Ludhiana, April 6
The two-day Virtual Kisan Mela concluded at Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) today. The virtual mela was attended by lakhs of farmers.
The theme of the mela was ‘Aao kheti kharchey ghataiye, vadhu paani, khad na payee; Sahayek dhandey naal apna ke, kheti laheywand banaiyeh (Let us cut farm expenses, reduce the use of water and fertilisers; adopt subsidiary occupations and make farming profitable).”
Dr Jaskarn Singh Mahal, director of Extension Education, was the chief guest on the concluding day. He said: “The Virtual Kisan Mela of 2020 was the first ever virtual mela of India. It has now set an example for many institutions in the corona times.”
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New responsibility: Governor Banwarilal Purohit giving the appointment letter to K.N. Selvakumar, who has been made Vice-Chancellor of TANUVAS .
He will have a tenure of three years Governor and Chancellor Banwarilal Purohit on Wednesday appointed K.N. Selvakumar as the Vice-Chancellor of the Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (TANUVAS).
Mr. Selvakumar, the seniormost serving professor of the university, will have a tenure of three years. He has a teaching experience of around 32 years and is currently Dean of the Madras Veterinary College.
A Raj Bhavan release said Dr. Selvakumar was been a member of the technical monitoring committee of the Animal Husbandry Department and had 84 journal publications and authored three books.
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B S Abdur Rahman Crescent Institute of Science and Technology celebrated the second anniversary of the
Crescent Innovation and Incubation Council (CIIC) on March 27. As part of the celebrations, a live demo of some of the start-ups, products and technologies incubated at CIIC was showcased.
The ceremony included dignitaries like Dipan Sahu, Assistant Innovation Director, Ministry of Education; Dr D Yogeswara Rao, former Advisor, Office of Principal Scientific Advisor to the Government of India, Former Head, TNBD Division, CSIR and Dr C Balachandran, Vice Chancellor, Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (TANUVAS)
During the event, an annual report of all the achievement of CIIC was released which included the various national and international visits by the team. CIIC has helped incubate around 20
Centre encroaching upon rights of states: Punjab CM
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Centre encroaching upon rights of states: Punjab CM. Image Source: IANS News
Chandigarh, April 5 : Reiterating his full support for the farmers and the arhtiyas, Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Monday flayed the BJP-led Central government for encroaching upon the rights of the states in its bid to dominate them.
While castigating it over its one-sided decision to forcibly impose the farm laws and the direct benefit transfer (DBT) on the state s farming community, he said the states never faced such problems earlier.
Slamming the government of India for trying to destroy the existing relations and systems that had worked well for more than 100 years, in the name of so-called reforms, the Chief Minister said the Centre is trying to impose the farm laws without taking the stakeholders into confidence.