-The Economic Times NEW DELHI/ KOCHI: A growing number of farmers are turning entrepreneurs and earning big bucks from something they offered free to friends and relatives - a healthy and relaxing weekend to unwind in lush green farms, drive a tractor, ride a bullock cart, milk a cow and pluck fresh fruit from orchards. Farm tourism, once a small niche, is expanding rapidly and getting a big push from the tourism...
More »SEARCH RESULT
Total Matching Records found : 3852
In recent times, every scam’s trail has led to dubious deals in real estate -Ravi Teja Sharma & Viney Sharma
-The Economic Times NEW DELHI and CHANDIGARH: It is not without reason that the quintessential real estate firm has become the epicentre in all scams in India in recent times. From Satyam to 2G, Vadra to Saradha and now Railgate - every scam's trail leads to fraudulent investments and dubious deals in the real estate sector. Not only does the barely regulated sector allows rampant transactions in black money allowing scamsters...
More »Tamil Nadu bans gutka, pan masala -R Satyanarayana
-The Times of India CHENNAI: The Tamil Nadu government has decided to ban the production, stocking, distribution and sale of tobacco products such as gutka and pan masala in the state. The decision came in the backdrop of the Supreme Court's remarks in a case recently, seeking to know the action taken by state governments in curbing the use of tobacco and its products. The order will be passed in a...
More »Parliamentary panel calls for media watchdog -Shuchi Bansal and Liz Mathew
-Live Mint Move could assume significance given the pressure facing a government battling a series of corruption allegations New Delhi: A parliamentary committee on Monday sought to make a case for controlling the media-both print and electronic-through a statutory regulator, a suggestion that could assume significance given the pressure facing a government battling a series of corruption allegations. The standing committee on information technology called for such a regulator on grounds that the...
More »Govt seeks to start health education as graded subject in schools -Vidya Krishnan and Prashant K Nanda
-Live Mint Move part of strategy to counter growing incidence of non-communicable diseases; course to be part of 2014 academic curriculum Concerned by the growing incidence of non-communicable diseases (NCD), the government wants to introduce a new, graded subject in school focusing on health education in classes IV to X. The course will be a part of 2014's academic curriculum and is being designed by the National Institute of Health and Family Welfare...
More »
