-The Hindu Farmers being imparted information on the nature of soil in addition to the kind of fertilizers to be used Sangareddy (Andhra Pradesh): Manaiah, a farmer from Sadashivpet in Medak district, has decided to cultivate cotton in the current kharif season and has already submitted his soil sample at the testing laboratory located at the district headquarters. Welcome advice Early this month, Mr Manaiah received a short messaging service (SMS) on his mobile...
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The world of Green NGOs is as complex as the corporate one -Nitin Sethi
-The Business Standard Foreign direct investment in the NGO sector is, in fact, no different from the cross-holdings and the FDI web of the corporate world ClimateWorks, one of the two international non-governmental organisations (NGOs) recently restricted by the National Democratic Alliance government from funding Greenpeace India Society in India, also funds another NGO, Global International, which, till recently, was headed in India by Union Environment and Forests minister Prakash Javadekar. When...
More »CIC asks HC to reveal how it monitors lower courts
-The Times of India AHMEDABAD: The chief information commissioner (CIC) D Rajagopalan has asked the Gujarat high court to furnish information under the Right to Information Act pertaining to its system for monitoring the lower judiciary. The commission ordered so after the HC had refused to part with the information on the grounds that it wasn't bound to reveal these details under the information laws. The applicant, Kalpeshkumar Gupta, filed a query under...
More »Aadhaar future at stake, govt seeks meeting with states -Subhomoy Bhattacharjee
-The Indian Express As per UIDAI records, 630 million Indians have already been issued Aadhaar cards. The Department of Information Technology has called a meeting of state government secretaries this week for a status check on Aadhaar. The meeting is significant because of the question marks on the continuation of the scheme under the NDA government. Prime Minister Narendra Modi last week scrapped the cabinet committee on Unique Identification Authority of India which...
More »A short variety jamun cultivation fetches good rewards -MJ Prabu
-The Hindu Agriculture is a profession of patience. Apart from the time, labour and financial investment, passion is an important attribute to be successful. "An optimistic attitude is what sets successful farmers apart from the usual herd. Because a method might fail once, twice or even several times, but the grit and determination to continue trying the same can prove to be rewarding after some time. Mr. C. Jayakumar a jamun grower...
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