-Down to Earth Local food crops should be preferred over GM crops to address deficiencies, say experts at Bhubaneswar food sovereignty meet. A recent study has found that Gandhari saag, a leafy wild plant found in Odisha, can be a much better source of Vitamin A than golden rice, a genetically modified variety, which was being looked at as a revolutionary solution to check the vitamin deficiency. “Gandhari saag has 9 per cent...
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Two museums in Mandya are saving native paddy grains from extinction -R Krishna Kumar
-The Hindu A farmer’s house in the nondescript Kirugavalu village is the country’s largest private rice museum A serpentine road from Mysuru cuts through lush green fields and leads to an obscure village dotted with run-down houses and petty shops with thatched roofs. Sidestepping a passing herd of sheep, I enter a narrow lane and reach a 75-year-old house with a row of pillars. It is this house, in the nondescript Kirugavalu village in...
More »BHIM UPI, RuPay swipe Mastercard, Visa -Shishir Sinha
-The Hindu Business Line Home-grown payment systems corner over 60% of digital transactions New Delhi: India’s own Bharat Interface for Money (BHIM) and RuPay cards have garnered over 60 per cent market share of the digital transactions business, pushing back global giants such as Mastercard and Visa. BHIM is a UPI-based payment interface that allows real-time fund transfer using a single identity, typically a mobile number or a name. Unified Payments Interface (UPI)...
More »IMF must not interfere in government vs RBI row: RSS economic wing -Anand Patel
-India Today The IMF had on Friday expressed concerns over the reports of growing interference of the Narendra Modi government in the Reserve Bank of India. Swadeshi Jagran Manch (SJM) -- the economic wing of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) -- on Saturday (November 3) asked the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to not interfere in the internal affairs of India. The IMF had on Friday expressed concerns over the reports of growing interference...
More »Cure In Progress -Poonam Khetrapal Singh
-The Indian Express Deliberations at UN show resolve to address public health challenges at highest level. On September 26, the UN General Assembly (UNGA) deliberated on how best to address a serious public health challenge — tuberculosis (TB). A day later, the world’s most esteemed political forum deliberated on combating non-communicable diseases (NCDs). For several years, WHO South East Asia and its member states have been ground zero in the battle against...
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