The administration of Jammu and Kashmir, Tuesday launched the SATHI, a national portal for automation of the entire life cycle of seed which includes Seed Production, Seed Certification, Seed Traceability and Seed Supply Chain. An official statement said," Continuing its efforts to strengthen the farmer welfare programmes and develop the agriculture sector across J&K, two State seed certification agencies of Jammu/Kashmir will go digital via Centralized Online Seed Traceability Portal SATHI (Seed Authentication, Traceability & Holistic Inventory)". Launching SATHI, Additional Chief Secretary Atal Dulloo highlighted that this move will help farmers to buy quality and genuine seeds besides helping in curbing the menace of spurious seeds. Addressing the gathering on the occasion, Atal Dulloo said that to make Seed Certification more efficient and transparent with provisions for effective monitoring and traceability of seeds, the Union  Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare, conceived and developed a Centralized Online System 'SATHI' for capturing various parameters such as grower details, seed testing details, lot details, sample details, Certification agency, among others of notified seed varieties. The ACS further said that with the help of smartphones, farmers can scan the Quick Response (QR) code on the seed packing and various details about the seed will flash on the screen, which will allow farmers to cross-check whether they are buying good quality seeds or not. He added that the process will not only improve the credibility of seed producers by value addition for seeds in the market but will also help the seed law enforcement authorities to conduct spot assessments of the genuineness of seeds and initiate action against offenders. Atal Dulloo further remarked that with digitization and traceability in the seed industry, the quality of seed will be effectively monitored and help in better earnings for the farmers. He added that this digital Intervention will strengthen seed exports to developed countries also by ensuring conformity with seed quality and improved efficiency. Pertinent to mention, SATHI is a national portal for automation of the entire life cycle of seed which includes Seed Production, Seed Certification, Seed Traceability and Seed Supply Chain.  Under SATHI, the Seed Certification system process is designed to maintain and make available to the farming community a continuous supply of high-quality seeds and plantation material of notified kinds and varieties of crops.  It is a quality assurance system whereby seed intended for marketing is subject to quality control and inspection by empowered designated officials. Source: ANI

RTV is a Bangladeshi Bengali-language satellite and cable television channel owned by Bengal Media Corporation. The channel passed 17 years journey and to begin the 18th year foot mark. On December 26, 2005, this channel started its activity as the 5th private television channel in country with the motto 'Today & Tomorrow'.In few years, the channel achieved the highest popularity with many new programmes, dramas, talk shows, reality shows, award shows and different types of news.  Online platform of this channel 'RTV Online', is  another powerful medium of RTV, is at the apex of audience popularity on television as well as online platform with unbiased news and various programmes. The journalists of this channel who are attached in online are very proactive to deliver the latest news. RTV Online (www.rtvonline.com) officially started its activity on October 01, 2016 under the supervision of Bengal Media Corporation Limited. With the assurance of exact information and devotion to fulfill all desires for entertainment, this journey of online has obtained the love of its audience immediately by serving standard news. According to the perspective of millions of readers 'RTV Online' is a news portal which they can rely on. Every now and then, visitors read 'RTV online' news and comment on their priceless response through various social media of RTV like facebook, youtube, linkedIn and so on. Mr. Humayun Kabir Bablu, publisher of RTV Online and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of RTV Syed Ashiq Rahman is helping as the Editor-in-Chief of RTV Online.  Mamunur Rahman Khan, Deputy Head of News of this channel. In addition to, Bipul Hasan, Deputy Editor of RTV, is in-charge of RTV Online.  A group of young and energetic journalists are working  faithfully under their excellent leadership. Through more than 10 Verified Facebook pages, RTV broadcast regular news. In this long journey, RTV's main Facebook page (RTV) conncted more than 1 crore 73 lakh Followers.  Apart from this, Facebook pages on other theme including Sports, Entertainment, Politics, Lifestyle and Business have about 10 million followers.  In last one year, RTV Online gained over 13 crore 85 lakh 34 thousand page views. In last one month, page views have been more than 1 crore 55 lakh . Every day, RTV Online gets more than 5 lakh page views on an average.  In last one month, Video News of RTV reached 3 million views on Facebook also. At present, RTV is at top on Facebook in Bangladeshi TV Channels category wise. On YouTube, RTV is also very popular. With 1 crore 9 million subscribers RTV actively maintain 17 YouTube Channels .  Video News, Drama and Entertainment programmes of RTV on YouTube have millions of views. On the occasion of 18th Birthday, RTV Chairman Alhaj Morshed Alam MP expressed his gratitude to all the viewers, Cable Operators, Advertising agencies, Artists, Crews and Well-Wishers from home and abroad.  He said, "RTV and RTV Online will pursue to provide constructive news in future to remember the public interest. And will bring new quality and educational programs. RTV Vice Chairman Jasim Uddin said that everyone involved in Business and Commerce is gaining knowledge through RTV and RTV Online. This continuation of RTV will continue.  He also said that to keep in mind the audience thinking... different genres of programmes will be produced.   He thanked all the well wishers, Viewers, Staff, Advertising agencies to stay with RTV. Director of Bengal Multimedia Limited and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of RTV Syed Ashiq Rahman said that all the proud moments of RTV desrve to the members related to RTV.  He also expressed his gratitude to all the viewers, cable operators, advertising agencies, artists, workers and well-wishers from home and abroad

