-The Hindu Business Line Norman Borlaug is regarded as the ‘father' of the Green Revolution. It's his birth centenary today We cannot talk about India's Green Revolution without mentioning Nobel laureate Norman Borlaug, the globally renowned wheat scientist. He was a great friend of India and the Indian farmer in particular. Indeed, when he died in September 2009 aged 95, there was great sorrow in the Green Revolution belt in Punjab and Haryana. As...
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Dr Nata Menabde, WHO representative to India, speaks to Rohit E David
-The Times of India Tomorrow, India will be given polio-free certification by the World Health Organisation (WHO) Southeast Asia wing. Dr Nata Menabde, WHO representative to India, spoke with Rohit E David on the steps India took to eradicate the deadly polio virus, how the country must guard against it resurfacing - and who deserves credit for this remarkable accomplishment: * What global significance does India being polio-free hold? India has reached a...
More »Universal pension for Indians -Kenneth Apfel
-Live Mint Economic transformation calls into question whether family-based support will continue over the next century Many of India’s growing elderly Population face serious financial challenges. It is imperative that India institute a long-term strategy to strengthen the economic security of the elderly. While steps have been taken to provide pension security for some citizens, India still has a very long way to go to prepare for the future. As a very...
More »'Paro', women sold into slavery and treated as cattle -Danish Raza
-The Hindustan Times Rubina appears much older than the 40 years she admits to. She does not look you in the eye; she is hardly audible, and often trembles. Her hut, on the outskirts of Guhana village in Haryana's Mewat district, is surrounded by garbage heaps and excreta. There is no water or electricity and the hut is filled with acrid smoke from the cooking fire. "This is how our stories...
More »UN report predicts grim scenario for India; experts pitch for making water conservation a national obsession-Vishwa Mohan
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: As the world is already staring at impending water crisis due to climate change, Population increase and pollution, a UN report has predicted that as many as 3.4 billion people will be living in "water-scarce" countries by 2025. It also pointed out that the situation will be deteriorated further in the next 25 years (by 2050), culminating into instances of human conflicts in many parts of...
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