-The Telegraph Jaipur: Death owes this to the living. In this desert state, it is once more the great leveller. It needed a prod from a blindfolded lady with scales, but social workers say it's a big step forward towards ending years of caste-based discrimination that did not even spare the dead. Maybe, not much longer. Here's the story. The Jaipur Municipal Corporation (JMC) has "removed" signposts and covered boards at crematoriums that marked...
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Big push to organic farming -R Ramabhadran Pillai
-The Hindu Kochi (Kerala): The State HorticulTure Mission (SHM) is planning to implement organic farming and certification in 2,000 hectares in the State. The programme is to be implemented initially in the three districts of Idukki, Wayanad and Kasaragod during 2014-15, under the guidance of the National HorticulTure Mission (NHM). Under the programme, financial assistance will be provided over a period of three years for groups of farmers covering an area of...
More »Delta Farmers Slowly Turn to SRI Technique -R Lenin
-The New Indian Express CHENNAI: SRI is a process of paddy cultivation that requires less water and gives robust yield. But since it is different from the traditional method of sowing, it took a lot of persuasion and perseverance to draw farmers towards it. The diffidence now appears to be waning as close to 50 per cent of the delta areas of Tiruchy district are expected to opt for SRI for Samba...
More »Modern farming techniques changing lives in Ladakh
-IANS Leh: For Tsetan Punchok, a 50-something farmer from the distant village of Partapur in Ladakh in Jammu and Kashmir, life was difficult in the 3,000-metre highlands where summer lasts barely four months and for long, he could only grow potatoes and Turnips. His life, however, changed in the last few years when he came in touch with scientists of the Defence Institute of High Altitude Research (DIHAR). DIHAR, a laboratory of premier...
More »Cleanliness index soon to rank cities -Yuthika Bhargava and Anita Joshua
-The Hindu Expected to encourage best performers and inspire others Close on the heels of Prime Minister Narendra Modi announcing the ambitious ‘Clean India' mission, the Union Tourism Ministry on Friday said it was working on a "cleanliness index'' for cities in the country to encourage the best performers and, in Turn, inspire others to spruce up. "We are preparing a cleanliness index. The methodology has been drafted and index calculated for six...
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