Birds keep this Briton hooked to Rajasthan
UDAIPUR: She feels at home in Rajasthan, especially in Dungarpur. This is her eighth trip in past 10 years to India and every time her excitement at seeing the Saras Cranes had known no bounds. Charlott
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Dungarpur Collector's recommendation initiates social audit of fair price shops
<p> To ensure transparency in delivery of commodities to the poor in Rajasthan The Rajasthan Government has decided to conduct the much sought-after social audit for fair price shops functioning under the public distribution system (PDS) to ensure transparency and effectiveness in the delivery of essential commodities to poor people.</p>
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Cheetah is alien to Rajasthan, says expert
Concern among a section of conservationists over a new move to
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Rajasthan Rural schemes face bottleneck
Flagship schemes like the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act and the Total Sanitation Campaign are facing implementation bottlenecks in rural development minister C.P.
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Natural amelioration of fluoride toxicity (fluorosis) in goats and sheep
Chronic exposure of fluoridated groundwater causes a health problem not only to human beings, but also in domestic animals in the form of fluorosis.
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Rajasthan plans health centres in tribal areas
JAIPUR: The Rajasthan Budget for 2011-12 will make a special provision for establishment of health sub-centres and primary health centres in the tribal-dominated regions of southern regions in the State, considered remote and geographically difficult to access. State Medical and Health Minister A. A.
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4 district collectors misused NREGA fund for buying computers
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Empowerment effects of the NREGS on women workers: A study in four states
Using a field survey, this paper examines the empowerment effects of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme on rural women in Bihar, Jharkhand, Rajasthan and Himachal Pradesh.
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Flying foxes dying of dehydration
Sunny Sebastian JAIPUR: Soaring temperatures and a near total absence of surface water this summer have badly hit unusual customers in South Rajasthan -- the Indian flying foxes. Hundreds of them reportedly perished last week as the temperatures hovered around 45 degrees Celvsius in Banswara, Dungapur and Udaipur districts.
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U.N. project a boon for Rajasthan villages
JAIPUR: A pilot project on Food for Human Development (FFHD), sponsored by the U.N. World Food Programme, has benefited hundreds of villagers in the tribal-dominated Banswara, Dungarpur and Pratapgarh districts in southern Rajasthan by way of distribution of 958 metric tonnes of food grain through service delivery centres.
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Moisture use functions and yield of rainfed maize as influenced by indigenous technologies
Maize is grown in every suitable agricultural region of the globe. In India, maize is grown on 6 million ha area mainly as rainfed crop during rainy season and only 22.8% maize is grown under irrigated conditions. In this article, the authors have examined simple indigenous technologies that are beneficial to maize crop production under stress conditions.