India set to ratify global conventions to combat child labour
United Nations : India is set to ratify two key global conventions on combating child labour which a top UN official described as a “great […]
Month: June 2017
No nation can be called modern unless it ensures gender equality, says MoS External Affairs MJ Akbar
New Delhi : Union Minister M J Akbar on Monday said South Asia was a “sea of faiths, opinions, voices” and the people had to […]
Bring down water requirements for agriculture: K Kasturirangan
Hyderabad : India needs to promote agricultural practices that need less water for crop cultivation and give thrust to water conservation and harvesting over the […]
Farmer agitations point to a deeper problem in our agricultural system
By Prakash Bakshi With loan waivers granted on Sunday to farmers in Maharashtra, and to farmers in Uttar Pradesh in April, Madhya Pradesh’s agriculturalists continue […]
Govt aims to make India ‘food factory’ of the world: Badal
New Delhi : Food Processing Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal today said the government wants to make India a “food factory” of the world and is fully […]
Why Safe Drinking Water Should Be At The Centre Of Public Health Policy In India
By Rajat Kumar India, with the second largest population in the world, is staring at a major health hazard due to lack of poor drinking water […]
MODERATING INDIA’S THIRSTY CROPS
By Moin Qazi India must gather the political will to respond before water runs out. Changing governance, raising money; and new technologies will take time. We […]
Nalanda model of water conservation chosen for national award
By Reena Sopam Nalanda, Bihar : A model of water conservation adopted successfully by the authorities in Nalanda district of south central Bihar, has been selected […]
A quick guide to India GST rates in 2017
New Delhi : The Goods and Services Tax (GST) has been one of the key things that has caught the attention of the market given […]
IIT-JEE: Gender gap still wide, only 14% of qualifiers are girls
CHENNAI: Sarvesh Mehtani of Panchkula’s Bhavan Vidyalaya topped the Joint Entrance Exam (Advanced), countrywide, this year. Pune boy Akshat Chugh (Delhi Public School) was all-India […]