World migration report 2024
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) launched the World Migration Report 2024, which reveals significant shifts in global migration patterns, including a record number of displaced people
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Business on pedals
The rickshaw has got a new image, it competes with retail
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News 360 - Briefs
patent Human genes create stir in US About 100,000 cancer patients, doctors, researchers and lawyers sued the US government for granting patents for two human genes. They said the patents deny women with breast and ovarian cancer the benefit of new tests and possible treatment. A company or an institution that owns patents for genes has specific rights to their use, which may
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Notes on a dying people
The political movement that came up from among the people of Lalgarh in November 2008 cried out for help and support from the civil and democratic society
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Jabalpur Dn tops in Ladli Laxmi Yojana
Jabalpur division has topped in the implementation of Ladli Laxmi Yojana introduced in the State two years ago. So far, 2,50,702 girls have been benefited by this novel scheme out of which 58,424 girls belong to Jabalpur division. Chhindwara has topped in the implementation of the scheme among the districts. As many as 16,402 girls got the benefit of the scheme in this district.
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Womens literacy mission caught in gender debate
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Talks under way to recast literacy mission
NEW DELHI: The government on Monday started the process of recasting the National Literacy Mission as the National Mission for Female Literacy so as to focus on women
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Pepsi planning ultra-cheap drink to fight anaemia
Pepsi, which was founded and marketed by a pharmacist as a digestive syrup, is revisiting its roots with an ultra-cheap softdrink that will aid the fight against anaemia in women in rural India. The product expected to be launched as early as next year may cost just Re 1 or Rs 2 for a drink, although a decision on the packaging is pending, sources familiar with the project said here.
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Video roadshows transform African agriculture
Techniques to improve the nutritional content and processing of crops are better spread using video, suggests a programme in Benin.
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Women in North-East being trained to harvest rainwater
Cooling water booth installed in school at West Mambalam KNOWLEDGE IS POWER: D. Jayasudha, a student of Government Medical College, Vellore, receives books from Rajya Sabha member M.S. Swaminathan at a function organised by the Rajasthani Association, Tamil Nadu, in Chennai on Sunday.
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Adivasi women: engaging with climate change
Indigenous peoples worldwide lead sustainable livelihoods that contribute to the sequestration of greenhouse gases from the atmosphere and cause the least amount of damage to the environment. Adivasi Women