Solan: Spring Dale Senior Secondary School, Amritsar lifted the 17th Kirloskar Inter-School Business Quiz trophy while Vasant Valley School, New Delhi and The Lawrence School, Sanawar bagged the first and second runners-up positions respectively among the twelve teams that participated in the keenly contested business quiz organized by The Lawrence school, Sanawar. Widely acclaimed as the ...
Geneva: After putting numerous troubles for professional media persons in Bangladesh with brutal laws at the background of relentless socio-political turmoil in the last few decades, the current interim government in Dhaka, headed by Nobel laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus, starts actively considering setting up a media commission to ensure press freedom and accountability in the ...
Solan: Dr YS Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Nauni will be hosting an International conference on Enabling Sustainable Food Systems through Natural Farming (ESFS-NF) at the University on September 13-14. The two-day event will take place at the university’s campus and will feature distinguished personalities working in the agriculture sector from across the globe. Organized ...
Nerwa: In an effort to develop strategies and assess the social impacts of natural farming initiatives in Himachal Pradesh, a one-day workshop was held at Nerwa in Shimla District. The event was organized by the French Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and Environment (INRAE), Dr. YS Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry (UHF), Nauni, and ...
Mandi: Scientists from the French Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and Environment (INRAE) and Dr. YS Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry (UHF), Nauni, recently convened a workshop focused on evaluating the social impacts of natural farming initiatives. This event is part of the European Union-funded Agroecological Protection towards International Co-Innovation Dynamics and Evidence of ...
Shimla: In a significant stride towards environmental conservation, SJVN organized a large-scale tree plantation drive near Ghannati, Shimla, as part of the nationwide #Plant4Mother (#एक_पेड़_मां_के_नाम) campaign. Mrs. Bhawna Sharma, the Chief Patron of the Satluj Shree Ladies Club, graced the plantation drive as the chief guest and initiated the campaign by planting an oak tree. ...
Solan: Dr YS Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Nauni has invited new applications from desirous candidates who have passed 10+2 with at least 50 percent in science stream for admission to vacant self-financed seats in various Undergraduate programmes of the university’s four constituent colleges. The university is offering BSc (Hons) Horticulture, Forestry and Natural Farming and ...
Guwahati: Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) stated that there should be no compromise when it comes to women’s safety. The issue was extensively discussed during the three-day RSS Samanvay Baithak held at Palakkad of Kerala. The discussion was particularly in the context of the recent rape and murder case involving a young female doctor in West ...
It was midnight of 31 August 2019, as an extraordinary bureaucrat unfolded the mystic National Register of Citizens (NRC) to the people of Assam in presence of a large gathering of over enthusiast media persons in Guwahati. The then State NRC coordinator Prateek Hajela, who not only explained various features of NRC to the attending ...
Geneva: Another Pakistani journalist has been killed and this time it happens in Sindh province. Muhammad Bachal Ghunio, a reporter for Awaaz Television, was shot dead at Rounti area on 26 August by the miscreants. The victim’s family members lodged a protest demonstration in front of the senior police officer’s office in Mirpur Mathelo. Sindh ...
Dr. CL Jandaik, a prominent Indian mushroom scientist who introduced the oyster species, Pleurotus Sajor-Kaju, to the world, has passed away at the age of 79. He is survived by his wife, a son, and two daughters. Known for advancing mushroom cultivation in Himachal Pradesh, Dr. Jandaik is regarded as one of the leading mushroom ...
Geneva: Press Emblem Campaign (PEC), the global media safety and rights body, strongly condemns the killing of two reporters during a military raid in Mon State of Myanmar and demands a fair probe to the incident that led to the death of Htet Myat Thu and Win Htut Oo on 21 August 2024. Burmese media outlets ...
Guwahati: Union minister of State for road transport & highways and corporate affairs Harsh Malhotra visited Assam’s Darang district on 23 August to assess the progress of various development schemes in the district. The Minister began his visit by inspecting the Baghpari Chapari number 2 water supply scheme under Mangaldai division of the Public Health ...
Guwahati: Observing the Sibsagar incident, where a community was compelled to apologize for a crime committed by some individuals in presence of a State minister, Patriotic Peoples’ Front Assam (PPFA) expressed dismay that some people continue the same old theory of hatred against outsiders (non-Assamese Indians) since the days of Assam agitation. The forum of ...
Geneva: Press Emblem Campaign (PEC), the global media safety and rights body, called the interim government of Bangladesh to initiate a fast probe into the murder of five journalists in the last few weeks and punish the culprits under the law. The south Asian nation witnessed a month-long unrest beginning the middle of July 2024, ...