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Friday, 3 May 2024

पुणे आकाशवाणीच्या प्रादेशिक केंद्राच्या बातम्या सुवर्ण महोत्सवी झाल्या

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                                                      चंद्रशेखर कारखानिस एक मे हा दिवस महाराष्ट्र दिन आणि जागतिक स्तरावर कामगार दिन म्हणून स...
Monday, 22 April 2024

Demand for Classical Language Status for Marathi Forgotten?

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                                         Has Maharashtra given up its long-pending struggle to get classical status for the Marathi language...

मराठीला अभिजात भाषेचा दर्जा हा विषयच आता विसरायचा?

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  महाराष्ट्रात लोकसभा निवडणुकीच्या पहिल्या टप्प्यातील  मतदानात   पाच लोकसभा मतदार केंद्रात  मतदान झाले. मराठीला अभिजात भाषेचा दर्जा हा विषय ...
Thursday, 11 April 2024

वाळवी : शेतकऱ्यांची मित्र

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  गांडूळ आपल्या शेतकऱ्यांचे मित्र आहेत याची कल्पना अगदी अलीकडे पर्यंत कुणालाच नव्हती. तसंच वाळवी आपल्या शेतकऱ्यांची उपकारकर्ती मित्र आहे याच...
Wednesday, 10 April 2024

Termite: farmers’ friend

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  Pune, April 10: Until recently, it was not known that earthworms were farmers' best friends. Similarly, most Indian farmers do not kn...
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Kiran Thakur
I am Adjunct Professor at FLAME University, Pune (2009-, and have been associated also as Professor, Emeritus, with Vishwakarma University, Pune since 2020. Earlier, I worked as a professional journalist for over three decades. I began as a sub-editor with Pune’s daily Sakaal (1969-70) and worked with United News of India (1971-87), The Indian Post (1987-90) and The Observer of Business and Politics (1991-2000). I shifted to academics in 2001 as Professor and Head, Department of Communication and Journalism (DoCJ), University of Pune. My doctoral thesis and later UGC-funded study was on web editions of Indian Newspapers. After retirement in 2007, I was at the Mudra Institute of Communications Research, Ahmedabad, for a year. I have been associated also with University of Mumbai, University of Calcutta, North Maharashtra University, and Indira Gandhi National Open University in various capacities.
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