Kanpur (D)
Old industry, very slow change
Most shoes and leather goods sold in rich countries come from factories in developing and newly industrialising countries, where production costs are low. At first sight, this arrangement serves all parties involved: consumers in the wealthy nations get cheap products, and jobs are created in poor countries. However, there is a risk of race to the bottom.
Plan for Gorakhpur zoo gets SC nod
LUCKNOW: The state is set to get a new zoo in Gorakhpur. The supreme court nod on Friday cleared the decks for the third zoo in the state. It will not only be the biggest, including the two existing zoos, but also the first to come up in eastern UP.
PETA calls for closure of zoos
In the wake of the increasing incidents of animal deaths in zoos, campaigners of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) today demonstrated in front of the Central Zoo Authority in the national Capital, and called for shutting down of all zoos in the country.
13 cheetals, 1 swamp deer found dead in Kanpur zoo
LUCKNOW: Thirteen cheetal and a swamp deer were found dead in mysterious circumstances on Saturday morning. All of them were fed the fodder on Friday evening and deaths reportedly took place on the intervening night of Friday and Saturday.
LDA afforestation drive on Kanpur Road
LUCKNOW: Moving ahead with their afforestation drive, LDA officials planted saplings in sector-N of Kanpur Road housing scheme on Friday. As many as 10,000 saplings were planted by the group of LDA officials which included V-C Mukesh Meshram; secretary, M P Mishra and a host of other senior officials.
WB sanctions Rs 1,332 cr to reclaim sodic land in 27 UP districts
The World Bank has sanctioned Rs 1,332 crore to reclaim sodic land in 27 districts of Uttar Pradesh, Chief Secretary Atul Kumar Gupta said here on Monday.
“The project will help in turning 1.35 lakh hectare barren land into alluvial land. Besides, the project will also help in turning 5,000 hectare ravines in Kanpur and Fatehpur into farm land, Gupta said.
Another tech feat: IIT Kanpur develops 10kg nanosatellite
New Delhi: Taking a big leap in its technological quest, IIT Kanpur has developed a nano satellite which is expected to provide real-time data on drought, flood, vegetation and forestation.
The satellite, designed and developed by a group of students of the institute, will be handed over to Isro, which is expected to launch it by the end of the year.
Crop insurance
Farmers are opting for weather-based crop insurance due to frequent weather disturbances. Prashant Bachhav is one of them. He has six hectares (ha) in Nashik district in Maharashtra. Monsoon normally arrives in Nashik by June 10. Accordingly, Bachhav sowed jowar and bajra by mid-June. This year rainfall was sparse in June. Bachhav feared the yield would decrease by 30-40 per cent. He insures
UP Govt signs MoUs to privatise distribution of power in Agra, Kanpur
Lucknow: The Mayawati Government on Monday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Ahmedabad-based Torrent Power, which will function as a franchisee for distribution of power in Kanpur and Agra cities in Uttar Pradesh.
Promises kept and not kept
Book>> An Eye for Excellence • 50 Innovative Years of IIT Kanpur • Harper Collins, Delhi • Price Rs 495 Leslie Stahl the co-host of 60 minutes, a popular programme on American TV network CBS, once said, “Put Harvard, MIT and Princeton together and you get the status of IITs in India”. Stahl was speaking at a time when iit alumni were behind numerous start-ups in Silicon Valley. The
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