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Nasha Mukt J&K, liquor free too
4+ hour, 31+ min ago (318+ words) Greater Kashmir Nasha Mukt J&K; , liquor free too Why make an exception of liquor and find out excuses to avoid a ban on it If liquor is not addiction, what is? If drug abuse snatches lives, devastates families and…...
India bans sugar exports till Sept 30 to boost domestic supplies, contain prices
2+ day, 22+ hour ago (471+ words) New Delhi, May 15:" India has banned the export of sugar till September 30 this year with immediate effect, a move which would help enhance domestic availability and contain prices. Earlier, the exports were under a restricted category, under which a license…...
Erratic weather triggers heavy fruit drop in apple orchards
5+ day, 3+ hour ago (316+ words) Apple growers across major fruit-producing districts of Kashmir are expressing concern over unusually high fruit drop and poor fruit set this season, blaming erratic weather conditions during the critical flowering period for the damage. Farmers from Shopian, Pulwama, Anantnag and…...
Crores spent, food testing lab still weak
6+ day, 4+ hour ago (448+ words) Srinagar, May 11: Sophisticated instruments procured at significant public expense under a central scheme to strengthen food safety in J&K has been reported non-functional or severely underutilized for years. The non-utility of like GC-MS/MS and LC-MS/MS at the…...
'Nobody being forced to consume alcohol': CM Omar rules out liquor ban
1+ week, 18+ hour ago (14+ words) Greater Kashmir...
Experts deliberate on resilient Himalayan agriculture at SKUAST-K conference
1+ week, 3+ day ago (250+ words) The two-day conference, organised by SKUAST-K's Institute of Business and Policy Research (IBPR) in collaboration with the Agricultural Economics Research Association (AERA) and the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), is focusing on challenges and emerging opportunities in Himalayan agriculture....
Strawberry farmers of Kashmir call for youth participation, train services to export their produce
1+ week, 5+ day ago (76+ words) Greater Kashmir Strawberry growers in Gassu, known as Kashmir's "Strawberry Village," say the weather has been favourable for the crop this season. However, they say strawberry farming is labour intensive and want more young people to take it up to…...
Union Home Minister unveils dairy infrastructure, cooperative initiatives in Ladakh
2+ week, 2+ day ago (263+ words) Srinagar, May 1: Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah today inaugurated various dairy infrastructure and cooperative initiatives for the Union Territory in Leh, Ladakh. On this occasion, Union Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying Rajiv Ranjan Singh alias Lalan…...
Operation Golden Greens
2+ week, 4+ day ago (702+ words) Greater Kashmir The recent report released by NITI Aayog, titled "Roadmap for Horticulture Development in the UT of Jammu and Kashmir @ 2047," comes at a crucial moment for the Union Territory's economy. Horticulture has long been the backbone of rural livelihoods…...
Kashmir needs empowered horticulture task force
2+ week, 4+ day ago (335+ words) In simple terms, when horticulture suffers, Kashmir suffers. The second major issue is storage, especially the shortage of controlled atmosphere, or CA, storage. In an apple economy, storage is not a luxury. It is the difference between planned marketing and…...