06 Nov, Gangtok Dr. Ashok Dalwai, IAS, Additional Secretary, Govt. of India, Dr. Vandana Dwivedi, Additional Commissioner (INM), DAC, GoI was here in Sikkim to oversee the progress of organic farming and other CSS. On the day of arrival he had a meeting with Chief Secretary and other officers of Sikkim Organic Mission. Secretary, FS&AD […]
Today, 795 million people today are still food insecure and achievement of hunger targets is challenged by issues of access, infrastructure, climate, macroeconomics and political stability. Drawing on scientific evidence and field experiences, the Charter of the International Organic Action Network in Expo Milan 2015 entitled “Organic Agriculture Can Feed the Planet” explains why and […]
New Delhi | Thursday, Nov 5 2015 Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, today gave its approval for the increased Minimum Support Prices (MSPs) for Rabi Crops of 2015-16 Season to be Marketed in 2016-17, Union Power Minister Piyush Goyal said.
November 4, 2015 Soudhriti Bhabani Sikkim is the first state to get healthcare to people’s doorsteps through the government’s campaign CATCH-Comprehensive Annual and Total Health Check-up for Healthy Sikkim.
PUSHPA M BHARGAVA November 5, 2015: India has too many enviable strengths of its own to do something only because a group of other countries is doing it. But it will be great folly for it not to take serious note of the fact that, recently, 17 out of 28 countries of European Union (EU), […]
By ET Bureau | 5 Nov, 2015, KOCHI: Experts at the opening session of three day Biofach India organic fair that got underway here felt that greater efforts will be needed for the promotion of organic farming in the country. This the seventh time in the country and the second time in Kerala that the […]
November 4, 2015 A secret application has been made to India’s GEAC (Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee) for a new variety of GMO mustard to be released for cultivation. If accepted, this would be the first GMO variety to be approved in India – and could open the way for many more such applications for other […]
November 04, 2015, Hyderabad: The All India Unani Tibbi Congress which will be holding a national seminar on Unani Medicine, here on November 8 and 9, will be highlighting the prospects in cultivating the herbs or medicinal plants in the State.
Aparajita Choudhury November 2, 2015 They say that a momentous occurs when there’s a confluence of the right time, right place and right reasons. For Jitender Sangwan, the time came when he wasn’t able to get the type of job he wanted despite having a successful corporate career with ICICI Lombard and Aviva, among others. […]
3/11/2015 Daily excelsior Sir, This has reference to news “Organic Farming in Leh”, DE, October 24. The news pertains to assess, the performance of Homoeo Farming also known as Organic Farming for the horticultural crops to be grown in Leh by the scientists of SKUAST Srinagar, working at Leh. This will be in addition to […]