Excessive smartphone use- Parent-children relationships in India getting affected: Study
New Delhi: Rise in dependence on smartphones and their excessive usage are adversely impacting relationships between parents and children in India, a survey commissioned by Chinese mobile devices company Vivo said on Wednesday. The survey conducted by Cybermedia Research found that on average, parents spend more than five hours and children spend over four hours […]
Govt mulling to enhance monthly pension of physically challenged: Minister Sakeena Itoo
Srinagar: Minister for Health, Education and Social Welfare, SakeenaItoo Tuesday said that people with disabilities will get enhanced pension and the number of schools for them will be increased as well. The Minister said that the government is committed to the welfare of specially disabled people of J&K. “We are mulling to enhance the monthly […]
UGC chairman bats for semester system in higher education institutions
Indore: University Grants Commission (UGC) chairman M Jagadesh Kumar said on Monday that higher education institutions should adopt the semester system instead of holding annual examinations for better evaluation of students and improving their learning process. Considering the student learning process, those universities in the country should adopt the semester system where students are still […]
Constables written examination: Lieutenant Governor reviews preparedness, holds review meeting
Jammu: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha chaired a meeting to review the preparations for conduct of written examination for selection of Police Constables in J&K, at Raj Bhawan Saturday. Chief Secretary; AtalDulloo; Principal Secretary, Home, ChandrakerBharti; ADGP Jammu, Anand Jain; IGP Kashmir, Vidhi Kumar Birdi; Principal Secretary to Lieutenant Governor Mandeep K. Bhandari; Divisional Commissioner Jammu, […]
Over 40 petitions questioning EVM rejected by SC, various HCs: Govt in LS
New Delhi: Nearly 42 petitions have been filed in the Supreme Court and various high courts questioning the electronic voting machines (EVMs), with the higher judiciary repeatedly holding that the machines are credible, reliable and tamper-proof, the government said in LokSabha on Friday. Responding to a question on safeguards to prevent tampering or hacking of […]
38.9% children under 5 years of age in anganwadis found stunted: WCD Ministry Data
New Delhi: Over a third of children under five years of age enrolled in anganwadis across India are stunted, the government has told the RajyaSabha. In response to a question in RajyaSabha, Women and Child Development Minister of State Savitri Thakur said 7.54 crore children up to five years of age are enrolled in anganwadis […]
Study traces 60 pc PM2.5 pollution in India to residential cooking, power generation, industries
New Delhi: Emissions from residential cooking and heating, power generation, and industries together contribute up to 60 per cent of India’s PM2.5 pollution, with about 80 per cent of this coming from fossil fuel combustion, a new study has found. The peer-reviewed study, published in MDPI’s “Air” journal, suggests dividing India into 15 airsheds based […]
SC asks Centre, states to expedite steps to fill vacancies in CIC, SICs
New Delhi: Taking serious note of vacancies in the Central Information Commission (CIC) and state information commissions (SICs), the Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Centre and the state governments to apprise it about the steps taken to fill up the posts. A bench of Justices Surya Kant and UjjalBhuyan said the states that have […]
AIIMS Awantipora to miss January 2025 deadline
70% of work completed, new target set for June 2025: Officials Srinagar: The All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Awantipora is likely to miss its January 2025 deadline, as approximately 30% of the project remains incomplete. According to details the Union government approved two AIIMS projects for Jammu and Kashmir in 2019. While […]
Defaced currency notes in JK: SC grants last opportunity to Centre to file response
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday granted a last opportunity to the Centre to file its response on a PIL seeking CBI probe into the RBI exchanging defaced currency notes worth Rs 30 crore allegedly belonging to a Kashmiri separatist group. While noting enough time had been given to the Union of India to […]