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Grit, resilience: Para cricketers reflect on their journeys
Veer Sandhu, who is the captain of Punjab’s wheelchair cricket team and vice-captain of the Indian squad, shared his story
Updated on Sep 30, 2024 08:30 AM IST
Rishika Kriti, Ludhiana
Ludhiana: PAU secures project for uplifting SC farmers
The Directorate of Extension Education at Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) has been awarded a new project by the Punjab State Council for Science and Technology, Chandigarh, for the year 2024-25.
Published on Sep 25, 2024 10:43 PM IST
HT Correspondent, Ludhiana
Ludhiana: PAU organises training on integrated farming
The Department of Extension Education at Punjab Agricultural University (PAU), under the guidance of the Dean of the College of Agriculture, organised a training program on “Integrated Farming” in Gureh village near Jagraon, Ludhiana. About 60 farmers participated in the event.
Published on Sep 25, 2024 10:41 PM IST
HT Correspondent, Ludhiana
PAU, vet varsity running short of staff, funds: Agri policy draft
50% teaching posts vacant at PAU varsity, 41% yet to be filled at vet varsity in Ludhiana, both universities running short of funds
Published on Sep 19, 2024 10:56 PM IST
Rakshit Sharma, Ludhiana
Ludhiana: PAU contract staff allege anomalies in regularisation
Class IV contractual workers and daily paid labourers at Punjab Agricultural University ask if they were not eligible then why were their applications accepted and were allowed to appear for the first exam
Published on Sep 18, 2024 10:13 PM IST
Rakshit Sharma, Ludhiana
Making money by selling paddy straw
Balkrishan, a 50-year-old farmer from Sangrur, attended the Kisan Mela at the Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) in 2006. He attended a lecture on microorganisms in the soil and how they were destroyed by paddy straw burning. He stuck to it and never burned straw again.
Published on Sep 14, 2024 10:04 PM IST
Rakshit Sharma, Ludhiana
Ludhiana: PAUTA protests at Kisan Mela inauguration
The Punjab Agricultural University Teachers’ Association (PAUTA) protested at the inauguration of the Kisan Mela on Friday, forcing the chief guest Agriculture Minister Gurpreet Singh Khudian to leave the stage and go down to the agitated professors.
Published on Sep 13, 2024 10:33 PM IST
Rakshit Sharma, Ludhiana
PAU conducts beekeeping training for ITBP personnel
Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) Entomology Department Ludhiana in collaboration with the Directorate of Extension Education, conducted a three-day scientific beekeeping training course at Indo Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) Cantonment at Baddowal, Ludhiana.
Published on Sep 08, 2024 10:14 PM IST
HT Correspondent, Ludhiana
Ludhiana: 47 trainees get trained in winter season mushroom growing
A total of 47 farmers, rural women and youths attended the five-day training programme on the cultivation of winter season mushrooms
Published on Sep 07, 2024 10:12 PM IST
HT Correspondent, Ludhiana
Showers for fourth day in a row
Paddy experts have warned that the continuation of intense rains till the end of the month may cause dislocation and fungal diseases in the standing crop.
Updated on Sep 07, 2024 05:12 AM IST
HT Correspondent, Ludhiana
Ludhiana: PAUTA agitation over UGC pay scale enters Day 15
The agitation entered day 15 on Thursday; the teachers have been demanding the revision of their allowances and gratuity as per University Grants Commission seventh pay commission recommendations
Updated on Sep 05, 2024 10:36 PM IST
HT Correspondent, Ludhiana
Cash-strapped PAU awaits Punjab Mandi Board nod for road repair
Estate officer Rishi Indra Singh Gill said the university is dependent on the mandi board to make and maintain the roads on campus as it didn’t have the funds required for; however, the board is not responsible for campus roads
Updated on Sep 05, 2024 10:32 PM IST
Rakshit Sharma, Ludhiana
Ludhiana: PAU to upgrade residential facilities for students
The Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) here has proposed to spend ₹8 crore for renovating the hostels to provide better boarding facilities for the students.
Published on Aug 26, 2024 10:41 PM IST
Rakshit Sharma, Ludhiana
PAU seeks ₹20 crore to establish centre of excellence for soil and crop analysis
The Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) is planning to set up a Centre of Excellence for spectroscopy and geospatial intelligence.
Published on Aug 25, 2024 10:33 PM IST
Rakshit Sharma, Ludhiana
PAU to set up digital technology park
The Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) is set to establish a digital technology park to showcase the latest in agricultural technology on the campus.
