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January
27, 2009
Drug waste creates highest disaster zone in Andhra
PATANCHERU:
When researchers analyzed vials of treated wastewater from a plant where ab=
out
90 Indian drug factories dump their residues, they were
shocked. Powerful antibiotic was being spewed =
into
one stream each day to treat every person in a city of 90,000.
SHGs have brought a silent revolution
MAHABUBNAGAR:
To eradicate poverty the first thing to do was to provide basic needs of the
household and the women self help groups in the district have done precisely
said district collector V. Usharani. She dubbed=
the
achievements of self help groups was nothing sho=
rt of
a ‘silent revolution’.
http:=
//www.hindu.com/2009/01/27/stories/2009012755820300.htm
Farmer commits suicide
SANGAREDDY:
Unable to come out of debts, a farmer, Meghawat=
Dasarath, 30, committed suicide by consuming pesticid=
e.
http:=
//www.hindu.com/2009/01/27/stories/2009012756710400.htm
Hike in subsidy for horticulture ryots<=
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HYDERABAD:
The State Government has decided to increase subsidy on micro-irrigation for
all horticulture farmers from 75 per cent to 90 per cent.
http:=
//www.hindu.com/2009/01/27/stories/2009012756800400.htm
Onus on company to prove seed quality” Consumer Notes<= o:p>
HYDERABAD:
It is the responsibility of seed companies to disprove the charges against =
its
product. They have to send a sample from the same batch of seed for laborat=
ory
tests, said A.P. State Consumer Disputes Redressal
Commission (APSCRDC).
http:=
//www.hindu.com/2009/01/27/stories/2009012758850500.htm
Rythu
ANANTAPUR:
The Andhra Pradesh Rythu S=
angham
(APRS) affiliated to CPI(M) has taken up a postc=
ard
movement to Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Red=
dy
demanding immediate settlement of groundnut crop insurance claims and
announcement of crop loss compensation to those not covered under the insur=
ance
scheme.
http:=
//www.hindu.com/2009/01/27/stories/2009012755700300.htm
Red jowar farmers set to lose
NIZAMABAD:
With the red jowar harvest is round the corner =
the
farmers are in the grip of fear about the crop marketing as very few local =
seed
companies and some outsiders are coming forward to purchase it in view of t=
he
controversy cropped up leading to ‘vandalism’ and police firing=
in
the Armoor town last year.
http:=
//www.hindu.com/2009/01/27/stories/2009012755750300.htm
320 sent to China to study new methods of farming
Davangere: Farmers cultivating in rain-fed areas=
in
the State suffered losses due to lack of rainfall following which the State
Government distributed a sum of Rs. 210 crore a=
mong
21 lakh farmers, said district in-charge and
Agriculture Minister S.A. Ravindranath.
http:=
//www.hindu.com/2009/01/27/stories/2009012753840300.htm
Priority to water supply, says Setty
KOLAR:
The State Government has accorded priority to supplying drinking water in
drought-prone Kolar district, Minister for Muzrai and district in-charge S.N. Krishnaiah
Setty has said.
http:=
//www.hindu.com/2009/01/27/stories/2009012752040500.htm
Karnataka cooperatives to get a free hand
GULBARGA:
In a major step towards ending government interference in the affairs of
cooperative institutions, the Karnataka government has decided to end the
practice of nominating officials and non-official members to such instituti=
ons.
http:=
//www.hindu.com/2009/01/27/stories/2009012754680700.htm
Allocation for organic farming to be doubled
BANGALORE:
Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa has promised to=
set
aside Rs. 200 crore for promotion of organic fa=
rming
in the 2009-10 budget, even as hundreds of farme=
rs
gathered in front of Vidhana Soudha
on Monday pledged to eschew use of chemical fertilizers.
http:=
//www.hindu.com/2009/01/27/stories/2009012754921000.htm
Boost farm sector to counter slowdown
BANGALORE:
The former President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam has urg=
ed the
Government to give a fresh boost to agriculture and agro-processing sector =
to
overcome the impact of economic slowdown.
http:=
//www.hindu.com/2009/01/27/stories/2009012760300400.htm
Priority to irrigation, infrastructure
Raichur: Minister for Adult Education, Library,
Small Savings and Lottery K. Shivangouda Naik has said that the Government has given priority =
to
developing irrigation and infrastructure in Raichur
district while implementing the recommendations of the expert committees.
http:=
//www.hindu.com/2009/01/27/stories/2009012750400300.htm
Water Expo at Pragati Maidan
NEW
DELHI: The sixth edition of “Everything about Water Expo”, an
international exhibition and conference on water and wastewater management,
will be held at Pragati Ma=
idan
here from January 28 to 30.
http:=
//www.hindu.com/2009/01/27/stories/2009012756850400.htm
US names new climate change envoy
Todd
Stern, who served as a senior adviser to former president Bill Clinton, will
become the country's chief climate negotiator with the international commun=
ity,
which is hoping to agree to a new climate treaty...
http://www.deccanherald.com/Content/Jan272009/fo=
reign20090127114894.asp?section=3Dupdatenews
Rs 60 crore drinking water schem=
e soon
Portable
drinking water will be provided from tanks to two regions in the Srinivaspur Assembly constituency under the Rajiv Gan=
dhi
Drinking Water scheme, at an estimated cost of Rs 60 c=
rore,
said legislator G K Venkatashivareddy.
http://www.deccanherald.com/Content/Jan272009/district20090126114823=
.asp
China prepares for year of the slump
The
international financial crisis is deepening and spreading with continuing
negative impacts on the domestic economy," the National Bureau of
Statistics said in a statement
http://www.deccanherald.com/Content/Jan272009/panorama20090126114777=
.asp
India debuts 'agricultural Wikipedia'
Indian
scientists have launched an 'agricultural Wikipedia' to act as an online
repository of agricultural information in the count=
ry.
http://www.enn.com/to=
p_stories/article/39141
International=
Environmentalists react angrily to shortlisted projects for
Severn estuary
Environmentalists
have reacted angrily to the government's proposed shortlist of projects for
what could become the UK's single biggest renewable energy project.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/jan/26/barrage-tidal-severn=
Obama
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. PresidentBarack<= /span> Obama
will start reversing former President George W. Bush's climate change policies on Mond= ay with steps to raise fuel efficiency standards and grant states authority to limit greenhouse gas emissions from cars.http://www.enn.com/climate/article/39164
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