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British Council – Government of Maharashtra’s 10-year long partnership upskills 1.46 lakh teachers, Enables high quality education for 4.38 million students

REPEATING WITH CORRECTION Mumbai, 21 October 2021 (GNI): British Council, the United Kingdom’s international organisation for educational opportunities and cultural relations, and the Government of Maharashtra today marked 10 years of partnership in driving successful…


यूपीएल के प्रोन्‍यूटिवा प्रोग्राम ने मूंगफली की फसलों की पैदावार और उनमें मौजूद तेल की मात्रा बढ़ाने के साथ 250,000 एकड़ के 50,000 किसानों की समृद्धि बढ़ाई~ मूंगफली के किसानों के लिए टिकाऊ कृषि को प्रोत्‍साहन दिया~डेयरी इंडस्‍ट्री के लिए चारे की ऊपज और प्रोटीन की मात्रा में वृद्धि हुई

अहमदाबाद/राजकोट, 20 अक्‍टूबर, 2021 (GNI):– यूपीएल लिमिटेड, जो टिकाऊ कृषि उत्‍पादों और समाधानों का वैश्विक प्रदाता है, के प्रोन्‍यूटिवा सदा समृद्ध मूंगफली प्रोग्राम ने बेहद आशाजनक परिणाम दिये हैं। मई 2021 में संवर्द्धित किये गये, इस प्रोजेक्‍ट ने फसल के पैदावार को आश्‍चर्यजनक रूप से बढ़ाया है और इस प्रकार, प्रतिभागी किसानों की आमदनी भी बढ़ायी है। इसे दिखाने के लिए, यूपीएल ने अमरेली के रिकाडिया गांव में लाइव हार्वेस्‍ट डेमॉन्‍स्‍ट्रेशन आयोजित किया, जिसमें 750 से अधिक किसानों, ग्राम सरपंचों और कृषि विभाग के अधिकारियों ने हिस्‍सा लिया।   पहला पायलट प्रोग्राम 8,500 किसानों के साथ लागू किया गया था, जिसे वर्ष 2020 में गुजरात के प्रमुख मूंगफली क्षेत्रों में किया गया था, जिससे उनकी पैदावार एवं आय में दोगुनी वृद्धि हुई। अब इसे 50 हजार से अधिक किसानों को जोड़ते हुए 2.5 लाख एकड़ से अधिक कृषि-भूमि पर किया गया है। मूंगफली की पैदावार में कुल मिलाकर 50-60% की वृद्धि हुई है और उससे निकाले जाने वाले तेल की मात्रा में 1 प्रतिशत की वृद्धि हुई है। इसके अलावा, इसने 35% की चारा उपज में वृद्धि की, जिससे किसानों की डेयरी आय में सुधार करने में मदद मिली। प्रोन्‍यूटिवा सदा समृद्धि परियोजना के अंतर्गत, मूंगफली किसानों को एकीकृत कृषि सेवाएं जैसे आईपीएम किट, मृदा परीक्षण, मौसम सेवाएं, फसल परामर्श और उच्च तकनीक सक्षम किसान मशीनीकरण सेवाएं उपलब्‍ध कराई गयीं ताकि मूंगफली की पैदावार और आय में वृद्धि…


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The Global Digital Innovation Summit 2021: What the new breed of digitally innovative companies is doing differently

Mumbai, 18 October 2021 (GNI): In an increasingly connected world, a digital first business has become a business imperative. Opportunities, channels, expectations, and competitors are what businesses in the digital landscape revolve around. Technology has forced…



Bollywood’s famous martial arts expert Cheetah Yajnesh Shetty appointed CEO of ‘Sandstone Entertainment’ “SandstonePro is India’s first indigenous open OTT app.” Cheetah Yajnesh Shetty (CEO, Sandstone Entertainment)

Mumbai. 12th Oct., 2021 (GNI): India’s first indigenous Open OTT app like ‘YouTube’ by ‘Sandstone Entertainment’. ‘SandstonePro’ was launched by the Union Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment Ramdas Athawale on Sunday 10…


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States, UTs gear up for IndiaSkills 2021 Regional Competitions, 1,500 candidates to participate in the country’s biggest skill event

30 states/union territories to compete in 54 skills, including seven new-age trades1,500 candidates from five regions—North, South, East, West, and Northeast—will participate New Delhi, 12 October 2021 (GNI): IndiaSkills 2021 Regional Competitions will start from…


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“Both Education of mind and Education of Heart are important for the formation of an individual “says Dr. Santa Jeremy Ono, VC of University of British Columbia to graduating students of MAHE on the first day of the 29th Convocation

Manipal, 11th Oct 2021 (GNI): “The world faces many challenges – disease, climate change, environmental destruction, poverty, and war. Whether in Canada or Karnataka, we need to step up to meet those challenges, and graduates…


Neeyamo Launches an All-Women Global Development Centre in Nagpur, Centre to focus on global payroll transformation projects, Aims to employ 500 women by April 2022 under its ‘Naari Sakthi’ Program

Mumbai, 8th Oct,. 2021 (GNI): – Neeyamo, a leading provider of technology-driven global payroll and HR solutions, today announced the launch of its all-women global development centre at Nagpur. The centre has currently hired 100 employees…