago by the then Viceroy Lord Irwin. The historic building, an architectural marvel with its charming circular design and an […]
No ‘multiple side-effects of Covid vaccines’: Health Ministry
Says media reports are ill-informed, erroneous
New Delhi: The Union Health Ministry on Tuesday said media reports claiming admission of ‘multiple side-effects of COVID-19 vaccines’ by Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) officials are ill-informed and erroneous. Citing an RTI response, a recent news report had claimed that ICMR and CDSCO officials have admitted […]
India’s richest 1% own more than 40% of total wealth: Oxfam
Davos: The richest one per cent in India now own more than 40 per cent of the country’s total wealth, while the bottom half of the population together share just 3 per cent of wealth, a new study showed on Monday. Releasing the India supplement of its annual inequality report on the first day of […]
Wheat output to increase by 5 million tonnes this year: IIWBR
Chandigarh: The country’s wheat output is expected to be 112 million tonnes in the 2022-23 crop year, almost five million tonnes more than last year’s rabi harvesting season, with rise in area under high-yielding varieties contributing to this, said Gyanendra Singh, Director of Karnal-based ICAR-Indian Institute of Wheat and Barley Research (IIWBR). Singh ascribed expected […]
‘Ganga Vilas’: World’s longest river cruise costing Rs 50-55 lakh/person flagged off
Varanasi: Vegetarian Indian cuisine, assorted non-alcoholic beverages, a spa and doctors on call are some of the features of the world’s longest luxury river cruise MV Ganga Vilas, which was flagged off on Friday for its 3,200 km maiden journey from this ancient city to Dibrugarh in Assam. The 51-day luxury journey covering five Indian […]
Hajj pilgrimage returning to pre-COVID levels: Saudi Arabia
Dubai: Islam’s annual hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia will return to pre-pandemic levels this year after restrictions saw the annual religious commemoration curtailed over concerns about the coronavirus, authorities say. The hajj, required of all able-bodied Muslims once in their life, represents one of the world’s largest gatherings of people. Before the pandemic, the pilgrimage […]
War against drugs ; 1685 drug peddlers arrested, 1021 NDPS cases registered in 2022: Police
Says 138 drug peddlers detained under PIT NDPS Act
Srinagar: Police across Kashmir have registered 1021 NDPS cases during the last year, a police spokesman said, He said 1685 drug peddlers including 138 notorious drug peddlers were detained under PIT NDPS Act during the previous year as well. “Huge quantity of different types of contraband and psychotropic substances were recovered,” he said. He said […]
Covid may change body’s response to other threats in men: Study
Washington: COVID-19 can trigger stronger inflammatory responses in males, resulting in changes to their functional immunity long after recovery, a study has found. The findings may also help create better vaccines against diverse threats by, for instance, mimicking how mild COVID-19 changes the male immune system, the researchers said. Scientists have long believed that the […]