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Opinion, Reporters diary, 06 Mar 2017 Page-8
Government burns 1,000 hectares of fungus-infected wheat
Wheat blast is one of the most fearsome and intractable wheat diseases in recent decades and is caused by the fungus Magnaporthe Oryzae.
06 Mar 2017 3:07 AM
UP Governor: Why is Gayatri Prajapati still a minister?
The police registered an FIR against Prajapati and six others for allegedly gangraping a woman and molesting her minor daughter.
06 Mar 2017 3:01 AM
Couple held in trafficking case
What surprised the police is the well-furnished multi-storeyed property which they built by earning lumpsum amounts from the racket.
06 Mar 2017 2:49 AM
CISF gears up to tighten security at all 59 airports
A panel comprising officials of the CISF, BCAS and airport operators is doing a ground assessment at select airports.
06 Mar 2017 2:43 AM
Development of education facilities key AAP priority
Some principals claimed even students from nearby private schools are enrolling in model schools.
06 Mar 2017 2:42 AM
India, US will boost training programme to fight terror
Indian cops to be trained in US on hostage crisis, cyber crime.
06 Mar 2017 2:36 AM
Despite missing 1,000 target, mohalla clinics a huge hit
A substantial part of the health Budget last year was spent on opening these clinics.
06 Mar 2017 2:35 AM
Test for AAP to shore up pro-poor credentials
It will begin with the address of lieutenant-governor Anil Baijal, his first after assuming office last December.
06 Mar 2017 2:29 AM
India to pitch for maritime trade at Jakarta meeting
China is locked in a dispute with some of the southeast Asian countries over maritime rights of water in southeast Asia.
06 Mar 2017 2:24 AM
No extra chance for failure to complete DU degree on time
Provision allowed students who left their studies midway to appear for pending exams even years later if they could justify their absence.
06 Mar 2017 2:21 AM
Iconic cinema hall inches closer to curtain call
Some theatres, however, have managed to survive the onslaught of the multiplex boom by renovating and banking on nostalgia.
06 Mar 2017 2:15 AM
33 per cent rise in nod for foreign film shoots in India
In its first year of creation, the Film Facilitation Office secured shooting permissions to 40 film crews to shoot in the country in 2016.
06 Mar 2017 2:12 AM
Delhi to resemble London in a year if AAP wins: Kejriwal
Kejriwal said that the BJP-run municipal bodies have failed to keep the national capital clean.
06 Mar 2017 2:10 AM
Congress fast-tracks Delhi civic poll list after system crash setback
What’s more important for Congress is that it will be facing both BJP and AAP in these polls.
06 Mar 2017 2:06 AM
Sexism in Indian science
Scientific institutions are often islands of comfort away from the real world and they insulate themselves from social responsibility.
06 Mar 2017 2:00 AM
Foreign guns to boom as Army retires Insas rifles
The reason for phasing out of Insas, as cited by experts, was that it was not effective at long range and at best, it could only maim the enemy.
06 Mar 2017 1:56 AM
Aadhaar link to midday meal faces Opposition fury
More than 100 million children will compulsorily need Aadhaar to avail of their meals from 1 July.
06 Mar 2017 1:45 AM
Censorship, sex and films
Often, the female foetus is aborted so that the wealth is kept to the sons.
06 Mar 2017 1:45 AM
Internet is helping feminist movements
Nonetheless, online activism has been effective in calling out sexism and misogyny.
06 Mar 2017 1:34 AM
UP polls: Mulayam seeks vote for aide, hits out at Modi
Mulayam Singh Yadav was in his old form when he termed Prime Minister Narendra Modi as ‘jhoota badshah’ (liar king).
06 Mar 2017 1:33 AM
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