Radio and poverty
Media will not be pro-poor unless they prioritise local poverty reduction issues and take ownership of the programmes. : By- Manish Bikram Shah Jun 28, 2016- […]
Month: June 2016
Is India ready to abolish triple talaq?
“I do not know when and where he gave me a divorce,” reads an account of Rojakammal from Tamil Nadu, one of the cases brought […]
Puducherry: Plan for new industrial policy without harming environment
Puducherry government on June 25 said it proposed to bring in a new industrial policy as per its needs without harming the environment, thus creating […]
‘Skilled youth play key role in making India a superpower’
Union Minister for Power Piyush Goel on Friday called for greater efforts in providing education and skill development training to the youth as it would […]
Environment is new battlefield
JAIPUR: According to NGO Global Witness, 2015 was the worst year on record for environmentalists – at least 185 people struggling to protect their land, […]
Scientists urged to devise strategies to face drought
Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) Director-General Trilochan Mohapatra on Friday urged scientists in the field of agriculture, horticulture, fisheries and livestock to come up […]
‘Farm income increase must be priority’
Former Agriculture Secretary Mohan Kanda spent over two decades of his career in government focusing on the agriculture and rural development sector. With a Masters […]
BSF, Pak Rangers vow to maintain peace at border
Border guarding forces of India and Pakistan today vowed to maintain peace and tranquility at the Indo-Pak border in a meeting held in Jammu. The […]
New Delhi among world’s ‘Top 25 Global Cities for Women Entrepreneurs’
India’s capital New Delhi stands at No 22, among the 25 cities ranked on the latest Women Entrepreneur Cities Index. On June 23, 2016, Dell […]
Centre launches pilot to run two wheelers on CNG
In a first, the government on Thursday launched a programme to run two wheelers on compressed natural gas (CNG), as it explores options to curb […]