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Study local, act global

Not very long ago, the exodus of talented people from our country was termed as “brain drain.” Persons leaving Indian shores for foreign jobs were branded as renegades if not outright traitors. With time, accepting the inevitability of talent flocking to greener pastures, the term “brain drain” has been replaced by the more politically correct …

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April 7, 2018

Odisha Investors’ Summit to display state’s potential in agricultural space

In an attempt to maximize Odisha’s “innate and in-built potential” in the agri space, encourage farmers to embrace mechanization, diversify crops and attract investments, the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) is teaming up with the Department of Agriculture, Government of Odisha, to organize Krushi Odisha 2018 and Odisha Investors’ Summit – Opportunities in Agriculture and …

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March 6, 2018

Ruckus for varsity on as Balurghat MP intervenes

Following intervention of Member of Parliament from Balurghat constituency, Arpita Ghosh for selection of spot for the proposed university in the district in Balurghat yesterday, the civic administration in South Dinajpur has subsequently started selection of land in and around the town. It is learnt that a five member team of the Land and Land …

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February 28, 2018

Capt seeks Centre to bear 90 % outlay on agri development programmes

Punjab Chief Minister (CM) Amarinder Singh has written to Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi, requesting that the sharing pattern between Centre and States for various agriculture development programmes be reverted to 90:10 in order to avert the looming crisis in the farm sector. Stressing the serious need to revert to the earlier sharing pattern to …

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January 31, 2018

Eminent agricultural scientist Kalkat passes away

Eminent agricultural scientist and Padma Bhushan awardee Gurcharan Singh Kalkat passed away here on Saturday following a brief illness. He was 92. Kalkat was actively involved as an agricultural scientist during the Green Revolution in Punjab in the 1950s and 1960s to make the country self-reliant in foodgrain. He was the founder-Chairman of Punjab State …

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January 28, 2018

Agricultural convention

The 82nd Annual Convention and National Seminar of Indian Society of Soil Science was organised by Indian Society of Soil Science, Kolkata Chapter in collaboration with Amity University, Kolkata on 11December. More than 400 soil scientists from India participated in the convention. Ashish Banerjee, agricultural minister, government of West Bengal, graced the occasion as the …

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January 2, 2018

Industrialists urged to invest in mariculture to increase fish production

A meeting of think-tanks from various sectors here on Saturday urged Indian industrialists to invest money in mariculture in order to increase fish production in the country. The meeting was held here at the Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI) to mark 37 years of research, education and development of mariculture, or the branch of …

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April 8, 2017

No direct link between noteban and agri prices: Minister

 There is no "direct link" between demonetisation and the prices of agricultural commodities, the government said Friday. "There is no direct link between demonetisation and the prices of agricultural commodities," Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh said in Rajya Sabha, adding that the government took a number of steps to provide relief to farmers after the …

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March 17, 2017