Centre launches training prog for women panchayat leaders
New Delhi : The Centre today launched a training programme for women panchayat leaders to skill them in governance and administration with a special emphasis […]
Month: April 2017
Baichung Bhutia becomes world peace ambassador
Peace Chocs has been launched in collaboration with The World Peacekeepers Movement (TWPM) with a noble mission to spread peace in India. These chocolates are […]
There’s a long way to go in bridging gender gap in India: Henriette Kolb of IFC
India has taken significant strides in creating job equality for men and women but there is still a long way to go, says Henriette Kolb, […]
Green Power in India
VMware India recently sealed a deal with its builders to enable two of its largest buildings based in the city of Bangalore – Kalyani Vista […]
India’s role in green tech transfer talks
At the last meeting of the Environmental Goods Agreement in Geneva, in December 2016, participants were unable to close their differences on trade liberalisation of […]
Sowing The Seeds Of Change For Digital Farming
The 2011 Census says there are 118.9 million cultivators across India or 24.6% of the total workforce of over 481 million. With such a large […]
Climate change impacting the faculties of citizens, global leaders?
“The rift has accelerated since end of the last year”, reported all the major news agencies in North America and elsewhere. “It may get close […]
Cuba keen to cooperate with Kerala in health, tourism sectors
Thiruvananthapuram : Cuba has expressed interest in cooperating with Kerala in various sectors, including health, sports and tourism. This was stated by the Cuban Ambassador […]
Swachh Bharat a part of preventive healthcare in India: PM
Surat (Gujarat): Prime Minister Narendra Modi  indicated that his government may bring in a legal framework under which doctors will have to prescribe generic medicines, […]
Sustanable development goals and Indian agriculture
The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) were the world’s time bound and quantified targets for addressing extreme poverty in its many dimensions. There were eight MDGs. […]