-Livemint.com It is hypocritical of the US to give price support to its farmers while denying it to the world’s poorest farmers The tenth ministerial conference of the World Trade Organization (WTO), to be held in Nairobi on 15-18 December, is already mired in discord, with negotiators unable to agree on a mandated post-Bali work programme. At issue are US and European Union (EU) proposals to scrap the texts agreed to thus...
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Kharif area shows sLIGht uptick
-Business Standard Monsoon starts withdrawing from northwest, complicating projections for kharif output Monsoon has started withdrawing from the northwestern region of the country, India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Friday. “The southwest monsoon has withdrawn from western parts of Rajasthan,” the department said. The conditions are favourable for further withdrawal of the monsoon from northwest India in the next three-four days, it added. According to economists, it is too early to predict the impact...
More »In 5 star Bengaluru hotel, Dalits show they have arrived -Sudipto Mondal
-Hindustan Times Bangalore: He wore a crisp white shirt with matching trousers, a golden wristwatch and lots of gold jewellery. And yet, Bhimsen (name changed) hesitated before stepping inside the vast doors of the five-star hotel. A bellhop rushed towards him eagerly and ushered him into the banquet hall where the Dalit Samrakshana Samithi (DSS) was holding a seminar on Monday on BR Ambedkar's contribution to modernising India. The event at the...
More »1 lakh farmers quit agriculture in 5 years in Maharashtra -Nikhil Deshmukh
-The Times of India KOLHAPUR: As many as one lakh families of farmers in the state opted out of agriculture, their sole profession, in the last five years, according to the latest agriculture Census figures. Experts expressed fears that the trend might continue with the availability of other income sources and tolerance level of the farmers reaching its peak. The final figures of agricultural land holdings for 2015-16 will be released later. According...
More »Rooftop solar solution is the future -Sumit Bhattacharrjee
-The Hindu Response to the three-day APEPDCL exhibition encouraging VISAKHAPATNAM: A space measuring about 25 sft on the rooftop is sufficient to install two 125 watts solar panels, which can LIGht-up at least two LIGhts and run two fans for a minimum of four hours. Installation would cost about Rs. 38,000, but it can reduce the electricity bill by about Rs. 200 on a monthly basis. And, more importantly, solar is green...
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