First food: business of taste
Good Food is First Food. It is not junk food. It is the food that connects nature and nutrition with livelihoods. This food is good for our health; it comes from the rich biodiversity of our regions; it
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BJP wants 10-year plan for farmers
THE BJP has demanded that the Centre demonstrate that it was serious about ameliorating the condition of farmers by preparing a ten-year action plan for the revival of the sector.
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Universities may soon own patent
The Union government is likely to enact a law to create uniform legal framework for government-funded research and give universities and research institutions ownership and patent rights for their inn
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Is the Budget relevant to infrastructure?
Yes and no. Allocations for new projects have diminished in relative importance, but policy pronouncements continue to have an impact.
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Budget ignores important sectors
The Budget 2008-09 looks a bit archaic when Finance Minster Mr Chidambaram chanted the social sector mantra leaving aside the reform mantra.
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Resources and resolve
Out of all the things that this Union Budget has talked about, whether it's increasing the slabs for personal income tax that helps the middle classes, or reducing customs and excise duties to enhan
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Cold Comfort (Editorial)
Minister recommends packaged food as mid-day meal in schools
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Science bodies wasting money'
A slew of India's premier scientific bodies have been slammed by the CAG for their inability to meet deadlines and for wasteful expenditure.
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India's growth may be hampered: UNDP
The ongoing turmoil in the international Markets post sub-prime crisis may hamper the growth of developing nations like India and China, said Kemal Dervis, administrator of United Nations Development
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Unemployment: global economic malady (Editorial)
Unemployment is a common global economic malady, the level of which distinctly varies between developed and underdeveloped nations with Keynesian involuntary and frictional type in respect of develope
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Education infrastructure is lagging behind
The penultimate year's budget presented by the United Progressive Alliance Government before the 2009 general elections come knocking, has tried to give an even layer of butter to the national bread,