-The Business Standard Turning the country's food procurement agency into an international trader will fan inflation and Hunger At a time when the Global Hunger Index 2012 ranks India 65th among 79 countries, K V Thomas, minister of state for food and public distribution and consumer affairs, has revealed that the Food Corporation of India (FCI) will soon trade wheat in the futures market. Seeking clearance from the Forward Markets Commission, the...

(Application deadline Monday December 31, 2012) Inclusive Media for Change, a CSDS-based initiative invites applications from journalists in English and Hindi for Inclusive Media Fellowships 2012-13. The Fellowships are given to bring spotlight on Rural Development and to promote democratic social change, particularly through empowerment, decentralization, convergence and good use of existing development schemes by Panchayats and local bodies. The Inclusive Media for Change runs a clearing house of ideas, information...

-The Indian Express Farmers welcome the stand of the government of India on the outright rejection of the recommendations of the technical expert committee to the Supreme Court, which suggested that a moratorium be imposed on field trials of GM crops. The SC shot down the proposal of an interim moratorium that would have strangled technology and innovation in the country. The moratorium would have also prevented Indian scientists and companies...

-The Economic Times Shares of Maruti Suzuki India slipped over 2 per cent in trade on Tuesday after reports indicated that the workers at the Manesar plant are planning a Hunger strike and other peaceful protests to force the company management to reinstate the 548 employees who were sacked after July's violence. At 01:20 pm, Maruti Suzuki recovered marginally and was trading 1.8 per cent lower at Rs 1453.25. It has hit...

-PTI IMPHAL: The 'Iron Lady of Manipur' Irom Chanu Sharmila, who has been on a Hunger strike since 2000 demanding repeal of Armed Forces Special Power Act (AFSPA), is completing 12 years of fast today. Sharmila, a civil rights activist, began her Hunger strike after the death of ten people in an alleged encounter with the Assam Rifles at Malom in Imphal valley on November 2, 2000. She has been demanding repeal of...