CS terms timely credit linkage pivotal for success of HADP
Emphasises farmers handholding, import of high quality material to enhance breed standards SRINAGAR: Chief Secretary, Atal Dulloo, Monday chaired a meeting to review implementation of flagship Holistic Agriculture Development Programme (HADP) here in the Union Territory. Among others the meeting was attended by Principal Secretary, APD, VC SKUAST J/K, MD, HADP, Deputy Commissioners, HoDs in […]
NEET-UG row: Education ministry sets up 4-member panel to review grace marks to over 1500 candidates
New Delhi: Amid allegations of inflation of marks in the NEET-UG medical entrance exam, the National Testing Agency (NTA) announced on Saturday that the education ministry has set up a four-member panel to review the grace marks awarded to more than 1,500 candidates. The NTA also denied any irregularities and said the changes made in […]
May heat wave in India 1.5 degrees Celsius warmer than warmest heat wave
New Delhi: Heatwaves similar to those experienced in May in India are almost 1.5 degrees Celsius warmer than the warmest heat waves previously observed in the country, according to a new rapid attribution study by an independent group of climate scientists and researchers. The analysts at ClimaMeter said the intense and prolonged heat wave India […]
TDP, second largest party in NDA, likely to join govt at Centre
Amaravati: The Telugu Desam Party, the second largest constituent in the BJP-led NDA with 16 MPs and one that has emerged as ‘kingmaker’ in the bloc’s government formation at the Centre, is likely to join the union cabinet, a party spokesperson said on Thursday. Further, TDP supremo N Chandrababu Naidu will be sworn-in as as […]
1 in next 5 years will breach 1.5 degrees Celsius climate threshold: WMO
New Delhi: There is an 80 per cent chance that one of the next five years will be at least 1.5 degrees Celsius warmer than it was at the start of the industrial age, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on Wednesday. It also said there is an 86 per cent chance that at least […]
Dhols, firecrackers at BJP headquarter as party celebrates poll result
New Delhi: Celebrations erupted at BJP headquarters here as party workers and supporters sounded ‘shankha’, rejoiced to ‘dhol’ beats, and chanted ‘Modi’ slogans as the BJP-led NDA is poised to form a government at the Centre. Ratan Rajan, a party supporter, claimed to have covered a distance of 1,117.2 km from Bihar to Delhi on […]
El Nino ending, at least 60 pc chance of La Nina developing during July-Sept: WMO
New Delhi: The 2023-24 El-Nino event, which drove record-breaking temperatures and extreme weather around the world, is predicted to transition to La-Nina conditions later this year, according to a new update from the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). The world experienced the warmest April ever and the 11th consecutive month of record-high temperatures this year. Sea-surface […]
Heatwave- 56 confirmed deaths due to heat stroke recorded in India: Health Ministry
New Delhi: India has recorded 56 deaths from 24,849 suspected cases of heat stroke between March and May, according to data by the Union Health Ministry. According to the data compiled by the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), 46 of these deaths were recorded in May alone (till May 30). Between May 1 and […]
J&K ranks 6th in India for tobacco use prevalence: Report
Says over 20% population affected Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir has been identified as having the 6th highest prevalence of tobacco use in the country, with over 20 percent of the population engaging in tobacco consumption, according to officials. Dr Mir Mushtaq, State Nodal Officer (Kashmir Division) for the National Tobacco Control Programme (NTCP), said that […]
Obesity a possible contributor to early menarche in girls: Study
New Delhi: Early menstruation, or periods, in young girls has been linked to childhood obesity and a higher risk of adverse health outcomes, such as cardiovascular disease and cancer, a new study has found. The research was done on more than 70,000 women in the US. The average age of getting the first period fell […]
