'As far as contract farming is concerned, we already have a model Act and states will be encouraged to adopt them.'
The new and highly transmissible Omicron variant of the deadly coronavirus has increased immune escape compared with the Delta variant and appears likely to become the dominant SARS-CoV-2 strain globally in 2022, according to Singapore-based experts.
The Maharashtra government on Saturday evening announced suspension of the COVID-19 vaccination drive in the state till Monday owing to problems in the Co-Win app.
Among the key demands of agitating farmers has been a legal guarantee on minimum support price (MSP). The protest reached a crescendo when thousands of farmers from Punjab and elsewhere marched towards Delhi late last year and decided to block the main entry points once they were denied entry. The Centre, on its part, held 11 rounds of discussions with the protesters and even offered to amend some of the provisions without much success. With now one of their chief demands met, farmers have now moved on to force the government to concede on MSP.
As rural areas see a rise in COVID-19 cases, the Centre on Sunday issued new guidelines for containment of the virus advising that peri-urban and rural areas plan a minimum 30-bedded COVID Care Centre for asymptomatic cases with comorbidities or mild cases where home isolation is not feasible.
Though the Bills of Punjab and Rajasthan have a lot of similarities, the one approved by the Chhattisgarh Assembly is structurally different. None of the three has tried to address a key demand of the agitating farmers in full, which is to make all payments below the MSP, within and outside mandis, illegal.
Kiran Vissa, co-convenor of National Alliance for Sustainable Agriculture, said that amendments to the EC Act have nothing to do with farmers' welfare but instead meant to please big players and agriculture companies. This is because small and marginal farmers don't have the storage capacity to attract provisions of the EC Act.
The Embassy of Sweden is inviting entries from interested students from Pune and Mumbai to register for the Qualifying Round of The Sweden India Nobel Memorial Quiz 2012.
Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad requires faculty and postdoctoral/research fellows in Centre for Management in Agriculture (CMA)
And Patrick D'Souza managed to score a perfect 100 in 4 of his attempts!
Sadhana Centre For Management and Leadership Development, Pune, invites applications for its two-year, full-time, Post-graduate Diploma in Management.
The Symbiosis Centre for Management Studies invites applications for its three-year, full time Bachelor of Business Administration degree programme.
All India Management Association-Centre For Management Services invites applications for its distance education Doctorate in Business Administration Programme.
The NIILM Centre for Management Studies, Delhi, invites applications for admission to its two-year, full-time Post-Graduate Diploma in Business Management programme.
The Symbiosis Centre for Management and Human Resource Development invites applications for admission to its two-year, full-time Master of Business Administration programme.
While Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Ayushman Bharat health care scheme is just a slogan for the moment, it is the state's Mukhyamantri Amrutum health assurance scheme which is a comforting reality for many.
Sadhana Centre For Management and Leadership Development, Pune, invites applications for its two-year, full-time, Post-graduate Diploma in Management.
The Symbiosis Centre for Management and Human Resource Development invites applications for admission to its two-year Executive Post-graduate Diploma in Management programme for working professionals.
US based Ivy League university Yale has tied up with the Great Lakes Institute of Management (GLIM), a premium new generation B-School based in Chennai to establish the Yale-GLIM Centre for Management Research.
The Centre for Management Education invites applications for its Post Graduate Diploma in Information Technology and Management.
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The consortium will launch programmes in ease of doing business in their respective regions B-schools.
Armed with green nod and fund infusion, Gujarat govt getting ready to issue tenders to build infrastructure at the mega investment region
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