Cooperative credit societies are not effective: Ansari
Vice President Hamid Ansari on Friday said the cooperative credit societies had not been effective in providing adequate and affordable credit to the small-scale farming […]
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Metals from cigarette butts contaminate marine environment
Smokers, beware! The cigarette butts you discard may be causing metal contaminants to leach into the marine environment and potentially enter our food chain, a […]
India, Tanzania to broaden ties on agriculture, manufacturing and small scale industries
India and Tanzania on Sunday pledged to broaden cooperation to include areas of potential such as manufacturing, development of small scale industries for rural developmental […]
Indian women are excluded from health insurance benefits on an industrial scale
In the last five years, when there were major concerns over the country’s economic growth, the Indian health insurance industry was doing surprisingly well. In […]
Developed Nations Emitting More Carbon Than India
NEW DELHI: 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 […]