-PTI London: The temporary ban, proposed by the European Commission, includes mangoes, eggplant, the taro plant, bitter gourd and snake gourd. The 28-member European Union has temporarily banned the import of Alphonso mangoes, the king of fruits, and four vegetables from India from May 1, sparking protests from the Indian community, lawmakers and traders. The recent decision by the grouping's Standing Committee on Plant Health came after 207 consignments of fruits and vegetables...
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Delivering safety -Kundan Pandey
-Down to Earth All safe motherhood programmes of the government are focused on institutional deliveries, but health centres are in disarray. Experts suggest ways to reduce deaths during delivery Lal Mohan, a daily wage labourer, has no clue what took his wife's life. Sarita Devi, 25, was expecting her third child, and was on way to a good hospital at Bhagalpur district in Bihar. "She was normal all through the nine months...
More »WHO to seek Universal Health Coverage in Southeast Asia
-Live Mint Out-of-pocket payments for health are highest among all WHO regions and one-third of new annual poverty is healthcare related New Delhi: The World Health Organization (WHO) will seek to provide access to health services for all in Southeast Asia and put in place robust healthcare systems in the region, the agency's regional director Poonam Khetrapal Singh said in a speech at a conference on Wednesday in Paro, Bhutan. Public health experts,...
More »Annshree scheme ends, ration from May -Ambika Pandit
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: The curtains are down on former chief minister Sheila Dikshit's Annshree Yojna. The over one lakh beneficiaries will be enrolled for the food security programme, and the ration is expected to be supplied from May 1. The cash-for-food scheme was the first such project of the Delhi government launched by UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi in December 2012 to promote the UPA's idea of cash transfer as...
More »PDS doesn’t reach 20 lakh people in Valley-Mudasir Yaqoob
-GreaterKashmir.com Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir government is uanble to provide ration to around twenty lakh people in Valley as the foodgrains to Valley under Public Distribution System continue to be supplied as per the 2000 population census. At a time when government is gloating over widening the reach of PDS, 40000 families in Valley are without ration cards, forcing them to buy rice in private at exorbitant rates. Various families among...
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