September 10-11: National Level Seminar at St. Aloysius College
Mangaluru, Sept 07: A two-day national level seminar on the topic 'Radioactive Materials and Uses of Radiation' has been organized on September 10th and 11th at the St. Aloysius College in the City.
Informing this to media persons here, College Principal Prof. Praveen Martis said “the seminar will be held in association with the National Association for Application of Radioisotope and Radiation at the LF Raskeena Hall in the College.
“District in-charge Minister UT Khader will inaugurate the program at 9 o’clock on September 10. Dr.Bharadwaj, Chairman of the Central Government's Atomic Energy Regulatory Board, and Principal of Miranda Women's College of Delhi University and member of the Union Cabinet Advisory Council Dr. Pratibha Jolly will be the guests. St. Aloysius Group Institutions head. Dr. Dionysius Vas will preside over the function,” he informed.
“As a part of the programme, a public lecture on the topic ‘Public Perceptions- Myth and reality about Nuclear Power will be organized at 5 pm on September 11. SK Malhotra, the former head of the Government of India's Public Awareness Department, will be delivering the lecture and the public will have the open entry for this,” Praveen Martis said.
Prof. Prakash Kamath, Rita Krista, Program Organizer Dr. Chandrashekhar Shetty were present.
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Shivakumar blames Centre for maize growers' problems in Karnataka
Bengaluru/Belagavi (PTI): Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar on Monday blamed the Centre for the maize growers' problems in the state.
Speaking to reporters on the Suvarna Vidhana Soudha premises in Bengaluru ahead of the Legislative session in Belagavi, he also took a dig at the BJP MPs for keeping mum on the issue.
"The Centre has to answer to the problems of North Karnataka. Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and I have taken some strong decisions pertaining to maize procurement which will burden the state government financially, but the Centre has not spoken a word on the issue and the BJP MPs have not raised their voice. Aren't they concerned about it," Shivakumar asked.
The Deputy CM also hit out at the Haveri MP and former CM Basavaraj Bommai for not speaking on the matter.
"Bommai has said that the state government has to buy it, but what's Centre's share? Who decides the Minimum Support Price (MSP)? It's they (Centre) who decide MSP. They have not taken any decision yet," Shivakumar alleged.
He added that the state government will give compensation to the farmers, but the Centre is also responsible.
"Why hasn't Bommai raised the issue in parliament? Why he did not meet the PM and agriculture minister," he asked.
The maize growers have been demanding procurement at Rs 3,000 per quintal.
The current MSP is Rs 2,400 per quintal, and farmers are seeking a Rs 600 bonus. Ahead of the session, the state government announced increasing maize procurement from 20 quintals per farmer to 50 quintals at Rs 2,400 per quintal.
On irrigation related issues, Shivakumar said no one has done as much work as the Congress government has done in the history of the irrigation department of Karnataka.
Meanwhile, the Opposition Leader in the Karnataka Assembly, R Ashoka, charged that the government has become so poor that it is not able to replace the crust gates of the Tungabhadra dam.
"While farmers are committing suicide, the government is in a jolly mood arranging breakfast meetings," Ashoka said while interacting with reporters in Belagavi.
BJP state president B Y Vijayendra said there is a need for discussion on the burning issues of the state during the winter session of the Karnataka Legislature.
"Farmers are in distress due to the bad policies of the state government. It also failed to fulfill its promise to create jobs for unemployed youths.Weavers are also facing challenges," the Shikaripura MLA told reporters in Belagavi.
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