UPA has failed farmers
The State unit of Rashtriya Kisan Sangha has dubbed the gift of loan waiver as an ice candy to the farmers. The State general secretary of the organisation Konche Shivarudrappa stated that the Union government has failed to address the plight of farmers though the waiver of loan is a welcome move.
Safety award
The Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) presented its Industrial Safety Award for 2007 to the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project under construction at the Kaiga generating station 1 and 2 in Karnataka, on March 7 in Mumbai.
Hunger strike
Members of AIR and DD Administrative Staff Association, Bangalore unit began a relay-hunger strike from Monday.