Twelve years ago, Satish Kumar Burra was riding high on a successful career travelling across the world while working with Cap Gemini, just a few steps away from getting on to the directorial board when a personal tragedy brought him back home. His brother, just a few years elder to him working with an IT […]
Jaipur, Sep 14 (PTI) RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat today asked the Shakhas, the Sangh fountainheads smallest units and the backbone of the organisation, to help bring about a change in the society by engaging more in social work. Bhagwat said while continuing to strengthen themselves, the Shakhas should engage with other Hindu organisations to start […]
The environment ministry told the Supreme Court on Friday that it has not granted approval for the commercial cultivation of Genetically Modified Mustard (GM Mustard). The bench is hearing activist Aruna Rodriguess petition asking for a stay on the commercial release of GM mustard, which was cleared by the Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee, Indias apex biosafety […]
Union Minister of State for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Giriraj Singh has called upon plantation owners to adopt organic farming practices to ensure that the Nilgiris teas remained unique and environment-friendly, and also to prevent chemical fertilizer-induced diseases among plantation workers. Addressing the annual conference of the United Planters’ Association of Southern India (UPASI) […]
Indians love their snacks and millets are now increasingly being consumed for good health. The Orgtree community knew this, then, to be a perfect match and brought them together in line of pure millet-based snacks under the label Kiru (named after the Kannada word for millets kirudhanya). The Orgtree community is trying to bridge the […]
Kangana Ranauts recent interview left everyone stunned. Just after the interview where she talked about Hrithik Roshan and Aditya Pancholi,she made some more revelations. Now, yet again, Kangana has made one of the boldest statements and she seemed quite serious about it! Kangana Ranaut might leave Bollywood and do organic farming. So, thats her plan […]
The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) is inviting applications for the post of Junior Scientific Officer to be hired by National Centre of Organic Farming (NCF), Ghaziabad. See link for details.
Jalandhar, September 9 Founder and Director of Kheti Virasat Mission, Umendra Dutt, who has been working in the field of organic farming and raising his voice against the Genetically Modified (GM) crops gave his views on environment. Recently, an awareness rally against the GM sarson (mustard) was organised, where activists of different NGOs, along with […]
Secunderabad: They call themselves Green Sainikpurians and live by the anthem Green Sainikpuri. Staying true to their name, 79 families got together and have taken to rooftop vegetable gardening in a big way. Each family gets 60-70 per cent of the weekly vegetable needs from the rooftop. With twelve types of vegetable seeds, these families […]
Coimbatore, Sept 9 (PTI) Tractors and Farm Equipment Ltd (TAFE) was focusing on expanding its Jfarm, a model of integrated farm practises aimed at enhancing production and productivity, in African countries, a top company official said. There was good potential for agriculture in some of the African countries, with good yield, particularly organic agriculture and […]