-The Hindu A multi-commodity farming system consisting of rice, fish, broiler duck and male buffalo was evaluated at the Regional Agricultural Research Station, Kumarakom, under the Kerala Agricultural University for productivity, income, cropping intensity and generation of employment. The study revealed that a one hectare paddy holder in kuttanad has the carrying capacity of a minimum of 5,000 fishes, 750 broiler ducks and 3-5 male buffaloes in addition to rice. In this...
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Time running out to meet global warming target: UN report
-Reuters OSLO: World powers are running out of time to slash their use of high-polluting fossil fuels and stay below agreed limits on global warming, a draft UN study to be approved this week shows. Government officials and top climate scientists will meet in Berlin from April 7-12 to review the 29-page draft that also estimates the needed shift to low-carbon energies would cost between two and six percent of world...
More »National Community Radio Awards 2014 presented
-Press Information Bureau (Ministry of Information & Broadcasting) Shri Bimal Julka, Secretary, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting presented the 3rd National Community Radio Awards here today. The list of awardees is as under. i) Most Creative /Innovative Programme Content Awards 1) Yerlavani Community Radio, run by Yerala Projects Society, Sangli, Maharashtra, for its programme, "Changes in cropping and agricultural practices as per environmental change" 2) Community Radio JU, Run by Jadavpur University, Kolkata, West...
More »Karnataka LS members spent 75 p.c. of MPLADS funds-Anil Kumar SAStry
-The Indian Express They were entitled to a total of Rs. 516.93 cr. in 2009-14 Bangalore: Members of the 15th Lok Sabha from Karnataka have spent about 75 per cent of the funds under the Member of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS). Among them, Bellary MP J. Shantha has spent the least - Rs. 5.89 crore out of the Rs. 12.11 crore released (48.65 per cent). According to the Union Ministry of...
More »30% of MPs spent half of expense limit in 2009 polls
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: The government's move to give parliamentarians a Rs 30 lakh hike in election expenses appears as misplaced generosity with 30% MPs spending less than half of their funds. Election expense declarations, analyzed by Association for Democratic Reforms, reveals that the average amount of money spent by 437 MPs in the Lok Sabha elections 2009 is only about Rs 14.62 lakh or 59% of the expense limit....
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