BARC offers technology to turn sewage into fertiliser
July 28th, 2012 - 1:56 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, July 28 (IANS) India's premier nuclear research organisation, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), is planning to deploy its technology in treatment of sewage through radiation, and its conversion into ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
President Patil savours local delights on Kerala trip
August 13th, 2010 - 3:59 pm ICT by IANS
By Sanu George
Kumarakom (Kerala), Aug 13 (IANS) Appam, puttu, aviyal, olan...President Pratibha Patil and her family are apparently enjoying the best of Kerala cuisine and the chefs at the Taj Retreat ... Read more...
Posted in Life Style |
Canadians offer cheaper substitutes for costly Indian lentils
June 7th, 2010 - 11:43 am ICT by IANS
By Venkatachari Jagannathan
Chennai, June 7 (IANS) With prices of pulses skyrocketing in India, China's Saskatchewan province is offering a much cheaper version of the humble 'dal', which also promises not to compromise ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
NAFED to distribute BARC-developed seeds
March 29th, 2010 - 8:04 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 29 (IANS) Farmers' cooperative NAFED will distribute high-yielding seeds developed by the Bhaba Atomic Research Centre (BARC) to farmers to increase agricultural productivity, NAFED Managing Director C.V. Ananda Bose ... Read more...
Posted in Sci-Tech |
Monsoon rejuvenation therapy for jumbos begins in Kerala
July 18th, 2009 - 3:20 pm ICT by ANI
By Juhan SamuelThrissur ( Kerala), July 18 (ANI): Elephants in Thrissur in Kerala, start the monsoon month with long rejuvenation therapy during which they are kept away from hard labour and fed ... Read more...
Posted in National |
Lijjat - Empowering women through papads for 50 years
March 14th, 2009 - 5:26 pm ICT by IANS
By Quaid Najmi
Mumbai, March 14 (IANS) A group of illiterate housewives with lots of time but no resources used to spend the day gossiping in their cramped, lower middle-class Mumbai building till ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
Badi-making, a boon for housewives in Orissa
March 25th, 2008 - 8:26 pm ICT by admin
Keonjhar (Orissa), March 25 (ANI): Badis, the dried and preserved food items usually fried and consumed as crunchy side-dish or as additives in curries throughout India, have a high demand. Existing ... Read more...
Posted in National |