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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Growth comes a cropper sans farms, farmers
I SPENT the first 12 years of my life in a poor, dusty and backward village of undivided Punjab. I still have vivid recollection of life in that village.
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Inflation soars, Govt hints at a growth sacrifice
Inflation soared to 6.68%, its highest in 13 months, raising market expectations that the Reserve Bank of India may have to respond and sending the rupee to its highest in a month against the dollar.
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5 million Asians have HIV, 8 million more by 2020, warns report
Nearly five million people are living with HIV in Asia with 4,40,000 people dying each year.
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Govt will weigh lower growth to contain inflation: Chidambaram
Expressing concern over high rate of inflation, the Union Finance Minister, Mr P.
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Govt ready to sacrifice growth to tame prices: FM
AN INCREASE in the cost of funds for borrowers appears imminent with finance minister P Chidambaram announcing the government's willingness to sacrifice growth for lower inflation.
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Rs 60,000-crore waiver a hoax, says BJP
QUESTIONING the UPA government's commitment to farmers and the revival of the agricultural sector, the BJP said that the Rs 60,000 crore loan waiver was a
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A lesson in the latest in farming technology
Coming right out of the agrarian crisis that has rocked their homeland, six farmers from Vidarbha, the eastern region of Maharashtra which has been in the spotlight for a spate of farmer suicides in r
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States seek rethink on mineral policy
The Chief Ministers of five mineral-based States on Saturday demanded a rethink on the New Mineral Policy while charging that the document, in its current form, favoured foreign direct investment and
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THE BATTLE FOR HABITAT - Both tigers and indigenous peoples need the forest
A century ago, the feudal species made a fetish of tiger shooting.
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Celebrating 50 years of spearheading agri-education
Much of what Indian agriculture is today is due to the work of state agriculture universities and deemed agriculture university like the Delhi-based Indian Agriculture Research Institute (IARI).