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Farmers get tips on wheat sowing
Ludhiana, October 19
Last year the wheat was affected by karnal bunt and flag smut in the various parts of State. Karnal bunt had appeared due to cloudy weather and rains particularly during the earring stage of wheat crop. As a result, the developing wheat grains were infected and got partially or wholly converted into black powdery mass of spores. The disease was severe in areas of Hoshiarpur, Gurdaspur, Amritsar and Jalandhar. According to the head, department of plant pathology, Dr H S Rewal, the farmers are advised not to sow the infected seed and replace the seed for sowing of wheat in the coming Rabi season.
4-day agri workshop ends
Ludhiana, October 19
Addressing the concluding function of 4-day workshop of KVK’s of Zone-I at PAU, the director of extension education, Dr N S Malhi said KVK’s have to play a pivotal role in the agricultural development in the country because of the new emerging multi-faceted challenges in the changing face of our agriculture.He emphasised that besides technology testing more emphasis needs to be given on pulses, oilseeds and field crops that are important for the food and nutritional security of India.
Late blight hits potato seed
Ludhiana, October 19
During recent visits to cold stores and adjoining fields in the areas of
Hoshiarpur, Kapurthala and Jalandhar districts, a team of PAU plant pathologists has observed that diseased seed potato tubers are being thrown outside after sorting out. These diseased tubers not only emit bad odours but also serve as a source for the spread of late blight of potato in the adjoining fields.
From Schools & Colleges
KVM celebrates its founder’s day
Ludhiana, October 19
Kundan Vidya Mandir, Civil Lines, organised its Founder’s Day celebrations on the school premises yesterday. MD of Abhishek Industries Ltd Rajinder Gupta was the chief guest. After the ceremonial lighting of a lamp tributes were paid to the school’s founder Late Rai Sahib Kundan Lal ji.
| Victorious students of Arya College, who won various events in PU Youth Festival held at SCD Government College.
— Photo by Inderjeet Verma |
Students of Maple Bear Canadian Play Way Nursery School celebrate Dussehra in Ludhiana.
— A Tribune photograph |
Automation need of the hour, says Kang
Ludhiana October 19
Addressing a gathering of deans, directors and officers of the university yesterday, PAU vice-chancellor Manjit Singh Kang said modernization through automation, digitization and electronic data processing was the need of the hour to keep pace with the developments taking place in the world. He asked officials to keep themselves abreast with the state-of-the-art facilities available in the country so that these could be utilised in the administrative and scientific spheres of the university.
Children of Love Dale School perform dandia during a Navratra function in Ludhiana on Friday.
— A Tribune photograph |
Special kids hold Diwali exhibition
Ludhiana, October 19
A two-day exhibition-cum-sale of Diwali handicrafts prepared by the students of 'Ek Parayas', a school for mentally challenged children, and organised by the Child Development Society concluded today at PAU in the College of Home Science.
Placement drive
Khanna, October 19
The ICICI prudential held a placement drive on the campus of the Desh Bhagat institute of management and computer sciences in which 20 students of the college were short-listed. These students were selected for placement as PRO’s and sales and marketing executives, (trainees) with a pay package of Rs 2 lakhs per annum.
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Ludhiana, October 19
A group of Pakistani lawyers and journalists visited Punjab Agricultural University today.
Mandi Ahmedgarh, October 19
“Saas-bahu” serials might have shot him to fame but Kiran Karmarkar, Om of “Kahani Ghar Ghar Ki”, has little time to watch television serials. Shuttling between shootings for his serials and theatre, Kiran says he could not sleep for over 12 nights due to the tight schedules. And now that Om is back in “Kahani...”, the actor is even busier.
Sangrur Academy beat Rail Coach Factory Sports Wing of Kapurthala 5-2 to clinch title in the eighth Rakshak Punjab Schools Hockey League at Mata Sahib Kaur Memorial Stadium of Jarkhar village, near here, yesterday.