-The Business Standard International organisations recognise the impending shortage of potable water but their approach is entirely wrong During this year's gathering in Davos, the World Economic Forum released its ninth annual Global Risks report, which relies on a survey of more than 700 business leaders, government officials and non-profit actors to identify the world's most serious risks in the next decade. Perhaps most remarkably, four of the 10 threats listed this...
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From waste to wealth, saving water and plants-MK Ananth
-The Hindu Empty plastic bottles turn into drip irrigator in homes Salem (Coimbatore): Abandoned empty plastic bottles are considered a serious threat to the environment. But at the Green Park Avenue Apartments near the New Bus Stand in Salem, residents have found out a novel utility for such bottles by using them for drip irrigation. These bottles are not only helping the residents of 168 houses to save close to 4,500 litres of...
More »Sustaining farm sector growth amid fall in water availability -Kunal Bose
-The Business Standard Had late winter rains not damaged some standing crops in northern states, India would have had record foodgrain production of 263 million tonnes (mt) in 2013-14. Whatever the loss of rabi crops, the good southwest monsoon allowed India to record the targeted growth of four per cent in production. However, a good season should not distract us from the reality of the farm sector's vulnerability to major shocks...
More »International garment brands not transparent about labour exploitation by their Indian suppliers: report -M Suchitra
-Down to Earth 100,000 young children and teenage girls are victims of 'bonded labour' in Tamil Nadu; dalit girls worse off An international organisation working for welfare of workers has drawn attention to the hazardous and exploitative working conditions of young girls working for the garment sector in Tamil Nadu. An estimated 100,000 children and teenage girls are working in extremely oppressive conditions in the spinning mills and garment factories in Tamil Nadu,...
More »Managing the Business of Farming -Vaikapila NG
-The New Indian Express THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: It was not passion or love for farming that made 63-year-old businessman Mamukkutti from Mayanad in Kozhikode district a full-time farmer. An unexpected surgery performed on him to control his cholesterol level forced him to limit his schedules within his house. "When doctors asked me to lead a stress-free life, I found farming to be the best option," says Mamukkutti with a wide grin. Gradually my...
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