Efforts on to make HP a natural farming state: CM
Shimla: Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur on Thursday said that the Government was committed to make the hill state a natural farming state by encouraging non-chemical and natural farming by adopting bio-pesticides and bio-insecticides etc. Thakur, interacting with Padam Shri Subhash Palekar, said that the Government was providing 50 percent subsidy with maximum limit of Rs 25,000 for purchase of cows of indigenous breed to farmers engaged in natural farming.
Badnore reviews IT infrastructure
Chandigarh: Punjab Governor and UT Administrator VP Singh Badnore on Thursday held a meeting with the city’s IT companies to review the development of IT infrastructure in Chandigarh and IT Park. He also took a stock of activities being carried out by prominent IT companies in Chandigarh Technology Park and also the employment being generated by these companies and urged the companies to work toward generating new jobs so that talent pool of the city can be retained.
Spl postal cover released on ‘say no to plastic’
Chandigarh: A Special Cover on “Say no to Plastic” for Chandigarh Pollution Control Committee (CPCC) at Sector-17 GPO Chandigarh was released on Thursday by Postal Services (HQ) Director Pankaj Kumar Mishra, CPCC member secretary TC Nautiyal, and Assistant Environmental Enginner Rhythm Aggarwal. Special cover is an envelope which is prepared with a special cancellation cachet at the Post Office especially for the purpose of creating a collectable item.
Parmjeet Kaur assumes office as PSSCC member
Chandigarh: The newly appointed member of Punjab State Schedule Castes Commission, Parmjeet Kaur, on Thursday assumed the charge of office at Punjab Civil Secretariat. Spokesperson said that Kaur is Post-Graduate in Punjabi and she was earlier worked as the Member of District Consumer Redressal Forum, Patiala, for five years. She worked for the upliftment of downtrodden, needy and marginalized sections of the society. She also headed a NGO and discharged his duties as an editor of Punjabi Magazine.
Former PU professor to deliver keynote in Spain
Chandigarh: Professor Manju Jaidka, who superannuated from Panjab University’s English Department, has been invited to deliver a keynote address at the ninth Congress of the International American Studies Association (IASA) to be held at Alcala de Henares, Madrid, Spain, from July 8 to 10. The Conference’s theme is ‘New Challenges for American Studies in the 21st Century’ and Prof Jaidka’s presentation will be on “American Studies in a World of Flux”.
British representatives invited to Surajkund Fair
Chandigarh: Haryana Education Minister Ram Bilas Sharma on Thursday invited representatives in the British Parliament to visit the International Surajkund Crafts Mela to be held in February 2020 so that they could witness India's development journey. Sharma was speaking during a conference at 'House of Lords' of British Parliament in London. In this conference organised by Queen Mary University of London, many parliamentarians of UK and representatives of India and London were also present. Inviting representatives from London to open an educational institute in Haryana, Sharma said that they would get full support from the Haryana Government.