New agricultural paradigm
The end of socialist-era impediments should ideally stimulate increased private sector investment across the value chain and help create jobs The over-hyped green revolution of the late 1960s introduced varieties of dwarf rice and wheat in northern India with a cocktail of chemical fertilisers and pesticides that sucked up groundwater and...
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Another silent Nirbhaya
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Amnesty shuts shop
30 September 2020 | Pioneer -
Education as revolution
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BJP all set to make it alone
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How many child deaths will it take to stop hunger?
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Youth slays neighbour’s pigeons to avenge insult
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Outsiders trying to resurrect Mathura dispute, says Teerth Mahasabha
30 September 2020 | PNS
Oppn bare fangs over Hathras rape victim’s death
Opposition parties upped their ante against the Uttar Pradesh government after an 18-year-old Dalit gang-rape victim lost her battle for life at a Delhi hospital on Tuesday morning. Leaders of Congress, Aam Aadmi Party, Samajwadi Party and social activists staged demonstrations to protest the incident and shame the government for being...
High alert across UP on eve of Babri demolition verdict
The Uttar Pradesh government sounded a high alert across the state with a Special CBI Court in Lucknow set to announce on Monday its verdict on the demolition of Babri mosque in Ayodhya on December 6, 1992 . Special Judge of the CBI court, SK Yadav, will read out his judgement...
Govt announces compensation to rape victim’s kin
Facing scathing criticism on deteriorating law and order, the Uttar Pradesh government reacted promptly to the death of Hathras rape victim at Safdarjung Hospital in Delhi on Tuesday, by announcing a compensation of Rs 10 lakh for the victim’s family and promised to prosecute the accused in a fast track...
EC announces bypolls to seven UP Assembly seats
The Election Commission of India finally set the ball rolling for bypolls to seven Assembly seats of Uttar Pradesh and issued a notification on Tuesday afternoon. Chief Election Officer (UP) Ajay Shukla said that nominations would commence from October 9 and end on October 16. While scrutiny would be done on...
Recovery rate up, CM bats for proper medical care
With recovery rate in Uttar Pradesh breaching the 85 per cent-mark, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said that his government was committed to providing better medical care to the people and would ensure that the patients did not face any problem. Yogi directed that all Covid hospitals be equipped well with adequate...
Monsoon marked by skewed distribution of rainfall
Punjab and Haryana, the two leading agrarian states of the country, have witnessed rain deficit during the south-west monsoon, as the uneven distribution of rains weighed down the overall performance. 29 out of 44 districts of the two states have received scanty rainfall during the June-to-September south-west monsoon. As the season bids...
Covid seriously hits MGNREGA programme
While MGNREGA implementation was planned in a big way in Odisha, the Covid-19 pandemic has turned out to be the biggest hurdle in this regard, admit officials. A large number of field functionaries are now affected by Covid-19, for which monitoring of the massive programme is a Herculean task as there...
