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  • TODAY IN HISTORY
    Following are some of the major events to have occurred on Aug 09 Reuters 1919 - The Italian composer and librettist Ruggiero Leoncavallo, famed for his opera "Pagliacci", died aged 62.   194
  • TODAY in HISTORY: August 08
    Following are some of the major events to have occurred on August 08   Reuters 1900 - The first Davis Cup tennis competition began at the Longwood Cricket Club in Brookline, Massachusetts, and w
  • Cultivating Burning Desire
    Md. Tabrej, Asst Prof, Dept of BBA St. Joseph’s College (Autonomous), Jakhama Once when Steve Jobs (Founder of Apple and Pixar) was asked during an interview, how he managed to reach the top as a succ
  • TODAY in HISTORY: AUGUST 07
    Following are some of the major events to have occurred on August 07 Reuters 1942 - The first U.S. land offensive of World War Two in the Pacific started in the Southern Solomon Islands, on Guadalcanal.
  • TODAY in HISTORY: August 06
    Following are some of the major events to have occurred on August 06   Reuters 1914 - Austria-Hungary declared war on Russia, and Serbia declared war on Germany in World War One.   19
  • TODAY in HISTORY: August 06
    Following are some of the major events to have occurred on August 06   Reuters 1914 - Austria-Hungary declared war on Russia, and Serbia declared war on Germany in World War One.   19
  • TODAY in HISTORY: August 06
    Following are some of the major events to have occurred on August 06   Reuters 1914 - Austria-Hungary declared war on Russia, and Serbia declared war on Germany in World War One.   19
  • TODAY in HISTORY: August 05
    Following are some of the major events to have occurred on August 05     Reuters 1940 - Latvia was absorbed into the Soviet Union as the Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic.   1962 -
  • That river has rights: new strategy to protect planet
    Archive Photo: A view of the Kapawi river, in the Ecuadorean rainforest of Kapawi, some 165 miles (266 kilometers) southwest of Quito October 20, 2008. (Reuters Photo)   Carey L. Biron Thomson R
  • Today in History: August 02
    Following are some of the major events to have occurred on August 02   Reuters 1921 - The Italian operatic tenor Enrico Caruso died in Naples.   1923 - U.S. President Warren Harding die
  • Weather based integrated agro advisory for the month of August
    Agro Met Field Unit ICAR, Jharnapani   Total rainfall received in Dimapur district during July month was 271.3mm, which was 7% less than the normal with the highest rainfall of 81.4 mm recorded on 28t
  • Banana Chips Processing- a success for Banana cultivators and farm women
    Thungchano S Ezung, Lily Ngullie, Namei A & K L Meena Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Longleng   Introduction Longleng is a hilly district of eastern Nagaland. The altitude of the district ranges
  • Major diseases of Lemongrass (Cymbopogon citrates) in North East India
    Sushanti Thokchom and Tasvina R. Borahand Akoijam R. Singh Cymbopogoncitratus (Lemon grass) is a widely used herb in tropical countries, especially in Southeast Asia. The essential oil of the plant is also
  • Water Conservation for Sustainable Agriculture
    Rekha Yadav When we talk about gifts of nature to the human beings, we are surely thinking about natural resources like water, soil, air, sunlight, fossil fuels, forests, animals and many more. These natur
  • Genetically Modified Crops for food security in India
    Rekha Yadav There are hues and cry for the cultivation of GM crops in the country recently. In Haryana, government has destroyed the brinjal crop of one farmer after it came to know that it is Bt brinjal.
  • The wildcat gold miners who get rich sick
    Tim Cocks and David Lewis   Reuters A few years after coming as a teenager to this Ghanaian town to prospect for gold, Yaw Ngoha had made enough cash to marry his sweetheart and build a house with
  • A Child in All of Us
    Khrietuonyü Noudi It is said that there is a child in all of us. I do not know how people will perceive this statement. But I do believe that there is a certain childishness in everybody. It may be in the w
  • TODAY in HISTORY: AUGUST 01
    Following are some of the major events to have occurred on August 01   Reuters 1914 - Germany declared war on Russia and shots were fired between French and German border patrols. Italy declared
  • TODAY in HISTORY: JULY 31
    Following are some of the major events to have occurred on July 31   Reuters 1910 - British murderer Dr Hawley Crippen was arrested on a ship off Canada. Although disguised, the Captain recognis
  • Does secularism guarantee support for social justice?
    Izzy Goldstein openDemocracy   There are worrying signs that the liberalisation of social attitudes may be slowing down. How can this trend be reversed?   Earlier in July, the results of
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