Along with that, they used organic manure prepared from household ingredients like cow dung and urine, lemon juice, banana pulp, milk and curd etc which were all mixed together in specific quantities and kept under a lid in an earthen pot (matka) for about 15 days. … [Read more...] about Organic rice cultivation transforming lives of Damoh farmers
Women live longer
Prakash does Amritraj name proud
First round: Prakash Amritraj (Ind) bt Guillaume Rufin (Fra) 6-7 (4), 6-2, 6-3; Matthias Bachinger (Ger) bt 7-Yen-Hsun Lu (Tpe) 6-4, 3-6, 6-4; Cedrik-Marcel Stebe (Ger) bt Igor Sijsling (Ned) 6-4, 6-4; 5-Benoit Paire (Fra) bt Flavio Cipolla (Ita) 6-3, 6-4; Roberto Bautista Agut (Esp) bt Blaz Kavcic (Slo) 7-6 (6), 6-2; Somdev Devvarman (Ind) bt Jan Hajek (Cze) 6-3, 6-3; Dudi Sela (Isr) bt Rajeev Ram (USA) 6-4, 6-1; Sergiy Stakhovsky (Ukr) bt Ruben Bemelmans (Bel) 7-6 (7), 7-6 (5). … [Read more...] about Prakash does Amritraj name proud
Some of the biggest wins in Indian tennis (singles)
Leander Paes defeated Pete Sampras (the then World No.2) 6-3, 6-4 at the New Haven ATP tournament in 1998. In 1997, he made his best singles performance in a Grand Slam, getting to the third round of the US Open, beating Carlos Costa and Arnaud Boetsch. In the Davis Cup, his major wins came against French duo of Arnaud Boetsch and Henri Leconte in 1993, Wayne Ferreira in 1994, and Goran Ivanišević in 1995. … [Read more...] about Some of the biggest wins in Indian tennis (singles)
President’s address on the eve of Republic Day 2017
11.Many of the flagship initiatives of the government have been designed to promote the well-being of the society. The Swachh Bharat Mission aims at a Clean India by 2nd October, 2019 to coincide with the 150th Birth Anniversary of Gandhiji. Increased spending on programmes like MGNREGA is enhancing employment generation to rejuvenate the rural economy. Aadhaar, with its present reach of over 110 crore people, is helping in direct transfer of benefits, plugging leakages and improving transparency. The Digital India programme is creating a knowledge economy through universal provision of digital infrastructure and platforms for cashless economic transactions. Initiatives like Start-up India and Atal Innovation Mission are fostering innovation and new-age entrepreneurship. Under the Skill India initiative, the National Skill Development Mission is working on skilling 300 million youth by 2022. … [Read more...] about President’s address on the eve of Republic Day 2017
Anger and anguish roil Gujarat as pilgrims’ bodies arrive
The deceased from Gujarat were identified as - Hasuben Ratilal Patel, Surekhaben and Lakshimiben S Patal from Valsad, Ratan Zeenabhai Patal from Daman, and Prajapati Champaben from Navsari. The other two deceased belonging to Maharashtra are -- Nirmalaben Thakor, a resident of Palghar, and Usha Mohanlal Sonkar of Dahanu. … [Read more...] about Anger and anguish roil Gujarat as pilgrims’ bodies arrive
