Rs 342 cr drought relief for TN farmers
About five million farmers who have lost their crops owing to drought in Tamil Nadu will be paid Rs 341.92 crores in relief by the government. Announcing this, chief minister J. Jayalalitha said the
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The threat is real & alive
December 3, 1984: It was worse than a nightmare. Around 1 am, in a densely populated locality of Bhopal, a poisonous vapour burst out from the tall stacks of the Union Carbide pesticide plant. The
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Hygiene@development
To help fight the poor public health condition in rural Orissa, Gram Vikas Orissa, an NGO, has worked out a Rural Health and Development Programme (RHEP). The project follows three basic principles
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MNCs encouraging child labour in fields: Study
Several large national and multinational companies including Unilever, Monsanto, Syngenta, Advanta, Bayer and Emergent Genetics that produce and market hybrid cottonseed are involved in subtle ways
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MPEDA optimistic on US bio-terror law
After a tour of the US and extensive discussions with the US trade and industry, an official Indian delegation has expressed confidence that the Indian seafood exports will able to meet the stringent
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Icrisat signs MoU for soil fertility programme
The Japan International Centre for Agricultural Sciences and the International Crops Research Institute for Semi-Arid Tropics (Icrisat) have embarked upon a five-year project aimed at soil fertility
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More area to come under contract cotton farming
Super Spinning Mills Ltd, which is into the third year of contract cultivation of cotton, is planning to contract more cotton acreage in Vazhukkuparai area, the traditional DCH cotton tract in
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President gives assent to Tobacco Bill
The President, Dr A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, has given his assent to the crucial Tobacco Bill that bans advertisement of cigarettes and other tobacco products besides prohibiting sponsorship of sports and
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NABARD to promote organic farming in TN
The NABARD plans to promote organic cultivation of horticulture crops in the mango belt in the southern districts of Tamil Nadu, according to NABARD sources. Organic cultivation will mean that there
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Nation's first bio-haat in city from May 30
Country's first bio Haat-Jaivik Haat 2003 is going to be held from May 30 to June 1 at Vittan Market, Dussehra Maidan(Bhopal).Agricultural products of bio-farming in the country and abroad would be
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Cattle forced to eat tendu patta, teak leaves
The severe fodder crisis created due to drought this year has forced the cattle to fill their stomachs with tendu patta and teak leaves. It is notable in Guna that the cattle never ate these leaves
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Pool fight starts with Mahanadu
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister and Telugu Desam president N Chandrababu naidu is all set to launch his election campaign with a bouquet of schemes at the three-day Mahanadu in Tirupati beginning on
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Family planning onus on men
With male participation being as low as two per cent, the Union health ministry had decided to hold mega camps in various cities to motivate men to come forward for the reversible sterlisation
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Drought may dry up murrel supply
The worst-ever drought in four decades is likely to creat a shortage of murrel fingerlings affecting the administration of the famous fish medicine by the Bathini family on June 8.Several fish ponds
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Tracking tigers by satellite
Thirty years into project Tiger, the government plans to use satellite maps and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to get a pulse on the tiger. It plans to map tiger habitats countrywide, get
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GM crops won't solve world hunger: ActionAid
There is no evidence to suport claims that genetically modified (GM) crops will help solve world hunger, a report by a development agency opposed to the technology said on Wednesday.UK-based
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Draft proposes longer time-frame for poor nations to eliminate tariffs
Industrialized countries will have to eliminate tariffs on industrial products in five years from January 1, 2005, those in the third world will have to longer period of 15 yers to do so from this
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Heart ailments on a high in Punjab
The number of heart-patients is on an all time high in Punjab. And if experts are to be believed, more and more are Punjabis are falling prey to various kinds of heart-ailments as a result of their
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Rs 22 crore for drought-hit areas
The Karnataka government on Tuesday released rs 22 crore for taking up employment generation programmes in drought-hit areas, Minister of State for Revenue M Mallikarjun Nagappa said in Bangalore.The
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Compensation for farmers
The Tamil Nadu government would give away Rs 324.32 crore to compensate farmers who incurred losses due to then severe