Monthly Archives: January 2019

Karnataka’s Bapuji Vidyaniketan School charges Rs 7 per day as fee

Amazing Feats, Education

The school has 140 children, most of them coming from poor economical background.

Students attend a PT class in Bapuji Vidyaniketan school.
Students attend a PT class in Bapuji Vidyaniketan school.

Hubballi :

This school in Hubballi charges Rs 7 per day for  LKG and UKG students. The school does not take donation and is run by a retired art teacher. Bapuji Vidyaniketan School in Anand Nagar is successfully running in its third year and the school collects Rs 5 per day for pre-nursery students and Rs 7 per day for LKG and UKG students.

The school has 140 children, most of them coming from poor economical background. The school has all the basic facilities including toilets, play area and CCTVs.

This is the dreamchild of Wallimahammad Dharwad, a retired art teacher from Hubballi who decided to establish a school that does not take donation and whose fee structure is affordable.

“There are nine teachers in the school and the fee collected is used to pay salaries to the teachers. We teach both Kannada and English. The school also gets donations from the local businessmen in Hubballi and Dharwad and many young teachers who come here to teach students for free,” he said.

“When I was studying, my family had difficult times. I wanted to leave studies due to financial issues. Hence, I decided to do something for society and came up with the fee structure. For instance, when I say for UKG the parents have to pay Rs 210 per month, they are exhilarated and ensure that their wards do not leave school,” he said.

He said, “I have seen many families stopping their children from going to school due to high fees. We take Rs 500 at the time of admission and the money is used for the children stationery and other purposes. We also provide free uniform.”

source: http://www.newindianexpress.com / The New Indian Express / Home> States> Karnataka / by Kiran Balannanavar / Express News Service / January 03rd, 2019

Deepika Padukone is now a dosa and a parantha thali!

Arts, Culture & Entertainment, Records, All, World Opinion

Deepika posted a photo of the menu at an eatery in Texas which sells dosas named after her and captioned it ‘hungry anyone?’

Bollywood actor Deepika Padukone (File | PTI)
Bollywood actor Deepika Padukone (File | PTI)

Newly-weds Deepika Padukone and Ranveer Singh briefly interrupted their honeymoon to enjoy a laugh about a Texan restaurant that sells dosas named after the actress.

A fan shared a picture of the menu of Dosa Labs, an eatery from Texas. Deepika later posted a photo of the menu, which says the dosa is “topped with fiery hot ghost chilli and stuffed with our potato mix.” She captioned the post “hungry anyone?”

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Ranveer posted it too, saying “I’d eat that!”

Another fan tweeted out to the actress, saying that there is a parantha thali named after her in a restaurant in Pune.

Deepika Padukone

✔@deepikapadukone

💪🏽🤣🤣🤣

Rohit Bhasy@RohitBhasy
Replying to @deepikapadukone

@deepikapadukone you are also a Parantha Thali in Pune

 

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It is not known when the lovebirds will return from their honeymoon, but Deepika would soon start work with Meghna Gulzar’s ‘Chapak’, where she will play the role of acid attack survivor Laxmi Agarwal.

source: http://www.newindianexpress.com / The New Indian Express / Home> Entertainment> Hindi / by Online Desk / January 02nd, 2019

Iceberg lettuce in drylands of Kalaburagi?

Agriculture, Green Initiatives / Environment
Raju Teggalli (extreme left), head of Kalaburagi’s Krishi Vigyan Kendra, along with scientists and students inside the shade-net where exotic vegetables are being grown .
Raju Teggalli (extreme left), head of Kalaburagi’s Krishi Vigyan Kendra, along with scientists and students inside the shade-net where exotic vegetables are being grown .

Scientists are experimenting to see if foreign crops can thrive in this environment

If agricultural scientists in Kalaburagi succeed in an experiment they are carrying out, farmers of this dry northern district could soon be growing exotic vegetables such as iceberg lettuce and broccoli in their farms.

To help farmers of the backward district get better income, scientists of Kalaburagi’s Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK) are experimenting if high-income yielding foreign crop varities can thrive in this environment. In the first phase, they have imported five exotic vegetable seeds — iceberg lettuce, straight lettuce, cherokee lettuce, broccoli and red cabbage — from the Netherlands and planted them on the campus.

“These vegetable seeds can be produced only in cold environments, in areas with less than 20 degrees Celsius temperature. But, they can be grown in Indian conditions during winter. We have planted half of these seeds inside the shade-net and remaining outside. We are giving organic fertilizer and water to both. If there is not much difference between those grown inside and outside, we will recommend the farmers to grow them outside the net so that the shade-net costs too can be saved,” Vasudev Naik, a horticulture scientist, told The Hindu.

The scientists have formed a couple of teams for a survey to assess the marketing potential of the new vegetables.

“Domestically grown cabbages and cauliflowers are sold at around ₹25 a kg or less as compared to ₹80 a kg that red cabbage and broccoli are sold at. Iceberg lettuce is sold at over ₹200 a kg. These are supplied from faraway places to Kalaburagi market in limited quantity,” Akshata Biradar, a student who participated in the market survey, said.

Scientists feel that the experiment could pave way for better utilisation of shade-net and polyhouse farming in the region. “The government is offering subsidies for shade-net, polyhouse and drip-irrigation equipment. But farmers are failing to use them,” Raju Teggalli, a senior scientist and the head of Kalaburagi KVK, said.

source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> News> States> Karnataka / by Kumar Buradikattikalaburagi / December 31st, 2018