-The Hindu The variety is locally known as ‘Damberasali’ SIRSI (karnataka): Amid reports of paddy crops affected by a deficient monsoon in Malnad this year, a young farmer in Hakkalkeri near Bedasgaon in Mundgod taluk is cultivating a rare variety that is drought resistant. Maryappa Choudappa Naik, a young farmer of Hakkalkeri brought 25 kg of ‘Raksha 10.5’ variety of paddy seeds from the Krishi Vigyan Kendra and noticed during the harvest that...
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Centre to seek review of SC order on banning photos of leaders in government ads -Amit Anand Choudhary & Dhananjay Mahapatra
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: The Centre on Monday told the Supreme Court that it would soon join hands with West Bengal, karnataka, Assam and Tamil Nadu to seek review of its May 13 judgment banning photos of political leaders, except President, prime minister and Chief Justice of India, in government advertisements. In an affidavit filed before the court denying any violation of the May 13 judgment, the information and broadcasting...
More »Pulse of the matter: Manufacturing a dal crisis, short-changing both farmer and consumer -Yogesh Pawar
-DNA Wondering about the plight of the rural population facing successive droughts which has to buy pulses, South Asia Network for Dams, Rivers and People (SANDRP) laments how no benefit of the price hike is reaching actual pulse farmers. While most link the current tur (pigeon pea) dal crisis with raging market prices, storage issues, hoarding and economics, a new study highlighting the making of the crisis - by South Asia Network...
More »Thanks to reservation, more women will get plum posts in karnataka -Nagesh Prabhu
-The Hindu More women will be recruited to top jobs in various karnataka government departments, with the hike in reservation for women at 33 per cent from the present 30 per cent. Currently, the percentage of women employees in ‘A’ and ‘B’ categories is well-short of the level prescribed by the new reservation policy. Women in ‘A’ category jobs such as Senior Assistant Directors and Deputy Directors were at 22.47 per cent...
More »Nearly 75,000 tonnes of pulses recovered by States -Tomojit Basu
-The Hindu Business Line NEW DELHI: The Centre on Saturday said that 6,077 de-hoarding raids had been carried out across India in an effort to rein in the prices of pulses. About 75,000 tonnes of pulses — a key source of protein for many Indians — have been recovered from hoarders so far, said an official statement, and States had been asked to meet with millers, wholesalers and retailers to make pulses...
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