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Narang shines as Indians disappoint at shooting World Cup

Beijing, Apr 14 (UNI) Indian marksman Gagan Narang clinched the bronze medal in the 10-metre Air Rifle event at the International Sports Shooting Federation (ISSF) World Cup here today.

Narang shot a score of 700.3 (597+103.3). Chinese shooter Qinan Zhu won the gold medal (700.8) while the silver went to Matthew Emmons of the US (700.7).

The other Indians in the fray, Abhinav Bindra and PT Raghunath shot a disappointing 595 and 594 to finish 18th and 20th, respectively.

Meanwhile, in the women's Trap event, India's Shagun Chowdhary and Seema Tomar finished at the 31st and 40th positions respectively.

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Pawar inaugurates conference of VCs of Agricultural Universities

New Delhi, Feb 16 (ANI): Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar inaugurated a two-day conference of Vice-Chancellors of the agricultural universities on Monday.Inaugurating the conference, Pawar said that the Integrated Farming System needs a good fertilizer policy for its support."The Integrated Farming System needs a good fertilizer policy for its support, the Government has recently taken a historical decision by moving to nutrient-based pricing and subsidy, and allowing additional cost of fortification and coating of fertilizers to manufactures," Pawar.....
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