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JALANDHAR: Gurwinder Singh, former sarpanch of Sheetalpur village near Jalandhar, said that after levelling his fields and removing any traces of weed, he is experimenting with sowing by just throwing the seeds ( Chhitta) as is done with wheat. “I have already done this on three acres and would do it on two acres more. On the remaining 25 acres, I shall do seeding on beds,” he said.
Prominent Sikh religious leader Baba Sarabjot Singh Bedi has also taken up Anaerobic Sowing of Rice (ASR), which is also called Phagwara technique, for his fields in Khiala Bulanda village, Hoshiarpur district.
Giovanni s restaurant owner to donate 1000 meals to Rotorua Whakaora
17 May, 2021 06:00 PM
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Rotorua chef and Giovanni s restaurant owner Deep Kumar is donating 1000 meals to the community this month. Photo / File
Rotorua chef and Giovanni s restaurant owner Deep Kumar is donating 1000 meals to the community this month. Photo / File If you can help someone, then why not? This is the lesson owner and chef of Giovanni s restaurant Deep Kumar learnt from his late father, a lesson that has inspired him to donate 1000 meals to communities in need this month.
Kumar lost his 61-year-old father Avtar Singh to liver cancer in May last year.
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Amritsar: The Amritsar (rural) police have nabbed seven persons for illegal mining on Saturday. The police confiscated eight tractor-trailers. The accused have been identified as Bikramjit Singh of Miandia Kalan, Lovepreet Singh of Dharamkot, Daljit Singh and Karamjit Singh of Miadian Khurd village, Daswinder Singh of Awan village, Angrej Singh, Surinder Singh and Dharam Singh of Miadian Kalan village. Amritsar (rural) Senior Superintendent of Police Dhruv Dahiya said the police got a tip-off regarding illegal sand mining following which a checkpoint was laid near gurdwara Morcha Sahib. The police intercepted eight tractor-trailers with sand. Drivers of these tractors could not produce any document regarding excavation of sand from Ravi river bed. The police have registered a case under Section 379 of the IPC and Section 21 of the Mining and Mineral Act against them. He said further investigations were under progress to identify their accomplices and spots from where the sand w
AMRITSAR: Covid crisis is a godsend for ‘lesser haves’ of Jammu and Kashmir Union Territory (JKUT) after a local medicos decided to construct a hospital focusing to meet the challenges of the pandemic.
He also aims to provide affordable medical services to the people of JKUT who are forced to travels from far-flung precipitous hilly destinations to the various cities of Punjab especially Amritsar and Pathankot for medical treatment.
“During Covid times there is an increased influx of patients from JKUT and Himachal Pradesh (HP) who travel hundreds of kilometers in ambulances or in private vehicles from remote hilly areas for getting quality medical treatment in various cities of Punjab even as they are not advised to travel” said Dr. Avtar Singh.
Painting diyas, making paper bags keep special students busy amid pandemic Pupils of Jeevika, a steel city-based institute, overcome boredom when their school is closed
Painting Diwali diyas and making paper bags is keeping students of Jeevika, a Sonari-based special school, busy at home in Covid times.
Ganga Bai deftly works on the diyas at her home in Bagunhatu while the bespectacled S Umesh remains focussed in turning sheets of paper into small bags.
With the schools and institutions under lock and key in view of the health safety week imposed by the state government in view of the pandemic, Jeevika thought of keeping specials occupied in work they love the most.