An M.Com graduate has set an example of how a farmer can earn several thousand rupees in a month, using modern technologies with the help of government schemes in the agriculture sector. Vishwashankar Santoshkumar Shivaray, 26, from Yelheri village in Gurmitkal taluk of Yadgir district, decided to become an agriculturist instead of looking for a job in any company after …
Sujit Das, 40, does not wear the clothes or carry the implements traditionally associated with farmers in India. “By grafting tomato onto brinjal, I get 50-100% greater produce,” he says, adding that he is expecting a bountiful harvest of 1,000 kg of tomatoes per day over the next two months. Kamal Lochan Mishra, the District Magistrate and Collector, says it …
The Adivasi Gothra Mahasabha called off its Nilpu Samaram in front of the Secretariat in Thiruvananthapuram in 2014 after the government agreed to fulfil its demands, recalls M. Geethanandan, one of its leaders. The Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change handed over 19,000 acres in the State, including 7,000 acres in Wayanad, a year after the Muthanga agitation …
HYDERABAD: The proposal to build the city office of the TRS in the upmarket Banjara Hills area has run into rough weather with several plot owners of the Women’s Cooperative Society alleging violation of a Supreme Court status quo order by officials to accommodate the ruling party’s interests. According to the plot owners, the revenue authorities went ahead and allotted …
On the 12th day of the Monsoon Session, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman gave her reply in the Rajya Sabha after the much-awaited debate on inflation. Rajya Sabha | 7:35 p.m. Ms. Sitharaman defends Ujjwala LPG scheme The Minister says that many members expressed concerns that the Centre’s Ujjwala gas distribution scheme was not working. Proceedings will resume on Wednesday, August …
