Bengaluru : For taking forward the Israeli technologies in the field of Horticulture, B. S. Yediyurappa Hon’ble Chief Minister, Government of Karnataka and   Narendra Singh Tomar, Hon’ble Minister for Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, Government of India jointly inaugurated the 3 Centers of Excellence (COEs) established in Karnataka under Indo-Israel Agricultural Project (IIAP) on June 16. […]

Mangaluru :  The Centre for Social Innovation (CSI) at Sahyadri College of Engineering & Management, Mangaluru organized a Webinar on “Job opportunities in Agriculture and Fisheries sector” facilitated by Dr.ShivakumarMagada, Professor of Aquatic Biology and Associate Director of Extension, College of FisheriesMangaluru. Dr.Magada addressed the need for collaborative initiatives that could use engineering skills to […]

Bengaluru: The Karnataka government has announced partial relaxation of COVID-19 lockdown norms in the state allowing certain construction activities, manufacturing of packaging materials, courier services, among others, from April 23. The activities will be permitted only outside the COVID-19 containment zones identified by the government. Service provided by self-employed people like electrician, IT repair, plumbers, […]

Mangaluru : A two Day National Level Conference on Role of Institutional Financing in the Development of Agriculture organized by Mangalore University started here yesterday at Mangala Hall, Mangalagangothri in its campus. Shri K Lakshminarayanan, Joint Director, BIRD, Mangaluru, Chief Guest at the function called for measures to increase usage of Internet of Things in […]

Bengaluru: Respecting the pressure by farm sciences’ students, who dissented for 22 days demanding rejecting of private colleges offering agricultural courses, the State government has decided to correct the Karnataka Agriculture University Act to forestall such colleges and schools. Declarations in such manner were made in the State governing body on Monday by Agriculture Minister […]

Nagamangala: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Monday, said, Karnataka has become a model by constructing 1.70 lakh agricultural ponds under Krishi Bhagya scheme and also by introducing online trading in agricultural markets. After launching a multi-village drinking water project at Bellur in the taluk, he said, “Other states have come forward to replicate the methods in […]

Moodubidire : ‘It is because of Nehru’s consistent efforts that India established itself as a secular state with equal rights for all regardless of their religious affiliation’, said former diplomat Mani Shanker Aiyer. He was speaking an audience of Alva’s Education Foundation’s speakers’ club ‘’Rostrum’’, driving the central theme of ‘the Nehruvian legacy and its […]

Mangalore: The graduates would seek agriculture as a career avenue as there is huge demarcation between industry & agriculture said, Dr. TN Prakash Kammardi, Chairman, Karnataka Agriculture Price Commission, Bengaluru. Addressing the Sahyadri MBA students on new paradigms in agriculture,he emphasized the major difference between agriculture and industry is based on the emphasis on land, […]

Mangaluru : The state level mango and jackfruit mela, an exhibition cum sale of mangoes and jackfruits was inaugurated at Kadri Park on May 19 by DK District in-charge Minister Ramanatha Rai. The event is organised by the Department of Horticulture and Agriculture and State Mango Development Board. A week-long mango and jackfruit mela is […]

Mangalore : Tulu Religion Research Centre, Perooru organaised a debate on Kambala at Don Bosco Hall, Mangalore on Saturday. The debate held under theme of “without faming, need kambala?” TRRC convenor Perooru Jaru said, in all villages in Tulu Nadu you can find the kambala gaddhe or field; but more than century the village kambala […]