Opinion

Public Financial Management System (PFMS)

Bold News Online Desk Oct 24, 2020 0

The operationalization of the Public Financial Management System (PFMS) in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir at the district level and down the line is a welcome step and deserves appreciation from all levels. It is a web-based online software application and end-to-end solution for processing payments, tracking, monitoring, accounting,…

Politicians Using Facebook For Advertising To Create Unequal Society: Study

Bold News Online Desk Jul 14, 2019 0

London: As Facebook is increasingly being used by political parties to reach out to the voters, a study has found that such advertising on the social networking site is creating new types of inequalities for campaigners. Researchers from…

Business and Industry

Johnson & Johnson Faces Criminal Probe In US Over Cancer Risks From Its Baby Talcum Powder:…

Bold News Online Desk Jul 14, 2019 0

New Delhi: The US Justice Department is pursuing a criminal probe into whether Johnson & Johnson lied about potential cancer risks of its talcum powder and has convened a grand jury in Washington, Bloomberg reported on Friday, citing…

Columns

Drug To Boost Growth In Kids With Dwarfism Shows Promise

Bold News Online Desk Jul 14, 2019 0

MELBOURNE: A drug that helps regulate bone development has been found to boost growth rates in children with achondroplasia, the most common type of dwarfism, in a global trial. The patients’ average boost in height to about 6 cm (2.4…

Columns

JK institutions under systemic attack: NC

Bold News Online Desk Nov 4, 2018 0

In a statement issued today, party General Secretary Haji Ali Mohammad Sagar said that the Governor administration has embarked on a mission to change the existing state laws which should have been the exclusive domain of a democratically…

Columns

India Tops World With Most Net Shutdowns

Bold News Online Desk Nov 4, 2018 0

India topped the world with the highest number of internet shutdowns by government authorities with reportedly 121 instances to date in 2018, revealed data compiled by Delhi-based Software Freedom Law Centre’s ‘internetshutdowntracker’.…

Op-Ed

PIL IN SC CHALLENGES CENTRE’S CIRCULAR AGAINST USING THE WORD “DALIT” BY MEDIA PIL In SC Challenges…

Bold News Online Desk Nov 4, 2018 0

PIL has been filed in the Supreme Court challenging the constitutionality of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting’s circular of August 7 “advising” that the media may refrain from using the nomenclature “Dalit” while referring to…

Columns

Khanyar youth joining militant ranks hugely worrying: Omar

Bold News Online Desk Nov 3, 2018 0

The former chief minister and National Conference (NC) Vice-President, Omar Abdullah on Saturday said that Ehtisham joining militant ranks was hugely worrying, saying that sometimes seemingly small actions have huge consequences. Omar in a…