Mudit Kedia of West Bengal today eliminated eighth seed Nikunj Poddar 6-1, 6-3 to enter quarter-finals of the Tata Steel Aita Talent Series Tennis in the Boys Singles here.Top seed Harsh Gurnani (WB), second seed M M K Ramineni (AP), third seed Md Shaharayar Salim (Jha), fourth seed Rahul Somani (AP), fifth seed Yuvraj Bains (WB), sixth seed Maka Krishna Chaitanya (AP) and seventh seed Shakti Ray (Ori),...
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banana tissue nursery at the seed production centre of the Vegetable and Fruit Promotion Council Keralam at Alathur.PALAKKAD: A seed processing centre of the Vegetable and Fruit Promotion Council Keralam (VFPCK), a government undertaking, will be inaugurated by Minister for Agriculture Mullakkara Ratnakaran at Alathur on November 28.A seed training institute, a vegetable seed unit, a tissue culture...
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An expert team from National Jute Development Corporation has suggested development of breeder seed for high yield in marginal and higher productive lands in Vizianagaram and Srikakulam districts.The team headed by S. K. Biswas, Director of the corporation, during an interaction with agriculture officials of the said districts here on Friday where officials pointed out shortage of quality seed, recommended...
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Madhurjya Dutta of Assam bagged a double in the under-18 category of the AITA Talent series at the Cossipore Club here on Saturday.Madhurjya fought hard to beat his doubles partner and top-seeded Harry Jindal of Chandigarh in the singles final. Harry and Madhurjya had won the doubles title on Friday.The second-seeded Aandrita Deb defeated top seed Andrea Das to win the under-18 girls’ title while the...
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years after it was excluded from the list of essential commodities, the Union Government today decided to make cotton seed an essential commodity for six months with a view to curb sale of spurious seeds, particularly its hybrids, in the market.The re-inclusion decision was taken by the Union Cabinet, Information and Broadcasting Minister Ambika Soni told the media after the Cabinet meeting.The re-inclusion...
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The Agriculture Department has called upon the farmers in the district to take up cultivation of pulses.The government was extending subsidy to the farmers under different schemes as pulses were a good source of vegetable protein and a basic ingredient of staple diet for a vast majority in the country. It was planned to double the production of pulses by introducing modern cultivation methods and extending...
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Avesthagen, a Bangalore-based life sciences firm, has announced the formation of a joint venture (JV) with Limagrain, a French international cooperative group. Limagrain will hold the majority 51 per cent in the JV, Atash Seeds Pvt Ltd, to build a agri-biotech business model for field crops.Avesthagen will license its patented technologies to Atash Seeds to develop, produce and market seeds nationally...
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was a day of mixed results for Jharkhand at the Tata Steel's AITA Talent Series Tennis Tournament being played at JRD Tata Sports Complex. Top seed Monalisa Chakraborty lost the Girls' Singles 14 years & under final to second seed K Ruth Selena of Andhra Pradesh 2-6,3-6. In the Boys' Singles 14 years & under third seed Md Shaharayar Salim had to struggle hard against second seed M M K Ramineni before...
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Somdev Devvarman survived a scarefrom wild card Denes Lukacs while Sanam Singh pulled off anupset win over sixth seed Grega Zemlja to make a stupendousstart to the ATP Challenger event in Charlottesville in theUnited States.Third seed Somdev had to dig deep to prevail over hisHungarian opponent 6-3 2-6 7-5 in his opening clash of the USD50,000 hard court event.Sanam, who entered the event as a qualifier,...
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Charlottesville (Virginia), Nov 7: India's No.1 Somdev Devvarman stormed into the semifinals while compatriot Sanam Singh went down fighting in the $50,000 Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) challenger.Third-seeded Somdev Friday swept aside Matwe Middelkoop from the Netherlands 6-3, 6-4 to set up a meeting with fifth-seeded American Ryan Sweetings, who took out top seed Michael Russell 6-2,...
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