Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item titled "Are missing palm trees causing more lighting deaths in Bihar appearing in ‘The Times of India’ dated 29.05.2025". The original application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled "Are missing palm trees causing …
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has blown the election war bugle on the issue of rising prices with Leader of the Opposition L.K. Advani saying that the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government should control the prices or quit. Mr. Advani was addressing the BJP parliamentary party meeting where rising prices …
The Left told the UPA government on Wednesday that its future depended on how it tackled the alarming price rise and demands raised by it, and the Bharatiya Janata Party dared the Left parties to dislodge the government on the price rise issue. Initiating a discussion on price rise in …
North Korea is about three months away from a crisis in humanitarian terms, as a poor harvest and declining aid from neighbouring countries threaten to create dramatic food shortages, the World Food Programme warned yesterday. Tony Banbury, the WFP's regional director for Asia, told the Financial Times that, while such …
North Korea faces a looming food and humanitarian crisis after a poor harvest that has caused food prices to skyrocket and supplies to dwindle, the United Nations World Food Programme said on Wednesday. Agricultural experts in Seoul have said the shortfall, the result of flood damage last year, high commodity …
Loss Due To Bad Harvest Timing, Lack Of Storage For a country reeling under an unprecedented food crisis, here is an alarming figure: India losses Rs 55,600 crore worth of crops each year after harvesting. This has been admitted by the government before the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Agriculture. Foodgrain …
Allaying fears of possible food riots, Union Agriculture and Consumer Affairs Minister Sharad Pawar on Wednesday said there was no shortage of food grains in the country and claimed that the prices of essential commodities had shown a stabilising trend in the past one month. Replying to a discussion on …
The nations that taught us that state meddling in economic matters was blasphemy are now nationalising banks, bailing out brigands, and pouring in funds to stop factories from closing down. The bailout of Bear Stearns by the U.S. Federal Reserve was worth $30 billion. That is roughly twice the "loan …
A day after senior Bharatiya Janata Party leaders held a demonstration here in protest against inflation, the Rajasthan Government on Wednesday decided to continue procurement of wheat and prevent hoarding of essential commodities to check escalation in prices. State Food and Civil Supplies Minister Ghanshyam Tiwari issued instructions at a …
Haryana Chief Secretary Dharam Vir said on Wednesday that there was no ban on purchase of wheat by private traders or big companies in the State. However, the companies purchasing wheat above 10,000 tonnes would have to file returns to the State Government. Addressing media persons, he disclosed that earlier …
"The food crisis that the country is now witnessing is not a sudden emergence but a creation of deliberate policies and laws that have over a period of time practically taken away the country's food security,' said Navdanya founder-director Vandana Shiva here on Wednesday, adding that "the Government cannot now …
In a move aimed at eliminating hunger from the streets of Delhi by providing a free full meal daily to a large number of poor, homeless, destitute persons and street children, the Delhi Government on Wednesday launched the "Aap Ki Rasoi' scheme under the Bhagidari programme at a function organised …
Under attack over rising prices, the government on Wednesday announced a slew of measures, including Rs 15-a litre subsidy on edible oil. The Prime Minister is also contemplating calling a meeting of Chief Ministers to discuss steps to tackle the rising prices. In the Lok Sabha, Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar …
Faced with growing pressure from the Left parties and the Opposition on rising prices of essential commodities, the government on Wednesday said it would not hesitate to take tough measures to control inflation. Intervening during a discussion in the Lok Sabha on price rise, Finance Minister P. Chidambaram said the …
The state election commission is yet to decide on the change of last date for withdrawal of candidates from 21 April to 22 April following the Bangla bandh jointly called by Trinamul Congress and Suci. Miss Mamata Banerjee, Trinamul Congress chief today took out a rally from Mominpore to Hyde …
The Delhi government plans to tackle price rise by opening a large number of retail grocery shops in the city. The Delhi government plans to tie up with the Kendriya Bhandar for opening grocery shops. The official added that the food items will be available in these shops at the …
Concerns among Japanese people about prices and food safety have increased sharply since a year ago, according to a government survey. The survey of 5,494 adults nationwide also found that a record high 57.0 percent have a sense of patriotism, the Cabinet Office said. Asked about areas where they see …
Rising food prices and their threat to political stability and development gains captured the attention of world economic leaders meeting here, with a call to arms launched by the World Bank. The issue steadily gained prominence during the International Monetary Fund and World Bank spring meetings over the weekend that …
The idea of turning farms into fuel plants seemed, for a time, like one of the answers to high global oil prices and supply worries. That strategy seemed to reach a high point last year when Congress mandated a fivefold increase in the use of biofuels. But now a reaction …
The Sri Lankan government has imposed price control over retail sales of rice with effect from midnight tonight. Trade, Commerce, Consumer Affairs and Market Development Minister Bandula Gunawardena, playing a key role in issuing this extra-ordinary gazette notification on rice prices, states that price control on the retail price of …
EU Environment Chief Raises New Biofuels Condition BELGIUM: April 16, 2008 BRUSSELS - The European Union's environment chief raised new conditions on Tuesday for the use of biofuels in road transport, saying social concerns such as food prices and food security must be taken into account. Environment Commissioner Stavros Dimas …
