Digital India Towards Development of Agriculture and Rural Development: an Overview

It has been estimated that India would need nearly 300 million tones of food grains by 2030. In other words, by the year 2020, we may need about 122 million tones of rice, 102 million tones of wheat, 41million tones of coarse grains and 28 million tones of pulses, 143 million tones of milk. Information Technology and Digital India is involves electronic processing, storage and communication of information, where anything that can be represented in digital form is included in the term information. Macmillan dictionary of IT defines information technology as “the acquisition, processing, storage and dissemination of vocal, pictorial, textual and numerical information by a micro-electronics based combination of computing and telecommunications”. Everybody knows that agriculture is the mainstay of Indian economy. More than 55 percent of the country's populations still depend on agriculture. As of 2011, rural areas host 742 million or over 55 percent of population. About 55 percent of India's total workforce is rural. Indian agriculture has surpassed many obstacles and successfully moved from the status of being a self deficient country to a self sufficient one in food grains as well as in several other sectors of agriculture. But there are threats of this achievement being soon gaped down by the monstrous growth of population

Studies on hardness and tensile testing of AlSi10Mg produced by selective laser melting

AlSi alloys have a wide range of applications in the Additive Manufacturing area, including automotive, aerospace, and residential industries. Despite their appealing mix of mechanical qualities, high heat conductivity, and low weight, they are more difficult to treat by Selective Laser Melting due to their high reflectivity and heat conductivity. In this work, samples were exposed to heat treatment at temperatures of 400°C, 500°C, and 550°C and an artificial ageing treatment for 180°C for 12h, to control the mechanical behaviour of selective-laser- melting (SLM)-produced AlSi10Mg alloys, after which material properties such as tensile strength and hardness were evaluated. The highest tensile and yield strengths are shown by the as-built SLM specimens, which have values of 432.45 and 322.76 MPa. On the other hand, the lowest tensile and yield strengths are shown by the solution heat-treated specimens, which have values of 168.11 and 90.52 MPa. Similar to as-built SLM specimens, the highest hardness value measured was 132.55Hv1.

Studies on hardness and tensile testing of AlSi10Mg produced by selective laser melting

AlSi alloys have a wide range of applications in the Additive Manufacturing area, including automotive, aerospace, and residential industries. Despite their appealing mix of mechanical qualities, high heat conductivity, and low weight, they are more difficult to treat by Selective Laser Melting due to their high reflectivity and heat conductivity. In this work, samples were exposed to heat treatment at temperatures of 400°C, 500°C, and 550°C and an artificial ageing treatment for 180°C for 12h, to control the mechanical behaviour of selective-laser- melting (SLM)-produced AlSi10Mg alloys, after which material properties such as tensile strength and hardness were evaluated. The highest tensile and yield strengths are shown by the as-built SLM specimens, which have values of 432.45 and 322.76 MPa. On the other hand, the lowest tensile and yield strengths are shown by the solution heat-treated specimens, which have values of 168.11 and 90.52 MPa. Similar to as-built SLM specimens, the highest hardness value measured was 132.55Hv1.

Inheritance of powdery mildew resistance in sunflower (Helianthus annuss L.)

Powdery mildew caused by Golovinomyces cichoracearum is the most important disease on sunflower worldwide. The investigation was undertaken to determine the mode of genetic inheritance of powdery mildew resistance in five F1 and F2 populations of sunflower. The four hybrids were derived by crossing resistant with susceptible genotype and one hybrid between resistant and highly susceptible genotype. Out of 23 hybrids, five crosses viz., PM-22x PM-36, PM-14xPM-36, PM-16xPM-38, PM-17xPM-35 and PM-34x PM-23 were resistant under natural as well as artificial epiphytotic screening conditions and the same five resistant hybrids segregated in 9R:7S ratio in F2 population indicating involvement of two independent loci controlling powdery mildew resistance in sunflower

Medicinal Plants Diversity in Muthathi Wild Life Sanctuary, Karnataka, India

Muthathi is a dense and dry deciduous forest, which is the home of Cauvery Wild Life Sanctuary. In this study the outcome documentation of medicinal plants and its diversity uses in Muthathi Wild Life Sanctuary (MWLS) and inclusive forest is reported. Conventional medicines or traditional medicines are very important part of an Indian culture. Information related to different plants which are used by confined community in the treatment of many common diseases in the area was collected. Records on the use of medicinal plants are collected using structured interview of about local healers and thorough observations and conversations with local communities. The most frequent ailments described are anti-cancer, anti-diabetes, anti-inflammatory, peptic ulcer, jaundice, skin and urinary problems. This study presents new research determinations and perceptions on the search for new drugs based on local uses of medicinal plants

Evaluation of analgesic activity of irbesartan in albino mice

Background: The objective was to evaluate the analgesic activity of irbesartan in albino mice.Methods: Swiss albino mice weighing 25-30 g of either sex were selected for the study. Six animals were allocated to each experimental group. The control group received normal saline (25 ml/kg, p.o.), standard group received pentazocine (10mg/kg, intraperitonial [i.p.]) and test group received irbesartan (20 mg/kg, p.o.). The above drugs were administered 1 hr prior to the experiments. In case of visceral pain model 0.6% acetic acid was given i.p. 30 mins prior to the experiment to induce writhing, in thermal pain model pretreated mice were placed on Eddy’s Hotplate maintained at 55°C and in mechanical stimulus pain model an artery clip was clamped at the base of the tail of pretreated mice. Decrease in total number of writhes in acetic acid induced writhing model and delay in reaction time in both Eddy’s hot plate and Tail clip method denoted analgesic activity respectively.Results: The test drug significantly decreased the total number of writhes in acetic acid induced writhing model in mice. The percentage inhibition of writhing was significant which was 84.35% in the standard group and 59.24% in the test group. The test drug significantly delayed the reaction time in both Eddy’s hot plate and tail clip method when compared to control group and standard group. Percentage increase in latency period when compared to standard drug was significant and measured 73.11% and 64.31% at 60 min in both Eddy’s hot plate and tail clip method, respectively.Conclusion: Irbesartan exhibits analgesic activity in albino mice