-The Hindu In all the States belonging to the Hindi heartland, less than one per cent of Hindus eat beef/buffalo MEAt. The number of Indians eating beef and buffalo MEAt went up from 7.51 crore in 1999-2000 to 8.35 crore in 2011-12 while the total household consumption of beef/buffalo MEAt went down from 4.44 crore kg per month to 3.67 crore kg in the same time period. These findings come from National Sample...
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National Anthem: Supreme Court issues notice to govt.
-The Hindu New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday sought the Centre’s response on a plea that government should take MEAsures to ensure that the National Anthem is respected, including that it should be sung only in front of persons who either understand it or are instructed about its MEAning. A Bench led by Justice Dipak Misra sought the Centre’s stand on a PIL petition filed by Shyam Narayan Chouskey seeking a...
More »How Tamil Nadu fell in line on Food Security Act -T Ramakrishnan
-The Hindu “State government will combine the Act’s essential provisions with some of its traditional practices” Chennai: The Tamil Nadu government had faced Hobson’s choice before it decided to implement the National Food Security Act (NFSA). A few weeks ago, the government was administered a shock when it got a letter from the Union Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, stating that with effect from November, the State would no...
More »Girl Who Reported About Her Father Burning Stubble To Be Rewarded
-PTI Chandigarh: The Haryana State Pollution Control Board has decided to honour and reward a girl from Jind district for reporting the case of stubble burning by her father to the authorities. Sonali Sheokhand, from Dhakhal village of Narwana, will be given a cash award of Rs. 11,000 for her exemplary contribution to the cause of prevention of crop residue/ stubble burning in the state, an official release said today. Her complaint recently...
More »Feeding off the land -Anuradha Sengupta
-The Hindu Business Line An Odisha organisation is working hard to preserve traditional foods and prevent the mainstream from swallowing up local knowledge systems Inside a candy pink-and-yellow shamiana, a group of children in blue uniforms line up in front of stalls heaving with different kinds of foods. Tubers in shades of brown, beige and cream; pink and red berries; tiny yellow, orange and red tomatoes; leaves of many sizes and shapes;...
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