MBA Young farmer’s pomegranate orchard is ready to earn gold on Hills

Dry mountains can spill out gold by hard work and perseverance. These lines are not of some movie script but reality. These are Ankur Thakur's lines, a young farmer of Bnail village of Jamta, Himachal Pardesh.

By the efforts of Ankur, here today a pomegranate orchard is ready to earn gold. Instead of running after a job after completing MBA, Ankur decided to gardening near the home.

Ankur himself made the barren land with hoe and cultivated a pomegranate orchard on the mountain. His hard work has paid now. In the orchard harvest has come. MBA degree holder Ankur Thakur has set an example for the entire region by raising an orchard on waste land.

By looking at the dry mountain soil everyone can have an idea how hard is was. Today each and every blow of hoe is ready to pay Ankur's hard work in the form of pomegranate fruit.

According to Ankur Thakur he has maintained half an acre orchard. Even in drought conditions pomegranate gave a bumper crop.

In this fierce heat where people are longing for a drop of water, farmer Ankur Thakur has raised the crop of pomegranate by carrying water on his back.

 Ankur said he carries water from half a kilometer everyday. Not only pomegranate but Plum and lechee harvest is also well ready.

He also said that he is willing to give information about the pomegranate yields to other young farmers.

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68-year-old retired Teacher of Himachal Pradesh did an amazing job

It is said that there is no age of learning. One can study at any age; however rarely do it. A 68-year-old retired teacher of Kangra district, Himachal Pradesh, has characterized this commitment to the education. After being associated with teaching for 47 years he passed 12th examination this year.

Birbal Sandhu, resident of the Gram Panchayat Rodi-Kodi of Dehra Subdivision had passed the matriculation examination in 1964.After doing JBT course in 1966; he made teaching as his career. After having served 47 years in the Education Department, Sandhu retired from the post of central head teacher on June 30, 2003, has a different spirit towards education.

When asked, how a desire arose in his mind to study after ten years of retirement, Birbal said that he always regret less education. Just to fulfil his desire he decided to study further.

Birbal Sandhu said that even at this age he is not going to get any benefit from that education. Despite this, he preserve the dream to study till graduate.

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Manufacture, sale and distribution of Dextropropoxyphene Drug suspended

A Spokesman of the State Government said here today that Government had suspended the manufacture, sale and distribution of Dextropropoxyphene and formulations containing Dextropropoxyphene for human use as Government of India had suspended the manufacture, sale and distribution of this drug. 

He said that product permissions granted to the manufacturers and its loan licencees to manufacture this drug and its formulations also stand suspended. The drug must be withdrawn from the market immediately as per notification of Government of India. He said that manufacture, sale and distribution of this drug and its formulations would attract section 18 (c) of Drugs and Cosmetics Act. 

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Himachal Technical University Common Entrance Examination is on 22nd June

A Spokesman of Himachal Pradesh Technical University said here today that H.P. Technical University had issued and despatched the Admit Cards to all the candidates who have applied for State level Common Entrance Examination for admissions to B. Pharmacy, M. Pharmacy and M.Tech for the academic session 2013-14 which would be held on 22nd June, 2013 at different examination centres. 

He said that if any candidate had not received the Admit Card, he/she may visit the University website i.e. www.himtu.ac.in. He said that counselling schedule for admission to B.Pharmacy had been admitted which was available on the website of the University adding that for any query the candidates can contact on telephone number 01972-224153. 

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