-The Hindu Business Line A valuable account of how holistic, small-farmer based agriculture can show the way MS Swaminathan is well known as the key architect of India’s Green Revolution in the mid-1960s and an all-time crusader against hunger and food insecurity. His latest book, entitled Combating Hunger and Achieving Food Security, broadly shows the road map for a hunger-free and food-secure India. The book has 30 chapters, each suggesting some sweet...
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In drought hit Maharashtra region, an early casualty: education -Kavitha Iyer
-The Indian Express Villagers in Chikalthana say not more than one in every 20 wells in the vicinity has any water left. Not a single farmer in the village will earn anything from the field this kharif season. Parbhani/ Beed (Maharashtra): This summer, Meera Jadhav, 18, secured a first division in her Class XII board exams. Weeks later, her younger sister Suvarna, 16, got her Class X final results — over...
More »The gag on Greenpeace
-The Hindu For a while now, Greenpeace has been in the cross hairs of the government, first under the UPA and now under the BJP, as it championed civil liberties and causes. Its activists have been prevented from travelling abroad. The non-governmental organisation (NGO) stands accused of concealing and mixing foreign contributions with local contributions. The latest step by the Ministry of Home Affairs simply cancelling Greenpeace’s registration was but an...
More »Marathwada drought: Mother of 5 kids commits suicide due to starvation
-The Times of India AURANGABAD: A mother of five children, succumbed to burn injuries after she allegedly attempted suicide reportedly over starvation due to prevalent drought situation in Ambi village of Osmanabad district here. Manisha Gatkal (32), who was fed up with unemployment and starvation owing to drought situation in the region, immolated herself last Saturday, following which she was admitted to Osmanabad district hospital, police said. The family was allegedly starving due...
More »Supreme Court raps Centre over non-implementation of Food Security Act -Jitendra
-Down to Earth Till now, the Centre has issued three notifications for the extension of the deadline A two-judge bench of the Supreme Court issued a notice to the Centre on Friday over the non-implementation of the National Food Security Act, 2013 (NFSA). The bench comprising Justice Madan Lokur and Justice U U Lalit rapped the central government over the inordinate delay. Earlier, in May Delhi-based human rights organisation, the People’s Union for Civil...
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