-The Telegraph 15 such banks have been opened in Vijayapura district Vijayapura (Karnataka): In times of drought, cattle drive to a goshala (cattle shed) to feed them and driving them back may prove cumbersome. That explains the reason for the declining demand for goshalas in some of the drought-affected districts in the State. If the developments in the drought-affected districts are of any indication, the goshala concept seems to be becoming redundant...
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App to tackle hunger
-The Telegraph New Delhi: Maneka Gandhi today unveiled a new tool to fight malnutrition - a mobile app. In a first of its kind effort, the Union ministry for women and child development unveiled the application that would chart the nutrition status of every child under the Integrated Child Development Scheme and alert health workers through colour-coded graphs. Apart from day-to-day tracking of each child, the app - developed in collaboration with the...
More »Gender bias in seeking heart treatment
-The Telegraph New Delhi: Several parents in northern India seeking treatment for children with congenital heart disorders appear to favour boys over girls, a team of cardiologists reported today, corroborating earlier findings that gender bias may be denying even life-saving health care to girls. The cardiologists at the Dayanand Medical College and Hospital in Ludhiana have said that even the promise of free treatment has not eroded the underlying gender bias among...
More »Release MGNREGA funds, aid drought-hit: Activists to FM
-The Times of India JAIPUR: A group of activists have written to finance minister Arun Jaitley and rural development minister Chaudhary Birender Singh seeking that they pay heed to the Supreme Court order regarding the proper implementation of MGNREGS (Mahatma Gandhi Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme), which could go a long way in easing the plight of the drought-affected. In the letter dated May 23, the activists referred to the SC order of...
More »India largest producer, consumer, importer of pulses. Here’s how we can be self-sufficient -Shyam Khadka
-The Financial Express On December 21, 2013, the General Assembly of the United Nations voted to proclaim 2016 as the International Year of Pulses (IYP). On December 21, 2013, the General Assembly of the United Nations voted to proclaim 2016 as the International Year of Pulses (IYP). It followed unanimous votes in favour of declaring IYP 2016 by the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) in April and June 2013. An International...
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