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The two men were charged with the murder. During a trial at an Old Bailey court this week, Mohamed guilty of @hiindiawas found /hiindianoone Johals murder. He was jailed for 26 years and was told that he must
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Agriculture in India facing crisis He was investigated under the Singapore Arms and Flag and National Anthem Rules, Channel News Asia reported citing the police. The rules state that “no person shall treat the flag with disrespect”. “Following investigations, the police, in consultation with the Attorney-Generals Chambers, has administered a stern warning,” officials said.
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serve the full term before being and subsequently charged. But Telugu, the fourth most spomore pressureAccording on farmland, culture is facing to Duncan Penny, European considereda for release. ken language incountries India, is still outsidewhe the top 20 of the most widely-spoprosecution, Johal was killed Yussuf was convicted of of Global Posit requiring technolo- useken languages crisis. In village after andthereby other than English in “because he was dealing drugs in manslaughter sentenced to 26, FRIDAY,was OCTOBER 2018 MIDWEST / EASTCOAST 1 the wrong place at the wrong 14 years and an additional three the US, reports the BBC. —IANS village, farmers are looking at gies to increase productivity Satellite (GPS) allows A time”. years on license on release. selling their land and moving so that the shrinking acreage mapping of farms. away from farming as a liveli- can feed the billion-plus peo- together with appropriat ple of India in the future. ware, informs the farmer hood. Poor availability of funds, India, though one of the the status of his crop, unscientific farm inputs, poor biggest producers of agricul- area of the farm requires KHUSHI EVENTS & MAXIMUM support price INTL. structures for tural products, has an average fertiliser and pesticide, IANS, SINGAPORE JOSE productivity of only 33 Presentsfarm produce and almost noIANS, SAN includes the practice o farm n Indian man has been cent of that of farms the surface drip irrigation fo insurance are some given a stern warning by farm uper 30 per founder Anand the police for posting on Kumar this week urged Indicise water and fertiliser ap social media an image of Singa- important reasons that lead ansto living world abroad to over. come This productivity pores torn flag to reveal the Indiback and contribute to the “mothneeds to be increased so that tion to the crops, the crippling debts that forceerland” farman flag underneath, a media where there is a “huge saidEDITION this week. | Volume ers for| THE education”. to No. see485, farming nonfarmers canFIRST get more remuner- heavy farm machinery fo MIDWEST EDITION | EASTreport COAST 9 • Issue OCTOBER as 26,craving 2018 COMMUNITY Avijit Das Patnaik, 44, who has Speaking at the 50th anniversary ing, harvesting, weedin been a Singapore permanent resi- remunerative. for “Indian for ation collective from action” the same piece of dent for nine years, lost his job at here, Anand said Indians have Without mechanisation, baling. Heavy farm mac landin --different with less labour. the countrys DBS Bank over the been doing wonders incident. On August 14, he post- farming is hard, back-breakfields across the globe, and it Precision agriculture (PA) currently uses a sign ed the picture on the Facebook would be “immensely satisfying” page of the Singapore Indians and ing for themin to give something back to a way to do it. PA Thework. warningThis was given hasonresulted quantity of fossil fuel may provide Expats group, showing the Singa- October 3, about two months their society. the fast,application of precise may not be economic farmers’ children quit- is ischanging pore flag on a T-shirt being torn, most “Education as after a police report was made for revealing the Indian flag under- Patnaiks Facebook post, the the requirements are changing. correct ting farming for otherThis vocasmall farmers. neath. calls for a and new approach to amount of inputs report said. According to a Daily Mail report published this week, Mohamed and Yussuf were drug dealers and they killed their rival Johal after /hiindialive catching him selling crack cocaine and heroin on their patch.
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The image was taken down after some netizens commented that the post was offensive and insulting to Singapore. The report said that Patnaik, who lives in Singapore with his wife and two children, was currently unemployed as the incident resulted in him losing the job at the DBS Bank following an internal probe and disciplinary action.
education,” he said, according to a statement. In India, there is a huge craving for education, but quality education is not accessible to all of them. Today, technology can make it happen. Online classes can do what is not otherwise possible,” he added. He said that there was no dearth of talent in India, but equal opportunities in terms of quality educa-
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ALEXA CAN HELP INDIAN MASSES
How Alexa can help Indian mas Super 30 founder, Anand Kumar. (File Photo: IANS)
tion and modern-day requirements often eluded a large number of students, and that support from accomplished Indians residing abroad can help them overcome this obstacle.
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Anand runs Super 30 programme to mentor 30 students from economically deprived sections free-off-cost through a yearlong residential programme for Indias premiere IIT-JEE.
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