A workshop was organised by APEDA jointly with ISARC on ‘Profiling of Potential Varieties of Non-Basmati Rice and Value-Added Products of Rice’, the Ministry of Commerce & Industry said on Monday.
The South China Sea has emerged as a flashpoint as several countries have claims to certain portions of this maritime space. While some Southeast Asian countries make claims to the oceanic space in the South China Sea that falls within their respective Exclusive Economic Zones, China makes a claim on almost its entirety.
Aam Aadmi Party MLA Amanatullah Khan on Monday claimed that the Enforcement Directorate officials have arrived at his house in Okhla in the national capital to arrest him.
The Trinamul Congress government is all set to table a Bill providing for capital punishment for convicted rapists in a two-day special session of the state Assembly that starts tomorrow.
The Sahitya Akademi, under the Government of India, continues its mission to enhance the literary environment in rural India through its ‘Gramalok’ initiative.
Members of the Trinamul Mahila Congress held meetings across the state demanding capital punishment of the persons involved in the alleged rape and murder of a doctor of RG Kar medical Colege and Hospital on 9 August.
Unavailability of details of service providers for maintenance of light fittings in lamp posts is leading to darkness in some wards of Kolkata Municipal Corporation.
Amid continuing protests over the rape and murder of a junior doctor at the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, a laboratory worker at Howrah Sadar Hospital has been accused of sexually assaulting a minor patient.
A high level meeting was held in Asansol to combat leprosy and tuberculosis in West Burdwan district.
Around 16 lakh students of state-run, state-sponsored schools and madrassas will receive tablets from the state government soon. The students willl get Rs 10,000 which will be credited to their bank account from 5 September onwards.
