-The Hindu Kolkata: After the Calcutta High Court struck down the State Government's Singur Land Rehabilitation and Development Act, 2011, the case is now in the Supreme Court. After her meeting with Chief Minister MAMata Banerjee, noted social activist Medha Patkar said on Friday that Tata Motors' authorities should be more liberal in the issue of returning the land of farmers in Singur. The meeting took place at the State secretariat, Nabanna. After...
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PM Narendra Modi launches Jan Dhan Yojana; to focus on combating financial untouchability
-The Indian Express In his speech, PM Modi said that opening bank accounts is a step towards joining economic mainstream. Launching his government's first big ticket social welfare programme, the Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday gave a call for eradicating what he termed as "financial untouchability" of the poor by opening at least one bank account for every family in the country in less than...
More »Govt to ban pesticides harming bees -Dipak K Dash
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: The fertiliser ministry is likely to soon recommend a ban on the use of a pesticides that are harmful for bees, particularly honeybees. Fertilizer minister Ananth Kumar on Monday said one such pesticide which is being used across the country has been banned in other countries. Kumar said he will write to the agriculture ministry to ban its use. He did not name the pesticide. But...
More »India's tough stand on WTO gets support from UN body IFAD
-PTI India is asking for a change in the base year (1986-88) for calculating the food subsidies Supporting India's tough stand at WTO on the food security issue, UN body for development of agriculture IFAD today said ensuring food for its people is more important than creating jobs in certain other nations. "Creating jobs for some other country, while people are still hungry, doesn't make sense... If I was in the position of...
More »South Asia conference on nutrition in Delhi held amid controversy -Jyotsna Singh
-Down to Earth Civil society organisations claim private companies like Pepsi and Coca Cola are funding agencies partnering Indian health ministry The two-day South Asia conference on nutrition, currently on in Delhi, began on a controversial note on Wednesday. Some of the public health experts attending the conference under the aegis of Alliance Against Conflict of Interest (AACI) objected to the Indian health ministry hosting the event in collaboration with agencies funded...
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