Hank Aaron, who died in January, endured racist threats on his path to breaking Babe Ruth’s record and is still considered one of the game’s greatest players. Ruth Ann Minner, former Danish Prime Minister Poul Schlueter and Iranian ambassadors Ali Akbar Mohtashamipour and Ardeshir Zahedi.Īlso among those who died this year was a man who held the title of baseball’s home run king for years. de Klerk, former South Korean President Roh Tae-woo, talk radio host Rush Limbaugh, former Delaware Gov. Mondale, former South African President F.W. Others political figures the world said goodbye to this year include former U.S. In the leadup to the war, Powell cited faulty information during a United Nations Security Council address while claiming Hussein had secretly stashed weapons of mass destruction.
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Your encouragement and constant feedback on how to improve our offering have only made our resolve and commitment to these ideals stronger. (Only the headline and picture of this report may have been reworked by the Business Standard staff the rest of the content is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)īusiness Standard has always strived hard to provide up-to-date information and commentary on developments that are of interest to you and have wider political and economic implications for the country and the world. All of them are protected under the Wildlife Protection Act of 1972.Īgriculture plays an important role in the economy of the state with 90 per cent people living in the rural areas and 70 per cent directly dependent on farming. Himachal Pradesh has declared nine species of wild animals as crop damaging animals.īesides the monkey, they are the wild boar, blue bull, porcupine, jackal, chittal, sambar, hare and the parrot. With the mass surgical sterilisation of monkeys or rhesus macaque has been undergoing since 2007, the state believes their select killing on the demand of the farmer lobbies will somehow help pacifying their anger over the vast crop depredation. The monkey menace across the state has caused crop losses worth hundreds of crores of rupees in recent years. The provision of barbed fencing along with solar fencing has proved beneficial in protecting the crop.
Officials told IANS an increase in beneficiaries of the scheme has been recorded in the past few years.
The solar powered fencing helps keep away even the monkeys.Īs per the demand, the state has made a provision of 50 per cent subsidy on barbed wires and chain link fencing along with 70 per cent subsidy on composite fencing. A provision of 80 per cent subsidy is for setting up solar power fences at an individual level and 85 per cent subsidy at the community level. Under the scheme, the state government is providing subsidies to the agriculturists for setting up solar power fences. As per the government, the crop in several areas has been affected by stray and wild animals.