MYRADA-KVK helps farmers earn more

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January 09, 2009

MYRADA-KVK helps farmers earn more

T= HALAVADY: Farmers in Kottamalam and = Sujilkarai hamlets in the hil

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Rs. 55.45-crore crop relief for farmers

T= IRUVARUR: The District Collector, M. Chandrasekaran has s= aid that the State government has allotted Rs. 55.45 crore= as first instalment for providing relief to far= mers whose crops were damaged in the recent rain in Tiruvar= ur district.

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Cotton seed farmers seek compensation<= /p>
COIMBATORE: Rains during November last= year have caused extensive damages to Bt cotton seed production in several parts of the State.

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Priority to be accorded for developing bio-diversity consort= ium: Minister

T= IRUCHI: The Union Ministry of Environment and Forests will accord priority for developing bio-diversity consortium on the campus of Bharathidasan University, with a view to protect= ing the endangered and rare species of various plants, shrubs and herbal variet= ies.

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Water users associations to get more powers

BANGALORE: In a bid to use water judiciously and mobilise more resources for management of irrigation utilities, the Government has decided to give more powers to water users associations (WUAs) forme= d in jurisdiction of six command area development authority (CADA) regions of the State

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Draft SEZ policy

BANGALORE: The Government of Karnatak= a, which is formulating State SEZ policy as per the Central SEZ Act 2005 and R= ules 2006, has posted the draft State SEZ policy on websites www.karnatakaindus try.gov.in and www.kumbangalore.com for the information of SEZ developers, units, investors, public and other stakeholders.

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90 per cent of rainwater harvesting equipment defunct

M= ANGALORE: The staff of Government Higher Primary School, Kumpala, = near Thokkuttu on Mangalore-Kasaragod Road, does not= seem to be delighted over the rainwater harvesting facility provided to their sc= hool in 2006.

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JNU goes greener than ever before

NEW DELHI: With nearly 70 per cent of its over 1,000-acre campus comprising vegetation, Jawaharlal Nehru University here is = now claiming to be greener than the neighbouring ca= mpus of IIT Delhi.

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Why the caste system is on its last legs

T= his institution did good to India in feudal times but tod= ay it is a curse that should be eradicated. Indeed it will stand effaced in a dec= ade or two, for its basis has been destroyed.

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Flying a plane with jatropha oil=

V= irgin Atlantic in February became the first airline to te= st a commercial aircraft on a biofuel blend - a 20 pc mixture of coconut oil and babassu nut oil.

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International

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Once reducers of CO2, Canada's trees now contribute= to global warming

I= n an alarming, yet little noticed series of recent studies, scientists have determined that Cana= da's 1.2 million square miles of forests have become so stressed from damage cau= sed by global warming

http://www.enn.com/eco= systems/article/39037

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