Land, green clearances behind Coal India’s success
When Union coal and power minister Piyush Goyal set a target of providing affordable round-the-clock electricity to all by 2019, it seemed overambitious to some. […]
Month: May 2016
Industries for making plastic a useful product for agriculture
The plastic industry has to come up with techniques to make plastic useful for agriculture by minimizing its harmful effects, said Hukumdev Narayan Yadav, Chairman […]
UN agricultural arm IFAD to grant $150 million to India in next 3 years
United Nation’s International Fund forAgricultural Development ( IFAD ) will provide grants worth $150 million (about Rs 1,001 crore) to India in the next three […]
India to ‘divert rivers’ to tackle drought
Water Resources Minister Uma Bharti said transferring water, including from major rivers like the Brahmaputra and the Ganges, to drought-prone areas is now her government’s […]
Reforming India’s University Sector
The Jat reservation agitation has caused considerable social and economic trauma in India, especially in the national capital region around New Delhi. The agitation began […]
To save environment Himachal to buy 25 electric buses
To ensure the plying of echo-friendly electric buses, especially between Manali and Rohtang pass, state government has floated the tenders to buy 25 electric buses. […]
India’s organic food market to treble in four years
The market for organic food in this country is likely to treble in the next four years, according to a report from business chamber Assocham […]
Cultivable Land Decreasing Per Year, Food Surplus India Might Become Food Deficient In Future
With 35% of the agricultural households having less than 1 acre of land, another 35% holding between 1 and 2.5 acres, and only 30% households […]
49 children using a single toothbrush in govt run homes
The condition of government-run homes for the disabled and senior citizens have often been found to be far from perfect. Chairman of National Human Rights […]
Transgenders fight against state and stigma, demand equal rights
Even as the world observes International Day against Homophobia and Transphobia on Tuesday, thousands of transgenders will encounter, as they do almost daily, harassment and […]