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Democracies world over come together to share experiences of conductin...
ECI hosts International Webinar on ‘Issues, Challenges and Protocols for Conducting Elections during COVID-19: Sharing Country Experiences’
Two Publications released on the occasion; India A-WEB Centre to bring out an ‘A-WEB India Journal of Elections’.
CEC highlights scale of elections to be conducted in Bihar amid the Covid19 pandemic; Commissi...
Government to set up Medical Devices Park in Kerala
The Biomedical park will specialize in high-risk medical device sector involving medical implants and extracorporeal devices; Delhi 22 SEP 2020
Kerala will soon house one of the first medical device parks in the country, focusing on the high-risk medical device sector to provide full range of services for the medical devices industry like R...
PM addresses United Nations General Assembly
Delhi 22 SEP 2020
Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the United Nations General Assembly today through video conferencing.
Speaking on the occasion, the Prime Minister said seventy-five years ago an institution was created for the entire world for the first time in human history and a new hope arose from the horrors of war. He added being a f...
A new method of extracting oil from orange peel developed by Navsari&#...
Gandhinagar, 22 September 2020 Standardization of solutions for extraction of oil and dyes from orange peel and seeds, P.H.T. department of Navsari Krishi Vishva Vidyalat. A new approach has been prepared by the department. Instead of throwing orange peel, oil can be extracted from it. Orange peels are photochemical. The bark also contains ca...
Organic Sugar, jaggery and sugarcane juice can be obtained, agronomist...
Scientific experiments were conducted by Navsari Agricultural University to grow sugarcane without chemicals and pesticides in 7 districts of South Gujarat, where sugarcane cultivation is the highest in Gujarat. Based on which farmers will now be able to do organic farming. Agricultural scientists at Navsari Agricultural University have proved i...
The average income of farmers is lower than that of peon
India's GDP growth was minus 23.9 in the June 2020 quarter. In such bad times, the economy has received little support from the agricultural sector. Growth of the sector alone has been positive at 3.4 percent. Despite this, farmers continue to cultivate and neglect. Farmers are facing thousands of challenges. Even after several years of independ...
Lakhan Musafir: NEITHER SCARED NOR SILENCED
Lakhan Musafir, a very prominent grassroot activist in Narmada district was served with an externment order. He is not allowed to enter Narmada, Bharuch, Tapi, Chhota Udepur and Baroda – five districts. Not only were the charges against Lakhanbhai ridiculously false, no evidence, no witnesses, no arguments, no cross-examination, no proper hearin...
Lok Sabha passes The Farmers’ Produce Trade and Commerce Bill, T...
Delhi, 17 SEP 2020
Two bills aimed at transforming agriculture in the country and raising farmers’ income were passed by Lok Sabha today. The Farmers' Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Bill, 2020 and The Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement of Price Assurance and Farm Services Bill, 2020 were introduced in Lok Sabha...
32 Earth Observation Sensors currently in orbit, providing space based...
Delhi, 18 SEP 2020
written reply in Rajya Sabha today that there are 32 earth observation sensors with advanced capabilities, currently in orbit, providing space based information.Five earth observation satellites and five communication payloads were realized since January, 2018.Information support was provided for all the major disaster events vi...
Narmada dam gets less water than last year
Kevadia Colony, 18 September 2020
This year, due to less rainfall in the catchment area of the Narmada Dam, the inflow of water into the dam was less. Last year's revenue was 34 thousand mcm, but this year it is about half 17 thousand mcm. Currently, 587 million cubic meters of water is stored. More than 10 lakh farmers and 14 lakh hectares w...
All the first 10 Rankers in Journalism from IJC, Chimanbhai Patel Inst...
Ahmedabad, 18 September 2020 All the first 10 Rankers in the results of BJMC Semester II declared by the Gujarat University on 17 September 2020 are from the Institute of Journalism and Communication(IJC), Chimanbhai Patel Institute Campus, Ahmedabad. The results of Sem II of IJC is 100%.
The names of the students and their respective SGPA in ...
Gandhinagar, the capital of Gujarat, will be the first city in the cou...
Gandhinagar, 17 September 2020 The government has started construction of Rs 229 crore water project in Gandhinagar. 150 liters of water will be provided for each. Water meters will also be installed in homes in Gandhinagar. Gujarat was in dire need of water 30 years ago. But in the last two decades, Gujarat has gone from a water shortage to a w...
In Gujarat, 73 percent of the potatoes are produce of Lady Rosetta and...
From September to October, farmers have started preparing the sowing of potato crop. Before sowing, farmers prefer disease resistant varieties. The Central Potato Research Institute has developed potato varieties by region. Therefore, scientists have asked to cultivate potato varieties according to the 7 climatic zones of Gujarat. In 2020, 40–45cr ...
Gujarat leading the country and breaking records in potato cultivation...
Gandhinagar, 16 September 2020 Potato cultivation in Gujarat will break all records with 1.25 lakh hectares. Potato cultivation in ravi - winter in Gujarat was sown in 1.18 lakh hectare in 2019-20. Estimated production was 36.65 lakh tonnes. An average production of about 31 thousand kg per hectare was estimated by the Department of Agriculture....
Allegations of Rs 15 crore scam in Unjha APMC
Ahmedabad, 13 September 2020 In Asia's largest farmers' market selling produce, Gujarat has the highest revenue in this market. About 25 crore rupees tax are collected by farmers from traders every year and deposited in APMC. It is legal for traders to give their tax. But it is not given and money is taken from under the table. It is alleged tha...