Nominations for the National Award for Women’s Development
The Department of Science & Technology and Government of India is inviting applicants for its National Award for Women’s Development in order to recognize the contribution […]
Month: July 2016
Your Phone Has an FM Chip. So Why Can’t You Listen to the Radio?
EVERYONE CARRIES THEÂ INTERNET in their pocket, yet radio and television remain the primary way people get information in an emergency. So when a disaster knocks […]
What it will take to reform agriculture in India, here’s a roadmap
This July marks the silver jubilee of India’s economic reforms, ushered in in 1991. It is time to take stock of our major successes and […]
2016 Global Nutrition Report launch in India
Find solutions in an Indian way: 2016 Global Nutrition Report launch in New Delhi, India By Basanta Kumar Kar* The Coalition for Food and Nutrition Security (CFNS) convened the 2016 […]
Developed Nations Emitting More Carbon Than India
NEW DELHI:Â Developed nations are emitting more carbon than developing countries like India, Chief Justice of India TS Thakur said while emphasising the importance of […]
India’s farming sector has an organic answer
MUMBAI // When a new organic food venture launched in Hyderabad 12 years ago, it had a hard time convincing farmers in India to take […]
How can we enable smart and sustainable cities?
In September 2015, Prime Minister Narendra Modi affirmed India’s pledge to implement the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) at the UN General Assembly in New York. […]
Religious acceptance is a thing of past, can India replenish it?
The fact can’t be ignored that today India is one of the fastest growing democracies in the world but it has failed to create a […]
24×7 law may boost retail jobs by 50%
MUMBAI: Job creation is set to get a boost with the approval of the Model Shops and Establishment (regulation of employment and condition of services) […]
TACKLING FOOD WASTAGE IN INDIA
Food wastage is fast assuming serious dimensions. According to the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), a staggering 1.3 billion tonnes of food is being wasted […]