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Police
clueless as Israeli drug dealer goes ‘missing’ |
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Rs.6.5
crore diamond heist at international jewellery show |
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Palestinians reject precondition set by Israeli Premier |
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Now, a
maths formula to help you get cheapest flights |
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Smallest
full moon tomorrow |
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Iran unveils first
unmanned aerial vehicle to deliver “peace and |
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‘Holiday
court’ to help clear backlog of cases in Tripura |
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CPI-M
asks parties to oppose new amendments to N-bill |
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Cabinet
hikes MPs’ perks, salary raise unaltered |
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 Government ready to accept any formulation on n-bill: Chavan
The government is ready
to consider any formulation or modification to end the
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Nuclear
Liability Bill faces fresh hurdles from BJP, Left
CPI-M
asks parties to oppose new amendments to N-bill
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India! says Pakistan with box of mangoes
Prime Minister Manmohan
Singh Friday received an unexpected, yet pleasant, gift from
Pakistan when a box
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Pakistan
accepts Indian aid offer
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Rs.6.5
crore diamond heist at international jewellery show
In a crime that seems to be straight out of a Bollywood movie,
diamonds weighing 88,999 carats and worth over Rs.6.5 crore were
stolen from a stall at the India
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Ishrat
Jahan killing: Court inquires about SIT’s view
The Gujarat High Court
Monday asked the advocate general to verify if the Supreme
Court-appointed special investigation team (SIT) was inclined to
take up the probe
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Cabinet
hikes MPs’ perks, salary raise unaltered
The union cabinet Monday decided to further increase allowances of
MPs by Rs.10,000 per month, comprising a hike of Rs.5,000 each in
their constituency and office expense allowances
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200
percent salary hike proposed for Delhi lawmakers
Taking a cue from the central government, the Congress-led Delhi
government has proposed a hike of about 200 percent in the 70
lawmakers’ salary with Chief Minister Sheila
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Nuclear
Liability Bill faces fresh hurdles from BJP, Left
The Nuclear Liability Bill faced fresh roadblocks today with the BJP
and the Left parties asserting that they would oppose any dilution
of the suppliers' liability. Both the BJP
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Saudi
Arabia to launch official TV, radio for fatwa
Saudi Arabia is mulling the idea of setting up an official
television channel and radio station for accredited Muslim scholars
to issue fatwas, or religious edicts, reports said
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Poor
children are securing more seats in IITs: Director
Fighting all odds more
and more poor children are making it to the prestigious Indian
Institute of Technology, some of them without even taking any help
from private
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to shed communal image, eyes Christian votes in Goa
In a bid to shed its communal image and boost its minority vote
base, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)
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IGNOU to
offer course in PC hardware, networking
The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) Sunday launched a
certificate course in PC Hardware and Networking in association with
HCL Infosystems Ltd, an official said. “It is a state-of-the-art »
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Agartala:
The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) is on a mission
to reach out to farmers in remote and far-flung areas with the
latest global information on farming and agriculture, a senior
university official said here Monday.
“IGNOU is trying to reach people in remote areas with the latest
global information in agricultural research and development,”
IGNOU’s School of Agriculture (SOA) senior professor B.S. Hansra
told reporters.
“For the benefit of the local farmers, including tribals,
development of agricultural education and knowledge management are
the important components of IGNOU,” Hansra told newspersons ahead of
an international conference on ‘Agriculture Education and knowledge
management.’
Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar will inaugurate the three-day
conference here Tuesday, where over 100 agricultural scientists,
experts, delegates from India and abroad are to participate.
Organised in collaboration with the Washington-based International
Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), the conference is expected
to go a long way in evolving integrated strategies to achieve food
security and sustainable agriculture development in India, specially
in the northeast region.
Prof Hansra said: “Through training and short duration courses,
IGNOU has been readying front-line workers from among the local
youth and energetic people to disseminate latest information in
local languages.”
IFPRI director Kwadwo Asenso-Okyere said: “In agriculture, more and
more research oriented works and region-specific policy formulation
are necessary.”
“To eradicate poverty, hunger and to establish a solid food
security, all stakeholders should work together. Communication and
dissemination of latest information are also very essential,”
Asenso-Okyere said.
IFPRI’s senior research fellow Suresh Babu said: “For educating the
farmers on the latest information and study outcomes, content,
connectivity and capacity are indispensable and the IGNOU has all
these vital capabilities.”
The main objectives of the conference are to discuss various
approaches and models of agricultural education for strengthening
capacity of professionals, researchers and educators, to discuss the
role of effective knowledge management systems for socio-economic
development of agricultural sector, to identify suitable pedagogic
approaches and curriculum to educate farmers, upgrade their
technical and entrepreneurial knowledge and analytical skills and to
develop knowledge management strategies through cost-effective and
efficient approaches, public-private-NGO partnerships, business
models and delivery mechanisms.
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