Updated on Aug 24, 2024 06:04 AM IST
Rakshit Sharma, Ludhiana
Ludhiana: PAU mulls developing model standard farm
The Punjab Agricultural University here is mulling establishing a model standard farm to make farming into a much more efficient venture.
Updated on Aug 23, 2024 05:08 AM IST
Rakshit Sharma, Ludhiana
PAU gears up to organise nation maize conference
The conference, which is slated to take place from August 23 till August 25, is being organised in collaboration with The Maize Technologists Association of India (MTAI) and Indian Council of Agricultural Research- Indian Institute of Maize Research (ICAR-IIMR)
Updated on Aug 21, 2024 05:02 AM IST
HT Correspondent, Ludhiana
PAU hold activities on International Youth Day
The directorate of students’ welfare, Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) organised a poster-making and poetry event on the themes of anti-ragging and youth power to celebrate International Youth Day on August 12.
Published on Aug 14, 2024 10:27 PM IST
HT Correspondent, Ludhiana
CCTVs, rose garden part of PAU’s ₹40-cr revamp plan
The Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) has drawn up project proposals to spend the ₹40 crore special grant sanctioned by the state government earlier this year.
Published on Aug 14, 2024 10:19 PM IST
Rakshit Sharma, Ludhiana
Light rain lashes city, more likely today
The city received light showers on Wednesday and the weather observatory at the Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) predicted that more rainfall was likely over the next two to three days.
Updated on Aug 14, 2024 10:04 PM IST
Rakshit Sharma, Ludhiana
NIRF rankings: PAU maintains third spot among agri institutes in India
PAU vice-chancellor Satbir Singh Gosal said, “We may have been ranked third but the top two are research institutes. There are 75 agricultural universities in the country, and we are at the top.”
Updated on Aug 13, 2024 09:32 AM IST
Rakshit Sharma, Ludhiana
Ludhiana: Brace for more showers this week
After 68.8 mm rain on Sunday, the department of agricultural meteorology at the Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) has forecast light to moderate rain over the week starting Monday.
Published on Aug 11, 2024 10:43 PM IST
Rakshit Sharma, Ludhiana
PAU’s journalism dept struggles to prevent empty classrooms
Having produced the editors of various dailies for the local and national press, the Punjab Agricultural University’s (PAU) Department of Journalism, is finding it hard to attract any students for the last few years.
Published on Aug 10, 2024 10:54 PM IST
Rakshit Sharma, Ludhiana
After dry July, Ludhiana logs mere 0.8mm rain in August 1st week
After a July which saw the lowest amount of rain in the last five years, August too has opened on a dry note for the city.
Published on Aug 07, 2024 10:24 PM IST
Rakshit Sharma, Ludhiana
Rain washouts whitefly threat in South Malwa; Agri experts warn cotton growers against bollworm attack
Experts from the Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) and the state agriculture department said that showers would take care of the threat of whitefly infestation to the cotton crop.
Updated on Aug 02, 2024 08:04 AM IST
Vishal Joshi, Bathinda
Training camp for kisan club members at agri varsity in Ludhiana
The Punjab Agricultural University (PAU), Ludhiana, Kisan Club hosted its monthly training camp for members here on Thursday.
Updated on Aug 01, 2024 10:57 PM IST
HT Correspondent, Ludhiana
Agri Varsity PhD scholar commits suicide
A 27-year-old Ph D scholar at the Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) here committed suicide on Sunday.
Published on Jul 28, 2024 10:58 PM IST
Skill development centre hosts training on advanced vegetable cultivation
The Skill Development Centre, under the Directorate of Extension Education, Punjab Agricultural University (PAU), Ludhiana, conducted a comprehensive five-day training course on Vegetable Cultivation
Published on Jul 26, 2024 10:50 PM IST
PAU bats for agricultural diversification at kisan committee meeting
The Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) stressed the importance of agricultural diversification in the state at the Kisan Committee meeting here on Tuesday
Published on Jul 23, 2024 10:52 PM IST
HT Correspondent, Ludhiana
Ludhiana: PAU awarded five-year accreditation
Emphasising the importance of maintaining these standards, Gosal suggested regularly updating self-study reports, refreshing student intake and faculty data annually and adhering to documented student intake capacity and faculty strength
Updated on Jul 23, 2024 09:02 AM IST
HT Correspondent, Ludhiana