Adding diversity to plate
The Government of India has proposed mandatory rice fortification to tackle the issue of malnutrition in the country. The process of fortification includes externally adding nutrients to a food item with
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Nailing the Himachal Pradesh governments lies
The Himachal Pradesh government has made a number of false statements on crucial issues affecting the villagers of Gagret in Una district relating to the land that will be acquired for a proposed special economic zone. An airport that is to come up will affect the population of 25 villages, a majority of whom are peasants owning less than one hectare of land.
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Playing with fire in Orissa's farmland
Latha Jishnu: The unchecked spread of illegal Bt cotton cultivation is a serious threat to the state
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Forest Dept denies shooting the wrong Talodhi tiger
V1VEK DESHPANDE, NAGPUR, NOVEMBER 11 EVEN as the leopard attacks in Vejgaon have the Forest Department on edge, more trouble is brewing over the shooting down of a tiger in the Talodhi range north of the Tadoba-Andheri Tiger Reserve last November.
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Illegal mining in full swing at Quepem
QUEPEM, NOV 10 Illegal mining activity has been going on in full swing in communidade property of Maina of Quepem taluka.
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Evaluating govt services
At a time when the whole world is looking for an effective model of good governance, it was really a pleasant surprise to come across a document from South Africa entitled, State of the Public Service Report 2008, published by the Public Service Commission of South Africa. It was further encouraging to know that this document is being published annually since the last seven years.
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IAMWARM project: Boon or bane to farming communities in Tamil Nadu?
In February 2007 an agreement was signed between the World Bank, the Central Government, and Tamil Nadu state government for a mega project titled Irrigated Agriculture Modernization & Water-bodies Restoration & Management (IAMWARM). The project cost of US $556 million (Rs 2,547 Cr) was met through a loan from the World Bank.
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Maha RTI officers spend 2 hrs a day in hearings
Only 10,000 Cases Disposed Of In Past 2 Yrs Himanshi Dhawan | TNN
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Blind man opens eyes of villagers
Vijaysinh Parmar | TNN Rangpar: He may be visually impaired, but he sure does see things others don
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Big companies run chemical tanks without green nod for 18 years
Palak Shah / Mumbai September 3, 2008, 0:40 IST Over 100 chemical storage tanks built at the Pirpav jetty near Chembur have been operating without approvals from the ministry of environment and forests for over 18 years. Each of these tanks has an average capacity of 200,000 kilolitres of oil.
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Mission to save river, sand
Retired police inspector Mohanraj plans to collect sand from the rivers in the southern districts and give them to the govt museum in Chennai Tirunelveli FIGHTING against sand smuggling in the State, a 56-year-old retired Inspector of Police, J Mohanraj, from Thoothukudi is on a mission to save the River Tamirabarani and other rivers in the State. Mohanraj, who is on a padayatra from Thoothukudi to Chennai, will collect sand from all the rivers and hand it over to the officials at Government Museum in Chennai.