Focus on immunisation
Immunisation alone saves over three million lives annually, but sadly not every parent knows about immunisation programmes and the role that they plan in protecting their children from a great
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Zimbabwe's misery
Seldom has an impending famine in Africa been so blatantly caused by political actions and incompetence as in Zimbabwe today. The corruption and zealotry of the government of Robert Mugbe and the
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Globalization threatens farming sector
Speakers at a seminar in Karachi (Pakistan) stressed that awareness regarding globalization be created and spread among the masses so that they knew its real effects on the people. Speaking at the
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Experiment termed successful: Contamination-free cotton harvesting
The experiment of harvesting contamination-free cotton has been successful and it has been found that the growers can also increase their yield with lesser expenses. These views were expressed by
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IMF, World Bank-donors must boost food aid for Africa
Donors have not come up with enough food aid to help millions of starving people in Africa and the amount urgently needed is double the original estimate, the World Bank and International Monetary
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Brussels advises US against bringing GM food case
EU Trade Commissioner Pascal Lamy urged the United States to think twice before launching a World Trade Organisation case against the bloc for restrictions on genetically modified foods. The European
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Australia sugar gets biotech boost from government
The Australian government has granted A$28 million (US$16 million) over seven years to establish a new sugar research body, industry body the Bureau of Sugar Experiment Stations (BSES) said. The
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SAARC Food Reserve Board meet from Dec 17
A two-day meeting of the ninth South Asian Association of Regional Conference (SAARC) Food Security Reserve Board will be held here from December 17 to 18. To be inaugurated by the Pakistan Federal
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It's official
Union environment minister T R Baalu categorically declared in the Upper House of Parliament on Friday (13th Dec) that the performance of cotton genetically engineered to resist the boll worm pest
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Scientists celebrate 20th anniversary of GM
Even as India and other countries are busy grappling with the complexities of genetically modified (GM) crops and whether or not to permit increased GM crops for their farmers and GM foot products
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'Contract farming will benefit small farmers'
Explaining the Integrated Crop Development Project (ICDP), as it will evolve in the proposed new agriculture policy and the pivotal role of the primary agricultural cooperative societies (PACS) in
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UP farmers' deaths rock Parliament
The alleged death of three farmers in police firing at Basti in Uttar Pradesh has made Parliament to sit up and take note of the issue of farmers' plight in the country. Lok Sabha Speaker Manohar
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Karnataka plans livestock park
The Karnataka Government is planning to develop a livestock park around lake Hesarghatta near Bangalore. The park with all the requisite amenities for animals and proper environment will also become
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Seek more farm subsidies: Johl
Opposing the demand raised by various political and social organisations asking India to withdraw from the World Trade Organisation, terming its provisions as anti developing countries, the Vice
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Maharashtra evading cotton purchase?
Though the Maharashtra government has committed to pay up to Rs 430 a quintal over and above the Centre's support price for cotton for the current crop year, it is so starved of funds that farmers
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New Bt cotton crop has not failed : Government
The Centre has denied reports that the transgenic Bt Cotton crop has failed. The Environment Minister, T.R. Baalu, said that special monitoring committees set by his Ministry for each of the six
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For a better tomorrow
This year the UNICEF's 'The state of the world's children 2003' report focuses on what many in India would consider a complete non-issue -children's participation. In a country where 30% of the
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8% growth to reduce poverty levels to less than 20%
Poverty levels in the country are expected to come down to less than 20% at the end of the 10th plan period. However this is subject to the country growing at projected 8% per annum, and more
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India can triple its GDP growth rate in next 20 years: Mukesh Ambani
Stating that the Indian economy has the potential to grow at a much faster rate, chairman of Reliance Industries Mukesh Ambani said that India can triple its GDP growth rate to 15 per cent in next 20
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Globalisation best way to erase poverty, says Prof Bhagwati
Die-hard globalisation advocate, Prof Jagdish Bhagwati has said that economic globalisation was perhaps the best way, if not the only one, to reduce poverty and promote egalitarianism in society.