Category: Climate Resilience

Record high food prices are putting added pressure on the United Nations agency that helps feed nearly 100 million of…

With the inability to closely follow-up on women during their pregnancy period impairing its ability to bring down maternal mortality…

Infosys Technologies’ Founder-Chairman N.R. Narayana Murthy on Thursday called for information and communication technology (ICT) being used in agriculture and…

The government today reviewed the prices and availability of sugar in domestic market in the backdrop of strong industry demand…

Government today decided to lift ban on exports of onion, following farmers’ protest over crash in domestic prices within two…

“Can you say access to education is an unreasonable restriction imposed by State?” Providing free and compulsory education is intended…

This has been a longstanding demand of the people in coastal districts Cabinet discusses the harmful effects of endosulfan Kerala…

Taking note of the report that 86 per cent of the oral cancer in India was caused by tobacco products,…

The Supreme Court today spoke up for a 25 per cent school quota for the underprivileged, asking private schools who…

Amartya Sen today said primary healthcare should be more accessible to people and sought the public sector’s support in healthcare.…

Social activist Swami Agnivesh established contact with the Maoists late on Thursday after the Orissa government requested him to negotiate…

The total food subsidy bill will balloon to 1,10,600 crore if entitlements recommended by the Sonia Gandhi-headed National Advisory Council…

Rising food prices pushed tens of millions of people into extreme poverty last year and are reaching "dangerous levels" in…

After giving clearance to Chiria mines and Korean giant POSCO’s steel plant s on “developmental” grounds, the environment ministry under…

The Orissa government will submit its report to the Union ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) on the issue of…