-ThePrint.in 'Pusa Ahilya' or HI 1634 is said to allow later sowing without risk of heatwave effects, and have a high yield potential of 70.6 quintals per hectare. New Delhi: At a time when wheat farmers across the country are reeling from poor harvests due a scorching March, scientists at the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) have released a new heat-resistant variety of the crop. Known as HI 1634 or ‘Pusa Ahilya’,...
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Tea workers and staff get interim hike of 15% in pay -Avijit Sinha
-The Telegraph Wages and salaries raised with effect from January 1; planters asked to clear dues before July-end Siliguri: The state labour department issued a notification on Tuesday for an interim hike of 15 per cent in wages of workers and salaries of staff and sub-staff in tea gardens of north Bengal with retrospective effect from January 1. According to the notification issued by state labour commissioner Amarnath Mallick, the daily wage would...
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-TheWire.in The health ministry – which has been THRust into spotlight even more than usual due to the unprecedented crisis of the pandemic – missed some significant deadlines. New Delhi: When the Narendra-Modi led Union government marked eight years in office in May, its various ministries launched a veritable social media blitzkrieg to highlight achievements. Among them was the health and family welfare ministry – one that has had particular reason to...
More »India considers wheat exports to 5 nations, diplomatic efforts pick up -Ravi Dutta Mishra
-Livemint.com Following the export ban, India has received requests from Indonesia, Oman, UAE, Bangladesh and Yemen The government has received requests for wheat supplies from at least five countries including Indonesia, one of the world’s largest importers of the grain, and Bangladesh after India banned wheat exports last month, a government official said. While banning wheat exports amid spiralling global prices on 13 May, India kept open the option of government-to-government (G2G) supplies...
More »Fresh perspective -A Raghuramaraju
-The Telegraph An empirical critique of development is not enough Is the plea for sustainable development feasible and sustainable? More importantly, is it possible to keep it sustainable within the current socio-economic format? Integrating sustainable development into our lives is both urgent and inevitable. However, is the present strategy of conducting empirical case studies on the dangers of development an effective way of addressing this urgency? Unlike any other peril the world...
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