A new report underlines the benefits of organic farming in the age of climate change While addressing a conference on the National Water Week this week, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh underlined the brewing water crisis. It could as well have been called the ‘National Water Weak’ — for this precious commodity for life is struggling to survive. The maximum blame for wastage of water is often put at the doors of...
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Adarsh land belongs to government: commission
-The Hindu The Maharashtra government-appointed two-member Adarsh judicial commission has concluded that the land where the Adarsh building was constructed belongs to the government. It refuted the Ministry of Defence's claim over the land and concluded that the land was not reserved for Kargil war heroes and their families. Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan on Tuesday tabled the commission's final report on title and reservation of the land in question before the Assembly....
More »Milk to be dearer by Rs 2 per litre in Delhi, NCR from today
-PTI Milk prices in the national capital and adjoining areas will rise by up to Rs 2 per litre from Monday with two leading suppliers hiking rates, but largest seller Mother Dairy is not increasing rates just yet. Amul and Quality Dairy will increase milk prices from Monday. Mother Dairy and Paras are the other two major milk suppliers in the national capital and its adjoining areas which consume over 115 lakh...
More »No plain milk: Amul to take legal action against Cadbury-Rachit Vats
Is plain milk not enough? The question has become a bone of contention between dairy major Amul and confectionery giant Cadbury, owned by Kraft Foods. Amul will be taking the legal route against Cadbury for promoting its flagship health drink Bournvita in a misguided way. Amul claims Cadbury's campaign saying milk alone is not nutritious puts the entire dairy industry in a poor light and misguides consumers. "Milk is the best...
More »Cartoon Mamata-Madhuparna Das & Sulagna Sengupta
In unprecedented action, a senior professor of Jadavpur University and the secretary of a housing society in Kolkata had to spend Thursday night in jail for forwarding an e-mail that contained a cartoon featuring Trinamool Congress leaders Mamata Banerjee, Mukul Roy and Dinesh Trivedi. They were charged with defamation and outraging the modesty of a woman. Top officers in the Kolkata police confirmed that there was no parallel in the state...
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