-The Hindu MYSURU: In the throes of a prolonged dry spell, the people of Karnataka may have something to cheer about with the early arrival of mangoes this year. Prolonged drought in the State has induced flowering in mango trees, resulting in the arrival of the fruit three months before season. However, horticulture experts say it is too early to predict a bumper crop with the season beginning months ahead. In the...
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Lift the veil of secrecy -K Padmanabhaiah
-The Hindu The primary aim of the demonetisation exercise was to tap black money. To mark the last day for depositing the demonetised notes, on December 31, 2016, the Prime Minister, in his address to the nation, fully acknowledged the great hardship suffered by common people due to the serious delay in making the new currency notes available in the banks, ATMs and rural areas, and thanked them for the faith...
More »Academic Bela Bhatia Attacked, Threatened in Bastar -Ajoy Ashirwad Mahaprashasta
-TheWire.in The attack comes days after the researcher accompanied an NHRC team to record the statements of rape and sexual assault survivors who have filed FIRs against police personnel. Days after the Bastar-based academic and researcher Bela Bhatia accompanied a National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) team to record the statements of rape and sexual assault survivors who have filed FIRs against police personnel, she was attacked by a group of individuals at...
More »Green Revolution architect sounds alarm on India's food security -Jayashree Bhosale
-The Economic Times PUNE: As 2016 proved to be the hottest year in recent times, MS Swaminathan, the architect of India's Green Revolution, thinks that it is time for India to take anticipatory action to insulate major crops from adverse impact of high mean temperature. The veteran expressed his concerns about rising temperature trends and gave suggestions for securing the country's food security with a series of tweets. "Having seen the hottest year...
More »System not yet ready for cashless economy, RBI Governor tells PAC -AM Jigeesh
-The Hindu Business Line 'RBI working on cutting transactions costs on digital payments' New Delhi: RBI Governor Urjit Patel, who appeared before the Public Accounts Committee looking into demonetisation and its impact on monetary policy, told the panel that the country’s infrastructure is not ready for a cashless economy. He assured the panel that the RBI is working out ways to reduce transaction costs involved in digital payments. As was the case when he...
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