Tourism professionals jobless in Kashmir, courtesy govt indifference

KHALID GUL

Srinagar, Jan 15: Despite introducing hospitality courses in curriculum, the J&K government has failed to absorb tourism professionals in the state sector. According to sources there are about 125 posts — four gazetted, 71 non-gazetted and 60 class-IV — lying vacant in the department More

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‘JK Bank’s Micro-Finance programme to run parallel to CSR Initiatives’

Chairman delivers lecture at Al-Ameen College Bangalore

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, Jan 15: Chairman and CEO J&K Bank Mushtaq Ahmad has said that the bank was conscious of its role and responsibility towards underprivileged sections of society and it continues to pursue its mission of empowerment in a broader sense that accommodates the imperatives of both equity and development More

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Oil & Gas conservation fortnight begins

GK NEWS NETWORK

Jammu, Jan 15: Stressing on the need of energy saving for a secure future, Minister for Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution (CA&PD) & Transport, Omar Ali Akhoon, today called for launching  a vigorous  awareness campaign on Oil and gas conservation to educate consumers on judicious More

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Rs 9 cr earmarked under SKEWP as VSA: Malik

GK NEWS NETWORK

Jammu, Jan 15: Minister for Higher Education, Labour and Employment, Abdul Gani Malik said Sunday that Rs nine crore would be distributed among the unemployed educated youth registered so far as Voluntary Service Allowance (VSA) under the Sher-i-Kashmir Employment Welfare Programme (SKEWP).  More

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PETROL DEARER BY UP TO RS 2.54 PER LITRE

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

New Delhi, Jan 15: State-owned oil companies today raised petrol prices by Rs 2.50-Rs 2.54 per litre, the second hike in a month, on back of rising crude oil prices. Indian Oil Corp, the nation's largest fuel retailer, will raise petrol prices by Rs 2.50 per litre with effect from midnight tonight More

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Jet fuel prices hiked by 2 per cent

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

New Delhi, Jan 15: State-owned oil firms today hiked jet fuel prices by 2 per cent, the seventh straight increase in rates since October when international crude oil prices started climbing. Aviation Turbine Fuel (ATF) rates in Delhi have been hiked by Rs 948.5 per kilolitre, or 1.98 per More

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‘India to grow faster than China in 2012’

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

New Delhi, Jan 15:  The World Bank has pegged Indian economic growth to take over Chinese by 2012 on purchasing power parity (PPP) basis, but New Delhi has played down the projection by the multi-lateral agency saying the country is not in race with anyone. In its latest report on Global More

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Global eco growing towards slower growth: World Bank

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Washington, Jan 15: The global economy in 2011 and 2012 is shifting into a phase of slower but solid growth, with India and China contributing towards almost half of the global growth, says the World Bank’s latest Global Economic Prospects 2011 report. The World Bank estimates that global GDP More

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No plans to abolish sugar exports

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

New Delhi, Jan 15: The government on Friday said there is no proposal to abolish import duty on refined edible oils and no plans to ban sugar exports through Advance License Scheme, under which mills have an obligation to export about 1 million tonnes of sugar by March. "We have no such proposal More

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