Swine flu alert after death in Ranchi
Health department advisory for surgeons and district surveillance units, asking them to screen suspected cases By Our Special Correspondent in Ranchi Swine flu is stalking Jharkhand with at least eight
Telegraph (Ranchi)
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Drought action plan
Union agriculture secretary T. Nanda Kumar today placed a four-pronged contingency plan before the state to mitigate the drought impact in the state. The tips came at a meeting on how to improve agricultural yield.
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Solar shock to end jumbo jeopardy in villages
- 10km fence, powered by the sun
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Giridih cries out for rain gauges
At a time when Jharkhand along with the rest of the country is battling drought, Giridih
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Drought help now on call - Krishi Kendra advises farmers on fisheries, crops
Daliapur-based Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK), along with the district agriculture and fisheries departments, has come to the rescue of farmers of drought-hit Dhanbad. A programme called Chalein Gaon Ki Or has been launched, under which scientists are to visit rural hinterlands to provide much-needed technical knowhow on coping with the drought situation and tips on alternative farming.
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Ecologist lays thrust on organic farming
Ranchi, Aug. 20: Renowned ecologist and activist Vandana Shiva held the wrong agriculture policy responsible for the current food crisis in the country and called for organic farming. She also stressed on the need to restrain farmers from purchasing hybrid seeds.
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Harvest rainwater or go thirsty
Ranchi, Aug. 20: A suddenly benevolent rain god may not be able to undo the damage done by the drought devil. Though the capital and several parts of the state witnessed moderate to heavy rainfall in the past 24 hours and there is forecast for more, the state is staring at an acute drinking water crisis in coming months, courtesy the prolonged dry spell that preceded this shower largesse.
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Battling drought - Governor puts DCs on extra vigil
To stamp out slackness in the state
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Swine flu suspect in Hazaribagh
A student who has returned to Hazaribagh town from Pune has been admitted to the Sadar hospital with flu symptoms. Doctors suspect that 25-year-old Saket Kumar has contracted the H1N1 virus. His swab sample has been sent to RIMS in Ranchi.
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Illegal tag on scrap mica
The principal chief conservator of forest has sent an order to the forest department clarifying that picking of scrap mica is indeed illegal. The order comes in the wake of recent trouble and a report submitted by the regional chief conservator of forest, Manraaj, in this regard. The directive sought to clear confusion over whether only mica mining was illegal.
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Grain grouse spurs panic & plunder
The D-word has triggered a fresh wave of panic in the rural hinterland, spurring village mobs to plunder PDS shops and destroy BPL cards that entitle poor families to free foodgrain.