The grafted nursery in Gumla Gumla: In a push towards a green revolution, Gumla has set up one of the region’s largest community-managed grafted nurseries at Sipringa village under Raidih block. Managed by women farmers, the modern horticulture and farming unit is being seen as a milestone for women’s economic empowerment and climate-resilient agriculture.The nursery…
Union minister Nitin Gadkari receives a sapling from Mayor Neeta Thakre during the meet Nagpur: Union minister Nitin Gadkari on Friday set a target of planting 10 lakh trees across Nagpur district in 30 days, urging citizens to turn the plantation drive into a people’s movement for environmental conservation.Addressing a review meeting on tree plantation…
Kanpur: Stressing the need to improve the university’s national standing, governor and chancellor Anandiben Patel on Friday called upon scientists, faculty members and students of Chandra Shekhar Azad University of Agriculture and Technology (CSA) to work relentlessly to raise its ranking and ensure that innovations developed in laboratories reach farmers’ fields. Addressing the university’s 28th…
NOTE: This is Part III of an ongoing series on the history of India-US relations. In Part I, we looked at the historic ties between the two countries before formal diplomatic relations were established in 1947. The second part looked at bilateral ties under Jawaharlal Nehru. You can read them here and here. The year…
New Delhi: Millet-based diets may help improve vitamin B12, vitamin D and haemoglobin levels when combined with vitamin and multivitamin supplements, according to a Delhi-based study published in European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety, amid growing concern over widespread “hidden hunger” and micronutrient deficiencies in India.Conducted among adults aged 18-45 years at National Association…
