Doctors seek ban on lime in plastic sachets
Doctors and NGOs urge the Centre and the State to ban lime or chuna in plastic sachets used in betel chewing and also acids used as cleaning agents in home. CHENNAI:Doctors and NGOs urge the Centre
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World Food Programme report says India tops world hunger chart
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Three committees for monitoring Idukki package
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Kerala Cabinet on Wednesday decided to form three high-level committees to implement the Idukki package, recommended by the M.S. Swaminathan Commission, to rejuvenate agriculture in Idukki district.
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Rural sanitation improves but anaemia a concern
New Delhi: The latest report of the Food Insecurity Situation in Rural India has revealed that while the stunting in children, access to safe drinking water and basic sanitation facilities have improved, the prevalence of anaemia has worsened in rural India.
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Measures of impact of science and technology in India: agriculture and rural development
The M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation undertook a study on the
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Green Vellore project launched
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State to seek help of M.S. Swaminathan
ALAPPUZHA: Agriculture Minister Mullakkara Ratnakaran has said that the State government will seek help from the M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation to prepare project reports for implementing the Kuttanad Package.
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Aiyar, Sibal differ on climate change strategy
Gargi Parsai, NEW DELHI: Union Panchayati Raj Minister Mani Shankar Aiyar and Science and Technology Minister Kapil Sibal on Monday differed on the approach to strategising adaptation to climate change, at an international conference here.
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Swaminathan for multi-pronged strategy to tackle hunger
CHENNAI: The worrisome trends in global hunger, exacerbated by high food prices, must be tackled with a multi-pronged strategy to increase small farm productivity and profitability, raise non-farm incomes and strengthen nutrition safety nets, M.S.Swaminathan, chairman of the M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation, said.
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Tata Steel wins award for environmental protection
IN RECOGNITION: P.C. Alexander, former Governor of Maharashtra, presenting the Dr. M.S. Swaminathan Award for Environmental Protection to B. Muthuraman, managing director, Tata Steel, at a function in Chennai on Tuesday. (From right) M.S. Swaminathan, chairman, MSSRF, and Kumar Asirvatham, president, Rotary Club of Madras East, are in the picture. CHENNAI: Indian corporates need to be held accountable to society, rather than their shareholders alone, in order to improve their environmental and societal bottom lines, according to B. Muthuraman, managing director of Tata Steel.