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  • Today in History – September 6
    Following are some of the major events to have occurred on September 6: (REUTERS)   1901 - U.S. president William McKinley was shot by the anarchist Leon Czolgosz while attending the Pan American
  • Package and Practices of Sesame (Sesamum Indicum L.)
    T. Jamir, LK Baishya, N Walling,  LJ Bordoloi & DJ Rajkhowa   Introduction Sesame (Sesamum indicum L.) is the oldest indigenous oilseed crop, with longest history of cultivation in India.
  • Weather based integrated agro advisory for the month of September
    Agro Met Field Unit ICAR, Jharnapani  
  • Eat pumpkin, stay healthy
    Dr. N.Khumdemo Ezung Senior Scientist and head (i/c) KVK (ICAR), Kiphire The word Pumpkin is derived from the Greek word Pepon which means large melon. The French changed the word pepon to Pompon. The En
  • TODAY in HISTORY: September 05
    Following are some of the major events to have occurred on Sept 05   Reuters 1905 - The Treaty of Portsmouth (New Hampshire) was signed, ending the Russo-Japanese War. Russia ceded Port Arthur t
  • India's human traffickers escaping punishment as data shows few convictions
    Anuradha Nagaraj Thomson Reuters Foundation Less than 1% of Indians charged with slavery offences during the past decade were convicted, research showed on Tuesday, as anti-slavery campaigners called fo
  • On the front lines of climate change in world's northernmost town
    Alex Fraser Reuters Icebergs float liked doomed islands past the small boat as it makes its way through a fjord filled with the slush of a melting glacier. Occasionally, as the warming waters dissolve t
  • TODAY in HISTORY: September 04
    Following are some of the major events to have occurred on September 04   Reuters 1914 - Cardinal Giacomo Della Chiesa was elected Pope, becoming Benedict XV.   1925 - The U.S. dirigi
  • TODAY in HISTORY: September 02
    Following are some of the major events to have occurred on Sept 02     Reuters 1910 - The French painter Henri Rousseau died in Paris.   1930 - The French aviators Dieudonne Cost
  • TODAY in HISTORY: September 03
    Following are some of the major events to have occurred on Sept 03   Reuters 1914 - Cardinal Giacomo Della Chiesa was elected Pope, becoming Benedict XV.   1925 - The U.S. dirigible S
  • Quick ways out of slowdown: 10 things government can do
    K Yatish Rajawat  IANS  Growth has momentum and slowdown has inertia. The Indian GDP growth has fallen to 5 per cent in the April-June quarter, from 8 per cent. This slowdown can only be rever
  • Today in History: August 29
    Following are some of the major events to have occurred on August 29   Reuters 1916 - General Paul von Hindenburg became German chief of staff during World War One.   1995 - Georgian
  • The thin line between natives and migrants
    Khrietuonyü Noudi Migration is a worldwide phenomenon and this fact has always put the minority people in grave disadvantages when their territories are intruded by massive migrating population from all qua
  • TODAY in HISTORY: August 28
    Following are some of the major events to have occurred on August 28   Reuters 1916 - General Paul von Hindenburg became German chief of staff during World War One.   1995 - Georgian
  • TODAY in HISTORY: August 27
    Following are some of the major events to have occurred on August 27   Reuters 1919 - Louis Botha, Boer general, statesman and first prime minister of the Union of South Africa, died aged 56. &
  • TODAY in HISTORY: AUGUST 26
    Following are some of the major events to have occurred on August 26     Reuters 1920 - American women won the right to vote when the 19th Amendment to the Constitution was ratified.  
  • The Amazon is on fire – here are 5 things you need to know
    Huge fires are raging across multiple regions of the Amazon Basin. (Guaira Maia/ISA)     Danilo Ignacio de Urzedo, University of Sydney Record fires are raging in Brazils Amazon ra
  • Today in History
    Following are some of the major events to have occurred on Aug 23 Reuters 1926 - The Italian-born American film actor Rudolph Valentino died aged 31. Idolised by women as the first "Latin lover" of the
  • TODAY in HISTORY: August 22
    Following are some of the major events to have occurred on August 22   Reuters 1910 - Korea was annexed by Japan after five years as a protectorate.   1922 - Irish politician and Sinn
  • TODAY in HISTORY: AUGUST 22
    Following are some of the major events to have occurred on August 21   Reuters 1911 - Leonardo da Vinci's painting of the Mona Lisa was stolen from the Louvre in Paris by an Italian waiter, Vice
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