Slowdown in Hindustan Unilever’s volume growth pre-lockdown a big worry
Hindustan Unilever Ltd’s (HUL’s) March quarter results were supposed to provide clues about the impact of the country-wide lockdown on the country’s largest consumer staples firm. But as far as investors go, a bigger worry has surfaced in the company’s results announcement. The company announced a massive 7% drop in underlying volume growth in the […]
Nitish govt gets to work to bring 27 lakh migrants, students back but says it’ll take months
Patna: The Nitish Kumar-led Bihar government is in a bind following the Centre’s decision to allow the interstate movement of migrant labourers, students and tourists from 4 May onwards. As ThePrint had reported earlier, Bihar has shown a reluctance to evacuate its students and migrant workers stranded across the country, with Chief Minister Nitish Kumar putting the onus on the Modi government […]
PM Modi Holds Meeting To Discuss Strategies To Attract Foreign Investments, Boost Economy
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday held a “comprehensive” meeting to discuss strategies to attract more foreign investments into India as well as to promote local investments in order to give a boost to the economy against the backdrop of the COVID-19 pandemic. An official statement said the meeting discussed that a scheme should be […]
Restrictions to be enforced strictly in Red & Orange Zones: Cabinet Secretary
Standard protocols for movement of students/migrant labour to be developed by States/UTs JAMMU: Government of India has asked all the States and Union Territories to delineate the districts as per the laid down criteria and implement the restrictions accordingly in the areas for effective containment of the virus. This was stated by the Cabinet Secretary, […]
Advisor Bhatnagar reviews functioning of Jal Shakti Deptt
JAMMU: Advisor to Lieutenant Governor, Rajeev Rai Bhatnagar today chaired a high level meeting to review the various activities of Jal Shakti Department at Civil Secretariat here. The Advisor took detailed review of the department focusing on water supply scenario during the upcoming peak summer season besides progress of ongoing desilting works in Jammu division. […]
Bulletin on Novel Corona Virus (COVID-19)
33 new positive cases reported today, 216 cases recovered till date in JK JAMMU, APRIL 30: The Government Thursday informed that 33 new positive cases of novel Coronavirus (COVID-19), all from Kashmir division, have been reported today thus taking the total number of positive cases in Jammu and Kashmir to 614. According to the daily […]
Kashmiri girls stranded in Delhi evacuated
Srinagar: Kashmiri girls who were stranded in Delhi have been evacuated and sent to Kashmir with the help of civil society members. The girls had made a video that they were distressed and have no money and complained that their landlord had demanded rent from them and cannot bear more. The girls in the video […]
20 Covid-19 patients discharged from JLNM hospital
Srinagar: Twenty Covid-19 positive patients on Thursday were discharged from Jawahar Lal Nehru Memorial (JLNM) hospital after their two repeated samples within 48 hours tested negative, hospital sources said. Talking to Kashmir News Service (KNS), Nodal Officer Dr Bilquies said JLNM hospital discharged twenty Covid-19 positive patients after all recovered while following due medical protocol. […]
COVID-19: 33 more test positive; J-K tally surpasses 600 mark
Srinagar: Thirty-three people tested positive for COVID-9 in Kashmir, pushing the overall tally of COVID-19 patients past 600-mark. Official sources told that among them, 13 were confirmed at Viral Diagnostic Lab of SKIMS, Srinagar, and include 11 from Baramulla and one each from Budgam and Shopian districts. Twenty among them were confirmed at the COVID-19 testing […]
No drinking water for Tangmarg, Aharbal residents
By Javaid Ahmad Malik Kulgam: Hundreds of families living in Tangmarg, Aharbal area are without proper drinking water even as they have been appealing and protesting to authorities for the restoration of the water supply scheme in area. The water supply scheme including its filtration plant is defunct from the month of December, forcing people […]
