UPDATED: April 26, 2021 00:36 IST
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath at a book release event on March 19 (Maneesh Agnihotri)
Even as the stalemate over the new farm laws drags on, and neither the Centre nor the agitating farmers showing signs of relenting, the Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh has begun to make conciliatory gestures. With the assembly election due in less than a year, the interventions may prove to be timely. A week-long ‘Gram Chaupal’ campaign, which got under way on March 11, entrusts BJP leaders in the state, including all ministers in the Yogi government, with the responsibility of reaching out to the 58,194 gram sabhas in the state, and publicising the farmer-friendly decisions of the state government. Launching the programme from the Gangaganj area of Lucknow, Swatantra Dev Singh, president of the BJP state unit and the person in charge of the campaign, held meetings in a dozen districts, including Sitapur, Sultanpur, Jaunpur, Ghazip
Read more about Crop diversification plays major role in increasing farmers income: UP CM on Business Standard. Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday said diversification of agriculture plays a major role in increasing the farmers income and production
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Pandemic turned this law graduate into ‘strawberry girl’
By IANS| Updated: 2nd February 2021 1:22 pm IST
Jhansi: The lockdown in the pandemic and her love for strawberries is not only changing the fate of the region she lives in but has also turned her into a celebrity of sorts.
A law graduate from Pune, Gurleen Chawla, 23, was preparing to do her Master’s in Law from the US when the lockdown was clamped.
With nothing better to do, Gurleen, who is fond of strawberries but could not find them in Jhansi, bought ten seedlings and planted them in pots filled with coco-peat at her small terrace garden.
Here are the highlights from PM Modi s first Mann ki Baat address of 2021: Today is the last day of January 2021. Are you too thinking, the way I am that 2021 had commenced just a few days ago? It just doesn’t feel that the entire month of January has passed by! This is what is termed as the speed of time. This month, there has been very good news from the cricket pitch too. Our cricket team, after initial setbacks made a grand comeback, winning the series in Australia. The hard work and teamwork of our players is inspirational. The made in India vaccine is a symbol of India’s self-reliance; it is also a symbol of her self-pride.