The Central government of India launched 'E-Amrit', a web portal on electric vehicles (EVs), at the ongoing COP26 Summit in United Kingdom's Glasgow. According to a statement issued by the NITI Aayog on Wednesday, E-Amrit is a one-stop destination for all information on electric vehicles--busting myths around the adoption of EVs, their purchase, investment opportunities, policies and subsidies. "The portal has been developed and hosted by NITI Aayog under a collaborative knowledge exchange programme with the UK government and as part of the UK-India Joint Roadmap 2030, signed by the Prime Ministers of the two countries," the statement said. E-Amrit intends to complement initiatives of the government on raising awareness on EVs and sensitizing consumers on the benefits of switching to electric vehicles. In the recent past, India has taken many initiatives to accelerate the decarbonisation of transport and the adoption of electric mobility in the country. Schemes such as FAME and PLI are especially important in creating an ecosystem for the early adoption of EVs. NITI Aayog intends to add more features and introduce innovative tools to make the portal more interactive and user-friendly. The launch was attended by UK High-Level Climate Action Champion Nigel Topping and NITI Aayog Adviser Sudhendu Jyoti Sinha. Source: ANI

Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud said the government has decided to start registering the online news portal from next week, adding steps would be taken against those which will not get registration. “The Home Ministry has scrutinized the documents of several hundred online news portals . . . The government will give registration to online news portals from next week after examining the related papers,” he told a press briefing at his Secretariat office in the capital on Monday. The minister said a total of 3,595 news portals have applied for the registration. “The all applications were sent to the home ministry for investigation. Later, we held a meeting with the home, telecom and ICT ministries and urged the home ministry for expediting investigation,” he added. Hasan said online media will be introduced through maintaining proper process in future. None can launch any online news portal without registration, he added. He also said discipline has been established in the electronic media sector following the government’s different steps. The government will take actions if there is any irregularity in the sector, he added. The minister said some television channels are airing foreign TV serials dubbed in Bangla which is not acceptable. “So, the ministry has issued an order for TV channels to take the government’s approval to broadcast the dubbed serials. Many TV channels have already taken approval to run those serials. A preview committee has been formed to oversee the matter,” he added. He said an additional secretary remained at the helm of the committee where eminent cultural personalities Mamunur Rashid and Begum Sara Zaker, director general or representative of Bangladesh Television, director general of National Institute of Mass Communication, representatives of Association of Television Channel Owners and Directors’ Guilt and Obhinay Shilpi Sangha are the members of the committee. Hasan said airing Bangladeshi advertisements in foreign channels has been stopped. “Besides, the cable operators are maintaining the serial of the Bangladeshi TV channels as per their on air date. After putting Bangladeshi channels, the cable operators are keeping the foreign channels on the list,” he added. “We have already taken initiatives for the betterment of mass media . . . these initiatives put media in order mostly,” he said. The minister went on saying that the government gave license to the mobile companies to run mobile network only. “But they are now creating video contents along with advertisements for the social media which is not acceptable. The government didn’t give any license to make video contents along with advertisement,” he said. “We have already sent a letter to the telecommunication ministry to stop this. We are determined to bringing discipline in this sector and legal actions will be taken in this regard,” he added. Replying to a question, Hasan said many newspapers, online news portals and television channels are showing video contents through their respective online media which is also not acceptable. “We are working to bring those media in order,” he added. Source: BSS AH