‘Smoothman’ Gill: India’s new run machine
NEW DELHI: Shubman Gill’s prowess as an opener was never in doubt, but his first Twenty20 ton has got people talking about him as the next Virat Kohli, an all-format run machine for India. Gill scored 126 in just 63 balls in a crushing 168-run series-clinching win over a hapless New Zealand on Wednesday. It […]
Australia to remove British monarch from currency notes
SYDNEY: Australia will remove the British monarch from its currrency notes, replacing the late Queen Elizabeth II’s image on its $5 note with a design honouring Indigenous culture, the central bank said on Thursday. The decision to leave her successor King Charles III off the $5 note means no monarch would remain on Australia’s paper […]
MeT predicts light snowfall in Kashmir during next 24 hrs
The weather department on Friday said that there was a possibility of light snowfall at scattered places of Kashmir in the next 24 hours. A meteorological department official said that mainly dry weather was expected thereafter for two weeks. Meanwhile, he said, the mercury witnessed a slight drop at most places as sub-zero temperature was […]
Ladakh to construct 174.44 lakh litres capacity reservoirs
The administration of Ladakh has been planning, under the Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM), reservoirs of capacity 174.44 lakh liters to provide 55 Litre Per Capita Per Day (LPCD) water to individual rural households on a regular basis, reported The Daily Excelsior. This information was shared in the Lok Sabha in reply to a written question […]
Beekeeping
Beekeeping will get a boost in Jammu and Kashmir as the government has recently approved investment of Rs 47 crores in next three years in this sector. Government is trying to enhance honey production three fold and also to enhance bee population. The decline in pollinating bees poses a danger to the natural environment and […]
Atal Dulloo asks departments to expedite onboarding of schemes on MyScheme portal
JAMMU, FEBRUARY 2: Additional Chief Secretary (ACS), Agriculture Production Department, Atal Dulloo, today chaired a meeting to review onboarding of departmental schemes on MyScheme online portal at Civil Secretariat. Pertinently, the objective of MyScheme portal is to streamline the government-user interface for government schemes and benefits. It is a national platform for searching and discovering […]
Div Com P K Pole is new J-K election chief
The Election Commission of India has approved the appointment of Divisional Commissioner Kashmir P K Pole as Chief Electoral Officer of Jammu and Kashmir. “In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 13A of the Representation of the People Act, 1950 (43 of 1950), the Election Commission of India in consultation with […]
Gill-inspired India crush NZ to clinch T20 series
AHMEDABAD: Opener Shubman Gill smashed an unbeaten 126 to help India clinch the T20 International series against New Zealand with a crushing 168-run victory in the decider on Wednesday. Gill recorded his maiden T20 century for India as he steered the team to a massive 234-4 after they elected to bat first at the world’s […]
Humanoid robots to be star attractions at UN’s AI summit
GENEVA: Eight humanoid robots will be the star attractions when the United Nations hosts its first summit since the start of the pandemic on the benefits of artificial intelligence, it said Wednesday. The AI for Good Global Summit, first held in 2017, will return to Geneva on July 6 and 7 after a three-year Covid-imposed […]
Hurriyat leader’s ‘illegal’ shopping complex demolished in south Kashmir
The district administration Anantnag demolished an ‘illegal’ shopping complex of Hurriyat leader and former Mirwaiz of south Kashmir, Qazi Yasir on Thursday morning, an official said. An official said that Qazi Yasir, who is a Hurriyat leader had illegally raised the shoping complex on a state land near stadium in Anantnag. He said the complex […]
