Women in India Are Turning a Curse Into ‘Positive Action’ With Entrepreneurship
HATWAL, India — A group of about half a dozen women are gathered at a lone cement home in a vast expanse of farmland covered […]
Month: March 2017
Role of farmer fairs for rural development
Agriculture is the backbone of India which contributes approximately 14 per cent of India’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP). The diverse agro-ecosystem and varying climate of […]
Government to focus on building infrastructure, rural development: Jaitley
The Finance Minister said that India is having the largest infrastructure creating programme in the world which include constructing 10,000 kms of road every year […]
Software firm to provide clean water to village in India
BEDFORD — Kentico Software, a company headquartered in the Czech Republic with an office in Bedford, is teaming up to provide clean water to an […]
Agencies better for gender equality than brands: Exclusive research
Women are more equal in the agency environment than they are within brands or tech companies, according to Campaign Asia-Pacific and Kantar’s inaugural gender diversity […]
Calcutta High Court Orders State Bank of India To Allow Option Of Third Gender On Its Application Forms
New Delhi: Observing that a transgender cannot be discriminated on the basis of sex, Calcutta High Court has directed public sector State Bank of India to […]
What Stops India From Making Technological Progress In Agriculture
In last few years, people from newly set-up industries have come up with the idea of using aerial/autonomous vehicles for precision agriculture in India. Precision […]
India 131st Of 188 Countries On The Human Development Index, Even Worse For Gender Inequality
India ranks 131st out of 188 countries on the United Nations Development Programme’s new Human Development rankings for 2015. This puts India in the “medium […]
Govt working to make energy affordable for people: Environment min official
There is a relationship between forests and energy, and the challenge is to make the latter available to the people at affordable cost, a top […]
NGT directs Odisha to evict KIIT from forest land
KOLKATA: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) directed the Chief Secretary of Odisha today to vacate, mark and construct boundary to prevent any further encroachment on […]