-The Times of India NEW DELHI: When Akshansh Gupta, a 32-year-old research scholar with 95% disability due to cerebral palsy, was awarded PhD on 'Brain Computer Interface' from JNU, his only wish was to work in the university. A week later, his dream may come true. According to the Jawaharlal Nehru University authorities, the university is trying to create a research position for him so that he can stay on campus. Speaking...
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Kerala scientists develop saltwater-tolerant paddy -T Nandakumar
-The Hindu Genes tolerant to salinity and iron toxicity were put into another variety Scientists at the Rice Research Station of Kerala Agricultural University (KAU) at Vyttila have developed a new variety of paddy tolerant to saline intrusion, a major challenge faced by farmers in the lowlands. The landmark achievement in rice research was made possible by the introduction of genes tolerant to salinity and iron toxicity into Jyothi, Kerala’s most popular rice...
More »Rs 20k crore worth crops lost due to February-April unseasonal rains: Report
-PTI NEW DELHI: Farmers have lost more than 10 million tonnes of rabi crops, valued at above Rs 20,000 crore, due to unseasonal rainfall and hailstorm in February-April this year, CSE said in a report. India may have to import 10 lakh tonnes of wheat in 2015-16 as about 68.2 lakh tonnes were lost due to unseasonal rainfall, the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) said in its report, titled 'Lived Anomaly'. In...
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-The Times of India KOLKATA: Married women continue to be battered in their homes in Bengal. More than one in 10 cases of crime against women in 2014 was reported from the state. Bengal accounted for one in five cases of cruelty by the husband and relatives, far more than north Indian states like Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Haryana, whose society has been typecast as brutally parochial against the more 'liberal'...
More »Rural distress worsens across India -Sayantan Bera
-Livemint.com Telangana 9th state to declare drought, adding to the agrarian crisis and posing a threat to the rural economy New Delhi: Telangana has declared a drought in parts of the state, becoming the ninth state this year to do so, highlighting the agrarian crisis that could cause a likely fall in the production of rain-fed crops such as pulses, oilseeds and cotton, and result in a further slowing of the...
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